Give Peace a Chant’s founder and front woman :: Sandra Leigh
Singer / songwriter – Recording Artist & Producer
Owner-operator of Sandhya Music Productions

Sandra Leigh (pronounced lēē),
specializes in sound healing, mantra and meditation music.
She’s toured her unique project, Give Peace a Chant, both locally and abroad.

She’s a long time music events coordinator & volunteer,
co-creating, hosting, directing and sometimes, even performing in
Vancouver’s popular conscious / sacred music events, kirtan & workshops
since 2001.

Over 2 decades later, leading all kinds of community based creative healing projects,
including new incarnations of the Give Peace a Chant Kirtan Band,
and live mantra music events in Vancouver, BC.



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Our website is currently under repair,
but our social media can still be found through these links ::


Give Peace a Chant Community – private group on FB




In 2015, Sandra began recording, co-producing & releasing
some of the most beloved chants from the many live music gatherings.
She masterfully directed and co-created
4 beautiful ‘Give Peace a Chant‘ mantra music CDs –
releasing them on her own independent label, Sandhya Records.

You can show Sandra your appreciation and support for her ongoing projects
by purchasing Give Peace a Chant CD’s and recordings
available now at most digital outlets, including
Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon and Canada’s own, YogiTunes,
Preview Give Peace a Chant CDs (and more) here.

Sandhya Music & was established in 2015 to provide space for a new independent sound
within the unique genre of western influenced world mantra music.

Sandra Leigh is also an active yoga teacher w/ nearly 30 years teaching experience in all kinds of yoga,
including kid’s yoga (and music, of course!) Sandra is currently teaching, her
hybrid subtle energy “Ageless Yoga” classes are held downtown Vancouver.

ANOTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHT
Sandra’s extensive experience with music and choreography,
coupled with her amazing yoga community friends,
led her to co-produce the community television series,
‘Yoga Moves for Every Body’,
Sandra led this (all ages ) yoga exercise program that aired on ShawTV – Vancouver, Channel 4,
as well as Calgary’s Shaw TV’s and YVR’s Multicultural Channel, until sadly, Shaw TV closed permanently in 2018.

Sandra’s yoga series features original soundtrack by Give Peace a Chant
is now available on YouTube as Yoga Moves Online.

For more about events and inquiries,
please contact:
givepeaceachantvanvouver (@) gmail (.) com

Thanks for dropping by!

Give Peace a Chant (GPaC) community kirtan began in late September, 2001, when a couple of yoga teacher / musician friends were inspired to start a weekly musical community kirtan event. They called it ‘Give Peace a Chant.’

They would share uplifting and ongoing kirtan community events, singing and celebrating with some of Vancouver’s finest musicians.

           Heaps of gratitude for so many beautiful memories!

A special note of thanks to Rob Scharein, who created GPaC’s songbooks, our first website, beautiful slide presentations, archives of many years of live mantra music audio recordings, videos and photos. Thank you for your all your service, Rob!

Throughout the years, GPaC hosted many amazing local guest artists and were blessed with many helpers including and in no particular order, First Nation Chants with Aline LaFlamme & friends, 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), 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, Jesse, Art, Vidula, Nicole and many more (apologies, if I’ve forgotten anyone). Thank you to many other amazing musicians, response singers, volunteers, sound people, set up helpers, transportation providers, Modo Car Co-op, and friends who brought delicious snacks (Prasād) for after the kirtan.

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.

~ Memory Lane ~
Sandra Leigh Photos:

Banyen Books Kirtan (2004)

        Sandra Leigh in India,
     Kusum Sarovar (2008)

Kirtan Vancouver (2010)

Holly, Sparrow, Sandra and
visiting kirtan artist, Gauravani
at Kirtan Vancouver Festival (2010)

Sandra Leigh
at the Goshala in Braj, India (2011)

Special Guest, Shyamdas ji
With heart felt thanks to Tina ji & her Loka Yoga
for bringing your beloved friend Shyam ji to Whistler,
where he loved the skiing!
I think it’s safe to say we all fell in love
with Shyamdas ji, including Stefan!

Here we were, Shyamdas’ kirtan
– raising the roof off Banyen Books.
Do you remember? (2011)

2012 Kirtan Vancouver Festival
(L to R) w/ Sparrow, Greg Valou,
Ananda Murti Das, Yogindra Das,
Sandra Leigh, Holly Burke (2012)




More amazing memories,
Festival Special Guests:
Karnamrita Dasi, Neeraja Aptikar, Sandra Leigh

Festival of India in Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC
– always an honour to sing w/ Karnamrita Dasi (2013)

Diwali Festival at the Roundhouse
with many artists performing,
including this version of Give Peace a Chant
L to R :: Nenad, Sandra, Valéry and Amrit Jessica (2014)

A message from Sandra Leigh for 2025:
Jai Shri Krishna! Thanks for dropping by!
For now, I’m still teaching yoga in the West End, Vancouver, BC.
I’m also continuing with part time studies in Radio Arts & Entertainment at BCiT, where I’m learning to record and produce various new projects in my home studio.

I would ask you to follow me on all the usual social medias but somehow, my social media link button have disappeared from this website. My goal for 2025, (besides producing some new lovely tracks) is to finally launch a brand new website!

2025, I continue to count the blessings when attending a regular weekly Pushti Marg style satsang session online with Vallabhdas ji, (Shyamdas ji’s close friend). We mostly listen to translations of the Teachings of Shri Vallabhacharya, as well as my guru’s incredible talks on yoga. It may be a few of us will be reuniting for another Indian “bhakti lifestyle” retreat, for Fall, 2025. My best medicine remains mantra meditation, as taught to me by my guru and practicing 20 -30 minutes of pranayama (breath exercise) and mantra meditation twice daily, as an essential part of my own recovery journey.

If you would like assistance learning to meditate with mantra, I’m happy to direct you as a fully qualified meditation teacher and consciousness advisor, I am at your service.

More upcoming events projects for 2025 coming soon – stay tuned.
Wishing You All the Best,
Sandra Leigh @sandyāmusic

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I humbly bow to my guru, Shri Milan Goswami and all Pushtimargiya Aacharyas (Shuddhadvait Pratham Peeth) propounded by Vallabhacharya (1479-1531 CE), the founding philosopher and guru of the Vallabhā sampradāya (“tradition of Vallabh”) or Puśtimārg (“The path of grace”).

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We honour that our events take place on traditional, unceded, occupied territories of the Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish (Sḵwxwú7mesh), and Musqueam (Xwméthkwyiem) Nations.

May All Beings Be Peaceful.