Join us at the Wellness Sanctuary for a special Bhakti Sunday celebration with Sannyasins Atmabhava, Priyadhara, Swami Kailash and Wellington - Hawke’s Bay’s vibrant Kirtan community. Kindle your heart with 3h30 hrs of continuous uplifting and healing mantra vibrations, nourishing ceremonial cacao, delicious chai, beautiful company, talented musicians and kirtanists from around NZ, singing, dancing and sharing the love and joy. If you have never tried kirtan, you are in for a treat!
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EXPERIENCE the POWER of KIRTAN
*Bhakti Yoga, an ancient path of evolution
*Sacred healing mantra vibrations & music
*High energy & meditative group chanting practice in call & response
*Create a quiet mind, soothe the nervous system & open the heart space
*Harmonise body, vital energy, emotions, mind, spirit
*Dance, clap, sing freely — only the feeling matters
*Connect, & share with others
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THE KIRTAN SANGHA
Sannyasins Atmabhava & Priyadhara, founders of Creating Balance, will be traveling from Golden Bay to facilitate this special event. Both specialise in integral yoga, yoga lifestyle & meditation and have over 20 years experience of learning, training and living in traditional yoga ashrams in India and New Zealand. They offer courses, workshops and retreats on a variety of topics as well as community programmes for youth and mental health. They also teach at YTTCs and have worked independently with refugees, in Prisons and Forensic Mental Health facilities in New Zealand and E.U.
https://www.facebook.com/creatingbalance.co.nz
Swami Kailash Saraswati will be joining us from Hamilton. He has studied, practised and lived in yoga ashrams in New Zealand and India from an early age. He has more than thirty years of teaching experience and brings a simple and joyful perspective to all aspects of traditional yoga, yoga philosophy and yoga lifestyle.
Radha Iveta, founder of Heart Awakening, is an experienced Hridaya Meditation & Yoga practitioner and teacher, with practical knowledge in Ayurveda, Yoga Therapy, body and energy work. She has run YTTCs, silent retreats, classes, courses, workshops, as well as Cacao Circles, Immersions & Ceremonies in E.U. and Latin America. She is currently based in Hawke’s Bay and continues share the teachings of the Heart in New Zealand.
https://www.heartawakening.org
Erica & Andy Jeffs, hosts of Hawke’s Bay’s regular monthly kirtan; Phill Jones, musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer & instrument maker; and kirtanists from Wellington will also be joining us!
http://philljonesmusic.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/hawkesbaykirtan/
Special thanks to Goff, amazing photographer
Photos by ©GOFF - www.goffimagery.com
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TICKETS
Eventfinda Early Bird Tickets $20
Limited Door Sale Tickets $25
Ceremonial Cacao $5
Chai $3
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