In Kripamaya das’s workshop “The Art of Composing Music for Krishna”, participants will learn simple hands on techniques that will help them write their own music for any Krishna Conscious occasion…no previous musical training necessary. Kripamaya das is Srila Prabhupada’s disciple and a summa cum laude graduate from West Liberty University in music and theater. He wrote the book, music and lyrics for the musical, “The Ramayan, Past and Present”, a two-hour musical which opened with a cast of twenty theater/ music majors and faculty from WLU and has been performed to enthusiastic audiences at New Vrindaban, as well as at the Towngate and Kelly Theaters. 

Improve your devotional music skills by learning simple ways to recognize and understand the musical structure of kirtan.

Learn the personal and practical skills needed to eloquently express devotional realizations.

To spread Krishna Consciousness in today's climate, it is imperative to understand the power of story. In Srimad Bhagavatam 3:13:48 Prabhupada writes, “Every one of us is fond of hearing some wonderful narration, but most stories are neither auspicious nor worth hearing because they are of the inferior quality of material nature. . . .  Intelligent persons should therefore hear personally and cause others to hear the descriptive narrations of the Lord's activities, for that will destroy the pangs of material existence.” Storytelling is an age old tool in all cultures around the world.  It is both a technology and art form in itself. This will be a gently interactive workshop.

Spend time with your breath and learn valuable lessons from it.

Appreciating Poets and Poetry on the Bhakti Path by Ananda Vrindavan devi dasi 

Part 1: REMOVING OUR BLOCKS

A block is what stops the flow of connection from your heart to another person. Every relationship experiences blocks at some point. They can range from being small irritations to being larger issues. In this workshop, we will explore various blocks that are in our relationships and understand how we can bring more empathy, compassion, and forgiveness into them. 

Part 2: DRAWING OUR RELATIONSHIP MAPS

We are a product of everyone who has ever loved us into being. We are also a product of relationships that have challenged and hurt us. But it’s up to us how we want to reframe and tell our story. Relationships are both challenging and life-giving. As spiritualists, we know that we flourish by the association we keep around us. But it’s also important to take note of what kinds of relationships have formed us until now. 

In this workshop, we will take inventory on all the different relationships we have had and visualize them as our personal “constellation maps”. You will walk away from this workshop with more insight into your personal life and empowerment to reconnect to those relationships that enliven you.