Kirtan & Vegetarian Potluck with Seabury Gould & Colby Beers

Namaskaram Dear Friends,

YOU Are Invited to our Sublime Kirtan & Vegetarian Potluck – SAT. FEB 21 at 2pm with Seabury Gould & Colby Beers at 1161 Gassaway Rd in McKinleyville: at tabla player Colby’s home.

The potluck will include chai. There is a basket for donations (sliding $10- $20, cash).

Feb 21 is a sacred day, as it is the birthday of the Mother (Mirra Alfassa) who Collaborated spiritually with Sri Aurobindo. Please see her quote at the end re: music & spiritual heights.

We are blessed with coming together to sing & experience Grace, beauty & devotion in a harmonious & uplifting setting.

• Kirtan is a part of Bhakti Yoga, the Yoga of Devotion. Kirtan is a heart-opening musical experience with irresistibly sanctifying power.
• Seabury’s kirtans are easy to follow, traditional Hindu devotional chants in classic call & response patterns.
• Multi-instrumentalist Seabury is a life-long student of music. He spent 2 years in India studying classical Hindustani & Karnatic music. He studied Indian ragas with master teachers such as Ali Akbar Khan, GS Sachdev & Dr. K. Subramaniam. He sings & plays guitar, bouzouki & bansuri bamboo flute. Seabury is a music teacher for both adults & children.

Tabla player/drummer Colby has been a devoted disciple of tabla master Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri for a decade & has been studying percussion since 1997. Colby is a music teacher of tabla & other percussion.

There is a basket for donations to support our community’s musicians. Sliding scale $10- 20 (cash). Donations are welcome but never required.

By singing these Sanskrit prayers, we join a stream of consciousness and devotion that’s been flowing for untold millennium. By singing together in this way, we melt into Nada Brahma: Sound is God.

Through music, one can reach God. (Ravi Shankar)

The role of music consists in helping the consciousness to rise towards spiritual heights. (the Mother)

Namaste,
Seabury