Bhaktifest was uplifting and exhilarating and joyous, as usual.
We love bringing Kai Chi Do to that harmonic crowd! They’re on our wavelength and it just gets higher from there.
It’s a blessing to be a part of the experience. And a privilege for us to share.
There is something so intimate about us opening to the flow of Life Energy together. The breath of Life. The intimacy of relaxing our minds and opening our hearts. Feeling our connection.
The music can take you there.
So, speaking of harmonies, here are the Kai Chi Do music playlists from the June 20th – 22nd Bhaktifest celebration.
Sharing them with much Love:
| FRIDAY | artist | album | |
| The End of Suffering – Thich Nhat Hanh | 7:16 | Thich Nhat Hanh/Gary Malkin | Graceful Passages |
| Jai Ganesh | 8:35 | Jaya Lakshmi with Ananda | Kirtronica |
| Nataraj | 7:22 | Jaya Lakshmi with Ananda | Kirtronica |
| Govinda Radhe (featuring Srikala) | 4:20 | Srikalogy | Kirtan Sessions – Vol. 1 |
| Social Distortion | 4:32 | MC I-AM & MantraMatrix | Dance Away Your Density |
| Manojvam (Dhyaan Shlok) | 3:46 | Pandit Jasraj | Hanuman Upasana |
| 108 Names of Lord Hanuman | 19:16 | Pandit Jasraj | Hanuman Upasana |
| Karuna Sagari Ma | 7:48 | CC White | This is Soul Kirtan! |
| Outro: Grains | 0:29 | India Arie | Testimony, Vol. 2: Love and Politics |
| You are the Lover | 3:26 | Srikalogy | Kirtan Sessions – Vol. 1 |
| Javanese Lullaby | 2:22 | Cory Alan Carlick | Elbulbin |
| SATURDAY | artist | album | |
| The End of Suffering – Thich Nhat Hanh | 7:16 | Thich Nhat Hanh/Gary Malkin | Graceful Passages |
| Steamworks | 4:36 | The Presets | Beams |
| Asha | 5:55 | Asha Puthli | |
| Beachball (Full Mix) | 7:30 | Nalin and Kane | Single |
| Bole 2 Harlem | 4:12 | Bole 2 Harlem | Bole 2 Harlem, Vol. 1 |
| Mama Don’t Cry | 4:31 | Colinwud | Jehovah |
| Destiny feat. Kayo | 7:09 | Veeresh and the Humanivers… | Our Sacred Earth |
| From Here to Eternity (Superdub) | 9:32 | Giorgio Moroder | Bang Your Party (20 Years of Caus-N-ff-ct) |
| All Im Sayin | 5:13 | Spinnaface | Feel The Shine |
| Ganesh Is Fresh (Omstrumental) | 3:33 | MC Yogi | Elephant Powered Omstrumentals |
| Karuna Sagari Ma | 7:48 | C.C. White | This Is Soul Kirtan! |
| Sita Ram (feat. Go Ray & Duke, Srikala, Luminahdi & Brand X) | 5:59 | Srikalogy | Kirtan Sessions – Vol. 1 |
| Om Shree Hanumate Namah (Jaap – Meditation) | 8:45 | Pandit Jasraj | Hanuman Upasana |
| African Healing Dance (feat. Wyoma) | 6:47 | At One | African Healing Dance – Single |
| Tan-Ju (Tangerine Juice) [Bonus Track] | 3:29 | Veeresh and the Humanivers… | Love in Action |
| Javanese Lullaby | 2:22 | Cory Alan Carlick | Elbulbin |
| SUNDAY | artist | album | |
| The End of Suffering – Thich Nhat Hanh | 7:16 | Thich Nhat Hanh/Gary Malkin | Graceful Passages |
| Jai Kali Ma | 7:57 | Bhagavan Das | Now |
| Best Day of My Life | 3:14 | American Authors | Oh, What a Life |
| Jaya Guru Deva | 4:11 | Ajna | Dance With the Universe |
| Ganesha / AbunDance | 9:17 | MC I-AM & MantraMatrix | Dance Away Your Density: Mantra Mash-Up |
| No Boundary feat. Kayo | 7:38 | Veeresh and the Humanivers… | Our Sacred Earth |
| These Words (I Love You, I Love You) | 6:19 | Natasha Bedingfield | These Words (I Love You, I Love You) |
| One Heart (Space Echo Mix) | 8:11 | Lenny Fontana | Bang Your Party (20 Years of Caus-N-ff-ct) |
| Human Behaviour (Extended Dark Trance Club Mix) | 7:35 | Global Bass Players | 50 Techno Electro Tunes, Vol. 1 |
| METRONOME By Dj Victor – House Music Minimal Tech Long Version – 2010 | 8:42 | DJ VICTOR | SAXONICA DJ VICTOR |
| Happiness | 5:21 | Veeresh and the Humanivers… | Love in Action |
| Om Hraum Mitraya | 4:28 | Deva Premal | Music to Quiet the Mind |
| Karuna Sagari Ma | 7:48 | C.C. White | This Is Soul Kirtan! |
| Javanese Lullaby | 2:22 | Cory Alan Carlick | Elbulbin |
Happy Independence Day!
