Mshakti fusion

World fusion pioneers John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain mark 2023 return with Shakti 50 th anniversary album and world tour. An unprecedented, transcontinental collaboration, Shakti united eastern and western musicians, and in the process forged the template for what is now called “world music.” Their dynamic musical hybrid immediately enthralled audiences around the globe – and inspired generations of musicians, artists, and thinkers from all walks of life to embark on their own cross-cultural odysseys. From the West came British virtuoso guitarist John McLaughlin, who arrived in New York in 1969 and immediately re-wired jazz via his work with Miles Davis and the Tony Williams Lifetime, of which he was a founding member. From the East came visionary tabla player Zakir Hussain, who had been performing with giants of Hindustani music since he was a child, as the son of Ustad Alla Rakha – one of tabla’s greatest exponents, often seen accompanying sitar pioneer Ravi Shankar. A music shop owner in Greenwich Village connected the two, with Hussain giving McLaughlin lessons in Indian music that, over time, blossomed into jam sessions that started the pair on the path to what eventually became Shakti. “There wasn’t a first meeting,” Hussain recalls today. “It felt like a reunion of long-lost brothers…” By 1973, McLaughlin’s pioneering jazz/rock fusion ensemble Mahavishnu Orchestra had achieved Olympian popularity and acclaim…and yet, something else was calling out to McLaughlin –...

Description Shakti Fusion is a high-energy chanting and dancing band, blends ancient Sanskrit mantras with elements of contemporary jazz, rock, and Afro-Cuban rhythms. The aim of the music is to awaken joy and “Shakti”, Sanskrit for the loving evolutionary force that is the source of all and is often personified as the Divine Mother. We love to create a resonating field of high energy in which the music, the musicians, and the audience merge into one ecstatic experience. Our music is inspired by the celebration of life and the playful awakening of our hearts to the Divine within. Shakti Fusion is: • Shivanand Thomas Amelio, lead vocals • Mitch Hinard, drum set • Todd Norian, keyboards • Steph Campbell, vocals • Matt McKeever, bass • Mike McAvoy, guitar • Charlie Tokarz, sax • John Dekadt, percussion Thomas Amelio intensely studied & practiced yogic disciplines in India, where he edited Rajarshi Muni’s classic, "Yoga–The Ultimate Spiritual Path." He is a founding member of, and has been a senior teacher at, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health for over 35 years, and is President Emeritus of the NY Open Center in New York City.

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John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain announce Shakti An unprecedented, transcontinental collaboration, Shakti united eastern and western musicians, and in the process forged the template for what is now called “world music.” From the West came virtuoso British guitarist John McLaughlin, who re-wired jazz via his work with Miles Davis and the Tony Williams Lifetime. From the East came visionary tabla player Zakir Hussain, who had accompanied legendary Hindustani musicians from adolescence. A music shop owner in New York City’s Greenwich Village connected the two in 1969, sowing the seeds of what was to become Shakti. “There wasn’t a first meeting,” Hussain recalls today. “It felt like a reunion of long-lost brothers…” In 1973, McLaughlin stunned the music industry by walking away from the Olympian popularity and acclaim of his pioneering jazz/rock ensemble, the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Something else was calling out to him – a music that reflected his evolving spiritual practice while feeding his insatiable hunger to converse, communicate, and explore. With Hussain, violinist Shankar, and ghatam player T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram, McLaughlin founded Shakti. “For me,” McLaughlin reflects, “it was an imperative that Shakti become my permanent group after the Mahavishnu Orchestra.” Together they honed an ecstatic new fusion, blazing uncharted pathways and demonstrating the potential of such global composites to generations of musicians around the world. Now McLaughlin and Hussain are pr...

Co-Founders John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain Lead Current Lineup On First U.S. Tour In 16 Years With Special Guests Béla Fleck, Bill Frisell and others on select shows More dates and special guests to be announced at a later date. Feb 6, 2023: Following word of the Summer 2023 release of This Moment – their first new studio album in 46 years – revolutionary world music ensemble Shakti will continue to discover and explore the musical common ground bridging East and West on an extensive U.S. tour, beginning August 17 in Boston. Born in the mid-1970s out of the deep artistic and spiritual connection bonding British guitarist John McLaughlin and Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain, Shakti’s cross-cultural musical conversation dissolved boundaries with uncommon passion, grace, and dexterity – awakening subsequent generations of musicians to the possibilities of such hybrids in the process. Alongside McLaughlin and Hussain, today’s Shakti features renowned vocalist Shankar Mahadevan, violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan, and percussionist Selvaganesh Vinayakram (son of original Shakti ghatam player T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram). Looking ahead to the performances, McLaughlin equates the endeavor to a homecoming of sorts. “Shakti was born in the USA in 1973,” he reflects, “and is also no stranger to American audiences. We’ve played concerts all over the US from coast to coast and north to south – and everywhere we’ve played, we’ve had wonderful audiences.” Joining Shakti on more than half of t...

