Post by anastasia on Sept 10, 2014 12:38:49 GMT 7
MURFEST: Malaysia Urban Retreat Festival 2014 - Yoga, Music & Dance @ Pullman Putrajaya Lakeside Hotel & Marina Putrajaya, Putrajaya (7 - 9/11/14)
We invite you take journey with us on a remarkable festival taking place in Malaysia called MURFEST. First time ever being held in this country, with over 40 different classes to choose from every day and with over 60 global facilitators in their own field, MURFEST aims at bringing a world class Festival right here in Asia.
Being held for 3 days in Pullman Putrajaya Lakeside and Marina Putrajaya , MURFEST is not only a workshop series for Yoga, Music & Dance enthusiast, but also has a huge Wellness and Healing Vendor Village with over 100 vendors that will showcase health n wellbeing products, organic and vegetarian food and a beautiful 2 night mini concert series showcasing world music called Urbanite.
THE MURFEST MISSION
MURFEST 2014 is aimed at awakening the spirit within each of us as we explore yoga, music, dance, healing therapies and other health and wellness options available in todays trend setting era where people are more and more conscious on living a well balanced life. While embodying the heart of wellness, the event strives to provide a space for self-discovery, self-mastery and knowledge through wellness practices.
THE MURFEST VISION
MURFEST hopes to evolve into an annual event becoming the regions foremost Yoga, Music and Dance gathering encompassing new age healing therapies and wellness products and services. Recognising the power of physical and mental health and the challenges we face in our day to day lives, we hope to make these practices accessible to all.
MURFEST GIVES BACK
A big thread of this event flows through community outreach and support. MURFEST features a number of karmic and charitable opportunities over the weekend long festival; from FREE classes for the local underprivileged communities to evening events dedicated to fundraising and creating awareness to the different campaigns.
Line Up:
Yoga Line Up:
Ninie Ahmad - Malaysia
Ninie Ahmad is the founder and owner of Upward, an NYC-inspired yoga practice space and is dubbed Malaysia’s celebrity yoga instructor. She has graced a couple of magazine covers and endless newspaper pages and is a familiar face in morning TV shows as Malaysia’s most visible yoga teacher.
Ninie was the Official Yoga Ambasador for adidas Malaysia from 2006 to 2010. During Balispirit Festival in March 2010, Ninie was among the Head Workshop Presenters for Yoga alongside Shiva Rea and Duncan Wong. In March 2012, Ninie’s blog won Malaysia’s Best Health & Wellness Blog award. In November 2012, Ninie was one of the invited speakers for TEDxYouthKL.
Having been teaching yoga in Malaysia since 2001, Ninie prefers teaching Vinyasa and alignment based classes while she maintains a daily Ashtanga practice yet heavily influenced by the teachings and vegetarianism doctrines of Sri Dharma Mittra.
In February 2013, Ninie gave birth to a healthy Lotusbirth yogi baby girl named Pincha, after Ninie’s favourite yoga pose. Since her pregnancy, Ninie became a staunch advocate of natural parenting.
Foo Jong Hau & Junko Kominami - Malaysia
Foo has started his yoga journey in 2000 and took up a Kevala Centre Yoga Teacher Training 2 years later. He continued to expand his yoga knowledge in various yoga styles and eventually focusing on Anusara Yoga’s methodology. His class is fun, humorous, interesting but challenging nonetheless. Later he stumbled upon AcroYoga by chance and loving it. He sees this form of practice as a community building and reaching out to the masses. He is also the first Malaysian certified AcroYoga teacher.
Foo is a RYT500, E-RYT200 and runs his own Yoga Teacher Training In Malaysia. He owns the Inspired Yoga Studio in Kuala Lumpur with his wife Junko Kominami and they offer local and international workshops especially in South East Asia and Japan.
Junko Kominami
Originally from Osaka Japan, Junko is currently staying in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Junko playfully weaves alignment, dynamic and creative sequencing with her humorous instructions. Her classes are fun, joyful and emotionally connected while deeply rooted in the principles of Anusara Yoga. She has studied under many teachers like Noah Maze, Christina Sell and her biggest influence is Desiree Rumbaugh. She became an Anusara Inspired Teacher in 2012.
She has been practicing and learning yoga internationally. She experienced great feeling with growing up with the yoga community together and that pulls her interest in AcroYoga with her life partner with Foo Jong Hau. She finds that AcroYoga is a great community building yoga, which she comes to appreciate a lot. She is also a certified AcroYoga teacher. She owes the Inspired Yoga Studio In Kuala Lumpur with her husband Foo Jong Hau and offering AcroYoga and Yoga local and Internationally Workshop, and Teacher Training especially in south East Asia and Japan.
Delamay Devi - Australia
Delamays intention is to create a safe space for personal empowerment that allows you to embody the true essence of your natural self. She teaches Prana Flow®:Energetic Vinyasa, Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Yoga Trance Dance and incorporates skills from her Thai Yoga Massage training in classes, workshops and retreats worldwide. She divides her time between Australia, Europe and Asia and making regular trips to LA to continue her training with Shiva and the Prana Flow tribe.
Originally from Byron Bay (Australia) Delamay had her first experience of a yoga at the age of 14 and during her dance training studied ISHTA yoga. With a background in dance it was a natural progression to teaching yoga and delve deeper into the rhythm of the breath, the flow of the body and the formlessness of meditation. In 2007 Delamay graduated from the 200hr Unity Yoga teacher training and also holds a 500hr Prana Flow® certification. She is deeply honored to be part of the mentoring and global assistance program with Shiva Rea, the creator of Prana Flow®: Energetic Vinyasa.
Additional training includes Level 4 in Thai Yoga Massage, Certification in Dance Movement Therapy, Reiki Mastery, Pranic Healing and Crystal Dreaming™.
Josephine Chan - Malaysia
Josephine Chan, more affectionately known as Jo, is a Yoga Arts Australia certified yoga instructor with more than 10 years experience under her mat. With the mentorship of Louisa Sear as well as various noted instructors across USA and India, Jo cemented further her teaching skill set by becoming a certified prenatal yoga instructor under guidance of Ana Davis of Bliss Baby Yoga, Australia. Jo also founded and operates Surya Yoga & Pilates Studio, a thriving and vibrant little professional yoga and pilates studio in Aman Suria, Petaling Jaya for more than 10 years.
She believes in continuous education and updates her skill set every other year with trips abroad attending trainings in Australia and Singapore. As great things often come from humble beginnings, Jo is now one of the top prenatal yoga instructors in the country. Her fiery yet motherly spirit, continues to inspire many and she believes wholeheartedly in giving back and that charity truly begins at home. She believes that life is but a flowing river.
As life brings you through rough waters, we must bend, swirl and adapt. She appreciates the simple fact that sometimes it’s best to flow than fight the river of life.
Davin Jones - UK
Davin Jones- Internationally Registered Yoga Instructor (RYT) 500hr.
Davin teaches with confidence using anatomical terms and clear instruction to describe the correct alignment through the yogasana practice. He has achieved flexibility, strength and mental clarity through his personnel practice and is able to teach yoga to practitioners ranging from beginners to advanced levels. He is an internationally certified yoga teacher through Yoga Alliance UK and U.S RYT 500 hour.
Davin’s Yoga journey started on the west coast of Mexico January 2013, in the beautiful seaside town of Mazunte. His first experience of yoga was a donation based class in an open air studio, with the view and sound of the ocean in the background. This is where he fell in love with yoga; to the extent it inspired him to take this path to Rishikesh, India the home of Yoga. Here he completed his teacher training RYS 500hr through ‘Shiva Yoga Peeth’ a school registered in conjunction with Swami Omkarananda. Due to his level of dedication and natural ability Davin was invited back to Rishikesh, India this year where he completed an Ashtanga internship and accredited yoga practitioners as teachers at 200 and 500 level (TTC).
Davin divides his time teaching worldwide at international Yoga retreats through a company called Kanga Wellbeing Events. He has taught in countries such as Croatia, India, and Kenya. He is based in London, United Kingdom where he teaches courses at corporate companies, numerous music festivals throughout the summer months and private sessions to high profile businessmen. He continues to work closely with Emma Bonnici (Founder of Kanga Yoga) in all Kanga events including teacher training courses as well as advertising the Kanga brand.
His Yoga background is based from the traditional Yoga styles of Hatha, Shivananda, Ashtanga and Iyengar. Davin’s passion of yoga has given him motivation, inspiration and patience. He truly believes yoga will change your life and bring health and inner peace. He encourages practitioners to be humble and graceful during yoga and is focused on guiding practitioners through their practice safely, with careful adjustments through the use of breath. His yoga journey has provided him with a new direction in life, and would love to spread the knowledge and essence of yoga throughout the world.
Emma Bonnici - United Kingdom
Emma Bonnici, is the founder of Kanga Events, an international Yoga teacher and Ayurveda Therapist.
She has been studying Yoga and Ayurveda for over 10 years.
Emma teaches with enthusiasm, care and attention to detail. She brings knowledge gained from her own personal practice and provides strong encouragement and support in her classes.
An avid traveller, Emma connects herself with others through yoga whilst following her passion for creating events and her destined path of yoga.
Since 2008, she has been travelling to India for Yoga and events. She returns twice a year to India to Rishikesh to practice at The Sivandana Kutir ashram, The Yoga Study Centre (Bramacharya Rudra Dev, an advanced student of B.K.S. Iyengar), Patanjala Yoga Kendran (Usha Devi, an advanced student of B.K.S Iyengar) and the Tattvaa Yogashala (Yogi Kamal Singh). Emma trained as a yoga teacher with the International Sivananda organisation in Vietnam and she trained as a Children’s Yoga Teacher with Rainbow Kids Yoga in London. She completed her Ayurveda Therapist training with Dr Vinod at the Ayuskama Ayurveda and Panchakarma Centre in India.
