Buddha Music Group Archives | Page 8 of 15

5Q interview with Leslie Glickman @leslieglickman

1. Tell me about your personal journey with yoga. Why is it important to you? Yoga is no longer something I do…it is what I am. I started this journey back in the early 90’s when it wasn’t so cool and popular. In some ways I feel like it saved me from myself. I was ambitious and young and very busy. Back then I was big into the fitness scene and owned a gym with my husband. Yoga was something we offered and something I enjoyed “doing”. When the teacher I hired decided to move to California to study I stepped in to teach. Funny, that I actually thought I knew enough from my fitness, anatomy, dance and group exercise background that I could teach. But, little did I know that there was a whole new world that would open up for me once I began to study and prepare my classes. Now almost 25 years later I am all yoga all the time and have dedicated my life to the study and practice. Teaching and sharing are my greatest pleasure and I am on a mission to make yoga accessible to all.

2. When did you first begin teaching yoga? What made you transition into a leadership position? I started teaching classes in 1995. Around the 10 year mark I began to feel like I had organically created a consistent presence and leadership role within my community. My students started to feel inspired and wanted to learn more so I pushed myself to step into the role of teaching and training and began my school in 2009. I have been training, mentoring and offering CEU’s ever since. The foundation of leadership for me is in living my yoga everyday on and off the mat.

3. What makes your classes unique? I teach two styles of yoga in order to meet my students exactly where they are. Some days are vigorous vinyasa, and others a long, slow & deep practice of yin yoga. It is in practicing and sharing both the yin and the yang of yoga that we find the balance we need to navigate this beautiful life. My style is organic and focused on being present. I have been known to get deep and serious just as often as I may make a joke and break through the tension that can build in the room. My gift is to be able to read the room and serve from a place that is not about me but about finding what the students need in the moment. Holding this space for transformation is truly an honor for which I am grateful.

4. How does music benefit your guidance in a yoga class? I have always been deeply affected and touched by music. It helps to create the mood in the room, so I am very careful in selecting what I play in class. If I can be moved by the music then so can my students. In the past five years I have been inviting musicians to play live for my classes and events. Yoga, like music is an expression of the soul. The musicians are creating something from deep within which can be transformative during the yoga practice. If I can connect with the musician before the class and we are on the same page then the experience we can create together for the students is MAGIC!

5. Tell me about your next event and where we can follow you online. What’s coming up for me is a 7 day Retreat and Training for Teachers in Costa Rica. Come with me Dec 8th-15th to get inspired about your yoga, deepen your practice and gain some tools that you can bring back and share with your students. You will be immersed in studies, daily yoga practice and meditation. This experience is designed for teachers that want to take care of themselves, avoid burnout, revitalize their practice and continue to study and learn. It is an incredible opportunity to connect with other teachers, be in nature and especially to be in community. 50 Hours of CEU’s will be earned for Yoga Alliance. You can get the details on my website yogajourney.com or contact bri@yogajourney to register.

Attention Yogis and Yoginis: Are you interested in doing a 5Q Interview? Fill out your unique responses here.

5Q Interview with Lauren @lalalauren_yoga

1. Tell me about your personal journey with yoga. Why is it important to you?: Yoga saved my life when I had all but given up on life and humanity. The teacher training experience turned my world upside down and changed my entire perspective. Yoga taught me how to be grateful for the journey, the ups and downs and every little thing in between.

2. When did you first begin teaching yoga? What made you transition into a leadership position?: I started teaching in July 2016 after completing my training in the beautiful Alajuela, Costa Rica. I fell in love with yoga immediately after only a few classes and knew without a doubt that I needed to be a teacher. I wanted to give back the gift I had been given.

3. What makes your classes unique? : My classes are filled with love. It is important to me to recognize compassion and love for ourselves. I make it a point to show people that how you look on the mat doesn’t matter. If you feel strong and beautiful while you are practicing that is yoga.

4. How does music benefit your guidance in a yoga class?: As a musician, I feel that having music in yoga is just adding that thick icing on to the most amazing cake you’ve ever had. When you bring that extra sensory experience to the practice it brings everything together in the most indescribable and blissful way.

5. Tell me about your next event and where we can follow you online.: I will be teaching at the Boca Town Center lululemon June 30, 2017 at 9:45 AM accompanied by the one and only DTO!

You can find me on instagram!
@lalalauren_yoga

Attention Yogis and Yoginis: Are you interested in doing a 5Q Interview? Fill out your unique responses here.

Photo credit: Amy Boring

5Q Interview with David Lesinski

1. Tell me about your background as a school teacher and painter.

I was a special education school teacher for 12 1/2 years. For 10 years I taught kids with severe emotional impairment and for 2 1/2 years I taught kids with high functioning autism. I enjoyed my time as a teacher and love kids. I am especially proud of the fact that I created a holistic approach to teaching children going back as early as 2005. I taught the kids yoga daily and my classroom included aroma therapy, natural elements (water fountain, rocks, plants), color therapy, natural lighting, mantra music and much more. In 2007 I was honored as my school district’s teacher of the year.

