500 years ago a great saint in Bengal popularized the singing of God’s name as a way to reach spiritual fulfillment.  His name was Caetanya Mahaprabhu. Ever since that time this divine chanting (kirtan, or kiirtan) has been a huge part of devotional or bhakti yoga.

Here is a video of some inspired kiirtan at the recent winter retreat held near Austin, Texas

I gave a concert-lecture on yoga and meditation at the Sana Vida Spa in   Marble Falls, TX (near Austin) today.  Here are some photos:

Everyone sings along on "Love is the Best"

“Make Me Humble,” a track from the CD “As the World Spins Around” was played on WCVF-FM, a college radio station in Fredonia, New York (they are the station of SUNY Fredonia). An Internet station based in England has also added tracks from “As the World Spins Around” to their playlist as well.

During a recent visit to Greensboro, NC  I sat and stood for a photo-shoot with photographer Gary Warnimont and will be using these photos in upcoming publicity.

Here is one of the new photos:

Two tracks from the CD “As the World Spins Around” were played on KZGM in Cabool MO and  WAZU Peoria IL. The tracks that were played were: As the World Spins Around and It’s the System. Live streaming available at www.mykz88.com (broadcast times Wed 10/12  at 10am CT and repeats Sun 10/16 at noon CT).

Recently I was interviewed on the vegetarian program of the radio station WEFT in Champaign, Il  We had a good conversation about meditation, yoga, vegetarianism and music.  I played two songs live: “A Better Deal” and “I Don’t Eat Meat.”

In case you missed the live program you can now listen to it here:

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One of the tracks from my new CD “As the world Spins Around” will be aired on the Internet radio station “Radio Crystal Blue.”  Go to http://www.radiocrystalblue.net and select the latest show (It should be up on Wednesday September 14 ) and listen online.

I will be playing a full set of music on Saturday September 17th as part of the Mississippi River Music Festival.  The concert will start at 9:50 PM and go on to 10:30 PM.  The venue is Margaritas Restaurant, 108 East a Street, Belleville, IL

If you are in the St. Louis, MO area, then be sure to come on out to see me.

Some of my music will be played on VENTS Music 18th episode on July 23rd at 8:00pm to 10:00pm EST at www.anarchy-1.com.   Another station, www.radiocrystalblue.org  will be playing some music too in the coming weeks, and when I find out the date I will let everyone know.  In addition to this I have sent the new CD to several djs who play folk music on community radio, college stations and public radio stations, and hopefully I will get some additional airplay.

The new CD is almost ready and will be released in the third week of June. Many thanks to all who helped with the production and funding of the project.

The Fresh Air Fund is in need of 1200 host families for this summer. Host families are volunteers who open their hearts and homes to children from the city to give them a Fresh Air experience that can change lives. If you are interested in finding out how you can help this great effort then visit this website:  http://freshairfundhost.org

The new CD, “As the World Spins Around” will be released in June. You can pre-order a copy by making a donation at our page http://www.dadaveda.com/newcd.htm.

Also here is a track from the CD

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