Emma has worked closely with the International Indian Film Awards for events in Macau, India and Sri Lanka. In 2011, she returned to India to teach yoga and write a weekly yoga column for The Hindustan Times national newspaper.
Today, Emma divides her time between teaching Kanga Yoga courses in London and running retreats in Croatia,India, and Africa.
Nika Karan - Poland
Personal yoga instructor, Nika Karan, has spent the last few years learning and teaching the ancient science of Yoga and it’s given her and her students around the world unbelievable results.
She is the author of the bestselling book “Yoga For Weight Loss For Beginners. A Step-By-Step Picture Guide To 90 Slimming Yoga Poses” that offers alternative solutions to permanent and healthy weight loss – one that doesn’t involve ridiculous diets, dangerous pills or grueling exercise routines.
As part of her mission to help people lose weight and live better lives through the practice of yoga and proper nutrition, Nika studied nutrition in the New York based, biggest nutrition school in the world – Institute For Integrative Nutrition.
She has been trained in over 100 dietary theories with some of the world’s top health and wellness experts. As a Holistic Health Coach Nika works with clients to help them achieve and maintain ideal weight, understand and reduce cravings, increase energy levels, improve personal relationships and feel great in their body.
In her free time, Nika loves experimenting in the kitchen and exploring neighborhood parks with her son and husband.
Rebecca Pflaum - USA
Rebecca is an internationally admired Kundalini Yoga teacher who has travelled extensively to share her life, experiences, wisdom and Truths. An experienced instructor and humble student, Rebecca has led several teacher trainings, retreats and workshops around the world. She has taught at the Bali Spirit Festival for 6 years.
Nabilla Sharil - Malaysia
Nabilla is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200) with Yoga Alliance. She received her certification in 2012 from the school of Vikasa Yoga in Koh Samui, Thailand.
She credits her yoga knowledge through exposure and learning from inspirational teachers including Dr. Dhilip Kumar, George Anthony, Kosta Miachin, Ninie Ahmad, Kiri Sutherland, David Robson & Les Leventhal. Ultimately, she recognizes her best teachers are her students.
Nabilla aims to create unique yoga sessions that allow her students to build acute body awareness while holding close to the principles advocated by the late T. Krishnamacharya -“Teach what is inside of you, not as it applies to you, to yourself, but as it applies to the other”
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1. Yoga Workshops
Yoga for Women’s Health, Accenture’s International Women’s Day 2013
Yoga for Beginners, Accenture’s Annual Business Unit Meeting 2013
Yoga for Stress Management, Accenture’s International Women’s Day 2014
Corporate Yoga - Pfizer Malaysia (Feb 2014 – Present)
Studio Yoga - YogaonethatIwant, Damansara Perdana – YogaonethatIwant2, Shah Alam As well as her multiple ongoing private clients who has been with her since 2012
iRyne YOGAVATAR - Malaysia
iRyne had her first taste of Yoga in 2005 as part of her physiotherapy to soothe her knee injury from her love of running. She is eternally grateful for Yoga entering her life as it has helped to heal her knee without costly treatments. It was just the life-changing injury that propelled her to commit practicing yoga as her lifelong journey.
In 2007 on the pretext to deepen her practice, she completed 200-hours International Yoga Instructor Course (IYIC) with Malaysian Yoga Association (registered with the Ministry of Education, Malaysia). A year later, she started her quest in teaching for the love of sharing its endless benefits to whom she crosses paths with. Her yoga love affair has her delved more in depth 200-hours Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher at Vikasa Yoga Koh Samui, Thailand in 2012. Ever since she has attended workshops by renowned teachers such as Amy Ippoliti, Brian Campbell, Eoin Finn, Leslie Kaminof, Martin Kirk, Jason Crandell, Judy Krupp, Rodney Yee, Simon Borg, Simon Low to name a few. Her most recent learning journey was a teacher’s training in Anatomy and Kinesiology 20-hours in Mysore, India with Noah McKenna.
She has over 2,500 hours teaching experience of various Yoga styles such as Hatha Yoga, Power Yoga, Power Stretch, Vinyasa, Equipment Yoga, and Hot Detox. She is a Celebrity Fitness license instructor for BOSU, TRX and Floating Yoga. Presently, she is an exclusive Yoga Instructor in Celebrity Fitness Malaysia. She is the first prize winner for yoga pose – Adidas ‘Cool is On’ in 2012 and Asia Yoga Conference in 2014.
Sandhya Manoj - Malaysia
A co-founder of Manasa Yoga, Sandhya has been practising yoga intensively since 1999.
She supported and helped Manoj in the conceptualising of Manasa Yoga in year 2000. Sandhya is also an accomplished dancer and veteran teacher in classical Indian dance traditions at the Malaysian Temple of Fine Arts. She has lent her dance choreography skills and talent to many yoga presentations staged by the Manasa Yoga School over the years. She has also appeared on several televised shows in Malaysia and India, teaching and spreading Manasa Yoga across borders.
Shidah Mohamed - Malaysia
Shidah found her inner passion the minute she discovered yoga at the age of 16. Not only yoga offers flexibility and strength training but it has also improved her asthma tremendously. She practices and teaches primarily Vinyasa and Hatha yoga together with the principles of Anusara yoga. She also enjoys practicing Acroyoga with her students and friends.
With 10 years of experience, she had the opportunity to be trained by many experienced teachers locally and internationally. Her teaching style focuses mainly on alignment, breathing and proper techniques in entering into poses made suitable for students at all level. On top of that, being a management consultant in one of the big four accounting firms does not impede her from spreading the love in healthy living and expand the yoga community in Malaysia. She has now established a renowned YogaOneThatIWant2 co-owned with two other prominent yoga enthusiasts.
Sarah Blackah - Australia
Sarah Blackah is the founder of bchange, a company dedicated to making transformational work fun and accessible.
She is a self confessed personal development junkie inspired to help people remove the illusions of separation and see the truth & awesomeness of who they really are. After running into her own bouts of stress and anxiety she dedicated 5 years to discovering the world’s best tools and practices from eastern philosophy (yoga, meditation and energy work) and western science (NLP, life coaching and positive psychology) to unlock practical ways to live a happy and fulfilling life.
She is now inspired to share her wisdom with audiences around the world through classes, events, workshops, festivals, travel retreats and behavior change programs. Combined with her team, she always aims to create powerful experience to connect people with themselves, each other and their heart desires.
Jean Michele Lee - Malaysia
Jean Michele Lee began teaching in 2005 after completing a three- monthteacher-training course with Manasa Yoga.
In April 2013, she completed her 500hours-advanced teacher training with Manasa Yoga. Besides being a Manasa resident teacher, Jean is also a freelance yoga teacher who teaches at Fitness First, True Fitness and some long standing corporate clients. Her classes are essentially wisdom based and she continuously strives to swirl the concepts of Patanjali and Tantra into her sequences.
Rachael Fallon - Canada
Racheal Fallon is an International Yoga Teacher from Toronto, Canada. She has been teaching and playing with Yoga for 11 years full-time and practising for 18. She is a trained Holistic Psychotherapist and came into Yoga from a transformational background, using Yoga as a tool for self-discovery and healing. She is currently in Thailand assisting Teachers Trainings at Vikasa Yoga and learning their Method, which has taken her practice and teaching to another level.
What Yoga has been for her:
” I fell in Love with Yoga because it introduced me to freedom. I found a way to let go. I found a way to trust my path. It connected me to others in a very real way. When I am teaching I can see the energy and vulnerability in others. I become a mirror for them to see their disowned parts. Its a way for people to be completely in the moment, on the mat. The connection begins with the breath, then moves to the body. The deeper you go you begin to see yourself in a more honest way. You balance, you give up control, you explore your blocks, your fears, your light, your love, your insides. You connect to the deepest parts of You. In stillness you find clarity. There is no division between you and others. The idea of Yoga, to Unite, Yoke, reminds you that you are never alone. You are whole, complete. It really makes sense the more you Practice. It connected me to purpose, to become a Seeker. I seek meaning, belonging, transformation, and most of all to be Free.”
She has been co-teaching Yoga TT’s since 2009 and created a 100 hour Level 2 TTC called The Practice. Racheal has a real Love for working with Teachers, and taking people deeper into Yoga Journey.
Racheal Fallon trained with many teachers, lineages, and disciplines in India, China, Nepal, Thailand, New York and Canada like Jivamukti, Iyengar, Vinyasa, Power Yoga, Yin and Yang, Hatha Yoga and The Hidden Message of Asana, Vikasa Yoga and I am Vipassana Practitioner.
Iswari Vengadaraman - Malaysia
V. Iswari has been embracing Yoga since 2001. She is a Certified Yoga Instructor with Malaysian Association of Yoga Instructors (MAYI), received her teacher’s training from Master Manisekaran, Founder of Malaysian Yoga Society. Her continuing training has been very varied in Kundalini Kriya Yoga, Manipuraka (Universal Healing), Urdhva Retas, and Prana Vidya.
She further deepens her yoga knowledge with Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev, Isha Foundation with kriya practices as Inner Engineering and Shoonya Meditation.
She has combined these teachings to develop a style that focuses first on opening the heart, followed by proper alignment principles, strength building, increasing flexibility and reducing stress.
