Dear Meenakshi and Ron,

I attended your kirtan for the first time on Saturday night. I brought with me a few friends and all of us just LOVED your music. It was inspirational and powerful and we were left full of peace and joy.

Thank you for sharing your gifts with the rest of us. I feel so blessed to have you both in my life.

I would like to attend any future kirtans and hope to bring more of my friends!

K.S.from Toronto

2005 SHOWS

Ujjayi Lounge - Ujjayi Pulse meets yoga lounge!

Saturday, December 17th

Come and chant in time to the rythm of the drum while practising. Led by Ron Reid, Meenakshi and Diane Bruni.

Cost: 2 class passes or $25
Times: 4 - 6pm ; Holiday pot luck: 6-8pm; Kirtan: 8pm (by donation)

Yoga Lounge

Saturday, December 10th


Location: At Jivamukti Yoga Centre, 5 Shuter Street, 3rd Floor, east off of Yonge, North of Queen St. beside Massey Hall.
Times: 4 - 6pm; Pot Luck Holiday celebration: 6 - 7:30pm, then kirtan at 8pm.
Cost: $25

KIRTAN at THE YOGA SANCTUARY

Saturday December 3, 2005

Times: 8 - 10pm kirtan with Swaha; 7 - 8pm potluck
Cost: $15 OR CLASS PASS IN ADVANCE. $17 AT THE DOOR. SPACE IS LIMITED SO RESERVE YOUR SPOT.
Location: 2 College St. W.
NW corner of Yonge and College, 3rd floor
Call: 416.928-3236

Yoga Lounge and Kirtan with special guest!!!

Saturday June 25th

Come and join us for a Vinyasa Yoga class (level 1-2) with earthy rhythms and healing chants to lift, balance, and restore your energy. Led by Ron Reid, Marla Meenakshi Joy and Tanveer Alam on tabla and vocals. Class consists of Pranayama, asana, restorative yoga, chanting and meditation.

Times: 6:30-8pm; Kirtan at 8:15pm- $10 donation suggested
Cost: Yoga Lounge class (one class pass or $16) Location: Downward Dog Yoga Centre, 735 Queen St.W
Call: (416) 703-8805 for details
www.downwarddog.com

Kirtan at Jivamukti Yoga Centre

Wednesday, May 4, 2005

Opening night of Geshe Michael Roache's Patanjali yoga sutra workshop

Time: 5:30-7:00pm (Space is limited. Please pre-book by phone.)
Call: 416-530-0039 for details or visit www.jivamuktiyoga.ca

Karunaanjali - An Offering of Compassion
A Tsunami Relief Fundraiser

March 6 - 8pm

2004 SHOWS

Downward Dog Yoga Centre Xmas Party Kirtan with SWAHA Saturday, December 18th, 2004, 8pm
Potluck dinner at 6pm

All welcome!
Downward Dog Yoga Centre, 735 Queen St.W
Call (416) 703-8805 for details
www.downwarddog.com

BREATHE YOGA STUDIO-HOLIDAY KIRTAN

Friday December 17th, 2004 - 8pm

2253 Bloor St.West, 2nd floor (just West of Runnymede)
Admission is an unwrapped toy to be donated to the ChumCity Christmas Wish Foundation on behalf of the Breathe Yoga Community
For more info call: (416) 926-9642

Evening of Kirtan
In celebration of Yoga Space's new location opening!!

Saturday, December 11, 2004

6pm - Pot luck dinner
8pm - Kirtan with SWAHA
148 Ossington Avenue (between Queen and Dundas). There is street parking on Ossington and a green P parking lot on the south-east corner of Dundas and Ossington.
Call for details (416) 516-9940

SWAHA at THE YOGA SHOW

November 19th, 2004

A benefit for RETHINK Breast Cancer
With a theatrical multi-media performance at 7pm
(including Meenakshi and Ron Reid)
Tickets are $25
Performance at the Opening Party at 8:30pm
Metro Toronto Convention Centre (on the show floor)
Visit www.theyogashow.com for more information.

Monthly yoga lounge with kirtan following

Saturday, October 23

6-8pm
Cost: class pass
with....
Kirtan following
8:15-9:30pm
by donation

Come and join us for a Vinyasa Yoga class (level 1-2) with earthy rhythms and healing chants to lift, balance, and restore your energy. Led by Ron Reid, Marla Meenakshi Joy and Tanveer Alam on tabla and vocals. Class consists of Pranayama, asana, restorative yoga, chanting and meditation.

Downward Dog Yoga Centre
735 Queen St.W
Call (416) 703-8805 for details
www.downwarddog.com

Evening of Kirtan with Swaha and Friends in New York!!