OUR CREATIVE FOCUS Move like Water… Dive into the rich world of Indian aesthetics and beyond with Colleena’s unique fusion dance approach. Enjoy immersing in dance, art and yoga with like-minded artists in an inspiring natural landscape of the island of Crete! This retreat develops choreographic concepts, creative visioning, and finding our expressive range as we co-create choreography together using IFF (Indian Fusion Formation) L1 & L2 vocabulary as well as contemporary and poetic dance prompts, musicality and symbolic gesture. While stylistic codified movement techniques will be taught every day in morning class, we will be encouraged to find ‘the meaning of movement’ through exchange and reflection. This dance immersion is designed to create safe space to push ourselves out of our comfort zone in the creative choreographic process. Together we will create a final performance film, dancing in relationship to the epic natural landscapes of Crete! The Immersive Experience Through daily yoga, relaxing time in nature, discussions in aesthetic theory and immersion in the creative vision, dancers will feel inspired and rejuvenated by the holistic curriculum and schedule. Each day begins with Vinyasa Krama yoga – a graceful flowing breath-based practice, followed by morning studio dance sessions that cover dance conditioning, Bellydance, Indian Fusion, Rajasthani and North Indian dance techniques. Afternoon, evenings will alternate between studio sessions followed by theory cl...

⬇️ (Details – End of description) SHAKTI FUSION Kundalini Serpent David Tur · Juangui Miliffi · Valeria Booz · Jessica Millán ✽ Shakti Fusion is an invitation to Fusion with your Life Essence to connect with your purest Energy! On * Sunday April, 23rd* we meet in San José, Ibiza with this powerful proposal! ∆ The event begins at 5:00 p.m. with a Yoga class ✽ Valeria Booz Through the body movement we give ourselves the possibility to connect with our energy and our soul. Each position works on a certain emotion, allowing you to release everything that is no longer necessary for your growth. “Let yourself be guided on this journey within yourself, your emotions and your energy.” -@valeriabooz ∆ The inward journey will continue with a Kirtan ✽ Juangui Miliffi Kirtan कीर्त् is that moment where you can undo your individuality to join a collective energy how clean and healthy an internal dance. For the voice of your heart, to feel, be heard and be present in every action, every thought. That space where everything it simplifies that melody. What is a connecting bridge? With the heart and divinity. “Welcome to the discovery and liberation of your Voice, of YOUR TRUTH, which is Unique and Magical”– @juanguimiliffi @tuvoztuverdad ∆ We will continue connecting with Chakras Movement ✽ Jessica Millán A journey from the outside to the inside. Workshop created and guided by Jessica Millán where through dynamics and movement, it allows participants to release accumulated tensions, and c...

Reading the Samhita of Shiva and some other recommendations of the Swami Sivananda Saraswaati, I came across the term vayu siddhi. The English translation roughly explains what it is but I wish to better understand what it is, if is it necessary to attain this siddhi in order to get Moksha? and more generically in which way are the siddhis relevant in the reaching of the Moksha? The below linked and copied pasted set of Q&A about one answers about Devas Koshas may partially give a hint to answer my still unanswered question. I give you the formula of the synthesis before you read one part of the thesis contained into that answer, that is: Vayu Siddhi is that capacity of the physical body to leave the ground, while in deep sadhana- samadhi. Therefore the human body can win gravity. Then why it is important to acquire such a capacity [according to Yog Shiva Samhita in particular]? Note: Sri Swami Sivananda Saraswati does not state that this is important, and discourage the practitioners to get enchanted with the 8 major Siddhis which are told to be "happenings", whilst the edition of Yog Shiva Samhita in my hands state that this Siddhi is important. While the samadhi process is mature enough, just before the Moksha arrives, the body must have learned to win the gravity as this is a correspondence to the jiva that have overcome tatmatras and indryias. Only in this way, in fact, the jiva is mature enough to leave the subjugative effects of the Maya and reach the Ultimate Reali...