Her yoga classes are rooted in her knowledge of anatomy, as well as her love of movement and yoga’s ability to bring awareness to mind, body and soul. She help her students discover the poses from the inside, rather than force them from the outside. She focuses on the breath and in slowing down in order to really feel the poses and their effects and after effects on the body, mind and soul. Her classes are deeply relaxing, joyful and fun.
Iswari continues to conduct Yoga workshops whenever the opportunity arises to share her knowledge on the physical, therapeutic and philosophical aspects of yoga. She has also travelled to India to gain a deeper understanding of the yogic traditions.
Konstantin Miachin - Canada
Konstantin Miachin is the founder of Vikasa Yoga and an international teacher. He has been passionately learning, practicing, and teaching Yoga since 2004, and his passion has lead him to search out his own personal development throughout the world. Kosta’s years of worldly experience have led to deeper understanding of yoga as a personal journey and spiritual evolution. On his journey he spent months in the ashrams of the remote Himalayan mountains, trained in a Muay Thai Boxing camp, was initiated by the master monk and has undergone a sacred Sak-Yant ceremony in a temple in North-East Thailand, practiced yoga everywhere and found his true passion in Koh Samui, Thailand. This quest has brought him into contact with many different schools and masters all over the world, in places such as Rishi-kesh, Uttar Kashi, Gangotri, Kerala, Goa, Canada, Thailand, and Ukraine to name a few. Konstantin has completed teacher trainings and is certified in 4 different schools: Yoga 23 (Ukraine), Sivananda (India), Ashtanga Vinyasa (Thailand) and Andiappan Yoga (Hong Kong). Such an overwhelming wealth of knowledge has led to a deeper understanding of yoga practice as an ever evolving process – rather than a finalized system and the concept of “Evolution of Yoga” was born.
About Vikasa Yoga:
The concept of “evolution of yoga” is based on the notion that everything in the world evolves constantly, including human beings. Our primary goal as a human race and that of any living organism is evolution, and yoga can be seen as a tool to facilitate such evolution in any given individual. However, as the practice of yoga itself changes with time and place, as new techniques are being introduced, the approach is becoming more technical, precise and scientific, any definition of it as a system or style seems to be a limitation in itself. Therefore, the “Evolution of Yoga” approach has to be seen as an ever-evolving process, based on classical hatha yoga techniques, which anyone can be a part of, rather than a complete static system.
Recently a set of the most effective sequences has been developed to make up level one of the Vikasa Yoga system. There are about 20 basic sequences, which can be used in different order to make practice sets.
Mogana Anandha - Malaysia
Ms. Mogana Anandha Jothi is a qualified Ayurvedic Therapist and Yoga Instructor at MAYI AyurYoga and has 24 years of experience in practising yoga and meditation. As an active practitioner of all different branches of yoga – Hatha Yoga, Karma Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, and Raja Yoga/Kundalini Yoga, she has more than 5 years of experience as a full time yoga instructor teaching various groups of people at different organisations based in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.
She has more than 4 years of experience as an Ayurvedic Therapist. Upon completing ‘Ayurvedic Bodyworks Course’ and ‘Anatomy & Physiology Certificate Course on Modern Science, Physiotherapy & Ayurveda’ with MAYI, coupled with her knowledge on universal healing techniques, she started a small set-up at home to do Ayurvedic bodyworks and has now became full time therapist at MAYI AyurYoga.
Her unique approach towards yoga from the perspective of psychology has led her to possess in-depth knowledge on women and child psychology and healing sciences. She conducts mind-body workshops along with yoga sessions for teenagers and women. Her growing interest on helping women to heal themselves and to deal with health issues specific to women, coupled with her exposure to herbs and making ayurvedic concoctions from her father who was himself an ayurvedic therapist, has led her to undertake a further study of ayurvedic bodyworks and herbs on her own and present them in the simplest way, which would enable women and others to grasp easily.
Cat Kabira - USA
Working with Cat Kabira is delightful, fun, deep, intense and transformational in a way that you never knew possible. You’ll leave her classes smiling, feeling softer and connected to yourself in a profound yet sweet way.
Cat has been practicing yoga and meditation since she was 18 years old while studying at Boston University. Her motivation for yoga and meditation was less about getting into shape and more about how to be with her-self. She arrived on the mat already working with eating disorders: anorexia and bulimia, suicidal thoughts, and body dymorphia; having experienced various abuse at a young age and having a certain penchant towards alcohol, smoking, and various drugs. Learning how to be present in her body was her greatest challenge and motivator to getting and staying on the mat.
What “hooked” Cat in the first place with yoga wasn’t so much the asana poses but the stillness between the postures. That’s when she could feel sensations that were almost magical; she somehow knew that her body was “speaking” to her while also healing itself.
Over the years, Cat’s practice has evolved from a more physically demanding challenge to more alignment-based and informed by subtler callings within the body. She teaches healthy alignment for each individual, how to stay grounded, listen to one’s heart, manifest one’s dreams and stay true to one-self. She is fascinated by the body’s “moment to moment” evolution and reminds students to enjoy the journey with as much grace, compassion and humor as possible.
Cat has studied fervently with many great yoga teachers from different traditions. Her work is also informed by her training as a Craniosacral therapist as well as other energetic modalities including some of the shamanic training that she has done in her past. Her specialty is her ability to see and sense her students in a deep way and to mirror healthy and empowering choices back to them.
Cat Kabira, originally from the United States, currently lives in Bali, Indonesia. She runs Foundational and Advanced Yoga Teacher Trainings as well as Retreats, Workshops and Classes globally.
Joti Chugani - Malaysia
Joti Chugani first learnt about Yoga from a gym instructor in 2002. She was then introduced to Malaysian Yoga Society (MYS) and began her Yoga journey under Master Manisekaran’s tutelage in late 2002 and has since been certified as a Yoga Instructor, Yoga Therapist, and Ayurveda Therapist.
Her passion in Yoga has led her to embrace Yoga as her lifestyle for 11 years (and counting), and her proficiency and warm personality made her a well-loved Yoga Instructor of over 9 years teaching Hatha Yoga at MAYI Yoga Academy. Of recent years, her dedication towards well-being has inspired her to conduct Yogic Breath & Mind centered techniques which focus on breathing, meditation, and creative visualisation for effective and total relaxation. Joti is also a Trainer for Yoga Instructor where she guides and trains aspiring Yoga Instructors.
An accomplished instructor who is a natural with Yoga asanas, and with a gift for teaching, Joti is also actively involved in various Karma Yoga projects, voluntarily teaching at community centers around the Klang Valley. It gives her great joy to share this gift of yoga as she would like others to experience yoga’s potential in achieving greater self-realization and sense of bliss.
George Anthony - USA
George has a presence, which wakes up Yoga in peoples’ lives. Ever since his early childhood he has been exploring ways to understand the universe and intuitively felt the need for the essential practice of not causing harm. His reawakening through Yoga merged these aspirations through his life and continues to expand his awareness of their singular nature and profound effects for the individual and our society.
George is an American who began practicing Hatha Yoga in 2005 by himself from pictures and descriptions on the Internet. His first Yoga class was in Downingtown at the Center in 2006. By 2008 he traveled to Thailand for teacher training in Vinyasa Yoga at one of the most respected Yoga Studios in Asia, Yoga Elements. He has since been immersed in a life of teaching, study, and practice, emphasizing the importance of each aspect of the 8 limbs of Yoga and their significance in the process of awakening.
It is by a deeper understanding of Yoga as a process, with a logical science for true self realization through life, that so many through South East Asia are so inspired by his practice and find magic in his teachings. Sajeeva means living Yoga. George’s complete training spans Ashtanga Vinyasa, Iyengar, Kundalina, Siddha Yoga, and AcroYoga. He is a certified Vinyasa Yoga teacher, certified AcroYoga Teacher, and teacher trainer at Vikasa Yoga, Koh Samui, Thailand.
Surya Tay - Malaysia
Tay Siew Leng, fondly known as Surya by her Yoga students and peers, had her first taste of Yoga in 2001. Since then, her experiences through Yoga have brought her from being a learner to life practitioner and subsequently, a Yoga Instructor and Yoga Therapist.
Surya, who is also a Kundalini Kriya Yoga practitioner, has diverse knowledge of Yogic teaching having graduated in the International Yoga Instructor Course, Yoga Therapist Certification Course, Super Yoga Kids Instructor Course, Pregnancy Yoga Instructor Course, and Ayurveda Bodyworks Certification at Malaysian Association of Yoga Instructors (MAYI) under the guidance of Master Manisekaran.
Since 2003, Surya has been continuously conducting regular classes such as Hatha Yoga, Yoga Precision & Alignment, General Yoga Therapy, Pregnancy Yoga, and Kids & Teens Yoga. She also conducts personalised Yoga training sessions, private Yoga Therapy sessions, and Corporate Yoga sessions.
Surya has also conducted numerous Yoga workshops on topics such as Stress Management, Yogic Detoxification, Yogic Breathing Techniques, Yoga Therapy, Pregnancy Yoga and many more.
Graduating from conducting regular classes and workshops, her passion for Yoga has also inspired her to share her knowledge with more Yoga enthusiasts by becoming a Trainer of Yoga Instructors at MAYI.
Surya is also actively engaged in social services by conducting free Yoga classes and Yoga talks at schools, for the underprivileged and at various NGOs.
Bex Tyrer - Scoland
Bex teaches yoga at the Yoga Barn, Bali as well as around the world. She is committed to the practice as a tool for living. She is in love with the philosophy of yoga, its rich history and relevance with our modern day world. Yoga – an outward expression of an inner exploration, and all that lays in between.
