Deva Premal

Deva Premal grew up in Germany in a spiritual family where she was introduced at an early age to chanting and meditation. Her mother is a musician and her father an artist.

“My father has been on the spiritual path since the 50’s, studying Yoga, spiritual scriptures and whatever books were available back then, making it his daily discipline to meditate every morning between three and five am,” she says.

“When I was growing up he devised exercises for my sister and I, to help us become more aware of the moment: We were taught to say ‘Om’ whenever we placed something on the table, for example. Another was to say ‘Ram’ whenever we switched on the light!” Read more

Dave Stringer

The Los Angeles Times has declared the experience of chanting with Dave Stringer to be “a departure from ancient kirtan. Stringer’s performance shaped the experience into a far more compelling musical encounter.” Kirtan (pronounced keer-tahn) originated in India, and is currently experiencing a worldwide renaissance as a participatory live music experience. Stringer has been widely profiled as one of the most innovative artists of the new American kirtan movement in publications as diverse as Time, Billboard, Yoga Journal and In Style. Read more

Mary Youngblood - First Lady of the Flute

Native American Mary Youngblood, half Seminole and half Aleut, is the first woman to professionally record the Native American Flute, and the first woman to win not just one, but two Grammy Awards for “Best Native American Music Album”. Read more

Wade Imre Morissette

FindBliss: Can you say a bit about your yoga practice? How and where did you start it and how has it evolved over the years?

Wade Morrissette: It started 13 or so years ago. I was 18 and had just traveled and come back to try one year at university. I stumbled across a few books on Eastern mysticism and was hooked. I dropped out of university and plunged headfirst into Ashtanga yoga with Pattabhi Jois and Sharat in Mysore (in India) and through curiosity explored many more traditions including Iyengar, Yoga Therapeutics, Mantra/Japa/ Vedic Chanting, and Bhakti yoga. Read more

Krishna Das

Over the years Krishna Das has made numerous pilgrimages throughout India, meeting teachers and saints of many spiritual traditions on his quest to open and purify his heart. Living in jungles, in ashrams, and in holy places throughout India, he has had an opportunity to absorb the ancient truths that have been held by the Indian culture for thousands of years. Read more

Snatam Kaur

Snatam Kaur is one of the most celebrated young devotional artists performing today. Her angelic chants and songs deliver enchanting prayers to enhance yoga, meditation, healing practices or to sooth and enrich your work environment. Read more

Prem Joshua

Born to a musical family in Germany, Prem Joshua began learning the flute at the age of five and became a fine flautist when still a child. As a teenager he started learning electric guitar and saxophones. His practicing Rock and Jazz could not only be heard in his own house. Some of his neighbors (classical music teachers!) still haven’t forgiven him to this day!

Nevertheless he was soon performing in various Rock, Jazz and Fusion bands to a more appreciative audience, always searching for new ways of expressing and expanding his music. Read more

Miten

Miten grew up in the 60s. “At that time, England was alive with rock ‘n’ roll music and the sound of The Beatles. Everywhere you went it was on the street. It was a time of innocence, a time when you could sense the possibility that life has no boundaries.” He later went on to establish a successful career for himself in the 70s and 80s as a singer/songwriter, touring with such bands as Fleetwood Mac, Lou Reed and Ry Cooder. During this time he released two well-received albums, one produced by The Kinks, another by noted Los Angeles producer Bones Howe for Ariola Records. Read more

Maria Kostelas

Maria Kostelas has been described as a “pied piper of the soul.” Renowned authors Christiane Northrup, M.D., Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., and Judith Orloff, M.D. among others have endorsed her music. Maria has released six solo compact discs of original music through her record label, Flutes of the World. AOL Spa Guide selected her CD, “Ancient Voices from Within” as one of their Top 10 Pick for spa music. Her CD “One Heart” has been licensed to play in hospitals throughout the country. Read more

Manish Vyas

Manish Vyas learned to play tabla at the best address for this complicated percussion instrument: Ustad Allarakha (the late father of Zakir Hussein.)

Born in India to a family of musicians, he performed for many years as a singer, percussionist and composer in traditional kirtan bands, gathering plenty of knowledge about traditional folk, bhajans and the energetic Qawwali music from the Sufi tradition. Read more

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