Kirtan Dance Journey: A Divine Mother Celebration!

Kirtan Dance Journey: A Divine Mother Celebration!!

Joining together in a collective sharing of Love to honor Spring, Divine Mother, New Growth. Celebrating Divine Feminine Rising. Shakti! To be in a Radiant Heart with Joy and Connection. Enjoying community. Chanting, dancing, grounding, integrating, weaving, loving!

OFFERINGS:

+ KIRTAN

+ ECSTATIC DANCE

+ SOUND INTEGRATION

+ SACRED CEREMONY

SPACE HOLDERS:

Ananda Lila Kirtan (Shanti Wendy Warnimont, Paula Battaglio, Muriel Reymond)

DJBigHeart (Kohl Mayberry)

Treya Jaholkowska

Jordan Loder

MORE TO COME! CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES!

FLOW:

5:00 - 5:15 PM | Opening

5:15 - 5:45 PM | Kirtan with Jordan Loder

5:45 - 7:15 PM | Mantra Music with Ananda Lila Kirtan

7:15 - 7:30 PM | Circling Up

7:30 - 9:00 PM | Ecstatic Dance with DJ Big Heart

9:00 - 9:30 PM | Sound Journey with Treya Jaholkowska

9:30 - 10:00 PM | Closing Circle

OFFERING:

$44-$77 range

• $44 - a few at this rate
• $66 - average offering
• $77 - please consider FULLY supporting this event

(There are a few spots for volunteers. Reception or registration is needed. Setup/Cleanup)

LOCATION:

Heartwood Center

1818 Dempster Street

Evanston, IL 60202

MORE INFO:

https://anandalilakirtan.wixsite.com/mysite

773-720-3455

[email protected]

www.facebook.com/anandalilalove

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WHAT TO BRING:

• Yoga mat or cushion for sitting and resting

• Water bottle

• Comfortable clothing for free movement

• Snacks or food that you may need. Attendees are welcome to take breaks as needed for nourishment time

GUIDELINES FOR OUR DANCE:

• Please come on time

• Come sober, refrain from intoxicants before and during event

• No talking on the dance floor during ecstatic dance

• No electronic devices in the dance area during ecstatic dance (No Phones, No Camera/Video)

• Respect everyone's personal space

• HAVE FUN! Move as you wish. Listen to your body.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

BIOS:

Ananda Lila Kirtan (MANTRA MUSIC)

Ananda Lila Kirtan is a world music ensemble, blending chanting and music with ritual and meditation for healing and transformation. As a family of musicians, Ananda Lila loves to weave ancient chants from different traditions with newly birthed sacred songs. Ananda Lila features eclectic organic sound blending accordion, harp, world music rhythms, transcendent voices and ambient gong and soundscapes, creating a fusion of East & West, with Eastern European and Middle Eastern grooves meeting ambient and folk flavors. With a grateful heart, Ananda Lila Kirtan has been sharing kirtan and sacred sound experiences in the Midwest since 2010 at places such as: Kirtan Festival Milwaukee, Midwest Yoga and Kirtan Fest, The Blue Lotus Buddhist Temple, Yoga Now Chicago, Yogaview, Ahimsa Yoga, Unity Church, The Theosophical Society, Vedanta Center of Chicago, Himalayan Yoga and Meditation Center, Flower of Life Yoga, Oneness Festival, Home of Harmony. https://anandalilakirtan.wixsite.com/mysite, https://www.facebook.com/anandalilalove

https://www.youtube.com/.../UCAwtDOjlkygdHdh0yDf.../featured

Kohl Mayberry (ECSTATIC DANCE)

Kohl (DJ Big Heart) started novice amateur DJing 20 years ago when he fell in love with electronic dance music. 7 years ago when Kohl had hit rock bottom and was in debilitating chronic physical pain with nowhere to turn, he stumbled upon an ecstatic dance. This dance completely cut Kohl wide open to the core and shook his entire being. He started dancing through his pain regularly both at home and in the community. Ecstatic dance has now become his obsession and he has participated in over 400 ecstatic dances. 5 years ago he started DJing ecstatic dances and in 2023 Kohl formed the organization now known as “Ecstatic Dance Batavia” where he started hosting and DJing ecstatic dances for the community to give back for the healing that he was gifted upon him and to share “the Gospel of ecstatic dance.”