2. When did you begin meditating and guiding others?

I began meditating in 2005 when I became a yoga instructor. since then I have been meditating daily, most days twice a day. I have learned and practiced many different forms of meditation from guided visualizations to Vipassana meditation. However, for 9 years now I have been practicing Heart Based Meditation which I feel has had the most significant and efficient impact on my life. I was a yoga teacher from 2005-2011 and during that time became an Ayurvedic practitioner. Since 2011 I’ve had a Ayurvedic wellness business that focuses on emotional wellness and spiritual healing. It was in 2011 that I began teaching people meditation on a regular basis.

3. How does meditation assist your artistic expression?

The key to my painting and poetry is keeping my vibe as high as possible. This includes daily yoga and meditation along with eating healthy, being in gratitude, and practicing a high-vibe lifestyle routine. This way of living is truly the gasoline for my artistic expression. When in the process of painting I often times just sit with the canvas, close my eyes and open up to my intuition. It is then that I begin to see the colors, shapes and designs and I start painting. Once the painting is complete I meditate alongside the painting and allow the poetry to flow through onto paper.

4. How does music play a role in your creative process?

Music plays a huge role in my creative process. Our bodies are basically fast moving sound wave particles playing a beautiful tune together which in turn creates the form and workings of our body! So listening to uplifting music before and during the painting process can be helpful to keep my internal song flowing as high as possible. At times, when painting and listening to music I actually find myself dancing and flowing my body along with the music. On days when my energy is low music can help create that high vibe and fun space to create in. Recently, I’ve enjoyed listening to Nameless Energy by DTO as a way of energetic inspiration.

5. Where can we find you online and when is your next event?

DavidLesinski.com

Attention Yogis and Yoginis: Are you interested in doing a 5Q Interview? Fill out your unique responses here.

July 11: Join DTO for Free Glowing Yoga Class During Live TV Debut on San Diego’s CBS 8 and CW 6 Morning TV Shows

July 1, 2017 by DTO

Blog

Buddha Music Group, DTO, DTOmusic, hemalayaa, live music, Nameless Energy, yoga music, yoga soundtrack

Come join yoga music rockstar Dave Kemp aka DTO of Buddha Music Group and transformational yoga coach, Hemalayaa, for a complimentary glow-in-the-dark Turn It Up! movement experience while San Diego’s CBS 8 and The CW 6 report live from 5-8 a.m. on Tuesday, July 11 at Soul of Yoga in Encinitas.

Pre-registered attendees receive one ticket, DTO’s Nameless Energy CD, a Soul of Yoga class pass ($20 value) along with food, drink and other yoga-minded goods.

To register, visit Soul of Yoga’s class sign up here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ASP/main_enroll.asp?studioid=3078. For more event details including arrival instructions, segment schedule and what to wear for “glowing” yoga, visit DTO + Hemalayaa: Turn It Up! CBS San Diego Morning TV Spot.

Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/19202779082227

Cannot attend? Set your DVRs or watch DTO+Hemalayaa Turn It Up! live with lifestyles reporter Ashley Rogers at 5:43 a.m. and 6:43 a.m. on San Diego’s CBS 8 and the 7:40 a.m. and 8:40 a.m. on The CW 6.

Want to experience glowing yoga for yourself? Sign up for DTO + Hemalayaa Turn It Up! Blacklight Edition on Aug. 19 from 7-9 p.m. at Soul of Yoga in Encinitas. For more information and to register, visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/685864161598452/

Or, experience DTO + Hemalayaa’s Turn It Up! workshops at Bhakti Fest (bhaktifest.com) from Sept. 7-11 in Joshua Tree.

Who is DTO and What is Nameless Energy?

“I am excited to be featured on San Diego’s top morning news shows as my mission is to bring high-vibrational-music to the mainstream,” says DTO. “Listening to music live while doing yoga creates a deeper spiritual connection, inspiration, and creativity,” he adds.

Based in San Diego, DTO delivers live yoga music to classes, workshops, festivals, weddings and other events. The multi-talented DTO is also a certified yoga instructor, a world language teacher, a humanitarian, a musician, a composer and now music producer of the very first 60-minute album (Nameless Energy) created specifically for an entire yoga sequence.

The complimentary Turn It Up! class will be led by internationally-renowned yoga teacher and dance entertainer Hemalayaa, who has been featured on Ellen, The Today Show, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Yoga Journal and Shape. “Turn It Up! is a fun and inspiring class that opens your creative center by incorporating dynamic postures, mystical mantras and calming breath work. Hemalayaa also leads participants through what she calls a “Temper Tantra-Um” in which she seeks to help yoginis remove stuck mental and emotional patterns.

