Sita's Light: What's New

Hello Dear Friends!
Hope this note finds you all enjoying beautiful weather with happy
hearts! Keep meaning to send this your way but wanted to confirm as
many events as possible to share!

We have many upcoming events for Sita's Light. It's so great to have
Fumio back with us and we hope to record a new CD very soon of our
popular original chants! Stay tuned for news on that.

In the meantime, hoping if you are in our area, you can join us! Here
are the upcoming kirtan events so far ~

Saturday July 23rd - Dharma Yoga of Central CT in Meriden
Friday August 5th - Ridgefield Satsang
Thursday August 11th - Summer of Conciousness Kirtan in Norwalk
Friday September 9th - Ridgefield Satsang
Sunday September 11th - Kirtan and Art Show in Ridgefield
Friday September 23rd - Vital Life Center in Plainville, CT
Saturday September 24th - Liberation Yoga in Mahopac, NY
Sunday September 25th - Spirit Celebration in Ridgefield - details
TBA
Sunday October 2nd - Walwick NJ Kirtan

For all you area yogis ~ don't miss an opportunity to chant a little
AND take an awesome class with Yogi Brian! I will be leading chanting
for Brian's Dharma Yoga Maha Sadhana workshops at the following
places:

Saturday September 17th - Balanced Yoga in New Haven, CT -
5:30pm-8:30pm

Saturday October 15th - Yoga Synergy in Fairfield, CT - 5:30pm-8:30pm

For more info about Yogi Brian and to register:
http://www.yogibrian.com

Also please check the calendar at http://www.sitaslight.com/calendar
for all the details on these events.

Thank you always for your support as we continue to spread peace,
love and joy whereever we are invited to come. It is a true blessing
for Suan, Fumio and I to share the Divine Names with you and all that
our Bhakti practice can give to those seeking for more meaning in
their lives in these changing and often challenging times.

In Master's Light and with great gratitude,
Sita Miriam

Yes, it is time to keep up with the times :) Please check back in the next couple of weeks to see our new look as Sita's Light continues to share music, mantras and meditation whereever we are asked to come :)

Many THANKS to Carolyn of Natural Awakenings - Fairfield County for publishing an article on Kirtan featuring Sita's Light in the May edition of the magazine :) Here's a link to the digital edition - check out pages 46 and 47...

http://issuu.com/naturalawakeningsfairfield/docs/na_0511_digital_final?viewMode=magazine&mode=embed

Sita's Light: BlogSpring Happenings!
Posted on April 10, 2011 with 0 comments
Back to blogland here! Hoping you are all well, enjoying life and feeling loved because you are!
Fumio's back and will be playing with us as often as his schedule allows. Of course, Randy, Gloria and Barry still continue to join us as we move into a time of great sharing of our music for all who are interested :)
Sunday April 17th we will be at a new venue in New Haven ~ the blissful Balanced Yoga Studio ~ where we will talk about the origins of chanting, the current kirtan craze and what it's all about and then we'll spend some time with the mantras and bhajans raising the energy high as the sky! Please come and enjoy with us!
April 29th we gather once again in Ridgefield for satsang ~ this is the place we love most to grow and share our love of Bhakti Yoga. Email for details as space is limited.
May 7th ~ Come chant with Sita at Dharma Mittra’s signature Maha Sadhana yoga workshop given by Yogi Brian Buturla in a class that helps develop the confidence to surrender on and off the mat. This is a challenging, meditative, and unique sequence that involves complete movement of the spine in order to unleash the life force within it. The place ~ Yoga for Everybody in Fairfield, CT.

May 8th we'll be doing a special kirtan in honor of all our Mothers including Mother Earth. Don't miss this opportunity to raise your voices to the Divine Mother and get caught up in that wonderful, nuturing energy that will no doubt be felt that afternoon. Another new venue ~ Watering Pond in Guilford, CT. Check out their website and know you will be in a beautiful, peaceful sanctuary with us ~ www.wateringpond.com

May 14th we're back at Balanced Yoga to raise the roof with an all out rockin' kirtan and we're likely to be joined by some guest musicians that evening :)

That's it for now but of course there's more to come soon!

Hoping to chant with you in the very near future!

CHECK THE CALENDAR FOR MORE DETAILS ON ALL EVENTS!

Hello Dear Friends,

Just an update to let you know Sita's Light happenings coming up! It's so
hard to believe it is already March! I know you are probably as anxious to
see Spring come as I am ~ especially in the still snow covered Northeast!

