'Give Peace a Chant!' Community Bulletin Board

[GPaC]

A heart felt 'thank you' from lap top office of Sandra Leigh, founder, director and one of many kirtanyas at 'Give Peace a Chant!' Kirtan, which began as a love project on Friday, October 12, 2001. May we continue to make peace through music...

Updated January 2010:

Love and gratitude to all our teacher, mentors and guides along the way. Without our teachers, we would not be where we are today.

A very special thank you to Dr. Mansukh Patel for inspiring the vision for peace in our community! May your teachings continue to touch us deeply as you guide us in the ease and wisdom of the heart. Thank you for all you share with the world.

Thank you to Dru Worldwide for your love and gracious support of Give Peace a Chant! Thank you for sharing the World Peace Flame, a symbol of courage and dedication to life.

Thank you to Pandit Mishra and Mataji, Deborat Mishra and Sony and the Academy of Indian Classical Music and Dance in Varanasi, India.

Thanks to Bala Krsna and Hari Lila at Bhumi Organic Farm and Saranagati Village near Ashcroft, BC.

Thank you to K.d. McComb for creating the Global Kirtan ...over 30 locations, 13 countries on 6 continents...so far! That's a lot of Bhakti Love! You are amazing!

Best wishes to Nitai Ram Das for his inspiring move to Halifax. Thank you for your ongoing vision for vegetarian cooking classes, and for all your encouragement with GPaC, too.

To Yasodhara Ashram for their brilliant work with the Hidden Language of Yoga and Divine Light Invocation. Thank you to Swami Sivananda Radha for planting the seeds of Light in so many people's consciousness.

Thank you to everyone at Salt Spring Centre, for sharing your wonderful satsang and yoga practices.

Thank you to the Sivananda Ashram in the Bahamas for their warm and sunny kirtans and yoga vacations.

Thank you to Banyen Books for inspiring our community with vision and the tools for spiritual growth, and for providing GPaC with years of love, support and common interest in kirtan! Special thanks to Kolin Lymworth for weaving one of the finest spiritual bookstores anywhere and for inspiring me to think big.

Thanks to the West End Community Centre, for ongoing support and interest in the Nature of Yoga and Dru Yoga programs. To Pooh Corner, for their love of tiny tots yoga and the Namaste Song.

To the South Okanagan Yoga Association (SOYA) for the interior connection. Thanks for all your amazing service, Mugs!

To Lyle Povah for his songs of peace and inspiration. Thank you for lending your musical talents at 'Give Peace a Chant' for many years, Lyle.

To Hirdaya for helping out with such love and enthusiasm. Thank you for your songs of devotion, Hirdaya! Your voice sings on wings! Much love to you in the Himalayas.

To Jerry DesVoignes for leading us in countless chants here in Vancouver for the past 25+ years, and for creating the Healing Voices Network for the chant and sacred sound community. Thank you for the Beatles, too.

Thank you to Amir O'Loughlin and his SEVA inspired Universal Kirtans in Vancouver.

Thank you Wade Imre Morrisette for coming to our kirtan, but also for your huge heart space and creative flow. Your kirtans are blissful!

To Krishna Das for coming to Vancouver for maha size kirtan gatherings! KD has successfully packed the house with over 1000 chanters on both of his kirtan visits. Thank you for raising the roof and the awareness of the yoga of chant.

Thank you to sweet Jai Uttal for visiting us with kirtan, too. Thank you for the 3 hr kirtan of 2 simple mantras... Jai knows the "way in" and the direction to take a mantra meditation very deep.

Thank you to Bhagavan Das, for sharing his kirtans with us, and for taking us on a wilder journey to the heart and soul of kirtan during his Vancouver visits.

To Chloe Goodchild for her inspiration and for many amazing recordings of her ground breaking work. Thank you for your work and Naked Voice.

Love and Gratitude to Gina Salá for sharing the gifts of Nada Yoga with us all! Praise be!

Thank you Benjy & Heather Wertheimer for inspiring us with your beautiful and multi-layered Shantala kirtan.

Thank you to Chanti Devi, aka Chantal Jolly for her sweet presence and sacred songs. I am so grateful we met and had the opportunity (the blessing) to work together with sacred music at Give Peace a Chant! for over 2 years. Chantal passed gently into Light on Nov 13, 2009 at 11:13pm. You are living on in our hearts and songs, sweets...