Kai Chi Do at Bhaktifest 2012 Joshua Tree, California
Bhaktifest 2012 at Joshua Tree, California was AMAZING! If you were there, just close your eyes now, take a deep breath, and another deep breath, and feel the energy come alive again!
And in case you didn’t make it there this year – just close your eyes now, take a deep breath, and another deep breath, and listen to the music. Join us there in spirit. In this moment. Right now. We’ll meet you there.
Many Blessings!
Friday morning
The End of Suffering………..Thich Nhat Hanh and Gary Malkin, from the Graceful Passages album
Glorious Sun…………………..Bhakti Brothers Remix featuring MC Yogi
Kali Maheshwari……………..Lokah
Life is Good…………………….Michael Beckwith, the Transcendence album
Om Namo……………………….Eeday, on the Yoga Revolution album
Energetic Shapeshifter…….Michael Beckwith
Amma (extended version)..James Asher and Sivamani
Home…………………………….Bole 2 Harlem
Eurodancer…………………….DJ Mangoo
Om Nama Shivaya…………..Wizard of ozO
The Signal………………………Bertycox
Ft Jasmine Kara……………..Jonay, from the Skydiving album
La Boite a Track………………Electronischebasisgeluide
Tara……………………………….K-Liv
Padmasambhava……………..K-Liv
Jaya Radha Madhava……….Brain Control
Javanese Lullaby……………..Cory Alan Carlick
Saturday morning
The End of Suffering………..Thich Nhat Hanh and Gary Malkin, from the Graceful Passages album
Something New is Coming (Remix) by Tazdeen Rashid and Charles Robinson
Hymn of the Big Wheel…….Massive Attack
House That Body……………..Eddie Thoneick presents Elementis
All I’m Sayin’……………………Spinnaface
Sometimes Enough…………..The Black Seeds
Hoya Hoye……………………….Bole 2 Harlem
One with Fire…………………..Front 242
Gangnam Style…………………Psy
Land of Legends……………….Zero Project
Tara………………………………..K-Liv
Twameva…………………………Jai Uttal and Ben Leinbach
Javanese Lullaby……………..Cory Alan Carlick
Sunday morning
The End of Suffering………..Thich Nhat Hanh and Gary Malkin, from the Graceful Passages album
Adventure in Paradise………Michael Beckwith
Metronome……………………..DJ Victor
Deep Blue………………………..Mootiv
Kali Maheshwari………………Lokah
Story of a Boy…………………..ToneSmasher
Choir Assembled………………Danilo Mazzeo
Dance Tonight………………….Capashen
Cafe Del Mar……………………Sirkhan
Hot (Club Mix)…………………Inna
The Lake………………………….Paul Winter Consort
Mystic Cord of Memory…….Michael Beckwith
Tara………………………………..K-Liv
One Day in Heaven…………..Michael Beckwith
Fiddler’s Friend……………….Breezeless
Javanese Lullaby……………..Cory Alan Carlick
The Kai Chi Do Weekend Retreat last weekend was phenomenal!
Every Retreat is different, but we’ve seen time and time again that each group is the perfect combination of people. We become a community as we own the reflection of ourselves in each other – the struggles that are familiar and resonate in our own experience, the tears that speak for all of us, the authenticity that inspires us all to courage, the kindness and compassion that transforms us, as we love people anyway, as we love ourselves anyway, in spite of our flaws and our missteps, in our joy as well as our terror.
We are powerful beyond our wildest imaginations. And when we’re a community, that’s when the real magic happens. Perhaps you can feel it too – in the music.
Root Meditation
The End of Suffering…………..by Gary Malkin and Thich Nhat Hanh
Padmasambhava……………….by k-liv on jamendo.com
Tara………………………………..by k-liv
Kyosui (O-daiko)……………….by Kodo
Mantra – Om Namaha Shivay.by Vyanah. Full CD available on vyanah.com
River Run…………………………by Paul Winter Consort
Om Mani Padme Hum…………by Jonathan Goldman
Glass Idol…………………………by Paul Hoppe and Tim Wheater
Moola Mantra Incantation…..by Deva Premal
Moola Mantra Invocation……by Deva Premal
Saturday Morning Kai Chi Do
The End of Suffering…………..by Gary Malkin and Thich Nhat Hanh
Open Minded Medal…………..by Kellee Maize (I love this!)