Events are being put on the calendar every day but here's what we have so
far in the near future ~


March 12th - Kirtan Benefit for Yoga Stops Traffick - Yoga Shala in
Georgetown CT - 6pm.

March 20th - Spring Equinox Celebration Kirtan - Liberation Yoga in
Mahopac, NY - 5pm

March 25th - Ridgefield Satsang - 7pm

I am excited to share that at the end of March I will be traveling with my
dear friends Deva Premal and Miten to Costa Rica (our third time together
there in the past 8 years) so there will be a break in events for a couple
of weeks. When I return though...

April 9th - The Art and Practice of Kirtan - workshop and kirtan at New
Haven's wonderful Balanced Yoga Studio. We'll talk about mantras and why
we chant and then we'll CHANT! Time TBA

April 29th - Ridgefield Satsang - 7pm

Also at Balanced Yoga in New Haven on May 12th - full out rockin' kirtan
night! Time TBA

As always, please be sure to check the website calendar for details, times
and new events.

Oh and sometime in the Spring ~ there will be a wonderful surprise to
share :) Will keep you posted about some exciting news from Sita's Light!

Thanks for your support, light and most of all love of the mantras that
sustain us, open our hearts and minds and help us change the world a
little each day.

With blessings, deep gratitude and joy,
Sita Miriam

Hello Dear Friends,
Hard to believe the year is almost over! Just checking in here with a few details about happenings with Sita's Light as we head into 2011!
We've continued to enjoy our deep and sweet monthly Satsangs in Ridgefield and will continue on into the new year. Please email if you'd like to attend as space is limited and we'd like to always protect the sacred space in this private home from overwhelm :)
This month will be a bittersweet one as we prepare to bid farewell for now to our dear tablas player Fumio who is heading out West on a new life adventure. He will be so very missed but we send him off with all blessings at our final events with him:
December 17th - Ridgefield Satsang
December 19th - Embracing Wintertime - Candlelight Yoga and Kirtan
A wonderful surprise drummer is brewing for January so stay tuned for a formal announcement about who will be joining us!
For those of you who spent New Year's Eve with us last year ~ another great opportunity to do so with an expanded group of musicians this year!
If you didn't get to be there, plan on it now! We are sure that gathering to chant in the New Year is quite meaningful and special. The event is posted now on the calendar and there is also a PAYPAL option to RSVP with your payment for a discount before 12/28 on the website section marked CD & Events. Come join us!
Please check the calendar section for all details about these upcoming events. Hoping to chant with you soon!
Blessings,
Sita Miriam

Hello Dear Friends,

Wow...it's been awhile and only because as many of us may be feeling, life is just going a bit too fast! Hope you all had a great summer and that your Autumn is off to a great start.

We took a little break and are now back to enjoy sharing the mantras and meditations! During off time, I continued to play for Yogi Brian's classes in New Canaan, CT as well as the beautiful new Kaia Yoga in Westport. It's an amazing experience to watch yogis and yoginis moving to the harmonium's sometimes trance inducing sounds :) If you are interested in checking it out, see www.yogibrian.com for info on when there will be live music for class or better yet, get on his mailing list as sometimes the decision is made a few days before. Will also be playing an evening in December at Kaia for a St. Jude Children's Research Hospital fundraiser. More details to come.

If you are in the area, come out and enjoy a night of chanting with us at Liberation Yoga in Mahopac, NY. We return for a second time to bliss out with Adrea and Dave's wonderful students. The following day I will be teaching a Mantra and Meditation workshop there as well.

And as always we have our monthly Ridgefield Satsang by invitation. Email for details if you would like to attend.

Also an exciting heads up that our very own Suan Armstrong will soon release her first CD!! Keep in touch and we'll let you know when and where you can get one.

More to come so check the calendar section of the website regularly!

Keep chanting and we look forward to seeing you soon!

With blessings and deep gratitude,

Sita Miriam

Blessed Friends,

Hoping you are all enjoying the beautiful start of Summer! It's been awhile and only because things have been busy for us! We capped things off with a fun time at  Jivamukti Yoga Center in NYC, 700 Voices and then at Unity in the Foothills in Torrington, CT. Thank you to kirtan promoter Bret Duback and Robin and Bob Werme of the Sage Center in Woodbury for hosting and supporting us!

Now it's time to take a little break from our traveling each weekend to different venues to play together in satsangs and kirtans around CT, NYC and Westchester.

We will continue to hold our monthly private satsang in Ridgefield, CT ~ usually the last Friday of each month. Please email for more details, if you are interested in attending.

