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LEA LONGO KIRTAN CD RELEASE PERFORMANCE

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Friday SEPTEMBER 17 @ 7:30 PM 

Awaken your heart and spirit and join Lea & musicians for an amazing, heartfelt musical evening of call-response chanting; a journey to invoke divine presence. 

Celebrating the new CD, "Peace Chants", you will be embarked on a meditative path with Lea's soothing voice and Rad's infectious guitar playing...performing and sharing devotional sanskrit, english and gurmuk mantras, you will be captivated by the sounds of this Bhakti Yoga- Kirtan!  

Read what people are saying : 

"Beautiful experience! Not only a beautiful voice to guide us into ecstatic chanting, but an amazing guitar player that added the icing on the cake. Thank you Lea and Rad for sharing your talents and great energy. Namaste" -Marc Joseph Chalfoun

"Lea, thank-you, I loved sharing in this evening...I wasn't sure what to expect, so I walked in with an open mind. Immediately, I felt very relaxed around your presence..." -Linda

"This has been the most powerful experience I had in years..." - Katerine (kirtan singer -Peace Chants)

"I have not stopped listened to your voice. I want all your cd's..I so enjoyed my evening...The Best I have felt singing ever"..-Carole-Massage therapist

WHERE :  EQUILIBRIUM YOGA - 4812 Boul St Laurent (corner Villeneuve)

Tickets: $18 advance  $22 door 

call to reserve 514 - 843- YOGA (9642)

A Middle Aged Woman's (yoga mom)music & life's perspective ..wow.. did i say that?

I 'm a Middle -aged Woman Today ... OMG reality is starting to hit... where did the years fly?

ok,thank God for Yoga Music, I think it makes me feel younger inside and out... I can say i had my share of different musical paths... dance diva a la madonna days, MJ, to a short period of rock bands ( thanks to my 2 older brothers for ACDC and Led Zep screaming and blaring through my childhood walls...  

Then Jazz music seeped in while studying for my Bachelor's degree through College and then Pop/Rock for a longer while until one day i heard the voice of Snatam Kaur. wow! what a change ...and then my India Travels and today I love all yoga music, kirtan artists, new age, zen, ambient, whatever makes my mind chill...

Sound Familiar?  Am I just getting older ?... and the loud sounds of drums and guitars don't affect me as much anymore... It's not that i don't like rock n roll , it's just that I prefer to chill out now with music...

Anyway, Middle Age was not a word i thought to have said for myself but it is here in the now... so I will embrace it :)

THANKS to all the wonderful people that I have crossed paths with, and shared beautiful moments ( and To all FACEBOOK friends, thank you for all your wonderful Birthday Wishes... It is truly appreciated!

Namaste 

KIRTAN CHANTING & CHANTING MANTRAS, IS THIS THE NEW YOGA MEDITATION?

a look at mantras, its benefits and why it is becoming another tool for meditation with music…

What is Kirtan Chanting?

 

Kirtan chanting is the easiest way to clear the mind… When we chant, we are chanting ancient sacred texts (mantras) in a call-response fashion. Usually there is one leader called the kirtankar and the group repeats exactly the words, thereafter…This is done for a longer period of time to let the mind tune itself to the mantra…By chanting in a repetitive form, your mind has no way to wander, and it is much easier than silent meditation, therefore very good for beginners. You can then experience your voice within… 

Mantras are used in a kirtan practice. Sometimes we can chant acapella and  sometimes with the accompaniment of instruments such as the harmonium, or shruti and various percussions.  There is no right or wrong way. There are no set rules for chanting. The most wonderful thing about mantra meditation is that one may chant anywhere -- at home, at work, driving in the car, in a group setting, or riding on the bus or subway. And one may chant at any time.

 

What will I get out of this?

 

Latest studies have shown that yoga and meditation increasingly help to relieve stress and several health problems like high blood pressure and emotional depression. 

For centuries, the therapeutic value of music and sound has been known. Specific sounds and music were played as a form of natural medicine. Now you can enjoy the mantras and sound healing right where you are…

 

In Kundalini Yoga, it is implemented as part of the practice where we not only work on the physical body with postures and kriyas, but also on the mind and internal bodies with breathing and mantra meditation. This is part of the class and it is complete in itself. 

 

For those who would like to try this new meditation, I suggest attending a kirtan or a kundalini yoga class where the mantras are given to you and you can hear the exact pronunciation (important) and experience the serene feeling for yourself…

 

Namaste

© Lea Longo 2010  

LEA LONGO NEW Kirtan CD RELEASE entitled, Peace Chants, coming out in September

"Peace Chants" is the title of New CD coming out in September. Peace Chants is a collection of Sanskrit and kundalini mantras sung and co-produced by Lea and musician /partner Rad Crasto, who also plays guitar and sitar on the record as well as arranging and sharing production credits with Lea.

