Sacred Mantra Music & Veggie Potluck
RSVP by June 14th for address & directions: info@lovingawareness.org
$15/person
Arrive at 4 pm ~ Check In
Kirtan @ 4:30 with Guest Kirtan Artist Kaita Bliffert from Milwaukee and Debra & Mark Gehrke of Waupaca’s own Brilliant Bliss Kirtan
Veggie Friendly Potluck @ 6:30 ~ Please bring a vegetarian dish to share
Celebration Details…
Gather at the beautiful Loving Awareness Sanctuary in Waupaca to celebrate the turning of the seasons with heart opening, soul uplifting, bliss inducing kirtan.
Debra and Mark are infinitely stoked to be sharing the sacred mantra music stage with Milwaukee’s beloved kirtan artist, Kaita Bliffert! It’ll be a Kaita-Brilliant Bliss Kirtan Mash-up of the most magnificent kind!
…and don’t forget, in the realm of kirtan, everyone present is in the band! Get ready to raise the Love Light vibe higher and higher with us!
- Plan to arrive at 4 pm to check in and get settled. We will gather on Debra and Mark’s covered veranda for kirtan at 4:30.
- A shared veggie friendly potluck dinner will follow kirtan.
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RSVP is necessary, thank you. **Address/Directions/Information will be emailed to you once we’ve received your rsvp to: info@lovingawareness.org
- You may invite friends. All are welcome. No experience is necessary.
What to Bring:
- $15/person
- Vegetarian dish to share
- Meditation cushion/pillow, lawn blanket, low camp/beach chair (if you like)
- BYO water bottle (this is a no alchohol/no drug event)
- Weather appropriate layers
- Eco-friendly bug repellant (welcome to summer in the country!)
- flashlight or head lamp
Meet Our Amazing, Beautiful, Gifted Kirtan Friend… Kaita Bliffert!
In 2001, at the bequest of her worried mother, a black and blue streaky-haired, punk teenager with an attitude walked into her first Kirtan event with Ragani on Milwaukee’s east-side.
Her musical influences at the time included bands like Nine Inch Nails, Tool, and Marilyn Manson, to name a few. Her favorite after-school activity was sitting alone in her room blasting this music and writing bad poetry.
When Kaita experienced her first kirtan, she remembers a sense of familiarity in the mantras and a feeling that her whole life was about to change. She developed an interest in yoga, completed a teacher-training course, and became a body worker and Ayurvedic practitioner.
She travels to India regularly, and loves to be immersed in the culture of devotion and personal growth. Before attending kirtan, Kaita would never sing, not even in the shower. Now, she’s known for her distinctive vocals, has lead kirtan events around the U.S. and released an album in 2011 and is working on a second.
Kaita’s passion for bringing together community inspired her to start a local devotional festival, Kirtan Fest Milwaukee, that has been running successfully since 2012. It is with deep gratitude and appreciation for the practice that Kaita shares her music and her heart in the form of sacred mantra.
Meet Brilliant Bliss Kirtan with Debra & Mark Gehrke
What could be more uplifting than gathering together to sing praise with open hearts filled with loving devotion?!
Come bask in the co-creative BLISS with us!
With an emphasis on High Vibe Light and Love, we blend devotional sacred mantra (sanskrit, gurmukhi, aramaic, etc.) with conscious, positive lyrics and poetry of the ancients for a high vibe musical fusion that uplifts, enLIGHTens and imbues the joyous peaceful calm that is Brilliant Bliss.
The bliss of kirtan is a co-creative energy… We promise a heart expanding, joy vibing, bliss inducing, love sharing experience that will get your sweet soul shining bright!
Brilliant Bliss Kirtan ~ It’s Like Sunshine for the Soul!
With passion and joyful purpose, Debra’s vocals lead each mantra song, as her beloved husband-percussionist Mark keeps the rhythmic pulse alive and moving on various hand drums and a cajón.
Debra adds to the musical experience with a variety of instruments…a Middle Eastern harmonium, Indian metalaphones, a Hawaiian ukulele, shakers, rattles, tambourine and more! Her sisters, Denise & Deann, along with other beloved Loving Awareness friends, often join to lead the response vocals and add some sweet harmonies.
The most important part of the band is…YOU! It’s YOUR enthusiastic joy and open heart that expand the experience to the most high vibe, elevated space. Thank you for participating!
Bookings
Bookings are closed for this event.