Soul Sound Podcast

New Moon in Aquarius this weekend. It's time to move on! Before we move on, however, do you know where you stand?

Cover Photo: Carolyn Hoerdemann took a screenshot during the monthly online Moon Circles

The two tarot cards that were pulled for this lunation were THE MOON and THE FOOL. 

To learn more about the monthly Moon Circles, email Sangeeta  

Per potersi rilassare è necessario capire come controllare i nostri sensi, incluso il sesto senso della mente. Per iniziare, possiamo sperimentare la nostra esperienza del rapporto che esiste tra respiro lento e ascolto sottile.   Queste pratiche sono utili per tutti, soprattutto per chi si sente costantemente stressato e anche per chi usa l'ascolto inclusivo e attento nella propria professione.   

Sessione registrata dal vivo il 10 giugno 2022 a Siena.   

Per saperne di più sui miei corsi e lezioni di Nada Yoga (Yoga del Suono e del Silenzio) nella tradizione di Yogamaharishi Dr. Swami Gitananda Giti, cliccate qui: https://soulsound.it/category/eventi/

People how are in the healing arts are equipped with empathic strength and emotional intelligence. However, oftentimes, we are also quite emotional, i.e. prone to over share in order to destress and relax. 

It is time we learn to understand and manage our emotional fields. In this contemplation, we become aware of the "net of emotions," learn to withdraw their energy back into ourselves to allow it to flow between the earth's center and the galactic center. 

Recorded live during my online Moon Circle on May 29, 2022. 

Condivido con piacere questo bhajan dedicato alle tre devi, divinità femminili induiste - Śrī Durgā, Śrī Lakṣmī e Śrī Sarasvatī -registrato dal vivo durante il corso di formazione per insegnanti yoga "Hatha e Nada Yoga" [docenti: Paola Campanini, Paola Ciabotti e Sangeeta Laura Biagi]   

Il canto a botta e risposta è condotto da me e dagli allievi del corso. Questo canto devozionale proviene dalla tradizione di Yogamaharishi Dr.Swami Gitananda Giri Guru Maharaj e mi è stato insegnato da Yogacharini Devasena Bhavanani e dal Dr. Yogacharya Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani, che ringrazio con amore.   

"Namostute Namostute Jay Śrī Durgā Namostute  

Namostute Namostute Jay Śrī Lakṣmī Namostute  

Namostute Namostute Jay Śrī Sarasvatī Namostute"  

[Ci inchiniamo alle energie benevole delle Divinità Śrī Durgā, Śrī Lakṣmī e Śrī Sarasvatī. Vittoria!]   

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Teachings from the parampara of Yogamaharishi Dr. Swami Gitananda Giri Guru Majaraj

ICYER/ Ananda Ashram, India 

All Rights Reserved, http://www.icyer.com 

To inquire, contact me at www.soulsound.it 

Cos'è la felicità per voi? Quale è il segreto per raggiungerla e mantenerla?   Lettura del capitolo 6 del libro di Walter Froldi tratto dal libro "Mantra, il suono dell'infinito", edizioni Magnanelli. 

With over 20 years of experience in yoga and meditation, Yogacharini Anandhi- Korina Kontaxaki is a teacher and trainer at the International Center of Yoga Education and Research in India, under the guidance of Yogamani Kalaimamani Yogacharini Menakshi Devi Bhavanani (Ammaji) , Yogacharya Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani and the Giatananda Yoga tradition. In 2018 she was awarded be her Guru the prestigious title 'Yoga Chemmal' (yoga master) for her service to Yoga.  

As a yoga teacher trainer, she is the founder of the Wholistic Spiritual Training program, where she trains yoga teachers, therapists and people interested in deepening their practice in yoga, in a holistic system of personal development that includes yoga postures, pranayama, meditation, yoga nutrition, yoga philosophy, life practices, creative writing and physical expression:  http://www.yogalifecyprus.org/   

As an ayurvedic counsellor, she is the founder of Activated Vegan Seminars - a yogic nutrition guide for health, vitality and mental development, based on Ayurveda:  https://yogalifewithanandhi.com/p/act...   

Her book "YogaLife" is an introduction to the 3-year Wholistic Spiritual Training and you can find it here: https://www.amazon.com/Yogalife-pract... /dp/B095GNTWF7

Songs of the Heart: Heart to Heart Conversation with the Teachers and Mentors of the Rishiculture Ashtanga Yoga Global Family, hosted by Yogacharini Dr. Sangeeta Laura Biagi.   