Treya Jaholkowska (SOUND INTEGRATION)

Treya is a Certified Yoga Instructor, Reiki Practitioner, Sound Healer, and Intuitive Coach. Her work blends artistry, music, and ancient practices to support the expansion of consciousness during these transformative times.

From 2006 to 2013, Treya immersed herself in deeper spiritual exploration, living in Hawaii, India and Europe. Her time in monasteries, ashrams, and intentional communities deepened her connection to yogic practices, mantra chanting, and sacred music.

As a Sound Healing Journey facilitator with the Dreamweavers Collective, Treya weaves eclectic instruments and vocals to create transformative experiences. She also offers meditation, mantra chanting, Kirtan, Sacred Feminine retreats, and conscious workshops, blending ancient wisdom with creative expression. Follow her at @treyamagdalena and @dreamweavers333

Jordan Loder (KIRTAN MUSICIAN, SOUND ENGINEER)

Jordan brings a potent vibration and playful spirit to his devotional chant practice. Omni genre mullti instrumentalist, cosmic trouble maker, and galactic soul adventurer. He has toured with chant luminaries Deva Premal & Miten, Snatam Kaur, Manose, Ajeet, Simrit, and Adam Bauer

www.jordanloder.com,

Shanti (Wendy) Warnimont (ACCORDION, VOCALS)

Shanti (Wendy) Warnimont is a sacred space holder of the shamanic creative vibrational healing arts since 1990. As a lover and student of mantra, kirtan, sacred music, meditation and ecstatic states from many traditions, Shanti’s passion is to be an open channel for catalyzing loving awareness. Shanti specializes in practices that move energies through the body and the voice creating a deep connection to self and source. Currently Shanti is hosting programs integrating Bhakti Yoga Appreciation, Shamanic Journeying, Moving Meditation and Mindful Music Meditation. Shanti is currently sharing kirtan mantra meditation experiences with her ensemble Ananda Lila Kirtan all around the Chicago, Wisconsin and Michigan area.

Paula Battaglio (HARP, PERCUSSION)

Paula started playing piano at age 5, after sitting at her mother’s feet listening to her play their grand piano. One day, her mother heard her playing Clair de Lune by ear and immediately found her a piano teacher. She eventually studied at the suburban branch of the New England Conservatory into her teens. She has played both acoustic and classical guitar, and hand percussion and djembe. Paula has found a special niche playing kirtan in many of Chicago’s kirtan bands, including Amy and the Bliss Tribe, Akoustikirtan, and Devi 2000. She discovered Celtic lever harp 20 years ago, and it has become her most beloved instrument. She is currently playing kirtan with Ananda Lila with Shanti Warnimont and Muriel Reymond. She also collaborates with Preston Klik, performing his Ocean of Devotion and Third Ear Music sound healing journeys.

Additionally, Paula weaves her many decades of experience with spiritual practice, energy healing, and music, into her healing and music practice. Her deep desire is to be a clear conduit for Light and Healing and assist others in their healing and awakening. As an intuitive empath, Paula has been drawn to energy healing since her 20s. She has studied many healing modalities, including Reiki (she is a Master Teacher), Healing Touch, Nomena Healing, Spectrums for Health and Wholeness, and Vortex Healing. She has also had a meditation practice for 35 years and has been in the Clairvision School of Meditation and Awakening for 20 years.

Muriel Reymond (WORLD PERCUSSION, VOCALS)

Muriel is a natural “heartist”. Singer-songwriter, sound weaver, intuitive painter, she draws her inspiration from her living environment.

She considers herself as a simple human being on Earth, with her unique French growing-up background, her experiences living in Japan, or traveling elsewhere on the planet discovering or reconnecting with different cultures.

Her music training includes classical singing, violin, viola and recorder, and medieval music. Her love for rhythm got her trained in Japanese taiko during her 5-year stay there. Since 2016, she has studied to play the frame drum with Marla Leigh Goldstein.

Her singing exploration guided her to train with Soul Voice International as a sound healer with the voice. This expansion allowed her to get a deeper connection with everything that is, (whether it is mineral, vegetal, animal, human, and beyond that state), and to dive into the therapeutic world of frequencies. Sound weaving is a way for her to improvise with the voice and touch the heart of people around, to remind themselves of their true nature.

She has always drawn since her childhood, but it was not until 4 years ago that she delved into intuitive painting, creating her first pouring paintings. She has evolved since, following her heart inspiration, to create mixed media art. https://www.murielreymond.com/

Host or Publisher Ananda Lila Kirtan