I will also continue to do more of what has evolved over the past 3 months ~ playing live music for yoga classes! Very exciting and fun.  Throughout the summer and ongoing, Yogi Brian Buturla and I are teaming up at Ananda Yoga Studio in New Canaan, CT and also at the beautiful new Kaia Yoga Center in Westport, CT most Saturdays and some Tuesdays or Fridays. Please check Brian's schedule for more info about his amazing classes and to reserve your spot at www.yogibrian.com.

Also coming up on July  17th at YogaSpace in Brookfield, CT ~ I will be playing throughout Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher Jeanine Schimel's workshop. It will be a lot of fun so don't miss this opportunity to be with us for asanas and mantras! Check out the YogaSpace site to sign up in advance ~ www.yogaspace-ct.com

Looking ahead in the Fall ~ we return to Liberation Yoga in Mahopac and we're in the process of booking events for late September and beyond.

 That's it for now...wishing you a peaceful and blissful season of the Sun!

 Hoping to chant with you soon!

 With love and gratitude,

Sita Miriam

Where did the time go!? Amazing to think that we were all just having a fantastic time at the Redding Meditation Center on New Year's Eve and already the first month of 2010 is coming to an end. Many thanks to all of you who have come out to chant with us this past month. We've been pretty busy which is a good thing :) New Year's Eve was an awesome mix of Suan's chakra chimes, kirtan with us and the wonderful Eddy Nataraj, Heidi magnificently manning the gong for 108 just before the stroke of midnight and just the greatest group of about 30 people who came to ring out the old and ring in the new in a meaningful, soulful and fun way!

We followed that up by heading down to Bay Ridge Brooklyn the next weekend where our friends Patti and Joe hosted us for a first kirtan in the area. Just over 50 people, most of them new to chanting came to see what its all about! If you're interested in how a bit of it went, check out Joe's YouTube link for Kali Ma...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q2bibKRAyk

Last weekend we were part of a Haiti relief community event in Georgetown at the Yoga Shala where collections were taken for the town of Jacmel, Haiti.

And we end the month as usual at the home of Pia and Anil Britto where for almost a year we have held satsang with lots of joy.

Stay tuned for more soon and in the meantime...
Keep on chanting :)
With gratitude,
Sita

Hard to believe October is flying by and we are heading into Winter here!
Excited to say we are doing sacred music somewhere every weekend except Thanksgiving and Christmas until the end of the year when we will welcome 2010 with a big kirtan bash! Satya and I are in the planning stages but we hope you will be planning to be with us for a very special evening!
More to come on that!
We are also excited to welcome Ginny back this week after two weeks in Japan studying Reiki and visiting all the sacred sites there. She's no doubt brought back some incredible energy to infuse our next string of kirtans.
Thanks to all of you who come out to support our efforts to be in sacred spaces and open hearts whenever and whereever we can. We try never to turn down requests to come to homes and even offices to inspire raising voices to the Divine. The blessings are immeasurable for us and we are humbled and grateful each time.
Stay tuned for more soon!
Until then...keep chanting!
With Prem,
Sita Miriam

Wow...what a month it's been. I've now added a few photos from Deva and Miten's concert and workshop in Philadelphia from earlier this month. I clearly need a new camera as I now know that the one I have didn't really come away undamaged after last year's dunk in the Bahamas.
But there they are and Ginny and I had a great time!

Lots of kirtans have begun again so check the calendar. We continue with such special times each month at Pia and Anil's in Ridgefield. Please email me if you are in the area and would like to come. The space is limited so I have to know in advance about RSVPs for this.

Also we'll be back at Peace Light Love Yoga to help Allison celebrate one year there.

And lots more...including our big New Year's Eve plan that is evolving each day!

Keep on singing!

Still buzzing from last weekend's concert and voice workshop with Deva, Miten and Manose! What a great time as always! If you have never experienced these three amazing beings of Light, put it on your list of things to do!

Check back soon - I'll post a few photos :)

Could it be that Fall is really just around the corner again? Where does the time go!?

Lots coming up so keep checking back for additions to the calendar. We continue to enjoy our monthly satsang at Pia's in Ridgefield. If you are in the area and would like to be on the guest list, please let me know. We are also looking ahead to being at Sacred Shakti again as well as a couple of new venues to be announced. And if you are ready to mark your calendar for New Year's Eve, know that you can come chant 2010 in with us!!
What better way to spend the evening than with some yoga, chai and vegan snacks, Dances of Universal Peace and chanting beginning at 11pm right through midnight!! More details about where to come but count on not just Sita's Light being there. We're inviting ALL the kirtan wallahs we know to join us!