With a background in social activism, Bex weaves together the teachings of yoga and non-separation with the need for social action. Through her work she calls yogis to really examine what we mean when we talk about “union” and “awakening”. She encourages practitioners to apply the work they do on the mat to their lives off the mat and to move together to co-create a world we can be proud to call “home”. Bex has just returned from teaching in Palestine where she goes every year to in solidarity with Palestinian yogis, supporting the power of the practice for rising up and finding freedom of movement in a land where movement of all kinds is restricted. Bex currently studies with Denise Payne at the Yoga Barn in Bali where together they run the One Song Yoga level 2 teacher training course, encouraging teachers to tap into their passion and share their voice in a time when it really needs to be heard!
Bex teaches Power yoga, Vinyasa flow, Yin yoga, Restorative yoga and is a certified Acroyoga teacher.
Music Line Up:
Shervin Boloorian - Iran
Shervin Boloorian is Founder of Sound Healing Bali and a certified Tama-Do (Way of the Soul) sound therapist. Shervin is also the CoFounder of the Bali Sound Healers Collective. Currently based in Ubud, Shervin graduated from Fabien Maman’s Tama-Do “Way of the Soul” Academy (started in 1988), holds a Masters Degree and is a lifelong vocalist, songwriter and musician.
Tama-Do is a program of non-invasive vibrational therapies using sound, color and movement to nourish the human energy system and aid the body in the recovery of its own healthy balance.
Trained in a series of Tama-Do techniques, including tuning fork on acupuncture point therapy, musical spine, color therapy, and acoustic sound harmonization with musical instruments, Shervin supports each individual’s ‘inner calling’. He does this “to release tension and provide the inspiration to positively engage with community, communicate with coworkers, and reintegrate with loved ones.”
Shervin regularly facilitates Tama-Do-inspired live, multi-instrumental Sound Medicine journeys and offers individual Tama-Do sound therapy sessions at the Yoga Barn, Ubud–Bali’s historic and most popular yoga studio. He has also offered private sessions for visiting Bali retreat guests, groups, Festivals, and holistic centers in Singapore.
Shervin has accompanied and been supported by world renowned sacred musicians such as Kailash Kokopelli (GER), Dr. Didge Dolphin (AUS), Joseph “Pepe” Danza (URU), Pejman Jahanara (IRAN), and Punnu Wasu (INDIA).
www.facebook.com/shervin.boloorian
Amir Yussof - Malaysia
No stranger to the music scene, Amir Yussof is a singer/songwriter, musician and voice talent of individual rhyme and rhythm. He left Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for a more subdued existence in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia in may 2007 and currently resides there. Under the radar he often corporates with NGO’s and animal groups to create awareness about conservation and animal cruelty. After more than 25 years of stage performance, 3 solo albums, and the admiration and respect as a creative and non-conventional artist, Amir brings a more mature, grounded performance around this time and performs mostly at festivals and private events.
His repertoire consists of originals and original covers delivered in a relaxed, free flowing living room setting – serious and confident yet intimate, warm and in nature – his low, husky voice delivering stories of Life, Love and Fantasy.
Amir also voices documentaries and presentations for government organizations, corporations and private clients. His most recent work was a piece for Expo Milano 2015 which won first prize in Milan, Italy.
Jody Lloyd - New Zealand
Electronic Music Composer, Jody Lloyd aka Trillion Branson blends computer generated and recorded sounds with live instrumentation, percussion and spoken word. This unique combination of live DJ technology and Sound Therapy techniques are designed for your deepest relaxation, reflection and to attune you to the most perfect known frequencies.
Jody Lloyd is a music producer/songwriter and poet from New Zealand. Starting out as a rapper in his teens, he was later signed to Universal Records. That experience led him to operate his own recording label producing over 25 albums to date.
Currently based in Bali, Jody is composing a body of music that blends electronically generated sounds with vibrational healing techniques, as he learns more while assisting Sound Healer, Shervin Boolorian. This process is being captured by New Zealand based documentary film maker, Slavko Martinov.
Russell Curtis - Malaysia
Recording artiste is certainly no stranger to the Malaysian music industry. Apart from recording, he spends most of his time performing for private events. Being a favorite among affluent clients, his experience has taken him past the shores of Malaysia to perform in Singapore, Manila, London, Los Angeles, San Francisco and even Las Vegas.
He has written and produced many original songs which have received airplay on several major radio stations. His first single, Funky Freak, was nominated for best rock song at the VIMA awards 2008. He was also nominated for best soul rock vocalist and won best rock group for the same year.
He received his first product endorsement from LG Electronics and served as an Ambassador to their products from 2006-2007. His first guitar endorsement deal came from Godin Guitars via The Guitar Store in 2008 for the ACS Multiact Nylon. The Guitar Store re-endorsed him in 2010 for their flagship series Multiact SA. He remains an ambassador for The Guitar Store and Godin Guitars to this day.
His latest accomplishment would be defeating nine other countries and being crowned Grand Champion at the Yamaha Asian Beat Band Competition held in Jakarta in November 2013. This makes his the only Malaysian team to have emerged as champions overseas in the 16 years that the competition has been running.
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Wicked Aura - Singapore
Audiences from Australia, the UK, Spain, the US, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand, China, to South Korea have all been thrilled by Wicked Aura, a band from the multicultural concrete jungle of Singapore that mashes up glorious Afro-Brazilian rhythms with a chunk of funk, a slab of rock, a ton of reggae, a hint of spicy local ethnic rhythms and dizzying electronica, all packed into one explosive cocktail.
Apart from being the only Asian band whose song “Fight” was shortlisted in the Top 20 of the BBC’s search for the “The Next Big Thing” in 2007 – the global search for the future of music, the Wicked Boys have also shared festival bills worldwide with artists of varying styles and genres such as the Beastie Boys, Robert Plant, Femi Kuti, The Dhol Foundation, Chico Cesar, Public Opinion Afro Orchestra, Black Eyed Peas, Tambuco and many more.
The debut album, Louder Than Light, released to rave reviews in 2008, was as musically and stylistically eclectic as the rich cultural diversity of The Wickedboys. With the upcoming release of the second album, Beginning The End, Wicked Aura have truly found it’s voice – raw, funky, passionate, rock-tinged batucada that has to be seen and heard live to be believed.
Imagine one big party with Olodum jamming alongside Parliament Funkadelic and The Clash gatecrashing and you might have a slight idea of the sonic assault that is WICKED AURA.
Apart from performing for concerts and music festivals, the band is suitably available for corporate engagements, team-building sessions and educational workshops.
Wild Marmalade - Australia
The world’s original Drum ‘n’ Didgeridoo Band. Up-tempo, infectious and uniquely Australian, Wild Marmalade create a total dance sound with only a didgeridoo and a drum kit. Where music meets extreme sport this power duo create pure energy in abundance
Wild Marmalade are the High-Energy Organic Trance, Drum & Didgeridoo band originating from Byron Bay, Australia. Playing totally live with ferocious intensity, Wild Marmalade create inspired dance music without the use of any electronic machines.
By combining the unique rhythmic didgeridoo playing of Si Mullumby with the explosive energy and groove of Matt Goodwin on drum kit, Wild Marmalade have created a genre-defying meeting of the ancient sound of Australia’s didgeridoo with contemporary dance beats. This fusion brings forth a musical style similar to, but far beyond, what is usually created with computers and synthesizers by drawing on the raw energy and live dynamic of two world-class virtuosos.
By creating this brand new genre of live music Wild Marmalade have won over a global fan base, repeatedly toured Europe, Japan and Australia, supported major tours for internationally recognised artists and worked with Canada’s Cirque du Soliel in Las Vegas.
Wild Marmalade possess the unique ability to move people from all walks of life and have touched a surprisingly large cross section of audience type – from lovers of electronic music (main stage at Boom Festival [Portugal] 2006 & 2008, Infected Mushroom Australian Tour support act 2007) to folk and world music scenes (Woodford Folk Festival [Australia] 2003-2010, Penang World Music Festival 2012) and even comedy festival audiences (Just for Laughs Festival [Canada] 2006) – the undeniable primal force of the Wild Marmalade sound creates an irresistible desire to dance.
Naturally acoustic live music with a high-energy dance sound, Wild Marmalade are the original “organic dance” act.
Delhi 2 Dublin - Canada
Delhi 2 Dublin was a happy accident born out of Vancouver’s Celtic Fest in 2006. Their sound started as an electronic fusion between bhangra beats and Celtic fiddle and has since grown into anything from dub reggae to breaks to just straight up happy dance music. File under… best.
Founded by Tarun Nayar (of Beats Without Borders cred), Sanjay Seran (at the time hailing from live bhangra act Signia), and Ravi Binning (a professionally trained bhangra dancer and dhol player), the band started kicking ass on stages across North America, with violinist extremist Kytami and sitar/guitar hero Andrew Kim.
Releasing their first full-length album out within a year of their inception, it was obvious D2D had something people wanted. Word spread about their ridiculously energetic live show, and tours grew from regular jaunts across the country and down through the States, to include festival performances in Europe, Asia and Australia. The band kept up with the pace, producing a new album bi-annually and a remix album alternating years.
With seven albums out, 2014 has Delhi 2 Dublin releasing their very first, and much anticipated, LIVE album, recorded at the iconic Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, BC on their 8th birthday. This year also brings about more additions to the D2D touring family: Serena Eades joins on violin (in lieu of fiddle player Sara Fitzpatrick starting a family of her own!) and James Hussain on guitar. Jaron Freeman-Fox continues being a featured guest at select shows, along with former member Andrew Kim.
