Harinam Sankirtan at Princeton downtown!
Diwali Fest at the Bhakti center
Bhakti Center’s 6th annual Diwali Fest – Date 12th Nov 2023.
=> Here are *resource links* for the event date — you can keep the tinyurl’s for future reference!
- Gaura Arti web page or download Gaura_Arti pdf [tinyurl.com/gaurayc]
- Damodarastakam web page or download Damodarastakam pdf [tinyurl.com/damodaryc]
- YouTube livestream -> https://www.youtube.com/@TheTempleatBhaktiCenter
Link to Event Brite page | Bhakti center post on Diwali
Celebrate Diwali in the heart of Manhattan with dazzling lights, vibrant music, delicious food, and joyous festivities!
Schedule
4:45 – Doors Open
4:45 – Welcome Kirtan
5:00 – Interactive Diwali Storytelling
5:15 – Ram Bhajan
5:30 – Classical Indian Dance
5:45 – Special Guest: NYC Mayor, Eric Adams
6:00 – Maha Mantra Kirtan
6:30 – Special Evening Aarti
7:00 – Evening Kirtan
7:30 – Talk on Significance of Diwali
7:45 – Classical Indian Dance
8:00 – Sita Ram Bhajan
8:25 – Lamp Offering by All Guests
8:45 – Dinner Prasad
(* Food stalls open 6:15pm)
This page is accessible at: tinyurl.com/diwalibc
Yogachanti is proud to support and be a part of the Bhatki Center annual Diwali fest celebrations!
Julie at Honor Yoga, Pennington
Julie Mellk, is the Co-Owner and Director of Honor Yoga in Pennington, NJ.
Today, as a 500hr E-RYT senior teacher, she has taught well over a dozen 200-hour and 300-hour teacher trainings. Julie has been sought out to teach all over the world- NYC, Chicago, Savannah, DC, Mexico, Nicaragua, Turkey. Julie taught NYC’s Bryant Park Summer Yoga program, serving nearly 1000 students/class. She’s been featured in New Living Magazine, sheknows.com and Time Out New York.
Julie has overseen many fascinating yoga programs introduced at Honor Yoga, Pennington, among which are: Stretch & Roll, YogaBarre, Meditation, and Aerial (aerial silk – where you are suspended comfortably similar to a hammock!)
Here’s an interview with Julie about the yoga studio, classes they provide, and of course, kirtan!
Yoga Chanti is scheduled to do a kirtan at Honor Yoga, Pennington at the time of posting this article on Sat, May 6, 2023 @ 2pm
Bharati Carla – Garden of Healing & Soma Vayu Garden
Bharati Carla is an empowered lady who maintains 2 wonderful yoga centers – Garden of Healing Yoga & Soma Vayu Garden located in New Brunswick and Highland Park respectively.
She promotes multimodal features to facilitate yoga in a space of healing, and welcomes the world of kirtan often into her spaces. Scroll down for an interview with Bharati Carla!
Yoga Chanti is scheduled to do a kirtan at Garden of Healing Yoga at the time of posting this article on Wed, May 3 @ 9pm, and at Soma Vayu Yoga on Sun, May 7 @ 3pm
Series —> Make Space for JOY!
Garden of Healing Yoga & Wellness is a place to unwind where you can experience the healing power of therapeutic touch, the one-pointed focus of meditation, conscious deep breathing and the scientifically-based sequence of yoga postures.
Soma Vayu Garden is a cultural wellness center providing high quality services that allow people to explore and express Self through yoga, movement, dance, music, art, and cross cultural health & healing modalities.
A discussion with Bharati Carla on her yoga centers: Garden of Healing Yoga & Soma Vayu Garden, and kirtan…
Gina at Hope Yoga
Gina Rafkind is a certified Yoga Teacher, RYT-500 and owns a yoga studio, Hope Yoga, in Jamesburg, NJ.
Gina is a dynamic trend setter, and manages her team of yoga teachers well. She has had experiences listening and relishing kirtan over the years, and is open to incorporating kirtan in her yoga studio for her community.
Yoga Chanti is scheduled to do a kirtan at Hope Yoga at the time of posting this article on Sun, Apr 23 @ 2pm
Scroll down below to access a video interview with Gina!
Hope Yoga is a physical and virtual space built through community, love and hope.
Here is an interview with Gina, about Hope Yoga, and her kirtan experience!