 "We are excited to release this record because we have been playing these mantras at our kirtans and now they are available for you to take home and chant with us daily!!!"  

Tour dates are to follow starting by Release Party in Montreal - Equilibrium Yoga Sept 17- Ottawa-PranaShanti Sept 18- Buffalo Yoga Sept 24-Hamilton Sept 25-Toronto Sept 26-Laval Oct 2-Mtl SunMoon Yoga Oct 9-Brighton,MI Yoga Center healthy Living Oct 23-Toronto Downward Dog Nov 19. 

MORE TOUR DATES COMING SOON!  

you can PRE-ORDER PEACE CHANTS via PAYPAL ...

Montreal Kirtan Events (naada yoga) with Lea

Read what people are saying about Kirtan with Lea 

“It was a great opportunity to experience a different path for meditation. It was spiritual and a lot of fun.” Melanie

 "My first Kirtan experience, and I just discovered an easier way of drowning the mind into meditation. Thank you Lea for introducing us to yoga chanting"....Marc Joseph Chalfoun- Hatha Yoga teacher & organizer of Montreal meditation 

 "This has been the most powerful experience I had in years..." - Katerine

 "I had a wonderful experience and enjoyed the peace & contentment I felt during and after." - Sandra E.

"Lea's voice and presence are invaluable in creating and holding a loving space.  I feel comfortable and invited to project my own vocalizations with compassion, and total absense of judgement.. " Rukshana-Director /Harmoni Holistic Center

NEW ! KIDs YOGA VOICE with Lea 8 week course (4-7 yrs) click here

Join Us for our Upcoming Kirtan events:  

June 27 at RADA Montreal - 841 Gilford, Montreal  - 8 PM

August 28 at Yoga Bliss Montreal- 3545 Cote des Neiges- 6:45 PM

Oct 2 at Kaliyuga Yoga Laval - 4391 St Martin ouest, Laval - 4 PM

Oct 9 at Sun Moon Yoga (West Island)- 557 Lakeshore, Dorval -7:30PM

All Kirtans are $15 payable at door, Namaste !

Chanting Mantras and Montreal Yoga for Kids!

My son loves chanting and Yoga!!! I am so thrilled...

If you ever wondered if yoga would help your child in all ways, but too afraid to try?  Afraid of the little one not liking it and pull a tantrum in the middle of a classroom in front of other quiet kids and parents? The thought always passed my mind, even though i am a yoga teacher, kids will be kids and you can't change that... 

It was my last kirtan chanting class in MAY and i thought to myself.."wouldn't it be nice to share this experience with my "soon to be 4" son... He does seem to take interest (even just for a moment at home ) when I am practising into my postures and weird positions... (he oftens asks with his innocent tone..mommy what are you doing?) and i gladly respond " Yoga moves, wanna try with me"? Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

So last week as I prepared him quietly and firmly at home into "Mommy has to teach yoga tonight... so you will need to be a good boy and participate, lecture..."  I was pleasantly surprised.

I was so surprised that I almost blurted out a gasp as I chanted OM in the beginning only to hear my son's voice so present!!!  OH MY GOD, he's doing it!!!  I thought to myself, this is amazing , I almost cried for joy... but the best was coming.

After we tuned in to OM , we usually do a warm up exercise for our bodies to relax and open up with a breathing in and out /pumping the chest front and back exercise... and again he was doing it so perfectly!

I realized in that moment that I have been wrong about my thoughts of Yoga for Kids... wrong for judging my own son and being fearful of teaching little boys and girls.  I let my "being a mom" ideas get in the way... well i have changed my perception and decided to start teach yoga for kids . That's right. Kids for 4-7 years old and i decided to add music to the class too. Kids love music so why not have both, yoga and music for kids?  

I am so excited about this and I owe to my son, Mario for being such a good sport, and opening my eyes and heart again... Stay tuned for YOGA and MUSIC for kids !  

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This FRIDAY MAY 28 and Sunday June 27 with Lea, Rad and guest musicians, click link above for full details

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About Lea's Kirtans and voice: 

"Lea's voice and presence are invaluable in creating and holding a loving space.  I feel comfortable and invited to project my own vocalizations with compassion, and total absense of judgement.. invoking a 'spiritual high' that allows me to just open my heart."

Thank you Lea, for your wonderful gifts."  Rukhshana - Director, Harmoni Holistic Center, Kirkland

 

Lea's latest Live Kirtan Events in USA and TORONTO

I am so thrilled to be heading off to Buffalo, Brighton and Toronto this weekend for Kirtan! 

Read the e-news letter here !