Described by one magazine as the “United Nations of rock ‘n’ roll”, Delhi 2 Dublin has become one of Canada’s most buzzed-about bands, and this was not just a happy accident
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We invite you take journey with us on a remarkable festival taking place in Malaysia called MURFEST. First time ever being held in this country, with over 40 different classes to choose from every day and with over 60 global facilitators in their own field, MURFEST aims at bringing a world class Festival right here in Asia.
Being held for 3 days in Pullman Putrajaya Lakeside and Marina Putrajaya , MURFEST is not only a workshop series for Yoga, Music & Dance enthusiast, but also has a huge Wellness and Healing Vendor Village with over 100 vendors that will showcase health n wellbeing products, organic and vegetarian food and a beautiful 2 night mini concert series showcasing world music called Urbanite.
THE MURFEST MISSION
MURFEST 2014 is aimed at awakening the spirit within each of us as we explore yoga, music, dance, healing therapies and other health and wellness options available in todays trend setting era where people are more and more conscious on living a well balanced life. While embodying the heart of wellness, the event strives to provide a space for self-discovery, self-mastery and knowledge through wellness practices.
THE MURFEST VISION
MURFEST hopes to evolve into an annual event becoming the regions foremost Yoga, Music and Dance gathering encompassing new age healing therapies and wellness products and services. Recognising the power of physical and mental health and the challenges we face in our day to day lives, we hope to make these practices accessible to all.
MURFEST GIVES BACK
A big thread of this event flows through community outreach and support. MURFEST features a number of karmic and charitable opportunities over the weekend long festival; from FREE classes for the local underprivileged communities to evening events dedicated to fundraising and creating awareness to the different campaigns.
Line Up:
Yoga Line Up:
Ninie Ahmad - Malaysia
Ninie Ahmad is the founder and owner of Upward, an NYC-inspired yoga practice space and is dubbed Malaysia’s celebrity yoga instructor. She has graced a couple of magazine covers and endless newspaper pages and is a familiar face in morning TV shows as Malaysia’s most visible yoga teacher.
Ninie was the Official Yoga Ambasador for adidas Malaysia from 2006 to 2010. During Balispirit Festival in March 2010, Ninie was among the Head Workshop Presenters for Yoga alongside Shiva Rea and Duncan Wong. In March 2012, Ninie’s blog won Malaysia’s Best Health & Wellness Blog award. In November 2012, Ninie was one of the invited speakers for TEDxYouthKL.
Having been teaching yoga in Malaysia since 2001, Ninie prefers teaching Vinyasa and alignment based classes while she maintains a daily Ashtanga practice yet heavily influenced by the teachings and vegetarianism doctrines of Sri Dharma Mittra.
In February 2013, Ninie gave birth to a healthy Lotusbirth yogi baby girl named Pincha, after Ninie’s favourite yoga pose. Since her pregnancy, Ninie became a staunch advocate of natural parenting.
Foo Jong Hau & Junko Kominami - Malaysia
Foo has started his yoga journey in 2000 and took up a Kevala Centre Yoga Teacher Training 2 years later. He continued to expand his yoga knowledge in various yoga styles and eventually focusing on Anusara Yoga’s methodology. His class is fun, humorous, interesting but challenging nonetheless. Later he stumbled upon AcroYoga by chance and loving it. He sees this form of practice as a community building and reaching out to the masses. He is also the first Malaysian certified AcroYoga teacher.
Foo is a RYT500, E-RYT200 and runs his own Yoga Teacher Training In Malaysia. He owns the Inspired Yoga Studio in Kuala Lumpur with his wife Junko Kominami and they offer local and international workshops especially in South East Asia and Japan.
Junko Kominami
Originally from Osaka Japan, Junko is currently staying in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Junko playfully weaves alignment, dynamic and creative sequencing with her humorous instructions. Her classes are fun, joyful and emotionally connected while deeply rooted in the principles of Anusara Yoga. She has studied under many teachers like Noah Maze, Christina Sell and her biggest influence is Desiree Rumbaugh. She became an Anusara Inspired Teacher in 2012.
She has been practicing and learning yoga internationally. She experienced great feeling with growing up with the yoga community together and that pulls her interest in AcroYoga with her life partner with Foo Jong Hau. She finds that AcroYoga is a great community building yoga, which she comes to appreciate a lot. She is also a certified AcroYoga teacher. She owes the Inspired Yoga Studio In Kuala Lumpur with her husband Foo Jong Hau and offering AcroYoga and Yoga local and Internationally Workshop, and Teacher Training especially in south East Asia and Japan.
Delamay Devi - Australia
Delamays intention is to create a safe space for personal empowerment that allows you to embody the true essence of your natural self. She teaches Prana Flow®:Energetic Vinyasa, Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Yoga Trance Dance and incorporates skills from her Thai Yoga Massage training in classes, workshops and retreats worldwide. She divides her time between Australia, Europe and Asia and making regular trips to LA to continue her training with Shiva and the Prana Flow tribe.
Originally from Byron Bay (Australia) Delamay had her first experience of a yoga at the age of 14 and during her dance training studied ISHTA yoga. With a background in dance it was a natural progression to teaching yoga and delve deeper into the rhythm of the breath, the flow of the body and the formlessness of meditation. In 2007 Delamay graduated from the 200hr Unity Yoga teacher training and also holds a 500hr Prana Flow® certification. She is deeply honored to be part of the mentoring and global assistance program with Shiva Rea, the creator of Prana Flow®: Energetic Vinyasa.
Additional training includes Level 4 in Thai Yoga Massage, Certification in Dance Movement Therapy, Reiki Mastery, Pranic Healing and Crystal Dreaming™.
Josephine Chan - Malaysia
Josephine Chan, more affectionately known as Jo, is a Yoga Arts Australia certified yoga instructor with more than 10 years experience under her mat. With the mentorship of Louisa Sear as well as various noted instructors across USA and India, Jo cemented further her teaching skill set by becoming a certified prenatal yoga instructor under guidance of Ana Davis of Bliss Baby Yoga, Australia. Jo also founded and operates Surya Yoga & Pilates Studio, a thriving and vibrant little professional yoga and pilates studio in Aman Suria, Petaling Jaya for more than 10 years.
She believes in continuous education and updates her skill set every other year with trips abroad attending trainings in Australia and Singapore. As great things often come from humble beginnings, Jo is now one of the top prenatal yoga instructors in the country. Her fiery yet motherly spirit, continues to inspire many and she believes wholeheartedly in giving back and that charity truly begins at home. She believes that life is but a flowing river.
As life brings you through rough waters, we must bend, swirl and adapt. She appreciates the simple fact that sometimes it’s best to flow than fight the river of life.
Davin Jones - UK
Davin Jones- Internationally Registered Yoga Instructor (RYT) 500hr.
Davin teaches with confidence using anatomical terms and clear instruction to describe the correct alignment through the yogasana practice. He has achieved flexibility, strength and mental clarity through his personnel practice and is able to teach yoga to practitioners ranging from beginners to advanced levels. He is an internationally certified yoga teacher through Yoga Alliance UK and U.S RYT 500 hour.
Davin’s Yoga journey started on the west coast of Mexico January 2013, in the beautiful seaside town of Mazunte. His first experience of yoga was a donation based class in an open air studio, with the view and sound of the ocean in the background. This is where he fell in love with yoga; to the extent it inspired him to take this path to Rishikesh, India the home of Yoga. Here he completed his teacher training RYS 500hr through ‘Shiva Yoga Peeth’ a school registered in conjunction with Swami Omkarananda. Due to his level of dedication and natural ability Davin was invited back to Rishikesh, India this year where he completed an Ashtanga internship and accredited yoga practitioners as teachers at 200 and 500 level (TTC).
Davin divides his time teaching worldwide at international Yoga retreats through a company called Kanga Wellbeing Events. He has taught in countries such as Croatia, India, and Kenya. He is based in London, United Kingdom where he teaches courses at corporate companies, numerous music festivals throughout the summer months and private sessions to high profile businessmen. He continues to work closely with Emma Bonnici (Founder of Kanga Yoga) in all Kanga events including teacher training courses as well as advertising the Kanga brand.
His Yoga background is based from the traditional Yoga styles of Hatha, Shivananda, Ashtanga and Iyengar. Davin’s passion of yoga has given him motivation, inspiration and patience. He truly believes yoga will change your life and bring health and inner peace. He encourages practitioners to be humble and graceful during yoga and is focused on guiding practitioners through their practice safely, with careful adjustments through the use of breath. His yoga journey has provided him with a new direction in life, and would love to spread the knowledge and essence of yoga throughout the world.
Emma Bonnici - United Kingdom
Emma Bonnici, is the founder of Kanga Events, an international Yoga teacher and Ayurveda Therapist.
She has been studying Yoga and Ayurveda for over 10 years.
Emma teaches with enthusiasm, care and attention to detail. She brings knowledge gained from her own personal practice and provides strong encouragement and support in her classes.
An avid traveller, Emma connects herself with others through yoga whilst following her passion for creating events and her destined path of yoga.
Since 2008, she has been travelling to India for Yoga and events. She returns twice a year to India to Rishikesh to practice at The Sivandana Kutir ashram, The Yoga Study Centre (Bramacharya Rudra Dev, an advanced student of B.K.S. Iyengar), Patanjala Yoga Kendran (Usha Devi, an advanced student of B.K.S Iyengar) and the Tattvaa Yogashala (Yogi Kamal Singh). Emma trained as a yoga teacher with the International Sivananda organisation in Vietnam and she trained as a Children’s Yoga Teacher with Rainbow Kids Yoga in London. She completed her Ayurveda Therapist training with Dr Vinod at the Ayuskama Ayurveda and Panchakarma Centre in India.