This Little Light of Mine……..by Gospel Dream
A Oracao Do Amor…………….by Iras
Everything is in You…………..by Jai Uttal
Amma (Extended Mix)……….by James Asher
Hara Hara Bom…………………by Jai Uttal
All I’m Sayin’…………………….by Spinnaface, on the Free Music Archive
Crazy Beatz………………………by L&M Project
Enur (featuring Natasja)…….by Calabria
House that Body………………..Eddie Thoneick presents Elementis
Rain in the Sun………………….by David Gordon
5 Minute Power Meditation…Music for Meditation and Relaxation
Journey to Shambala………….by Oliver Shanti and Friends
Superhero…………………………by Flooze
Ave Maria…………………………by Icons of R&B
Javanese Lullaby……………….by Cory Alan Carlick
Fire Meditation
Gopala Lullaby…………………..by Jai Uttal and Ben Leinbach
Shakti……………………………….by Wah!
Prayer to the Buddha Maitreya by Jai Uttal and Ben Leinbach
Jai Kali Ma…………………………by Bhagavan Das
Prayer to Shakyamuni………….by Jai Uttal and Ben Leinbach
Om Namo Bhagavate……………by Desert Dwellers
Lilies on the Lake………………..by Michael Hoppe and Tim Wheater
Rain in the Sun……………………by David Gordon
Lotus Call Part 1………………….by Budi Siebert
Mantra………………………………by Krishna Das
Being and Time……………………by Swear and Shake
Sunday morning Kai Chi Do
The End of Suffering…………..by Gary Malkin and Thich Nhat Hanh
Sri Suktam………………………..by Shanti Shanti
African Skies…………………….by African Tribal Orchestra
Kali Maheshwari………………..by Lokah
Amma (Extended Mix)……….by James Asher
Karuna Sagari Ma……………….by C.C. White
Hara Hara Bom…………………by Jai Uttal
Dance Shiva Dance……………..by Jai Uttal
Varanasi…………………………..by Naid
It’s About Love………………….by C.C. White
Kebab Connection………………by dunkelbunt
At Sunrise…………………………by Desert Pearl
The Beauty Way…………………by Douglas Spotted Eagle and James Bilogody
Shanti (Peace Out)………………by MC Yogi
Blessed Be the Rain……………..by Miriam Venus
Psalms 23………………………….by India Arie and MC Lyte
Javanese Lullaby……………….by Cory Alan Carlick
Many Blessings!
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Here’s a video clip from one of our Sunday morning Kai Chi Do sessions. The Life Energy was definitely ON!
If you like the music (but you’d like to hear more of it), here’s the full playlist:
The End of Suffering……………..by Thich Nhat Hanh and Gary Malkin
Story of Ohm……………………….by Paniq (Royalty-Free download on Jamendo.com)
Third Eye……………………………by Kellee Maize (Royalty-Free download on Jamendo.com)
Story of a Boy………………………by ToneSmasher (Royalty-Free download on Jamendo.com)
Moya Lubov………………………..by Nastya Yasnaya (Royalty-Free download on Jamendo.com)
Deep Blue (Hermetico Remix)…by Mootiv (Royalty-Free download on FreeMusicArchive.org)
Dance Tonight (feat. Alex)……..by Capashen (Royalty-Free download on Jamendo.com)
Joel-Laufen (Live)………………..by Joel (Royalty-Free download on Jamendo.com)
Barrelhouse…………………………by BlackJaq (Royalty-Free download on Jamendo.com)
Homecoming……………………….by Avaendil (Royalty-Free download on Jamendo.com)
Rain in Australia…………………..by Peter Mergener on his album “Buddha Lounge”
Angels………………………………..by Allison Crowe (Royalty-Free download on Jamendo.com)
Javanese Lullaby………………….by Cory Alan Carlick
Many Blessings!
Last Sunday’s Kai Chi Do music playlist was so beautiful – no one wanted to leave when it was done! I’m calling it Spirit of Dreams because it took me to the place where anything is possible. See for yourself. Here it is:
The End of Suffering Thich Nhat Hanh/Gary Malkin
Ganesh is Fresh (Omstrumental) MC Yogi
East West Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra
Inna Hot (Club Mix) Inna
Tribal Phantasy J Verner
I Don’t Care Fall Out Boy
Sometimes Enough The Black Seeds
World Hold On (Original Club Mix) Bob Sinclar
Relax, Take It Easy Mika
Calling Wisdom Karunesh
Om Namo Bhagavate Desert Dwellers
Lilies on the Lake Michael Hoppe and Tim Wheater
Javanese Lullaby Cory Alan Carlick
Namaste!
