Namaste Friends,
Welcome to my newsletter! I hope this finds you thriving, inspired and feeling good about this new cycle of life. This past year has been one of great transformation and deep healing work for me and so many of us. It has been a cycle of renewal, reconfiguration, reconnecting, remembering, rejuvenation, rewiring and so many of those other ‘re’ words. I am so grateful for your continued support as we navigate the big changes life brings.
After I returned from India last spring I set on a course of my own, as Ananda and I began untangling and unraveling all the threads woven so tightly together between us for 10 years. It’s an ongoing process, as most of us know who have been in a long-term relationship that involved many aspects of life.
For me this has been a long-awaited time of self empowerment, self nourishment, self exploration and deep healing. Like coming back home to myself after many years of constantly connecting with ‘the other’, whether it has been a partner, my children, my fans, etc… It is a special time when I get to review who I am now, how far I’ve come, what I would like to do now, who I’d like to be - what matters most to me? What is most inspiring and meaningful? I am grateful for this great ‘slow down’ actually, as challenging as it has been for many - as it has created the opportunity to reflect on our world, inner and outer.
I have been enjoying peace and silence immensely lately. I feel so full when I am just sitting still and breathing with my eyes closed. Such beautiful simplicity, to listen to the birds and the wind blow through the trees. I drink in the sweetness of the earth and her magic and I feel so deeply satisfied. My soul is clearing, deepening.
Here is a quick look and links for upcoming events
& more from me below - keep scrolling…
DON'T MISS OUR LIVESTREAM CONCERT ON JUNE 25TH!
UPCOMING EVENTS SCHEDULE & LINKS
(see detailed descriptions & links below - click on the image to register)
June 19-24 • Sedona Red Rocks Soul Journey | Led by Jaya Lakshmi and Ananda Yogiji
June 25-27 • Altar of Love Weekend Sedona | Sun Moon Studio
June 25 • Live Stream Concert with Jaya Lakshmi and Ananda Yogiji
July 20-26 • Sacred Ceremony, Yoga and Healing Retreat with Jaya Lakshmi
and Teresa Carnicelli | Eugene, OR
Sept 7-12 • Hawaii Dolphin, Chanting and Yoga Retreat | Ananda Yogiji and Jaya Lakshmi
Oct 23-26 • Goddess Empowerment and Healing Retreat with Jaya Lakshmi | Sedona, AZ
Nov 18-22 • Sedona Vedic Astrology Conference | Ananda Yogiji and Jaya Lakshmi
Jan 23-28 • Hawaii Whale & Dolphin | Yoga & Chanting Retreat with Jaya Lakshmi
RETREATS
What feels most authentic to me at this time and over the past year has been the beauty and potency of the retreats we have led. I have felt divinely guided to keep calling forth more sacred gatherings for us, in these turbulent and strange times. It seems to be extremely important for us to come together in person and share our wisdom, our practices, our voices, and our divine presence with each other.
I recently completed my first women’s retreat, called “Goddess Empowerment and Healing Retreat” here in Sedona. To my excitement, it sold out fairly quickly. It turned out to be an epic time together and I realized how much this is needed! My vision unfolded of how I will start with two a year, one in the spring and one in the fall.
The spring retreat will fall on Mother’s Day, which is perfect. To honor the Mother in all her forms and her Divine Shakti that flows through all of life. There will be one in October as well, starting this year, 2021. Please click here for more info and to register.
(October is filling up fast!)
For the rest of 2021, I will be leading/co-leading four retreats - two with Ananda, one with my dear friend Teresa and one on my own. For 2022 so far I have scheduled the January Hawaii retreat and the May Goddess Retreat in Sedona.
We’ll be doing the Hawaii/Whale Spirit 2022 retreats separately this time but still offering the two options as we usually do - I’m doing the one in January and Ananda has February.
This past winter I started to play music for medicine ceremonies with Teresa Carnicelli, based in Eugene, Oregon. It has opened me up in so many blessed ways. I have been on the medicine path for many years, but had never ventured much into the Amazonian medicines.
I suppose it was time to deepen and expand my experience as a human, as the grandmother serendipitously called me in.
We are leading a 7-day retreat this summer in Eugene (days are optional). It is going to be magical. There will be some rooms to rent in the house and camping options on the land.
We are also doing ceremonies this August in Lake Tahoe, Santa Cruz, LA area and Sedona. If you are interested in any of the medicine ceremony events please contact me through my email or ideally, the Signal app.
Click on the links below for more info and to register for any of the upcoming retreats.
MUSIC and PERFORMANCES
I'll begin recording my new album once I get situated in Eugene for the summer. I am anticipating some very special music coming through for this and I'll keep you posted as it develops. I am planning a Livestream sometime in July - more details about that coming. I'm not planning to do many festivals or performances this year besides the livestreams but you never know - there are some ideas brewing. I'll send updates as things unfold.
We do have a special Altar of Love Weekend in Sedona, June 25-27 after our retreat, if any of you want to come this way or join us online for a special Livestream on
Friday night, June 25th! Click here or below for more info.
WEBSITES and OTHER LINKS
I do have a new website: www.JayaLakshmiMusic.com
- still under development but for now it does the job!
You will be able to find events posted on there as well as my Facebook Page.
For events that I am doing with Ananda you will be able to find those posted on our website: JayaLakshmiandAnanda.com and our Facebook Page.
Honestly, I have been taking a break from social media the last few months - trying to see how life feels without the constant pressure to check/update my Facebook or Instagram.
Can I live without it? How does the quality of my life and my relations shift when I'm not always looking through the lens of social media? It's been really, really nice. But I will return and I plan to continue to reach out on these platforms since they are still so popular, and from a positive perspective, an amazing way to connect across time and space. I will continue, however, to open up other ways and channels to network and share my work.
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