Summary: It’s finally coming on spring here, the daffodils are starting to come up, and the hip replacement surgery is also coming up — it’s on March 18! Last month we had a beautiful kirtan here led by <a href="https://www.johannasings.com/?v=7516fd43adaa" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Johanna Beekman</a> — it was so sweet. She’s about to set out on another tour & also has a new CD in the works, I’m looking forward to hearing that when it’s finished.<br> So I’ve been in a very inactive period here before the hip surgery — I can’t walk or swim & it’s driving me nuts. But in the quest to make lemonade out of lemons, one of the good things is that I can make lots of podcasts, it’s been kind of fun! This edition is the set I played for our kirtan circle for Valentine’s Day, focused on the Heart Sutra & other chants to open the heart.<br> We have music from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Vob164VuXu05O8xW78yrg" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Jane Winthur</a>, <a href="https://devapremalmiten.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Deva Premal & Miten</a>, <a href="http://lunaraymusic.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Kristin Luna Rae</a>, <a href="https://shantalamusic.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Shantala</a>, an amazing Heart Sutra offering by <a href="https://leeharringtonmantramusic.com/wp/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Lee Mirabai Harrington</a>, a beautiful Purnamadam chant by <a href="https://jayalakshmiandananda.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Jaya Lakshmi</a>, and then ‘Aham’, another chant by Shantala from their CD Living Waters that gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.<br> I enjoyed putting this set together, and given the download numbers you guys REALLY like the podcasts that are all music, so I’m just going to do a bunch of them for a while. Until next time my friends, Namaste.<br> P.S. Many thanks to my wonderful agent Stacey Stahl at <a href="https://inbothears.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">In Both Ears</a> for permission to use this pic for the podcast.<br>