Today's episode is with Yogacharini Smt Devasena Bhavanani. Yogacharini Smt Devasena Bhavanani is General Secretary of Yoganjali Natyalayam and Member of the Jury Board of Pondicherry Yogasana Association. She is also Yoga, music, Sanskrit and dance teacher at the ICYER (Ananda Ashram) in Chinnamudaliarchavady, TN.  She is a qualified Yoga Exponent, Bharata Natyam Artist, Nattuvanar, and Carnatic vocalist. She has a Bachelor of Performing Arts (B.P.A) from Bharathiyar Palkalai Koodam (1995) Pondicherry as well as a Diploma in Yoga, Bharata Natyam and Carnatic Music from Yoganjali Natyalayam (1999). She performed her Bharata Natyam Arangetram in 1994. She obtained a Masters Degree in Sanskrit (M.A) from Pondicherry Central University (1997) and Advanced Diploma in Yoga (ADY) from ICYER (March 2000). She has completed PG Diploma in Yoga from Annamalai University in 2005.  In her career of nearly 35 years, she has performed more than 500 Bharata Natyam recitals in many places including UK, Italy, Switzerland, Australia and Germany as well as all over India (Shimla, Bangalore, Kodaikanal, Chennai, Yanam, Karaikal and Chidambaram). She has also performed the leading roles in several Dance Dramas of Yoganjali Natyalayam including: Kannappa Nayanar, Karaikal Ammaiyar, Nandanar Charitram, Kamba Ramayanam, Meenakshi Thiru Kalyanam, Nala-Damayanthi, Andal Charitram, Silappadikaaram, Karna Charitram and Trishakti.   She is an expert in the traditional Natya Karanas, the acrobatic Yoga Asana-based stances of Bharata Natyam, which she performs with ease, having achieved a high degree of mastery in Yoga Asanas. She has given hundreds of Yoga Asana demonstrations and classes all over India and in UK, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Australia. She has won many prizes in Yoga Asana Competitions at State, National and International levels.  She has more than 25 years of teaching experience in Yoga, having worked as a Yoga instructor at Yoganjali Natyalayam since 1993 and in that same capacity at ICYER since 1997. She has taught Yoga, Music, and Indian Classical Dance to thousands of students from all over the world.  She is happily married to Yogacharya Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani who is a Yogacharya and Medical Doctor and they have a beautiful and talented daughter, Dhivya Priya Bhavanani and wonderful son, Anandraj Bhavanani. She and Dr Ananda are a dynamic Yoga and Bharatanatyam team who have composed and choreographed more than 75 Bharatanatyam compositions as five “Ananda Nartana Margams” and assisted in direction of more than a dozen dance dramas of Yoganjali Natyalayam in the past decade under guidance of their beloved Guru Ammaji, Yogacharini Smt Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani. They have traveled together on FIVE international tours to the UK, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Australia in the past years. She starred in many roles in dance dramas produced by Yoganjali Natyalayam and assisted in choreography and direction of magnificent successful productions under guidance of her Guru Yogacharini Smt Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani and with the support of her husband Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani.  She was honored with “Best Yoga Teacher” award by the TN Yoga Sport Assocication and has received “Yoga Chemmal” and “Yoga Thilakam” award by Pondicherry Yogasana Association, “YOGNAT Shakti” during Golden Jubilee of Ananda Ashram as well as “Isai Yoga Natya Nattuvanga Kalaichudar” Award from Kalaimamani Pulavar I Pattabhiraman, Director Valluvar Villisai Kuzhu. She is listed in the ABHAI directory and on numerous dance and Yoga websites internationally.  

For more information and to contact Yogacharini Smt Devasena, please contact ICYER/Ananda Ashram at http://www.icyer.com

Namaste everyone!  I was blessed to receive this mantra from my Yoga Gurus, Yogacharini Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani and Yogacharya Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani at the International Center for Yoga Education and Research at Ananda Ashram (www.icyer.com) in India. 

Here, I am sharing some of my reflections and a short guided practice.   While this contemplation on the mantra is specific to the culture and philosophy of sanatana dharma, it is also a magical gift we all have, and which can be enjoyed by everyone.   I hope you will find it inspiring (pun intended!).  

Thank you for your support and appreciation. 

Contemplative astrological forecast for the New Moon +  Total Solar Eclipse in Sagittarius (12/04) + Full Moon in Gemini (12/19)

Recorded live during my online Moon Circle on November 27, 2021.

This month is filled with amazing astrological aspects! The New Moon in Virgo on September 7th, the Full Moon in Pisces on September 20th and the Fall Equinox on September 22nd all invite us to assess, harvest and digest. Are you ready? Let's go! 

A heart-full moon, this is. Connecting our hearts to the collective consciousness, the magnetic field of love that radiates from our center… Breathe and expand.

Volete cambiare qualche aspetto della vostra vita ma vi sentite bloccati? Perché è così difficile cambiare? 

In questo episodio parlo del cambiamento come elemento fondamentale dell’evoluzione. 

