I’m still in awe at the success of the campaign and the incredible outpouring of love and support!! The Campaign is now “In Demand”, meaning that you are still able to contribute and purchase all of the many perks that are available including pre-ordering your copy of the album! And 9% of any additional contributions to the campaign now that the goal has been met will go to the “Love Serve Remember” Foundation, which continues and supports the teachings of Ram Dass and Neem Karoli Baba!

Dear Friends!

I have so much gratitude  for all your support and love! The campaign (http://igg.me/at/brendamcmorrow/x/1173731) is going beautifully and we have raised 43% in the past couple weeks! Only 57% to go! I’m very excited to announce that we have just added 3 new, awesome (if I do say so myself 🙂 “Perks”! There is also a beautifully generous special offer for our Philadelphia friends and those going to Bhakti Fest from Yoga teacher/Reflexologist Erica Bleznak! All the details are here:

New Perk # 1: $171

Star in a Hanuman Chalisa Video!

Would you like to share your own super-charged devotion and admiration for Hanuman?! Join Brenda in this special re-make version of her Windblown Hanuman Chalisa! You will receive your own Verses to sing/rap, you film it on your iPhone or video camera, send it to us and we edit and present to the world! Also receive an advance download of the new album!

New Perk #2: $270

Notes From the Road

Remember the days when we used to get postcards in the mail? Ever wanted to know what life’s like on the road? Let Brenda be your penpal and send you at least 6 handwritten postcards from her tours around the world! She’ll tell you about her adventures and send them to you from various cities over the next 2 years of touring. She’ll look for the coolest postcards she can find! Plus: advance copy of Brenda’s new album (CD or Download, your choice) + downloads of Brenda’s other 3 albums!

New Perk #3: $500

Sponsor Your Own Song!

Be able to point to the title of your song and say “I helped create that!”. Your name appears in the liner notes. Plus! A Private Kirtan Mentoring Session or QandA hangout with Brenda , 1 Guest Pass to a live Concert, advance copy of Brenda’s new album (CD or Download, your choice) + downloads of Brenda’s other 3 albums! (Requests for specific songs will be accommodated whenever possible.)

Special Offer to our Philadelphia Friends or Friends who will be at Bhakti Fest West: $30 or more

A very special offer from my friend Erica Bleznak, in her own words:

“If you donate at least $30 from today thru this Sunday, July 12– to the remarkableBrenda McMorrow fundraising campaign for her new albumI will put your name in a raffle to win a free private yoga session and one foot reflexology session –I live near Philadelphia so you will need to be nearby or if you are at Bhakti Fest West I can offer a session there too! This is a $260 value for both sessions! Just inbox me (email Blezyogi@gmail.com) and let me know you have donated and I will enter your name–Let’s support musicians like Brenda McMorrow who are sharing conscious music with the world-link to donate is: http://igg.me/at/brendamcmorrow/x/1173731”

STAR IN THIS SPECIAL RE-MAKE VIDEO OF THE WINDBLOWN HANUMAN CHALISA!!

JAI HANUMAN! A brand new, amazing PERK has just been added to my Indiegogo Fundraising Campaign!

Scroll down and see this new offering!!

Here is the original: HANUMAN CHALISA WINDBLOWN VERSION VIDEO

“Brenda’s Windblown version of the Hanuman Chalisa is fast becoming a phenomenon in both India and the West! Join Brenda in making this special “remake” version video!
We need 10 featured performers to sing/rap specific verses of the Chalisa. We will send you the track, with words to learn and a music track (without the words) for you to listen to on earbuds while you sing/rap along and film! Film on your smart phone or video camera, send to us and our wonderful video editor Alyssa will create a wonderful video for us to share with the world!! ”

photo by Jennifer Mazzucco jennifermazzucco.com

Bhakti Fest West! It is a joy to have been invited back again this year to share music with the thousands of beloveds who gather to celebrate love, connection, beautiful sound and beingness together! (Krishna Das, David Newman, Jai Uttal, MC Yogi, Sean Johnson, Donna De Lory and many more will be there too!)

A limited number of discounted weekend passes are available through me!

A full weekend, four day pass could be yours for just $275!

In order for Bhakti Fest to be able to make the festival more sustainable, the producers have alloted a certain number of artist-release tickets to sell. The income from these sales then goes towards covering artists travel and lodging costs.

So, thank you in advance for your support by buying tickets through us!

Please contact info@brendamcmorrow.com

Brenda at Bhakti Fest Midwest, 2014 – photo by Mitchell Manz

Brenda and band at Bhakti Fest Midwest 2014 – photo by Maie P. Jyoti

I have just returned to North America after 4 powerful weeks in Mother India. Transformation, beauty, challenge, joy. Life goes technicolor in this land and I am so grateful for the opportunity to dig in…DEEP!

Just that day we were asked to sing before the evening Aarti at Tulsi Ghat in Varanasi. Little did we know that this would be the most enthusiastically participated in rendition of the Windblown Hanuman Chalisa – EVER! Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that we were playing right below Tulsi Das’ residence (the writer of the Hanuman Chalisa) 

The Ganga in Varanasi.

This sacred body of water is worshipped as a Goddess.

It is an incredible thing to witness how people utilize this river for everything from offerings, pujas,  clothes washing, bathing, boating, selling, toileting to submerging the dead, to blessing and purifying themselves.