DTO’s Nameless Energy CD, which has been recommended by Deepak Chopra, is a sensual-meets-Sanskrit hybrid of multi-instrument acoustics, electronic sounds, mantras and uplifting lyrics to inspire any yoga experience into a vibration-raising awakening for the soul.

For Nameless Energy’s 15 soul-lifting tracks, DTO collaborated with some of San Diego’s brightest “conscious music” stars such as Buddha Music Group’s Kiyoshi as well as Krista Richards, Aja Lee, Tara Devi, Jamie Shadowlight, Christy Rose and Zoe Sol.

While performing music live during a yoga class, wedding or workshop, DTO says he brings his many years as a musician, composer, teacher and yoga instructor plus his full 88-key digital keyboard, a harmonium and his own sophisticated sound system.

“My first experience in a yoga-plus-live music experience was so profound that it awakened me to my life’s purpose and I want this blissful feeling for everyone,” says DTO, who wears his guitar on his back on a custom-made vinyl holster and hemp strap.

“There is nothing more awakening than having live music during yoga and working with DTO is a mystical treat,” says Hemalayaa, who partners with DTO frequently for the duo’s Turn It Up! transformational movement experience events. “DTO’s music inspires a deep connection to self as well as connection with community,” she says.

In addition to his musical and teaching talents, DTO is also the visionary behind Plant Powered Living (www.PlantPoweredLiving.com) and Plant Powered Kids (@PlantPoweredKids), which encourages families to cook and serve healthy vegetarian-based meals through music and movement classes, workshops and other programs such as kid-friendly farmer’s market walking tours and cooking demonstrations. Ten percent of all Nameless Energy proceeds is donated to Plant Powered Kids programming.

Become a fan of Dave #DTOmusic Kemp and #NamelessEnergy on Instagram: @DTOmusic and @BuddhaMusicGroup, Twitter @DTOmusicpage, YouTube (www.youtube.com/c/DTOmusic) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/DTOmusicofficial/).

Nameless Energy can be downloaded on Spotify and iTune. Order the Nameless Energy CD on BandCamp. Or, download Nameless Energy at the DTO Music app: http://download.dtomusic.com/album/nameless-energy

About Dave Kemp aka DTO of Buddha Music Group

Dave Kemp aka DTO of Buddha Music Group is a multi-talented musician, performer and instructor who delivers live yoga music to classes, workshops, festivals, weddings and other events. DTO is also a certified yoga instructor, a world language teacher, a humanitarian, a musician, a composer and now music producer of the very first 60-minute album (Nameless Energy) created specifically for an entire yoga sequence.

Recommended by Deepak Chopra, Nameless Energy is a sensual-meets-Sanskrit hybrid of multi-instrument acoustics, electronic sounds, mantras and uplifting lyrics to inspire any yoga experience into a vibration-raising awakening for the soul.

For Nameless Energy, DTO collaborated with the conscious music’s up-and-coming artists such as Kiyoshi, Krista Richards and Aja Lee. Raised in Iowa, DTO discovered yoga after moving to California.

For five years, DTO played live music at Southern California yoga studios as well as conscious festivals and events. This experience with yoga, movement and music led him to the idea to craft an hour-long album for yoga studios, teachers and students.

DTO is also the visionary behind Plant Powered Living (www.PlantPoweredLiving.com) and Plant Powered Kids (@PlantPoweredKids), which encourages families to eat healthy. Ten percent of all Nameless Energy proceeds is donated to Plant Powered Kids programming.

See DTO’s Nameless Energy Heals and Uplifts in the Huffington Post. Become a fan of #DTOmusic and #NamelessEnergy on Instagram: @DTOmusic and @BuddhaMusicGroup, Twitter @DTOmusicpage,YouTube (www.youtube.com/c/DTOmusic) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/DTOmusicofficial/).

Or, download at the DTO Music app: http://download.dtomusic.com/album/nameless-energy

# # #

Media Contact: Sheryll Alexander, sheryllalexander@yahoo.com, 714-274-5973

5Q interview with Ashley Sun @ashley_sun_yoga

1. Tell me about your personal journey with yoga. Why is it important to you? Yoga has laid the foundation for me to flourish. I see it as the structure, discipline, supportive masculine energy that allows my feminine, free-flowing spirit to dance and create. It has gifted me the clear perspective to embody and embrace the emergence of realizing my totality. The teachings and wisdom of yoga offer graceful integration of my human and spiritual self. I have the ability to cope with life’s challenges, as well as understand nature’s cycles. My joy and indescribable feeling of gratitude is rooted in yoga, which has most significantly guided me to a true sense of self. This intimate and loving relationship that I continue to cultivate is infinite, forever inspiring, and the motivation I begin each day with.