New Moon in Leo invites us to connect with our heart, our leadership skills and goals.

This New Moon in Cancer offers an opportunity to observe our emotional landscapes and decide in which direction to go next. 

Thank you for your support and shares!

This year's summer solstice is followed by a full moon in Capricorn. Solar and Lunar forces meet and "enlighten" areas in our lives where we are ready to reap the fruits of the seeds we planted with the winter solstice in December 2020. 

This podcast is a contemplative reading for this powerful astrological moment. 

Thank you for listening and sharing. 

New Moon + Solar Eclipse in Gemini, conjunct Mercury retrograde and the North Node of the Moon happening on June 10, 2021. 

Teachings: 

- what mental formations support your joy and happiness?

- what memories are you selecting to share with others?

- stop complaining

- learn to slow down, be quiet and receive intuitive guidance on your next manifestation 

Such a powerful Full Moon in Sagittarius with Total Lunar Eclipse! We are invited to review our value system and communicate it in a wholistic way, integrating past and present experiences to manifest a life that is loving and humane. 

Thank you for listening and sharing.

Teachings on this New Moon:

- Deep listening,

- Slow breathing, 

- Enhanced sensual receptivity to the teachings of nature (inner and outer)

- Honouring one's voice

Listen, breathe, allow information to reach you in any way it feels appropriate. Thank you for listening and for your likes and shares. 

Artwork: Sangeeta Laura Biagi, The High Priestess, from My Wildest Tarot Series (2020)

Il dhara bīja vaṃ è il suono "seme" del chakra svādhiṣṭhāna, chiamato anche il secondo cakra, che corrisponde alla zona del plesso ipogastrico.

Sul del respiro facciamo volare la voce che esce dal centro del corpo con il suono VA e si espande a 360 gradi attorno al corpo. Con il suono nasale e cerebrale NG riportiamo il suono al centro del corpo e oltre la sommità della testa dove terminiamo l'espirazione con una breve sospensione prima di riprendere il respiro dalla parte bassa, media e alta dei polmoni. Ripetere per 9 nove o per multipli di 9 japa (ripetizioni) con concentrazione, rispetto e amore.

Si può lavorare con questo Dhara Bija per riscoprire il "gusto della vita", aprirsi alla creatività e sbloccare la zona pelvica da energie psichiche limitanti. Inoltre, aprire e sentire questa zona ci aiutano ad attirare piacere e abbondanza nella nostra vita. 

Iniziamo sempre con tre auṃ  e finiamo con un auṃ.

Questi insegnamenti mi sono stati tramandati direttamente dal mio Yoga Guru, Yogacharya Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani (www.icyer.com)

ILLUSTRAZIONE: A. Ramesh B.F.A. (©www.icyer.com)

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SVADHISTHANA CHAKRA*

Elemento: Acqua

Colore dell'elemento: Argento

Yantra: Crescente di Luna

Mantra dell'elemento: VANG

Colore del mantra: Oro

Petali: Sei

Colore dei petali: Rosso Scuro

Aspetto: Creatività

Senso: Gusto

Organo di percezione: Lingua

Organo di procreazione: Genitali

Piano di esistenza: Astrale, Bhuvah Lokha

*Tratto dal libro "Chakras" di Harish Johari e tradotto da Yogacharini Sangeeta Laura Biagi

Il dhara bīja è il suono "seme" dei Chakra spirali di energie praniche che possono essere stimolate dalla vibrazione acustica vocale supportata da conoscenza e coscienza. Mūlādhāra, "la radice di supporto", chiamato anche il primo cakra, corrisponde alla zona del perineo, delle ovaie e delle gonadi nel corpo fisico.

Il canto esce dal centro del corpo con il suono LA e si espande a 360 gradi attorno al corpo. Con il suono nasale e cerebrale NG riporto il suono al centro del corpo e oltre la sommità della testa dove termino l'espirazione con una breve sospensione prima di riprendere il respiro dalla parte bassa, media e alta dei polmoni. ll japa (ripetizione del mantra) è di 9 volte o multipli di 9 sempre con concentrazione, rispetto e amore. L'invocazione di questo mantra aiuta a calmare i pensieri, a radicarsi, a proteggersi e a creare stabilità. Iniziamo sempre con tre auṃ  e finiamo con un auṃ.

Questi insegnamenti mi sono stati tramandati direttamente dal mio Yoga Guru, Yogacharya Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani (www.icyer.com) 

ILLUSTRAZIONE: A. Ramesh B.F.A. (©www.icyer.com)

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MULADHARA CHAKRA*

Elemento: terra

Colore dell'elemento: giallo

Yantra: quadrato giallo

Mantra dell'elemento: LANG

Colore del mantra: oro

Petali: quattro 

Colore dei petali: rosso sangue

Aspetto: sicurezza

Senso: olfatto

Organo di percezione: naso 

Organo di escrezione: ano

Piano di esistenza: fisico, Bhu Lokha 

*Tratto dal libro "Chakras" di Harish Johari e tradotto da Yogacharini Sangeeta Laura Biagi 

Avete notato come l'ascolto profondo e il respiro profondo siano intimamente connessi?   