Stefan Cihelka and to his cat Fripp, for the inspiration, support and friendship. Thank you for the hours of enjoyment you create for us with your tablas.

To Lilian Bianchi in Duncan for her guidance, yoga teaching mentorship and enthusiasm for the Duncan community kirtans and gatherings. We look forward to sharing kirtan on the island together again, soon.

Thank you to Marnie Coulter and Lyne Lantaigne for their inspiration and enthusiam in bringing the kirtan to Roberts Creek and Yoga by the Sea.

To Mandakani for her beautiful circle dances and her help with the vocals on the 'Peace Through Music' CD.

To Zoey Wren and Rueben Prensky for sharing their songs and circle chant with us. Thank you for your CD's!

To Joelle and Carrie, and again to Maalaa and their growing families!

A special thank you to Ann and Ray Frost!

To Itamar Erez, Prashant Michael John, and Quentin Parsons.

To Harreson Sito, for creating this bulletin board and for supporting our growing sacred chant and yoga community.

To Lorne Mallin for his contributions chanting in the Jewish tradition. Also for his vision for the Vancouver Chantfest.

To David Embry Solest for his musical contributions at the 'GPaC' kirtan. Thank you, David.

To Dacia Moss for her vision and many contributions (6 day peace chant) in Vancouver. Thank you for all you are Dacia and Chuck. Best wishes for building a chant group in Victoria.

A special thank you to Jana Williams for her incredible support and kind- hearted generosity.

To Greg Birdsall for all his sound advice and generous contributions in the creation of the 'GPaC' CD's.

To Kambiz (DJ Hanuman) and ShivaShakti for bringing the Yoga Dance and Rumi's 800th birthday events alive and lively!

To Meshe Dummond and Robyn Carrigan for helping with the special kirtan for 10th Anniversary of the World Peace Flame

To Zamir Dhanji for your handsome heart, your hang drum and your willingness to share storytelling at GPaC.

To Phil L'Hirondelle, Jacob, Luanne Ethan, Gala Lisa and all who blessed us with the indigenous Earth Day prayers at GPaC.

To Sheinagh Anderson and Patrick Pennefather for their kind and caring contribution and for their 'Kirtan Caravan'.

To Neeraja Aptikar for her Sangeet Sadhana classes and gifted vocals. To David Tsabar and his amazing Dhrupad.

Thank you to Joseph 'Pepe' Danza and Navaro Franco for sharing their Afro-brazilian chanting and sacred rhythms with us at GPaC.

Also, thank you, 'Little Rikhia': Anandaroopa, Lalitadevi, Shuddhi, and Yoga Dhyanam. Thank you for bringing Sw. Muktidharma for kirtan.

To Brian and Shasta and the Listening Well. Thanks for sharing the 'Deep Peace' song, and for your loving friendships, too.

To Oliver Clarke and his unique "mystic valley voice" from Vancouver Island.

Thanks to Soorya and Niranjan for joining us together in the ONE sound, bringing 20 years experience of living yog in the Himalaya's.

To Maggie Reagh for her Vedic chants and excellent yoga classes.

To Farah Nazarali and all the wonderful Co-op radio people, and to Drishti Point radio show for talking about kirtan and announcing 'Give Peace a Chant!' on the air.

To Shashank, for your wisdom, kind patience and inspirational Sanskrit classes.

To Arunima Sharma for her contribution to GPaC with her Yoga Sutras of Patanjali chanting evening. Thank you for supporting the change back to a weekly format.

Thank you to the space, management and owners of Open Door Yoga, we are happiest to keep going and wish you every success at this new location.

A very special note of thanks, to our scribe and webmaser, Rob Scharein. Thanks to Rob there is an up-to-date web site, an incredibly beautiful songbook, and slide show presentations, and moon viewing for our community. (Check out Rob's workings at: www.knotplot.com)

Also, to the helpers: Debbie Gilbeau, Kim Fischer, Anne Jerome, Charleen, for their help with set-up! Special thanks to Janet for coming to countless kirtans... all the way from Langley with her seeing eye dog!

OM Shantih
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Sandra Leigh, E RYT500, DYT
Founder, Director, kirtaneer...
'Give Peace a Chant!' Kirtan
www.natureofyoga.ca