2. When did you first begin teaching yoga? What made you transition into a leadership position? Yoga resonated deeply since the moment I began practicing. It was complete soul recognition, a natural feeling, and a sense of home. When you love something you want to share it and thankfully I had the courage and opportunity to do just that. Every time I teach there is a new feeling of exhilaration, which keeps me coming back for more. It is a wonderful and fulfilling privilege to share the sacred teachings and wisdom of the yoga lineage.

3. What makes your classes unique? For me it is about keeping it real. I encourage students to be honest with themselves, notice EVERYTHING! Awareness is liberation. When we tune in to our emotions and the sensations in our bodies, offering our breath into the space of tension, and simply allow ourselves to have the experience without judgement, we learn to acknowledge our true essence, a state of Being. I am all about embracing our vulnerabilities, shadow self, and giving attention to these “darker” aspects.
I often tell stories of my recent realizations because I only feel confident to speak from my experience- this is what I know to be true. No longer do I seek to be “enlightened,” practicing yoga has no guarantees. What I do strive for is authentic creative expression and to be in total alignment with my integrity. My intention is for all people who attend my class leave INSPIRED and EMPOWERED. Together we create the sacred space for profound heart-centered transformation. We heal ourselves and Mama Gaia.

4. How does music benefit your guidance in a yoga class? Music is a sacred tool. The resonance, vibrations, and frequencies have extraordinary potential to heal. Music in my class facilitates the movement of energy; it provides a cohesive experience for everyone participating. Sound creates new pathways that we may otherwise not access. In the practice of Kundalini Yoga we chant mantra to invoke that which we are calling forth. Music has the ability to transcend and release inhibitions- we give the body freedom to move and the mind softens. Music is truly a magical phenomena.

5. Tell me about your next event and where we can follow you online. “Women’s Circle: the Art of Being a Woman” will be held at the end of July (date tbd). This sacred space offers women an opportunity to tap into their Infinite Creativity and offer their experience to the web of divine sisterhood.

In addition, I teach a weekly Kundalini Yoga class Tuesday mornings, which always offers a fun and fresh perspective. A schedule and more detailed information can be found at www.ashleysunyoga.com.

Attention Yogis and Yoginis: Are you interested in doing a 5Q Interview?
Fill out your unique responses here.

5Q interview with Carlos Bastidas @Thoughtsfromlos

1. Tell me about your personal journey with yoga. Why is it important to you? I found yoga when I was dealing with a back injury that just wouldnt get better. After trying everything I could think of someone recommended yoga and the rest is history. Even though my back still has problems here and there, through the practice of yoga I have been able to heal my back enough to be able to still enjoy the sports I love and live the active lifestyle that was taken from me for a period of time in my early twenties. So the importance of my practice lies within my ability to continue to do the activities I love on a daily basis!

2. When did you first begin teaching yoga? What made you transition into a leadership position? I started teaching yoga 5 years ago while trying to transition into a new career. My practice was daily and was growing very strong so I thought I may be able to share that with others. Little did I know how difficult actually leading a class can be, but through lots of hard work and dedication to the craft it became second nature to me. There really aren’t a lot of “jobs” I enjoy doing but I know that for me to be happy I must do something that affects people in a positive way.

3. What makes your classes unique? The uniqueness of my class comes in the creativity of how we flow and challenge of calming the mind while breaking through physical limitations.

Click on image below to play video.

#YouInspireMe 🎥⭐️: @thoughtsfromlos 💪🏻 Carlos Bastidas is a powerful yogi who uses creativity and rhythm to help yoga students break through limitations & challenges! 💥 He credits yoga for healing his back and allowing him to live an active lifestyle. 🏃🏻🔆 What a warrior! Learn more about Carlos on dtomusic.com/blog 👈🏼 ❤️🔱 SONG: Love Warrior feat. Kiyoshi and Krista Richards by @DTOmusic. Download or stream on iTunes, Spotify, and more! 🎧 “Raising the vibrations of the planet through art and music.” ~ @BuddhaMusicGroup 🎶 🎨 10% of CD sales benefit nutrition & yoga for kids. ~ @PlantPoweredKids 🌻

A post shared by DTO – Dave Kemp (@dtomusic) on Jun 19, 2017 at 6:30pm PDT

4. How does music benefit your guidance in a yoga class? Music is key to keeping energy and providing rythem to my classes. I generally teach powerful classes so the music helps keep the intensity, while distracting the mind from outside thoughts.

5. Tell me about your next event and where we can follow you online.
Online you can find me on Instagram @thoughtsfromlos
And on Facebook at www.facebook.com/souloflos

Attention Yogis and Yoginis: Are you interested in doing a 5Q Interview?
Fill out your unique responses here.

5Q interview with Rachel Peters @easeful_living

1. Tell me about your personal journey with yoga. Why is it important to you? I did my first sun salutations on a backpacking trip my freshman year of college. It was the first time I ever carried my life on my back and the first time I felt so FULL with so little. Yoga changed the way I viewed my body and as a result how I took care of it. Yoga led me to meditation which led me to Ayurveda which has led me to where I am now – always inspired by nature.