Prenditi alcuni minuti per respirare e ascoltare e nota l'impatto benefico che questo ha sulla tua salute.   

Registrato dal vivo in un bosco vicino a Siena con amore e buone intenzioni.   

Full Moon in Virgo will invite us to balance SURRENDER (Pisces Sun) and WILL (Virgo Moon) and to select the fruits of the lessons we have learned over the last 12 months. KEYNOTE: Forgiveness as a tool for integration. 

Recorded live during my bi-monthly online MOON CIRCLE workshops. 

Sangeeta Laura Biagi: voice, intuitive message and chimes; illustration.

Thank you for listening.

Growing up, the music of Pink Floyd played a really important part in my life. The idea of concept albums impacted my imagination and encouraged me to understand music as theatre and theatre as music. Here, my interpretation of one of my favorite song, Echos, recorded in 2006.

Tributo alla musica dei Pink Floyd, un gruppo che ha avuto un'impatto grandissimo sul mio sviluppo creativo e personale. La mia interpretazione di Echoes, registrata live nel 2006.

Sangeeta Laura Biagi: voice, guitar

Enjoy! 

New Moon in Aquarius on February 11th, stimulates an energy of new beginnings in our relationship with inspiration, intuition and wisdom. The recipient of this transmission is our heart, the anatomical-physiological organ, as well as its related energy field. Listen to your heart and learn to slow its rhythms through mindful breathing. When breath and heart are calm, the mind will also calm (and vice-versa). Calm in the midst of sudden changes and breakthroughs (Aquarius) will make it possible to hear and listen to spiritual guidance, a necessary voice to choose our attitude towards life. The square with Mars and Black Moon Lilith in Taurus invites us to stay grounded through our inner strength and faith, and to manifest this stability outside of us, to support each other.   Key concepts: - calm & stability in the midst of change through breath and energy awareness

Recorded live in the woods of Belvedere, just outside of Siena. 

I recorded this Ave Maria in Sedona in 2009. I was visiting my friend Poranguì, an amazing healer and musician and, after a day hiking in the Red Rocks, I asked him to record it. It's me on the voice and harp, and him on the drums. The song is in Latin and the lyrics say "Ave Maria, Gratia Plena, Mater" (Pranams to you, Mary, Divine Mother, Filled with Grace"). This version is inspired by Radiodervish track by the same name. What I love about it is that I can hear the spaciousness of the desert, the heights of the Red Rocks, the immense sky of Arizona. I can feel it in the sound of my voice and I remember exactly how it felt then, to sing it in the rocks and then run home to record it. 

Long exhales, together with the vibration of the human voice, help lower blood pressure and heartbeat, and create a sense of calm. In this case, given the devotional content of the chant, it also allows one to feel a connection with something greater than the day to day human experience. 

I hope you will enjoy it.

Thank you for your likes and shares! 

Last weekend I moved to a small studio in the countryside of Siena, Tuscany. One of the main reasons why I chose this particular studio is the well, a 17th century "pozzo" made of bricks and stone with a most beautiful soundscape that interacts with the weather. This is the first recording, candid, made without a mic, just my phone. More will come.... 

Thank you for listening! 

FULL MOON IN LEO on January 28 is an opportunity to balance and connect heart (LEO) and mind (Aquarius) through a contemplation (AQUARIUS) on our heart (LEO). In this contemplation recorded during my MOON CIRCLES, held twice a month on zoom, I invite you to relax, listen, breathe and receive any message or guidance that is appropriate at this time.

Deep thanks to all my circles' participants for continued inspiration and support

My fascination with the human voice as a mirror of one's physical, emotional and mental states started when I was very young.  When I lived in India (2010-2013) to study and practice yoga in the guru paramparai (unbroken lineage) of Yogamaharishi Dr. Swami Gitananda Giri Guru Majaraj, I received the teachings of the AUM chanting and the PRANAVA PRANAYAMA that sustains and enriches it.

I recorded this track at The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago in the late spring of 2019 with the support of my dear friend and sound expert Toy DeIorio. I chose to record the 108 repetitions live, rather than looped and to leave them unedited. Listening back to this track, I can hear the emotional impulses, how the breath slowly synched, when it didn't, when I got tired, and how, around half way through it, I let go of the performance of the japa and truly surrendered to become a vehicle for the sound of this powerful mantra. 

By the end of the japa I felt at peace and deeply relaxed. This is my hope for you and why I share it.