This weekend I am off to Philadelphia PA to be with my dear friends Deva and Miten for their concert and voice workshop. More on that when I return!

Keep on chanting!
With Love,
Sita

What an awesome night of chanting with Mirabai and Friends in CA!! Many thanks to dear her and the other several musicians that came out to play with us on a beautiful Full Moon night at the Yoga Society of San Francisco. Felt right at home and hope we can do it all again sometime!
If you'd like to check it out, search "Sita's Light" at YouTube.com for a little snippet of our Om Namah Sivaya chant :)

Still recovering from an awesome weekend with Professor Paramjeet Singh!!
Ginny, Suan, Fumio and I traveled 6 hours by car to spend two days at GuruGanesha Singh's home in Herndon, VA basking in a classical Indian music experience like no other. Prof Paramjeet taught us a series of vocal exercises to expand 4 octave range, gave a tabla lesson to Fumio, a harmonium lesson to the group and led us in learning both a morning and evening raga. 20 of us basically sang our hearts out all weekend! Unforgettable for sure and we hope to get another chance with this true master soon!

700 Voices was wonderful as we got to be in the mix with Wah!, Shantala, Sat Katar, David Newman. The true highlight was doing original peace chant for the World Peace Sanctuary's ceremony on Sunday morning. Very moving time as everyone participated in placing the flags of the countries and then chanting "May Peace Prevail on Earth" with us.

Happy Monday to all! We are still glowing from the wonderful evenings spent both Friday and Saturday in sacred spaces! Each time it is always so great to see new people come out to explore the joys of devotional chanting with us and to see the more seasoned smile, laugh, cry and buzz!

As we move forward into summer soon, we are excited to share we will be playing the first night of 700 Voices at the World Peace Sanctuary, attending a classical Indian music workshop with Snatam and GuruGanesha's teacher in Virginia, playing for two yoga classes and doing more kirtans at private homes and yoga studios right into September.
And in August, I have the great pleasure of joining Mirabai and Friends in San Francisco for a night of kirtan with her group :)

In the Fall, we hope to keep sharing kirtan Westchester and CT and looking forward to the opportunity to do the same in NYC.

Stay tuned for more!

In the glow that Snatam, GuruGanesha and Manish Vyas brought into our lives this past week. We also welcomed Judith back last night at Santosha for an intimate Full Moon satsang. She'll be moving to California in a few weeks but in the meantime, expect she'll be with us at upcoming events :)
Come if you can Friday May 15th to Sacred Shakti Yoga Studio in Ossining, NY. This is a new venue for us and we are excited to bring kirtan to Shelley and her students as well as area residents who may be new to the bliss of chant!
More to come!
Happy Mother's Day to all!

Or maybe catching my breath! So much activity in the past few weeks! Time spent at SUNY Purchase with Satya and Ma Kirtan was awesome. Many thanks to her, Bill and Grace. Fumio has a brand new set of tablas which sound absolutely wonderful and keep him and all of us smiling. We have been thrilled with the addition of Suan Armstrong with her magic flutes bringing lots of depth and joy to our kirtans.

This week we are all happily anticipating a Wednesday evening concert by Snatam Kaur and GuruGanesha and also getting to spend some time with them. In July, Fumio, Suan, Ginny and I will travel to VA to attend a weekend workshop with Snatam's classical Indian music teacher. The week rounds out with kirtan at Santosha Yoga Center in Newtown CT so come if you can to honor the Divine Mother AND all our Mothers for Mother's Day weekend.
Peace and Light to all,
Sita

Blessed Friends,

Spring has gotten off here with a whirlwind of satsangs and also enjoying the wonders of Wah! who was here in Connecticut recently :) As always at this time of year, changes abound and Sita's Light is evolving with new musicians and new places to play each week both in sacred spaces and private homes.

I am finally getting a chance to share some upcoming dates for Satsangs with you. If you are in the areas, please do come and bring a friend or loved one to share the blissful experience with you too!

Please check the calendar section of this website often for updates and for more information like directions, etc.

And for anyone out on the West Coast near San Francisco...I've accepted an invitation to join Mirabai and Friends for an evening of sacred music!

More to come :)

Wishing you a beautiful Spring and hope you can join us soon as we continue to lift our voices with Love to the Divine and raise the vibration all around!
Remember....
“Kirtan melts the heart, fills the mind with purity and generates harmony and Divine love”. Swami Sivananda