2. When did you first begin teaching yoga? What made you transition into a leadership position?I started teaching 2001. I was asked to sub my teachers class. I was soooo nervous. Years later she would ask me to take over her yoga studio.

3. What makes your classes unique? I weave my own life experience, with yoga philosophy that is grounded in every day living with how and why we might move our breath with our bodies. It’s different every time.

4. How does music benefit your guidance in a yoga class? I honestly use very little music in my classes – I guess I’m old school like that. And truly, I’d be more open to live music I suppose than a hip mix.

5. Tell me about your next event and where we can follow you online. I offer online courses that take yoga beyond the mat. The Easeful Living Community doors will open again later in the summer and the EMBODY Ease course starts September 10. I’ll also be offering a 200 hr Yoga Teacher Training starting in January in northern Arizona.

Attention Yogis and Yoginis: Are you interested in doing a 5Q Interview?
Fill out your unique responses here

Hemalayaa and DTO Turn it Up at Transformational Festivals

May 29, 2017 by Maggie Kay

Blog

Buddha Music Group, davekemp, DTO, DTO music, festivals, inspirational music, lightninginabottle, maggiekay, Music, Nameless Energy, wanderlust, Yoga Album, yoga soundtrack, yogafestival, yogamusic

“So what’s the deal with these transformational festivals? Is it just a free pass to do drugs and have sex everywhere or is there an actual purpose underneath it all?” Asks the concerned mothers and resistant millennials to festival enthusiasts all over the globe. The answer is obvious once you step foot onto your first experience: these conscious playgrounds are a spiritual seekers paradise, modern schools for enlightenment, and a launchpad for anyone committed to becoming their best self.

There are many festivals out there with a focus on losing your mind, pressing the pause button on life, and escaping to an alternate reality (not to name names but rhymes with woachella). Transformational festivals are the complete opposite with a focus on finding your mind versus losing it, gaining tools and awareness for life versus pressing pause, and an emphasis on bringing this understanding back to the real world versus escaping from it.

There are infinite life changing opportunities at transformational festivals. From tantra workshops, new world panels, music performances, to synchronistic meetings with a stranger who drops the wisdom key you have been waiting for. Being a festival dweller myself for over half a decade, my favorite way to spend my time is letting out my wild child in an intentional way. I done this through the deserts of Burning Man, Lighting in a Bottle, Bhakti and Shakti Fest, Lucidity and several smaller festivals throughout California. Of the dozens I have been to, one of my favorite ways to go wild has been DTO + Hemalayaa: Turn it Up!

David Glenn Kemp (DTO) is a yogi, and yoga musician and has had an eclectic musical journey since birth. Growing up with parent musicians, everything unified for him when he began his personal yoga practice in 2011. This awakening has now come into fruition years later with his newly released yoga/ meditation album, Nameless Energy.

Hemalayaa is an empowerment catalyst and yoga teacher through her personal infusion of movement, yoga, dance, and vocal exercises. Her unique modality of teaching has paved the pay for people all over the world from various levels of awakening to rapidly transform and enter into deep states of divine union.

In the collaboration of Dave Kemp’s heart centered music production and Hemalayaa’s movement and self expression facilitation, I was able to enter into an alternate reality! A place of radical expression and total unity, a balance between the yin and the yang in me and around me, a place to remember who I am and why I am here. These two beacons of light are reaching height on their own, bringing them together creates an experience full of ecstatic bliss.

You can catch Hemalayaa and DTO at Lighting in a Bottle, Emerge Yoga Festival, Enlightened Women Lifestyle Retreat, Wanderlust Hollywood Conference, Bhakti Fest and several yoga studios in the San Diego area.

Press Release: DTO Brings Live Yoga Music to Summer 2017’s Top Conscious Events

May 10, 2017 by DTO

Blog, Press

Buddha Music Group, DTO, DTOmusic, emerge festival, hemalayaa, Lightning in a Bottle, Music, Nameless Energy, Shakti Fest, yoga, yoga music

SAN DIEGO, Calif. –  May 10, 2017 – San Diego high school Spanish teacher, yoga instructor, humanitarian, musician, composer and now music producer Dave Kemp aka DTO (www.DTOmusic.com) of Buddha Music Group (www.BuddhaMusicGroup.com) – who has produced the very first 60-minute album (Nameless Energy) created specifically for an entire yoga sequence –– launches his yoga music live tour (Yoga + DTO #SummerofYogaMusic). Fresh from performing a series of blissed-out live yoga music events at Joshua Tree’s Shakti Fest, DTO now heads to Lightning in a Bottle (May 27 from 8:30-10 p.m. in Bradley, Calif. near Las Vegas) along with appearing all summer long at some of the West Coast’s top yoga studios, luxury resorts and as a headliner on the market stage at Canada’s Emerge Festival (June 30-July 2). For more information on Hemalayaa+DTO Turn It Up! at Lightning in a Bottle (LIB), visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/303527326736289/

If you cannot make it to Lightning in a Bottle, catch the livestream of Hemalayaa+DTO Turn It Up! on Saturday, May 27 from 8:30-10 p.m. on DTO’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/DTOmusicofficial). Don’t miss following DTO all weekend on Twitter @DTOmusicpage, on Instagram @DTOmusic and @BuddhaMusicGroup or by checking out the hashtag: #DTOmusic.