Emma has worked closely with the International Indian Film Awards for events in Macau, India and Sri Lanka. In 2011, she returned to India to teach yoga and write a weekly yoga column for The Hindustan Times national newspaper.
Today, Emma divides her time between teaching Kanga Yoga courses in London and running retreats in Croatia,India, and Africa.
Nika Karan - Poland
Personal yoga instructor, Nika Karan, has spent the last few years learning and teaching the ancient science of Yoga and it’s given her and her students around the world unbelievable results.
She is the author of the bestselling book “Yoga For Weight Loss For Beginners. A Step-By-Step Picture Guide To 90 Slimming Yoga Poses” that offers alternative solutions to permanent and healthy weight loss – one that doesn’t involve ridiculous diets, dangerous pills or grueling exercise routines.
As part of her mission to help people lose weight and live better lives through the practice of yoga and proper nutrition, Nika studied nutrition in the New York based, biggest nutrition school in the world – Institute For Integrative Nutrition.
She has been trained in over 100 dietary theories with some of the world’s top health and wellness experts. As a Holistic Health Coach Nika works with clients to help them achieve and maintain ideal weight, understand and reduce cravings, increase energy levels, improve personal relationships and feel great in their body.
In her free time, Nika loves experimenting in the kitchen and exploring neighborhood parks with her son and husband.
Rebecca Pflaum - USA
Rebecca is an internationally admired Kundalini Yoga teacher who has travelled extensively to share her life, experiences, wisdom and Truths. An experienced instructor and humble student, Rebecca has led several teacher trainings, retreats and workshops around the world. She has taught at the Bali Spirit Festival for 6 years.
Nabilla Sharil - Malaysia
Nabilla is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200) with Yoga Alliance. She received her certification in 2012 from the school of Vikasa Yoga in Koh Samui, Thailand.
She credits her yoga knowledge through exposure and learning from inspirational teachers including Dr. Dhilip Kumar, George Anthony, Kosta Miachin, Ninie Ahmad, Kiri Sutherland, David Robson & Les Leventhal. Ultimately, she recognizes her best teachers are her students.
Nabilla aims to create unique yoga sessions that allow her students to build acute body awareness while holding close to the principles advocated by the late T. Krishnamacharya -“Teach what is inside of you, not as it applies to you, to yourself, but as it applies to the other”
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1. Yoga Workshops
Yoga for Women’s Health, Accenture’s International Women’s Day 2013
Yoga for Beginners, Accenture’s Annual Business Unit Meeting 2013
Yoga for Stress Management, Accenture’s International Women’s Day 2014
Corporate Yoga - Pfizer Malaysia (Feb 2014 – Present)
Studio Yoga - YogaonethatIwant, Damansara Perdana – YogaonethatIwant2, Shah Alam As well as her multiple ongoing private clients who has been with her since 2012
iRyne YOGAVATAR - Malaysia
iRyne had her first taste of Yoga in 2005 as part of her physiotherapy to soothe her knee injury from her love of running. She is eternally grateful for Yoga entering her life as it has helped to heal her knee without costly treatments. It was just the life-changing injury that propelled her to commit practicing yoga as her lifelong journey.
In 2007 on the pretext to deepen her practice, she completed 200-hours International Yoga Instructor Course (IYIC) with Malaysian Yoga Association (registered with the Ministry of Education, Malaysia). A year later, she started her quest in teaching for the love of sharing its endless benefits to whom she crosses paths with. Her yoga love affair has her delved more in depth 200-hours Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher at Vikasa Yoga Koh Samui, Thailand in 2012. Ever since she has attended workshops by renowned teachers such as Amy Ippoliti, Brian Campbell, Eoin Finn, Leslie Kaminof, Martin Kirk, Jason Crandell, Judy Krupp, Rodney Yee, Simon Borg, Simon Low to name a few. Her most recent learning journey was a teacher’s training in Anatomy and Kinesiology 20-hours in Mysore, India with Noah McKenna.
She has over 2,500 hours teaching experience of various Yoga styles such as Hatha Yoga, Power Yoga, Power Stretch, Vinyasa, Equipment Yoga, and Hot Detox. She is a Celebrity Fitness license instructor for BOSU, TRX and Floating Yoga. Presently, she is an exclusive Yoga Instructor in Celebrity Fitness Malaysia. She is the first prize winner for yoga pose – Adidas ‘Cool is On’ in 2012 and Asia Yoga Conference in 2014.
Sandhya Manoj - Malaysia
A co-founder of Manasa Yoga, Sandhya has been practising yoga intensively since 1999.
She supported and helped Manoj in the conceptualising of Manasa Yoga in year 2000. Sandhya is also an accomplished dancer and veteran teacher in classical Indian dance traditions at the Malaysian Temple of Fine Arts. She has lent her dance choreography skills and talent to many yoga presentations staged by the Manasa Yoga School over the years. She has also appeared on several televised shows in Malaysia and India, teaching and spreading Manasa Yoga across borders.
Shidah Mohamed - Malaysia
Shidah found her inner passion the minute she discovered yoga at the age of 16. Not only yoga offers flexibility and strength training but it has also improved her asthma tremendously. She practices and teaches primarily Vinyasa and Hatha yoga together with the principles of Anusara yoga. She also enjoys practicing Acroyoga with her students and friends.
With 10 years of experience, she had the opportunity to be trained by many experienced teachers locally and internationally. Her teaching style focuses mainly on alignment, breathing and proper techniques in entering into poses made suitable for students at all level. On top of that, being a management consultant in one of the big four accounting firms does not impede her from spreading the love in healthy living and expand the yoga community in Malaysia. She has now established a renowned YogaOneThatIWant2 co-owned with two other prominent yoga enthusiasts.
Sarah Blackah - Australia
Sarah Blackah is the founder of bchange, a company dedicated to making transformational work fun and accessible.
She is a self confessed personal development junkie inspired to help people remove the illusions of separation and see the truth & awesomeness of who they really are. After running into her own bouts of stress and anxiety she dedicated 5 years to discovering the world’s best tools and practices from eastern philosophy (yoga, meditation and energy work) and western science (NLP, life coaching and positive psychology) to unlock practical ways to live a happy and fulfilling life.
She is now inspired to share her wisdom with audiences around the world through classes, events, workshops, festivals, travel retreats and behavior change programs. Combined with her team, she always aims to create powerful experience to connect people with themselves, each other and their heart desires.
Jean Michele Lee - Malaysia
Jean Michele Lee began teaching in 2005 after completing a three- monthteacher-training course with Manasa Yoga.
In April 2013, she completed her 500hours-advanced teacher training with Manasa Yoga. Besides being a Manasa resident teacher, Jean is also a freelance yoga teacher who teaches at Fitness First, True Fitness and some long standing corporate clients. Her classes are essentially wisdom based and she continuously strives to swirl the concepts of Patanjali and Tantra into her sequences.
Rachael Fallon - Canada
Racheal Fallon is an International Yoga Teacher from Toronto, Canada. She has been teaching and playing with Yoga for 11 years full-time and practising for 18. She is a trained Holistic Psychotherapist and came into Yoga from a transformational background, using Yoga as a tool for self-discovery and healing. She is currently in Thailand assisting Teachers Trainings at Vikasa Yoga and learning their Method, which has taken her practice and teaching to another level.
What Yoga has been for her:
” I fell in Love with Yoga because it introduced me to freedom. I found a way to let go. I found a way to trust my path. It connected me to others in a very real way. When I am teaching I can see the energy and vulnerability in others. I become a mirror for them to see their disowned parts. Its a way for people to be completely in the moment, on the mat. The connection begins with the breath, then moves to the body. The deeper you go you begin to see yourself in a more honest way. You balance, you give up control, you explore your blocks, your fears, your light, your love, your insides. You connect to the deepest parts of You. In stillness you find clarity. There is no division between you and others. The idea of Yoga, to Unite, Yoke, reminds you that you are never alone. You are whole, complete. It really makes sense the more you Practice. It connected me to purpose, to become a Seeker. I seek meaning, belonging, transformation, and most of all to be Free.”
She has been co-teaching Yoga TT’s since 2009 and created a 100 hour Level 2 TTC called The Practice. Racheal has a real Love for working with Teachers, and taking people deeper into Yoga Journey.
Racheal Fallon trained with many teachers, lineages, and disciplines in India, China, Nepal, Thailand, New York and Canada like Jivamukti, Iyengar, Vinyasa, Power Yoga, Yin and Yang, Hatha Yoga and The Hidden Message of Asana, Vikasa Yoga and I am Vipassana Practitioner.
Iswari Vengadaraman - Malaysia
V. Iswari has been embracing Yoga since 2001. She is a Certified Yoga Instructor with Malaysian Association of Yoga Instructors (MAYI), received her teacher’s training from Master Manisekaran, Founder of Malaysian Yoga Society. Her continuing training has been very varied in Kundalini Kriya Yoga, Manipuraka (Universal Healing), Urdhva Retas, and Prana Vidya.
She further deepens her yoga knowledge with Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev, Isha Foundation with kriya practices as Inner Engineering and Shoonya Meditation.
She has combined these teachings to develop a style that focuses first on opening the heart, followed by proper alignment principles, strength building, increasing flexibility and reducing stress.
Her yoga classes are rooted in her knowledge of anatomy, as well as her love of movement and yoga’s ability to bring awareness to mind, body and soul. She help her students discover the poses from the inside, rather than force them from the outside. She focuses on the breath and in slowing down in order to really feel the poses and their effects and after effects on the body, mind and soul. Her classes are deeply relaxing, joyful and fun.
