Deva Premal & Miten | Photo Blog

Goodbye Australia

as every year, the ecstatic chant retreat lived up to it's name

rockin out with blues harp baba khalid

happily ecstatic chant group

the empty hammock

making friends with a giant tree on our trek in the forest...

refining harmonies with michael done and jalalo before our concert in byron bay

a very shy natalie imbruglia came to dinner - was she somewhat overwhelmed by the wild osho girls...? maybe!...too shy to chant with us...she had a sweet smile though...

incandescence

mother nature is so abundantly generous down here

luminosity

the great, inspirational patch adams with bharat mitra - founder of the uplift festival in byron bay

the amazing bruce lipton

deva and dear friend madhubala

takatini maestro rainard flatischler (left) with trail blazer and takatini student, trimurti

manose and sansula

we met an unexpected inspirational lady on our way to the ecstatic chant retreat - lex - on her journey to cycle around australia - at 83 years old!

abc studios, sydney

bharat mitra greets the maori elder grandmothers from new zealand

we met some aboriginal elders on this trip

go, lex!

we were joined by sufi whirlers at our concert at uplift

miten's breakfast (left) and deva's (right)!

uncle bob randel at uplift

the tree the loggers missed

the ridge behind our house after the cyclone

beloved hanumanji continually watches over us

with uplift founders, bhavani and bharat mitra

deva joins a discussion panel at uplift

manose in the studio, recording a rain stick

chanting in the garden as the sun sets...

powerhouse, brisbane - one of our favourite venues

we followed a trail created by trimurti - and magically, it led us to this vista

'mushroom man' paul stamets (google him) and his beautiful companion

magpie meets hanuman

deva at mullum market

downtown mullumbimby

the incandescent mushroom

a walk in the rain forest...

with shaman darpan at his home in the forest - belladonna trees in the background

sunrise

deva at home

a smile for sound check

idyllic pastures after the rains

aboriginal elder uncle lewis at the opening ceremony of the byron spirit fest

bondi beach sydney

our morning satsang band at the spirit fest - kamal and amir

bondi postcard

with aboriginal elder, uncle bob randal - we recorded a beautiful aboriginal chant with uncle - it will be released soon.

happy deva

saraswati - the goddess of music and poetry

laxmi - goddess of abundance

the sound crew desperately trying to fix the mix, while deva serene as ever, sits calmly smiling at nothing in particular

ganeesh - the remover of obstacles

dressing room

warming up before the concert

uncle bob is so laid back - here he is recording his voice for the chant

thanks to all our friends down here - your warm and loving welcome will carry us through our travels the coming year.

we'll see you all again soon! meanwhile, keep singing , keep sharing xx deva and miten ... and manose