Download Nameless Energy on Spotify and iTunes or order the Nameless Energy CD on BandCamp. Or, download at the DTO Music app: http://download.dtomusic.com/album/nameless-energy

“Our yoga-meets-music experience will invigorate and energize the brilliance of your purpose, so come turn it up!” says Hemalayaa, who has empowered tens of thousands of people worldwide with her modern lifestyle programs, workshops, DVDs and videos including her own BollyBlast TV show.

Hemalayaa says Nameless Energy by DTO “guides yogis through a musical heart-connected journey with an Eastern and Western infusion of sounds that is awe-inspiring for the body, mind and soul.” Hemalayaa has her own BollyBlast TV show and been featured on Ellen and The Today Show as well as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Yoga Journal, Shape and Origin.

Recommended by Deepak Chopra himself, Kemp’s 15-song Nameless Energy is a sensual-meets-Sanskrit hybrid of multi-instrument acoustics, electronic sounds, mantras and uplifting lyrics to inspire any yoga experience into a vibration-raising awakening for the soul.

Download Nameless Energy on Spotify and iTunes or order the Nameless Energy CD on BandCamp. Or, download at the DTO Music app: http://download.dtomusic.com/album/nameless-energy

Kemp’s Nameless Energy track, Jai Ram, was experienced and then recently tweeted by Deepak Chopra, who inspired his followers to “Explore the power of mantra by listening to “Jai Ram” ft. Tara Devi on the #NamelessEnergy album by @DTOmusicpage.

“There is nothing more awakening than having live music during yoga and working with DTO is a mystical treat,” says Hemalayaa. “DTO’s music inspires a deep connection to self as well as connection with community,” she adds.

“Infusing high-vibrational music into your life creates inspiration and a deep spiritual connection,” says Kemp, who resides in San Diego and teaches Spanish at technology magnet Bonsall High School. DTO is also a four-time award-winning music producer. In 2015, DTO and Andrea Sáenz received an award of merit for their Dolce Ardor: An Opera Music Video.

While performing music live during a yoga class, DTO says he brings his many years as a musician, teacher and yoga instructor plus his acoustic guitar, a full 88-key digital keyboard and his own sophisticated sound system. “My first experience in a yoga-plus-live music experience was so profound that it awakened me to my life’s purpose and I want this blissful feeling for everyone,” says DTO, who wears his guitar on his back on a custom-made, over-the-shoulder hemp strap emblazoned with DTO on one side.

For Nameless Energy’s 15 soul-lifting tracks, Kemp also collaborated with some of San Diego’s brightest “conscious music” stars such as Buddha Music Group’s Kiyoshi as well as Krista Richards, Aja Lee, Tara Devi, Jamie Shadowlight, Christy Rose and Zoe Sol.

What’s next for DTO? Kemp will perform May 27-28 at Nevada’s Lightning in a Bottle as well as headline Emerge Canada Yoga Festival’s “market stage” (June 30 at noon) and team up again with Hemalayaa for two events: Hemalayaa + DTO: Go Love Yourself! (June 30 at 2 p.m.) and Hemalayaa + DTO: Enlightened Women Practice (July 1 at 8 a.m.)

Canada’s Emerge Festival is located on a wilderness farm resort in remote Eastern Ontario where some of the world’s most renowned yoga and meditation instructors, musicians and speakers gather for classes, workshops and concerts along with luxury camping (or glamping), organic gourmet food vendors and a fair trade Yogi Market. For more information, visit: http://emergefestival.com

Yoga+DTO #SummerofYogaMusic Live Tour Summer 2017 Calendar

Join Dave Kemp aka DTO of Buddha Music Group for yoga plus live music this summer during Yoga + DTO #SummerofYogaMusic in Southern California, Nevada and Canada. For more information visit DTO Music’s calendar page here: http://DTOmusic.com/tour/

