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brasil! first stop, florianopolis part five

next day...guess what...?

at last we began to experience the ‘real’ brasil!

..and it is good!

coming next – rio de janeiro...

brasil! first stop, florianopolis part four

on sunday we had a beautiful gathering...

the room was full of light...

prashantam’s divine healing exercises

brasil! first stop, florianopolis part three

and then suddenly we’re on stage again, playing and singing with our first brasilian audience for 12 years.
it was just so good to hear those beautiful voices caressing the mantras..

after the concert...more manose devotees!

this was taken just before we hunkered down to watch a movie.
the brasilian houses are notorious for no heating...still, as you can see, we were cosy.
the movie was something manose suggested.
I’d heard about it, but had never seen it – zeitgeist.
if you haven’t seen it, you might find it interesting...disturbing..inspiring...
it’s all this – and more.
don’t miss it.
you can find the full movie on youtube – just type in zeitgeist.

... still raining...

brasil! first stop, florianopolis part two

here’s enio, our new sound tec, in discussion with deva at sound check.
he’s a great guy – we’re really lucky to have him, especially as we’d been spoilt by having nadaraj on the usa leg.
marco told us enio took evening classes on english in preparation for our arrival.
how cool is that.

sound check again – everyone taking care of last minute details before ‘showtime’...

deva irons...

...miten hugs...

and manose ... well, what would you expect...?!

... outside in the foyer, it was warming up...

our new friends were arriving!...

brasil! first stop, florianopolis part one

hi friends so – I skipped encinitas and new york...i’ll get back to them later.
both beautiful in their own way, but I’m here in brasil and everything before has dissolved into the distance... far away, in time...

we’ve been here five days... we arrived in pouring rain – real monsoon weather – and it only stopped a few hours ago!
literally.
5 days non stop rain, and I mean rain.
not drizzle.
not showers.
I’m talking noahs ark.
..but hey, this is brasil and who cares about the rain.
we’re here and loving it.
here’s how it looked from the plane!

couldn’t wait to get down...
we were kind of relieved to feel brasil under our feet...we were relieved to feel ANYTHING under our feet actually.

here’s our brazilian tour promoter, marco schultz.
marco was recommended to us by krishna das, so we knew we were in good hands.

marco has his own brand of kirtan on cd, inspired by krishna das, with added brasilian flavours.
you can hear it at www.youtube.com (type in marco schultz)
...florianopolis is a quiet little airport...it was easy to find each other...!

like I said, it felt real good to be on the ground.
that the ground was called ‘brasil’ just made it that extra bit special...

the concert in florianopolis, took place at an old and elegant cultural theatre (this is not it)...but as you can see, it is still raining.

...marco was happy to tell us it was already sold out.

r'n r in palm springs

hanging out in the desert..you get happy...

spacey...

high...

...the air is so clean...

...and fresh...

...you just have to sit back and breathe it in...deva and marina, our sweet friend, relaxing at 4000 ft...

...like being on top of the world up there...

we did play some music too - a very beautiful event with michael beckwith and his beautiful wife, rickie.
unfortunately, nobody remembered to take photos!
we did take some from our hotel room though...

from the desert to the city – arriving in new york city, we were picked up in a stretch limo for the omega yoga conference!!
had to take a photo of THAT!
(p.s just so you don’t get the wrong impression – a regular car was ordered but the hire company only had this one left, so they sent it!)
how is it inside..?
well, it’s all black leather and fancy lights and a stocked bar...we didn’t drink anything and we had the driver turn the lights off, so it was kind of like sitting in a bus.

Colorado part two

it was so great to hang out with benjy and heather wertheimer again.
these guys play great music.
benjy plays esraj, and features on the moola mantra
you can hear their music at <www.benjymusic.com>

day after, we were playing at the mile high church in denver, to thousands of people in three morning congregations...

here we are with the ministers..

playing at 8 am wasn’t easy, but it was good!!

and very sweet to meet so many new friends after the services

Colorado part one

pix from our workshop at the yoga journal conference, in estes park, colorado

Vancouver part three

deva meets her friends...

we love you, vancouver!!

Vancouver part two

we love the vancouver people...here they come!