Sunday October 17th, 2004, 6:30pm

The Shala Yoga House
815 Broadway, 2nd floor
New York

Call kristin for details
(212) 979-9988
www.theshala.com
info@theshala.com

FOYT’S ANNUAL FALL RETREAT With Ron Reid and Marla Meenakshi Joy (and Jayelle Lindsay)

September 24-26th, 2004

(Saturday night kirtan, September 25th)

Loretto Retreat Centre, Niagara Falls, Ontario Yoga Lounge, Yoga Jam, Restorative Yoga And a Saturday evening Kirtan!
Contact: Joanna Manning
bluelotusyoga@canada.com

Yoga Lounge

Saturday, September 11, 2004

6-8pm
Cost: class pass
with....
Kirtan following
8:15-9:30pm
by donation

Come and join us for a Vinyasa Yoga class (level 1-2) with earthy rhythms and healing chants to lift, balance, and restore your energy. Led by Ron Reid, Marla Meenakshi Joy and Tanveer Alam on tabla and vocals. Class consists of Pranayama, asana, restorative yoga, chanting and meditation.

Downward Dog Yoga Centre, 735 Queen St.W
Call (416) 703-8805 for details
www.downwarddog.com

Mystical Merry Band Tour of Canada

Yoga Teacher John Friend is proud to announce his first ever Mystical Merry Band Tour of Canada. He will be joined by a supergroup of Canadian and American musicians who will lead kirtan and provide musical accompaniment for his workshops.

Dave Stringer, Anant Jesse, Wade Morissette and the members of Swaha, (Ron Reid and Meenakshi), have been profiled in Time, Elle, Maclean's, Billboard, VH1, In Style, Ascent, and Yoga Journal as leaders of the new North American kirtan movement. Originating from Los Angeles, Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto, they have numerous CDs in release under their own names, but in the community spirit of kirtan, they are joining forces to tour Canada with John Friend in a unique event combining yoga workshop and concert tour. As a group their sound marries the transcendent mysticism of traditional Indian kirtaan with both the exuberant, groove-oriented sound of American gospel and the soulful introspection of Canadian acoustic music. As dedicated yoga students, all have spent substantial time in India, studying with Swami Muktananda, Swami Chidvilasananda, Swami Shyam, Osho, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois,T.K.V. Desikachar and others.

VANCOUVER, BC:

July 16-18
Elissa Gumushel
2268 Cornwall Ave. #204
Vancouver, BC V6K 1B5
(604) 723-0049
egumushel@hotmail.com


Kirtan Sat. July 17, 8-10 PM
Baha'i Centre
5880 Main Street
Vancouver, British Columbia


CALGARY, AB:

July 19-20
Kathy & Newton Nash
1721 32nd St. SW
Calgary, AB T3C 1N6
(403) 249-5920
knashyoga@hotmail.com

Kirtan Mon. / Tue. July 19/20, 9-9:45 PM
South Calgary Community Assoc.
Upper Hall
3130 16th St. S.W.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

WINNIPEG, MB:

July 21-22
Lynn Lakusiak
622 Warsaw Ave.
Winnipeg, MB, R3M 1C6
(204) 233-2489
glakusiak@shaw.ca

Kirtan Wed. / Thu. July 21/22, 9-9:45 PM
Tec Vocational High School
1555 Wall Street East
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

TORONTO, ON:

July 23-26
Shraddha J. Schaner (Joan)
376 Northlake Dr.
Waterloo, ON, N2V 1W9
(519) 746-2691
Shraddha.jschaner@execulink.com

Kirtan Sat. July 24, 8-10 PM
The Walter Carsen Center
For The National Ballet of Canada
470 Queens Quay West
Toronto, Ontario M5V 3K4, Canada

OTTAWA, ON:

July 27-28
Promoter TBA

MONTREAL, QC:

July 29- Aug 1

Robin Golt
5156 Jeanne Mance
Montreal, QC H2V 4K1
(514) 274-5795
robgolt@colba.net

Kirtan Sat. July 31, 8-10 PM
Dawson College
3040 Sherbrooke St. W
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

KIRTAN at TRIYOGA in LONDON Shiva Rea's workhsop

June 18-20th, 2004
Kirtan on Saturday the 19th

6 Erskine Road, Primrose Hill
London, England
phone: 020 7483 3344
www.triyoga.co.uk

Weekend Yoga Retreat @ BURREN YOGA AND MEDITATION CENTRE Co Galway, West of Ireland

June 11-13th, 2004

Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama, Meditation, Restorative
And a Saturday evening Kirtan!
Contact: Dave Brocklebank
burrenyoga@yahoo.com
www.burrenyoga.com

An Evening with Danny Paradise and Friends

Saturday May 15th, 2004

8:30pm
Admission is free
Downward Dog Yoga Centre, 735 Queen St.W Call (416) 703-8805 for details
www.downwarddog.com

Raw Peace Toronto

Saturday evening, 1 May 2004

An unprecedented alignment of energy, art, music, and information, promoting peace and pure life everyday, everywhere...