Weekend: May 13 & 14 Hemalayaa + DTO Turn It Up! at Shakti Fest in Joshua Tree Come experience yoga, dance and live music together for vibrational upleveling, optimal health and spiritual connection with internationally-renowned yoga teacher, dancer entertainer and soul inspirer Hemalayaa (www.hemalayaa.com) along with yogini musician, composer, teacher and music producer Dave Kemp aka DTO of Buddha Music Group (www.DTOmusic.com) during Joshua Tree’s Shakti Fest for Turn It Up! on May 13 and May 14 from 3:30-5 p.m. Raised by Indian parents in Canada, Hemalayaa incorporates dynamic postures, free-form dance, positive affirmations and energizing breathwork while DTO’s Nameless Energy tunes — which were crafted specifically for a 60-minute yoga sequence — further inspires for even deeper movement, creativity, energy and awakening. “Within the sequence, we also strive to recycle our negative thoughts and transcend them – then and there — into powerful intentions to take back to our everyday lives,” explains Hemalayaa. “Our yoga-meets-music experience will invigorate and energize the brilliance of your purpose, so come turn it up!” Hemalayaa has empowered tens of thousands of people worldwide with her modern lifestyle programs, workshops, DVDs and videos including her own BollyBlast TV show. In 2014, Hemalayaa toured as Mistress of Ceremony for the premier Wanderlust Spectacular. Hemalayaa has been featured on Ellen and the Today Show as well as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Yoga Journal, Shape and Origin. For more information on Hemalayaa+DTO Turn It Up! at Shakti Fest, visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/303527326736289/

Friday, May 19: Glow in The Dark Yoga (GLOWga) + Live DTO Music in Oceanside

Dave Kemp aka DTO’s live yoga electronica music is the perfect complement to a glow-in-the-dark yoga class and party. Held from 6:30-7:45 p.m. at Black Sheep Yoga (1828 S. Coast Hwy), this GLOWga party is best experienced by wearing white or neon for ultimate glowing effect. To register, visit www.blacksheepyogastudio.com

Memorial Day Weekend: Yoga + Live DTO Music at Lightning in a Bottle in Bradley, California

Experience yoga, dance and live music together (Yoga+Music) for vibrational upleveling, optimal health and spiritual connection with yogini musician and music producer Dave Kemp aka DTO of Buddha Music Group (www.dtomusic.com) and internationally-renowned yoga teacher, dancer entertainer and soul inspirer Hemalayaa (www.hemalayaa.com) for Turn It Up! at Lightning in a Bottle on May 27 from 8:30-10 p.m. and again on May 28 from noon-1:30 p.m. For more information on Hemalayaa+DTO Turn It Up! at Lightning in a Bottle (LIB), visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/303527326736289/. Also join DTO during Michelle Nayeli Bouvier’s Hoop Vinyasa class on May 28 from 6:30-8 p.m. For more information, visit http://lightninginabottle.org/presenting-luna-yoga-and-yoga-sol/).

Wednesday, June 7: Yoga + Live DTO Music with Michael Pierce of Rootist Yoga in Las Vegas

Acclaimed yoga teacher Michael Pierce of Rootist Yoga in Las Vegas has invited Dave Kemp aka DTO to play his Nameless Energy album live from 7-9 p.m. To register, visit https://www.evensi.us/rootist-yoga-workshop-w-special-guest-dto-of-buddha-music/203567239

Thursday, June 15: Awaken and Heal with Live Music by DTO at Vinyasa Arts in Cardiff by the Sea

Awaken the body, mind and spirit with yoga by Kelli Russell and Rae Devi accompanied by live DTO music from 6-8 p.m. at Vinyasa Arts in Cardiff by the Sea. To register, visit http://www.vinyasaarts.com/

Friday, June 16: Happy Yoga Hour + DTO Music Live at Rancho Bernardo Inn in San Diego

Dave Kemp aka DTO of Buddha Music Group (#DTOmusic) is bringing his vibration-raising live yoga music sounds to CorePower Yoga’s Happy Yoga Hour from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at San Diego’s historic and relaxing Rancho Bernardo Inn (17550 Bernardo Oaks Drive).

Come not only for the healthy exercise, mindfulness, meditation and soothing live DTO yoga music, but also for farmer’s market-driven, post-yoga light bites from Rancho Bernardo Inn’s award-winning Avant Kitchen restaurant including a wind-down with specialty cocktails, craft beers and fine wines. The cost is $30 per person ($25 for black tag members). Space is limited and advanced registration is a must. To register, email Carmen Fragulia at cfragulia at jc resorts dot com or call 858-675-8551.