Iswari continues to conduct Yoga workshops whenever the opportunity arises to share her knowledge on the physical, therapeutic and philosophical aspects of yoga. She has also travelled to India to gain a deeper understanding of the yogic traditions.
Konstantin Miachin - Canada
Konstantin Miachin is the founder of Vikasa Yoga and an international teacher. He has been passionately learning, practicing, and teaching Yoga since 2004, and his passion has lead him to search out his own personal development throughout the world. Kosta’s years of worldly experience have led to deeper understanding of yoga as a personal journey and spiritual evolution. On his journey he spent months in the ashrams of the remote Himalayan mountains, trained in a Muay Thai Boxing camp, was initiated by the master monk and has undergone a sacred Sak-Yant ceremony in a temple in North-East Thailand, practiced yoga everywhere and found his true passion in Koh Samui, Thailand. This quest has brought him into contact with many different schools and masters all over the world, in places such as Rishi-kesh, Uttar Kashi, Gangotri, Kerala, Goa, Canada, Thailand, and Ukraine to name a few. Konstantin has completed teacher trainings and is certified in 4 different schools: Yoga 23 (Ukraine), Sivananda (India), Ashtanga Vinyasa (Thailand) and Andiappan Yoga (Hong Kong). Such an overwhelming wealth of knowledge has led to a deeper understanding of yoga practice as an ever evolving process – rather than a finalized system and the concept of “Evolution of Yoga” was born.
About Vikasa Yoga:
The concept of “evolution of yoga” is based on the notion that everything in the world evolves constantly, including human beings. Our primary goal as a human race and that of any living organism is evolution, and yoga can be seen as a tool to facilitate such evolution in any given individual. However, as the practice of yoga itself changes with time and place, as new techniques are being introduced, the approach is becoming more technical, precise and scientific, any definition of it as a system or style seems to be a limitation in itself. Therefore, the “Evolution of Yoga” approach has to be seen as an ever-evolving process, based on classical hatha yoga techniques, which anyone can be a part of, rather than a complete static system.
Recently a set of the most effective sequences has been developed to make up level one of the Vikasa Yoga system. There are about 20 basic sequences, which can be used in different order to make practice sets.
Mogana Anandha - Malaysia
Ms. Mogana Anandha Jothi is a qualified Ayurvedic Therapist and Yoga Instructor at MAYI AyurYoga and has 24 years of experience in practising yoga and meditation. As an active practitioner of all different branches of yoga – Hatha Yoga, Karma Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, and Raja Yoga/Kundalini Yoga, she has more than 5 years of experience as a full time yoga instructor teaching various groups of people at different organisations based in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.
She has more than 4 years of experience as an Ayurvedic Therapist. Upon completing ‘Ayurvedic Bodyworks Course’ and ‘Anatomy & Physiology Certificate Course on Modern Science, Physiotherapy & Ayurveda’ with MAYI, coupled with her knowledge on universal healing techniques, she started a small set-up at home to do Ayurvedic bodyworks and has now became full time therapist at MAYI AyurYoga.
Her unique approach towards yoga from the perspective of psychology has led her to possess in-depth knowledge on women and child psychology and healing sciences. She conducts mind-body workshops along with yoga sessions for teenagers and women. Her growing interest on helping women to heal themselves and to deal with health issues specific to women, coupled with her exposure to herbs and making ayurvedic concoctions from her father who was himself an ayurvedic therapist, has led her to undertake a further study of ayurvedic bodyworks and herbs on her own and present them in the simplest way, which would enable women and others to grasp easily.
Cat Kabira - USA
Working with Cat Kabira is delightful, fun, deep, intense and transformational in a way that you never knew possible. You’ll leave her classes smiling, feeling softer and connected to yourself in a profound yet sweet way.
Cat has been practicing yoga and meditation since she was 18 years old while studying at Boston University. Her motivation for yoga and meditation was less about getting into shape and more about how to be with her-self. She arrived on the mat already working with eating disorders: anorexia and bulimia, suicidal thoughts, and body dymorphia; having experienced various abuse at a young age and having a certain penchant towards alcohol, smoking, and various drugs. Learning how to be present in her body was her greatest challenge and motivator to getting and staying on the mat.
What “hooked” Cat in the first place with yoga wasn’t so much the asana poses but the stillness between the postures. That’s when she could feel sensations that were almost magical; she somehow knew that her body was “speaking” to her while also healing itself.
Over the years, Cat’s practice has evolved from a more physically demanding challenge to more alignment-based and informed by subtler callings within the body. She teaches healthy alignment for each individual, how to stay grounded, listen to one’s heart, manifest one’s dreams and stay true to one-self. She is fascinated by the body’s “moment to moment” evolution and reminds students to enjoy the journey with as much grace, compassion and humor as possible.
Cat has studied fervently with many great yoga teachers from different traditions. Her work is also informed by her training as a Craniosacral therapist as well as other energetic modalities including some of the shamanic training that she has done in her past. Her specialty is her ability to see and sense her students in a deep way and to mirror healthy and empowering choices back to them.
Cat Kabira, originally from the United States, currently lives in Bali, Indonesia. She runs Foundational and Advanced Yoga Teacher Trainings as well as Retreats, Workshops and Classes globally.
Joti Chugani - Malaysia
Joti Chugani first learnt about Yoga from a gym instructor in 2002. She was then introduced to Malaysian Yoga Society (MYS) and began her Yoga journey under Master Manisekaran’s tutelage in late 2002 and has since been certified as a Yoga Instructor, Yoga Therapist, and Ayurveda Therapist.
Her passion in Yoga has led her to embrace Yoga as her lifestyle for 11 years (and counting), and her proficiency and warm personality made her a well-loved Yoga Instructor of over 9 years teaching Hatha Yoga at MAYI Yoga Academy. Of recent years, her dedication towards well-being has inspired her to conduct Yogic Breath & Mind centered techniques which focus on breathing, meditation, and creative visualisation for effective and total relaxation. Joti is also a Trainer for Yoga Instructor where she guides and trains aspiring Yoga Instructors.
An accomplished instructor who is a natural with Yoga asanas, and with a gift for teaching, Joti is also actively involved in various Karma Yoga projects, voluntarily teaching at community centers around the Klang Valley. It gives her great joy to share this gift of yoga as she would like others to experience yoga’s potential in achieving greater self-realization and sense of bliss.
George Anthony - USA
George has a presence, which wakes up Yoga in peoples’ lives. Ever since his early childhood he has been exploring ways to understand the universe and intuitively felt the need for the essential practice of not causing harm. His reawakening through Yoga merged these aspirations through his life and continues to expand his awareness of their singular nature and profound effects for the individual and our society.
George is an American who began practicing Hatha Yoga in 2005 by himself from pictures and descriptions on the Internet. His first Yoga class was in Downingtown at the Center in 2006. By 2008 he traveled to Thailand for teacher training in Vinyasa Yoga at one of the most respected Yoga Studios in Asia, Yoga Elements. He has since been immersed in a life of teaching, study, and practice, emphasizing the importance of each aspect of the 8 limbs of Yoga and their significance in the process of awakening.
It is by a deeper understanding of Yoga as a process, with a logical science for true self realization through life, that so many through South East Asia are so inspired by his practice and find magic in his teachings. Sajeeva means living Yoga. George’s complete training spans Ashtanga Vinyasa, Iyengar, Kundalina, Siddha Yoga, and AcroYoga. He is a certified Vinyasa Yoga teacher, certified AcroYoga Teacher, and teacher trainer at Vikasa Yoga, Koh Samui, Thailand.
Surya Tay - Malaysia
Tay Siew Leng, fondly known as Surya by her Yoga students and peers, had her first taste of Yoga in 2001. Since then, her experiences through Yoga have brought her from being a learner to life practitioner and subsequently, a Yoga Instructor and Yoga Therapist.
Surya, who is also a Kundalini Kriya Yoga practitioner, has diverse knowledge of Yogic teaching having graduated in the International Yoga Instructor Course, Yoga Therapist Certification Course, Super Yoga Kids Instructor Course, Pregnancy Yoga Instructor Course, and Ayurveda Bodyworks Certification at Malaysian Association of Yoga Instructors (MAYI) under the guidance of Master Manisekaran.
Since 2003, Surya has been continuously conducting regular classes such as Hatha Yoga, Yoga Precision & Alignment, General Yoga Therapy, Pregnancy Yoga, and Kids & Teens Yoga. She also conducts personalised Yoga training sessions, private Yoga Therapy sessions, and Corporate Yoga sessions.
Surya has also conducted numerous Yoga workshops on topics such as Stress Management, Yogic Detoxification, Yogic Breathing Techniques, Yoga Therapy, Pregnancy Yoga and many more.
Graduating from conducting regular classes and workshops, her passion for Yoga has also inspired her to share her knowledge with more Yoga enthusiasts by becoming a Trainer of Yoga Instructors at MAYI.
Surya is also actively engaged in social services by conducting free Yoga classes and Yoga talks at schools, for the underprivileged and at various NGOs.
Bex Tyrer - Scoland
Bex teaches yoga at the Yoga Barn, Bali as well as around the world. She is committed to the practice as a tool for living. She is in love with the philosophy of yoga, its rich history and relevance with our modern day world. Yoga – an outward expression of an inner exploration, and all that lays in between.
