Thu, August 23, 2012. 7 pm - 9 pm Riding the Bliss A Guided Meditation w/ Prana founder Baird Hersey

“Unequaled bliss comes to the heart of the Yogi who hears the internal sound of the Nada.” -The Nada-Bindu Upanishad. This meditation, based on the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, will focus on Yoga Nidra ( the Yogi's sleep), opening the Compassionate Heart, seeing the Divine Inner Light and hearing the Internal Sacred Sound. By bringing our minds to focused attention, we quiet the chatter of the mind and experience a deep feeling of comfort and contentment. Cost: $15 if registered and prepaid by Aug. 21st; $20 if registering after the 21st. Teacher Bio: Baird Hersey is probably best know as a composer and guitarist. In the '70s and '80s he wrote for and played with his big band The Year of The Ear. The group's performances and recordings were highly regarded for their blend of rhythmic percussion and innovative horn arrangements. Hersey is a National Endowment for the Arts Composition Fellow. His diverse career has encompassed; commissions from the Harvard University, New Mexico Council for the Arts, The Brooklyn Bridge Centennial Sound and Light Spectacular, The HVP Symphony Or chestra, and performances throughout the US and Europe in such different setting as the Berlin Jazz Festival and MTV. He has also composed extensively for television. He has been a student of yoga and overtone singing for 17 years. In 1997 He began the practice of Ashtanga Yoga. The result was a change in his life, his music and his career. He is presently recording his tenth album with Prana. He has studied with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore India and with The Gyuto Monks.

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