With SWAHA 7-8pm performance after opening ceremony
Peace Loft at 720 Bathusrt Street
Raw Peace Toronto is a benefit for FoodShare, www.foodshare.net, a non-profit organization dedicated to food education, food safety and non-market-based forms food distribution.

Featuring the following organizations:
www.gnn.tv
www.rawfood.com
www.scifi.com/madmadhouse
www.kalachakra2004.com
www.eco-art.com

Ron Reid & Meenakshi of SWAHA
with Ron Obadia

Saturday, April 10th, 2004

present
laughshmi
celebrating
song spoof performance chant
the goddess laughshmi
highly revered for abundant joy prosperity
shmiles & sacred silliness

the first evening in the sublime to ridiculous series Downward Dog Yoga Centre
8:30pm - $10 at the door
735 Queen St. W (@Tecumseth) (416) 703-8805
sponsored by The Downward Dog Yoga Center
www.downwarddog.com
&
l i v i n g l i b a t i o n s
presenting organic delights & lotus elixirs

KIRTAN with SWAHA and GIRISH

Sunday March 28th, 2004 7:30pm

Harmony Yoga
901 N. PCH
Redondo Beach, 90277

Ticket price TBA

901 N. Pacific Coast Highway Redondo Beach, CALIFORNIA (corner of PCH and 190th/Herondo)

For more information, call (310) 379-6905
www.harmonyyoga.com

KIRTAN with SWAHA

Saturday March 27, 2004

Yoga Works, Santa Monica, CA,
7:30-9:30pm
$18 by 3/12, $25 after 3/12

Main Street Location
2215 Main Street, Santa Monica
Call (310) 393-5150 for details

LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS (Valentine's)

Saturday February 14th, 2004, 7-11pm

A euphoric evening of supper (live food), sweetness and chanting with SWAHA
7pm dinner is $20
8:30pm kirtan is free

Downward Dog Yoga Centre 735 Queen St.W
Call (416) 703-8805 for details
www.downwarddog.com

2003 SHOWS

HOLIDAY CELEBRATION & DAILY BREAD FOOD BANK FUNDRAISER

Sat. Dec.13th, 2003, 8pm

Live Raw Food meal, organic wine, etc.
CHANTING with SWAHA, and DJ dancing!!

Downward Dog Yoga Centre 735 Queen St.W Call (416) 703-8805 for details and cost

Opening Night with SWAHA and RASA

Thursday November 20th, 2003 - 7:30pm

At The Yoga Show & Conference - Metro Toronto Convention Centre

"Join us for a brief ceremony as we begin our weekend together. We will affirm our intentions through meditation and chant and then enjoy the soul stirring strains of Toronto’s own SWAHA and the internationally acclaimed duo Rasa. Come and spread the wings of your heart and open the doors of your mind in anticipation of this weekend of learning and growth!"

Tickets in Support of EYE (Early Yoga Education): $20 plus taxes in advance, $25 plus taxes at the door.
Visit www.theyogashow.com for more info.

Kirtan with SWAHA & Wynne Paris (Multi-instrumentalist from D.C.)

Saturday, October 18th, 2003

At Downward Dog Yoga Centre 735 Queen St. W., Toronto
Visit www.downwarddog.com for more info or call 416-703-8805.
Visit www.wynneparis.com for more info on Wynn!

CD Signing and a Small Performance

Thursday, October 9th, 2003

3:00 - 4:00pm, followed by
Kirtan at St. Mark's Trinity Church
At Banyen Books and Sound in Vancouver on Larch corner West 2nd Ave, at 8:00 pm

Kirtan at The Yoga Shala, Calgary

Friday, October 3rd, 2003

Visit www.yogashalacalgary.com for more info.

Kirtan Concert

Saturday September 27th - 7:30pm

At The Ayurveda Expo 2003 -- Balance Your Life with The Foundation of Ayurveda
at the Hare Krishna Temple
Featuring guest speaker Dr. Robert Svoboda.
Visit www.AyurvedicTouch.com/expo for more info.

SWAHA Concert for the Opening of CENTER FOR YOGA Studio

Saturday September 13th, 2003 - 7pm

Rochester Hills, Michigan 3320 S. Rochester Rd.
Contact: (248) 844-YOGA
info@centerforyoga.net

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