The beauty and wonder of humanity at ever turn here in Varanasi

To have the opportunity to participate along the banks of the Ganga in a puja to Lord Shiva, the Transformer, the Destroyer, he who assists us in letting go of all that no longer serves us, was a great blessing.

European Tour

Brenda McMorrow with Rafa Martinez 

December 12

Arts-Thera

Kirtan

Geneva, Switzerland

December 13

11:00 – 13:30

Arts-Thera

Workshop

Geneva, Switzerland

December 13

Evening Kirtan

Diwan Basel

Basel, Switzerland

December 14

Jivamukti

Munich, Germany

December 16

Yoga Roof II

with Emy Berti, Igor Ezendam & Arianna Artioli

Lugano, Switzerland

December 17

Ananda Giri

With Emy Berti

Guardabosone, Italy

December19

La Place du Village

with ORÂMA (Abel Millot,Isaèle Sôntgen, Angela May)

Marseille, France

January 16

CASA DEL TÍBET

musicaiconsciencia@gmail.com

Sergi: 34-670059477

with Ravi Ramoneda and Tara Walsh

Barcelona, Spain

January 23

Joogakoulu Shanti

Helsinki, Finland

January 24-25

 Yoga and Music festival Tallinn   

Salme Cultural Center

with Satyaa and Pari

Tallinn, Estonia

RAFA MARTINEZ

Rafa is a percussionist/vocalist from Barcelona who is joining me on my European tour. He is part of the band “Shaman Laika”, which was born with the intention to honor Mother earth and to serve the expansion of consciousness through ceremony, meditation, kirtan, bhajan, mantra, ethnic, world and ceremonial music; from love, for love and through love…www.facebook.com/shamanlaika

with Rafa Martinez and Matthias Roth, Zurich, May 2014

with Rafa Martinez and Matthias Roth, Zurich, May 2014

with Rafa Martinez, Ravi Ramoneda and Binod Katuwal in Barcelona, 2014

50-hr Kirtan Academy: Bhakti Heart Fire 

DevaTree  School of Yoga – London, ON, Canada

Devotional Chant artist and teacher, Brenda McMorrow invites you to join her in taking a deep dive into everything Kirtan (a practice of Bhakti Yoga). Whether you have a desire to lead Kirtan, incorporate chant into your yoga practice or teachings, or simply receive its benefits in your own life, this immersion will guide you toward these goals.

50-hr Cross-Disciplinary Chanting Immersion With Brenda McMorrow, B.Ed, RYT

At its most basic and universal level, Bhakti can be defined as an expression of love or devotion. Anyone who has experienced the spontaneous heart-expanding effects of chant understands that the Bhakti Bhav (mood) is a sweet, pure and expansive feeling not easily described in words. Like our physical yoga practice, devotional chanting has the power to create healing shifts in the body, mind and Spirit. Acting like a tuning fork for the entire system, chanting can help us clear blocked energy and open us up to the Universal frequency of compassion, expansion, trust, and love.

Experience the benefits of mantra repetition as applied to chanting and meditation, and learn common Sanskrit & yogic chants and their meanings. Participants will gain insight into traditional deities, stories, myths and practices, and their application to our modern lives.

Learn about the typical instruments used for Kirtan, and explore the possibilities of creative chant composition at your own comfort level.

No musical ability and/or training is required for this program, as all students will have opportunities to nurture their own unique chanting voice in a supportive atmosphere of like-hearted others.

Brenda’s personal stories, humor and revelations from her own path and worldwide travels light up these two weekends of brilliant Bhakti bliss!

www.brendamcmorrow.com

http://devatree.com/calendar/event/317/

Offered as a 5-day Intensive

$925 CAD + HST (Ontario Sales Tax)

Kirtan, Yoga and Story in the Sacred Valley

Join John de Kadt and Brenda McMorrow with Katie Campbell for a magnificent week long journey into Peru. This retreat takes place in the Sacred Valley of the Andes Mountains and includes enlivening and enchanting daily yoga, kirtan and storytelling. We will be treated to delicious vegetarian food and cleansing juices, as well as unforgettable trips to sacred sites including Machu Picchu and beyond.

We will reside at the beautiful Illa Wasi Retreat Center, tucked into the Urubamba mountains with accommodations in traditional round Incan buildings. We will be near sacred ancient sites and Incan ruins including one of the wonders of the world – Machu Picchu.

This retreat will include Bhakti yoga chanting sessions with Brenda and John, evening Kirtan under the stars and storytelling that will weave a tapestry of ancient myths throughout the week. Each day Katie Campbell will offer a wonderful yoga class. We will be served delicious, fresh food grown naturally right here in the Valley and juicing can be a part of your daily experience if you wish. Together we will journey to these auspicious and powerful Incan ruins and sites as part of our cleansing, rejuvenating and inspiring week in the Peruvian Andes.

Various accommodations are available depending on your preference. $1950-$2400 all included other than airfare.

For More information please contact:

Eleonora: aleya@aleyajourneys.com Aleya Journeys: info@aleyajourneys.com www.aleyajourneys.com

Brenda: ameyamusic@gmail.com www.brendamcmorrowmusic.com

John: johndekadt@gmail.com www.johndekadt.com

Katie: kbyogalife@gmail.com www.katiecampbellyoga.com