With a background in social activism, Bex weaves together the teachings of yoga and non-separation with the need for social action. Through her work she calls yogis to really examine what we mean when we talk about “union” and “awakening”. She encourages practitioners to apply the work they do on the mat to their lives off the mat and to move together to co-create a world we can be proud to call “home”. Bex has just returned from teaching in Palestine where she goes every year to in solidarity with Palestinian yogis, supporting the power of the practice for rising up and finding freedom of movement in a land where movement of all kinds is restricted. Bex currently studies with Denise Payne at the Yoga Barn in Bali where together they run the One Song Yoga level 2 teacher training course, encouraging teachers to tap into their passion and share their voice in a time when it really needs to be heard!
Bex teaches Power yoga, Vinyasa flow, Yin yoga, Restorative yoga and is a certified Acroyoga teacher.
Music Line Up:
Shervin Boloorian - Iran
Shervin Boloorian is Founder of Sound Healing Bali and a certified Tama-Do (Way of the Soul) sound therapist. Shervin is also the CoFounder of the Bali Sound Healers Collective. Currently based in Ubud, Shervin graduated from Fabien Maman’s Tama-Do “Way of the Soul” Academy (started in 1988), holds a Masters Degree and is a lifelong vocalist, songwriter and musician.
Tama-Do is a program of non-invasive vibrational therapies using sound, color and movement to nourish the human energy system and aid the body in the recovery of its own healthy balance.
Trained in a series of Tama-Do techniques, including tuning fork on acupuncture point therapy, musical spine, color therapy, and acoustic sound harmonization with musical instruments, Shervin supports each individual’s ‘inner calling’. He does this “to release tension and provide the inspiration to positively engage with community, communicate with coworkers, and reintegrate with loved ones.”
Shervin regularly facilitates Tama-Do-inspired live, multi-instrumental Sound Medicine journeys and offers individual Tama-Do sound therapy sessions at the Yoga Barn, Ubud–Bali’s historic and most popular yoga studio. He has also offered private sessions for visiting Bali retreat guests, groups, Festivals, and holistic centers in Singapore.
Shervin has accompanied and been supported by world renowned sacred musicians such as Kailash Kokopelli (GER), Dr. Didge Dolphin (AUS), Joseph “Pepe” Danza (URU), Pejman Jahanara (IRAN), and Punnu Wasu (INDIA).
www.facebook.com/shervin.boloorian
Amir Yussof - Malaysia
No stranger to the music scene, Amir Yussof is a singer/songwriter, musician and voice talent of individual rhyme and rhythm. He left Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for a more subdued existence in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia in may 2007 and currently resides there. Under the radar he often corporates with NGO’s and animal groups to create awareness about conservation and animal cruelty. After more than 25 years of stage performance, 3 solo albums, and the admiration and respect as a creative and non-conventional artist, Amir brings a more mature, grounded performance around this time and performs mostly at festivals and private events.
His repertoire consists of originals and original covers delivered in a relaxed, free flowing living room setting – serious and confident yet intimate, warm and in nature – his low, husky voice delivering stories of Life, Love and Fantasy.
Amir also voices documentaries and presentations for government organizations, corporations and private clients. His most recent work was a piece for Expo Milano 2015 which won first prize in Milan, Italy.
Jody Lloyd - New Zealand
Electronic Music Composer, Jody Lloyd aka Trillion Branson blends computer generated and recorded sounds with live instrumentation, percussion and spoken word. This unique combination of live DJ technology and Sound Therapy techniques are designed for your deepest relaxation, reflection and to attune you to the most perfect known frequencies.
Jody Lloyd is a music producer/songwriter and poet from New Zealand. Starting out as a rapper in his teens, he was later signed to Universal Records. That experience led him to operate his own recording label producing over 25 albums to date.
Currently based in Bali, Jody is composing a body of music that blends electronically generated sounds with vibrational healing techniques, as he learns more while assisting Sound Healer, Shervin Boolorian. This process is being captured by New Zealand based documentary film maker, Slavko Martinov.
Russell Curtis - Malaysia
Recording artiste is certainly no stranger to the Malaysian music industry. Apart from recording, he spends most of his time performing for private events. Being a favorite among affluent clients, his experience has taken him past the shores of Malaysia to perform in Singapore, Manila, London, Los Angeles, San Francisco and even Las Vegas.
He has written and produced many original songs which have received airplay on several major radio stations. His first single, Funky Freak, was nominated for best rock song at the VIMA awards 2008. He was also nominated for best soul rock vocalist and won best rock group for the same year.
He received his first product endorsement from LG Electronics and served as an Ambassador to their products from 2006-2007. His first guitar endorsement deal came from Godin Guitars via The Guitar Store in 2008 for the ACS Multiact Nylon. The Guitar Store re-endorsed him in 2010 for their flagship series Multiact SA. He remains an ambassador for The Guitar Store and Godin Guitars to this day.
His latest accomplishment would be defeating nine other countries and being crowned Grand Champion at the Yamaha Asian Beat Band Competition held in Jakarta in November 2013. This makes his the only Malaysian team to have emerged as champions overseas in the 16 years that the competition has been running.
www.facebook.com/pages/Russell-Curtis-Project/537464013001990
Wicked Aura - Singapore
Audiences from Australia, the UK, Spain, the US, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand, China, to South Korea have all been thrilled by Wicked Aura, a band from the multicultural concrete jungle of Singapore that mashes up glorious Afro-Brazilian rhythms with a chunk of funk, a slab of rock, a ton of reggae, a hint of spicy local ethnic rhythms and dizzying electronica, all packed into one explosive cocktail.
Apart from being the only Asian band whose song “Fight” was shortlisted in the Top 20 of the BBC’s search for the “The Next Big Thing” in 2007 – the global search for the future of music, the Wicked Boys have also shared festival bills worldwide with artists of varying styles and genres such as the Beastie Boys, Robert Plant, Femi Kuti, The Dhol Foundation, Chico Cesar, Public Opinion Afro Orchestra, Black Eyed Peas, Tambuco and many more.
The debut album, Louder Than Light, released to rave reviews in 2008, was as musically and stylistically eclectic as the rich cultural diversity of The Wickedboys. With the upcoming release of the second album, Beginning The End, Wicked Aura have truly found it’s voice – raw, funky, passionate, rock-tinged batucada that has to be seen and heard live to be believed.
Imagine one big party with Olodum jamming alongside Parliament Funkadelic and The Clash gatecrashing and you might have a slight idea of the sonic assault that is WICKED AURA.
Apart from performing for concerts and music festivals, the band is suitably available for corporate engagements, team-building sessions and educational workshops.
Wild Marmalade - Australia
The world’s original Drum ‘n’ Didgeridoo Band. Up-tempo, infectious and uniquely Australian, Wild Marmalade create a total dance sound with only a didgeridoo and a drum kit. Where music meets extreme sport this power duo create pure energy in abundance
Wild Marmalade are the High-Energy Organic Trance, Drum & Didgeridoo band originating from Byron Bay, Australia. Playing totally live with ferocious intensity, Wild Marmalade create inspired dance music without the use of any electronic machines.
By combining the unique rhythmic didgeridoo playing of Si Mullumby with the explosive energy and groove of Matt Goodwin on drum kit, Wild Marmalade have created a genre-defying meeting of the ancient sound of Australia’s didgeridoo with contemporary dance beats. This fusion brings forth a musical style similar to, but far beyond, what is usually created with computers and synthesizers by drawing on the raw energy and live dynamic of two world-class virtuosos.
By creating this brand new genre of live music Wild Marmalade have won over a global fan base, repeatedly toured Europe, Japan and Australia, supported major tours for internationally recognised artists and worked with Canada’s Cirque du Soliel in Las Vegas.
Wild Marmalade possess the unique ability to move people from all walks of life and have touched a surprisingly large cross section of audience type – from lovers of electronic music (main stage at Boom Festival [Portugal] 2006 & 2008, Infected Mushroom Australian Tour support act 2007) to folk and world music scenes (Woodford Folk Festival [Australia] 2003-2010, Penang World Music Festival 2012) and even comedy festival audiences (Just for Laughs Festival [Canada] 2006) – the undeniable primal force of the Wild Marmalade sound creates an irresistible desire to dance.
Naturally acoustic live music with a high-energy dance sound, Wild Marmalade are the original “organic dance” act.
Delhi 2 Dublin - Canada
Delhi 2 Dublin was a happy accident born out of Vancouver’s Celtic Fest in 2006. Their sound started as an electronic fusion between bhangra beats and Celtic fiddle and has since grown into anything from dub reggae to breaks to just straight up happy dance music. File under… best.
Founded by Tarun Nayar (of Beats Without Borders cred), Sanjay Seran (at the time hailing from live bhangra act Signia), and Ravi Binning (a professionally trained bhangra dancer and dhol player), the band started kicking ass on stages across North America, with violinist extremist Kytami and sitar/guitar hero Andrew Kim.
Releasing their first full-length album out within a year of their inception, it was obvious D2D had something people wanted. Word spread about their ridiculously energetic live show, and tours grew from regular jaunts across the country and down through the States, to include festival performances in Europe, Asia and Australia. The band kept up with the pace, producing a new album bi-annually and a remix album alternating years.
With seven albums out, 2014 has Delhi 2 Dublin releasing their very first, and much anticipated, LIVE album, recorded at the iconic Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, BC on their 8th birthday. This year also brings about more additions to the D2D touring family: Serena Eades joins on violin (in lieu of fiddle player Sara Fitzpatrick starting a family of her own!) and James Hussain on guitar. Jaron Freeman-Fox continues being a featured guest at select shows, along with former member Andrew Kim.
Described by one magazine as the “United Nations of rock ‘n’ roll”, Delhi 2 Dublin has become one of Canada’s most buzzed-about bands, and this was not just a happy accident
www.delhi2dublin.com
twitter.com/Delhi2Dublin
www.facebook.com/delhi2dublin
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