Sandra Leigh is a Creative Wellness Music Producer based in Vancouver, BC.
She’s the main artist presenting Give Peace a Chant ℗ Sandya Records.
Ms. Leigh (pronounced lee) is a multidisciplinary creator + producer.
Her musical passion emphasizes a diverse mix of genre + culture,
Sanskrit mantra + musical soundscaping.
Sandra Leigh hosted ‘Give Peace a Chant’,
an all ages, LIVE MUSIC + participatory singing event
that ran for many years in Kitsilano. (see past events). 
The Give Peace a Chant mantra music project started as a community event –
recordings are now available as Give Peace a Chant ℗ Sandya Records
▶️ Listen to Give Peace a Chant – downloads available via Bandcamp
COMMUNITY HIGHLIGHTS
Sandra Leigh wrote, hosted and co-produced
the community television series, ‘Yoga Moves for Every Body –
an exercise + wellness program that aired on
(now defunct) Shaw TV community channels.
Now available on YouTube as Yoga Moves Online
featuring the original soundtrack by Give Peace a Chant ℗ Sandya Records
2026 UPDATE :: Sandra Leigh’s current wellness offerings
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Memory Lane
REMEMBERING A COMMUNITY:
In October 2001, a small group of yoga teachers
were inspired to start a wellness-oriented, live music event in Yaletown.
They called it ‘Give Peace a Chant’ and met on Friday nights
to share a unique jam style community singing experience with meditative chant,
visual art, dance connections + some of Vancouver’s finest musicians!
Sharing beautiful memories!
For many years GPaC hosted many amazing local guest artists and musicians – these sacred music gatherings included First Nation prayers with Aline LaFlamme & friends, chants from around the world from Joseph Pepe Danza, Navaro Franco, Amir Peter O’Loughlin, Greg Valou, Jerry Desvoignes, Stefan Cihelka, Tina Pashumati James, Prashant Michael John, Raghunath Ritch, Anand David, Wade Imre Morrisette, Lyle Povah, Holly Burke, Robyn Carrigan, Meshē, the late Chantal Jolly, Sparrow, Nathan Aswell, Patrick Pennefather & Sheinagh Anderson, Troy Taylor (presented Bharatanatyam), Rob Scharein, Neeraja Aptikar, Dhyan Nirmal, Kirtan Vancouver, ISKCON Friends, Nitai Ram, Chaitanya Chandra, The Bhakti Bros., Jeffrey Armstrong, Satyananda Yoga, Maggie Reagh, Vince Gowmon, Zamir Dhanji, Heidi Groschler, Lorne Mallin, Maalaa, Rueben Prensky & Zoey Wren (Anaya Hawk), Melinda Michael, Kim Fischer, Steve Elliot, Wendi Lacusta, Harminder Gill, Valéry Bruneau, Geneviéve Layton-Cartier, Jessica Amrita, Sarah Webster, Harreson Sito, Nenad Jankovich, Yoga in Daily Life, Jambhavan, Wendy DeMos, Kate Schendel, Laura O’Reilly, Geetanjali Joshi, Jim Balkin, Jesse, Art, Vidula, Nicole and many more (apologies if I’ve forgotten you). Thanks to all!
International guest artists included The late, great Shyamdas, Karnamrita Dasi, Mayapuris, Gauravani, Radhanath Swami, Jai Uttal, Shantala – The Music of Heather and Benjy Werthheimer, Dave Stringer, SriKala, Jaya Lakshmi, and Women of Bhakti. We fondly remember all of these artists, their events and musical contributions in Vancouver, BC.
Sandra Leigh’s
GPaC
MEMORY LANE:
opening for Wade Imre Morissette:
Sandra Leigh & Itamar Erez – The original ‘Give Peace a Chant’, 2001
Give Peace a Chant, 2003
Banyen Books, In-House Kirtan, 2004
Sandra Leigh in India,
Kusum Sarovar, 2008
Kirtan Vancouver Outdoor Festival, 2010
Holly, Sparrow, Sandra and
visiting kirtan artist, Gauravani
at Kirtan Vancouver Festival, 2010
Remembering Peace Through Music,
Give Peace a Chant presented:
a full day
sound and mantra festival w/ many special guests, including First Nation’s blessings.
Held at St. Paul’s Labyrinth, Vancouver on November 11, 2011
Sandra Leigh
at the Goshala in Braj, India, 2011
Special Guest, Shyamdas
Thanks to Tina ji & Loka Yoga
for inviting (late) beloved Shyamdas ji to Whistler
where he loved the skiing! Shyamdas’ kirtan
– raising the roof off Banyen Books, 2011
Kirtan Vancouver Festival
(L to R) w/ Sparrow, Greg Valou,
Ananda Murti Das, Yogindra Das,
Sandra Leigh, Holly Burke, 2012
Kirtan Vancouver Festival
Karnamrita Dasi, Neeraja Aptikar, Sandra Leigh, 2012
North Wales, UK, 2013
GPAC 2013
Festival of India in Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC
w/ Karnamrita Dasi, 2013
Diwali Festival at the Roundhouse, 2014
GPAC 2015
GPAC 2015
w/ Sandra Leigh, 2016
Sandra & Sarah,
GPAC 2017
Sandra underwent bilateral wrist and hand surgeries
in 2019 + 2020 and was unable to play her instruments for a long time.
She continued to produce music + digital media from home and has recently earned a
Music Business Associate Certificate from BCIT.
Sandra attends online satsang, hosted by Vallabhdas from the USA,
who continues to work on translations in the style of
the late, great Shyamdas – the works of Shri Vallabhacharya, (1479- 1531),
who was considered to be an incarnation of both Lord Krishna and lovely Shri Radha,
as well as a witness to their plays
and came to this world as a teacher (acharya) to teach the path of grace (pushtimarg).
All gratitude belongs to this lineage + our beloved teacher,
Shri Milan Goswami,
19th generational descendant of Shri Vallabhacharya.
(Shri Yamunaji)
There is a saying in India about pushti bhakti: “My heart stops here.”
2026 update: Sandra Leigh practices + plays in Vancouver, BC,
where she advocates for human-made music and health care plans for aging artists.
Loving all things analogue, she’s recently decided to dedicate the rest of her days to
helping REAL human artists + musicians everywhere survive both the AI disruption & ourselves!
She can be reached by email at: sandraleigh 108 @ gmail . com
At GPaC, we honour and acknowlege the land where we live, work and play as the traditional, unceded, occupied territories of
the Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish (Sḵwxwú7mesh), and Musqueam (Xwméthkwyiem) Nations.