Saturday, June 17:Hemalayaa + DTO Turn It Up! at Winston’s in Ocean Beach

Experience yoga-meets-dance at Turn It Up! right on the beach with yoga instructor, entertainer and dancer Hemalayaa along with live yoga music from Dave Kemp aka DTO of Buddha Music Group at one of San Diego’s finest beach clubs, Winston’s Ocean Beach (1921 Bacon St., San Diego) from 1-2 p.m. With intuitive live music by DTO, Hemalayaa incorporates dynamic postures, mystical mantras and breathwork integrated along with dance movements with what she calls a “Temper-Tantra-Um” to remove mental-emotional patterns, open to sacred Kundalini (Shakti) energies and ultimately relax into bliss and universal connectedness. For more information and to register, visit: http://www.sdyex.com/product/hemalayaa-dto-turn/

Saturday, June 17: Hemalayaa + DTO + Kiyoshi Turn It Up! at Soul Yoga in Encinitas

Dave Kemp aka DTO of Buddha Music Group (#DTOmusic) along with yoga entertainer Yemalayaa and conscious hip hop artist Kiyoshi present Turn It Up! at Soul of Yoga (627 Encinitas Blvd, Encinitas) from 6-8 p.m. With intuitive live music by DTO and Kiyoshi’s dope beats, Hemalayaa incorporates dynamic postures, mystical mantras and breathwork integrated along with dance movements with what she calls a “Temper-Tantra-Um” to remove mental-emotional patterns, open to sacred Kundalini (Shakti) energies and ultimately relax into bliss and universal connectedness.

Weekend: June 29-July 2: DTO Headlines Canada’s Emerge Canada Festival and Teams Up with Hemalayaa for Two Live Music Events in Eastern Ontario

Dave Kemp aka DTO of Buddha Music Group – who has composed and produced the very first 60-minute album (Nameless Energy) created specifically for an entire yoga sequence — is set to headline the market stage at Canada’s Emerge Festival on June 30 at noon. In addition, DTO teams up at the festival with internationally-renowned yoga teacher, dance entertainer and soul inspirer Hemalayaa to bring yoga, dance and music together for two festival events: Hemalayaa + DTO: Go Love Yourself! (June 30 at 2 p.m.) and Hemalayaa + DTO: Enlightened Women Practice (July 1 at 8 a.m.). Held June 29-July 2, Emerge Canada’s Yoga Festival is held on a wilderness farm resort in remote Eastern Ontario where some of the world’s most renowned yoga and meditation instructors, musicians and speakers gather for classes, workshops and concerts along with luxury camping (or glamping), organic gourmet food vendors and a fair trade Yogi Market. For more information, visit:http://emergefestival.com/

About Dave Kemp aka DTO of Buddha Music Group

San Diego high school Spanish teacher, musician, composer and now music producer Dave Kemp aka DTO of Buddha Music Group has produced the very first 60-minute album (Nameless Energy) created specifically for an entire yoga sequence. Recommended by Deepak Chopra, Nameless Energy is a sensual-meets-Sanskrit hybrid of multi-instrument acoustics, electronic sounds, mantras and uplifting lyrics to inspire any yoga experience into a vibration-raising awakening for the soul. DTO collaborated with the conscious music’s up-and-coming artists such as Kiyoshi, Krista Richards and Aja Lee.

Raised in Iowa, Kemp is a multi-instrument musician and music teacher who discovered yoga after moving to California. For five years, DTO played live music at Southern California yoga studios as well as conscious festivals and events. This experience with yoga, movement and music led him to the idea to craft an hour-long album for yoga studios, teachers and students.

Kemp is also the visionary behind Plant Powered Living (www.PlantPoweredLiving.com) and Plant Powered Kids (@PlantPoweredKids), which encourages families to eat healthy. Ten percent of all Nameless Energy proceeds is donated to Plant Powered Kids programming. See DTO’s Nameless Energy Heals and Uplifts in the Huffington Post.

Become a fan of #DTOmusic and #NamelessEnergy on Instagram: @DTOmusic and @BuddhaMusicGroup, Twitter @DTOmusicpage,YouTube (www.youtube.com/c/DTOmusic) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/DTOmusicofficial/). Or, download at the DTO Music app: http://download.dtomusic.com/album/nameless-energy

See DTO’s Nameless Energy Heals and Uplifts in the Huffington Post.

Media Contact: Sheryll Alexander, sheryllalexander@yahoo.com, 714-274-5973

Honor the Divine Feminine with DTO and Hemalayaa at Shakti Fest 2017

Introduction

Music festivals have had a strong presence in American popular culture since the 1960s. 450,000 people attended Woodstock in August of 1969, signaling a shift in the cultural milieu. It was a coming of age for a generation of individuals fed up with mass consumption, war, and their own underrepresentation in society. Festivals, communal gatherings that explore elements of culture, have long been a part of our cultural milieu, dating back to Stonehenge.

Festivals celebrating elements of culture occur annually in the United States and elsewhere. These festivals offer a unique opportunity to showcase elements of a culture which its people are most enamored with, offering a unique chance to communally and communicatively construct and experience those elements. In the same vain, countercultural festivals, like the now well-known Woodstock, construct a culture apart from dominant society, simultaneously constructing those elements which they believe should be celebrated and critiquing the larger society for its absence of those elements.
Since their inception, these festivals have exploded in popularity. This led to a crisis of identity, as festivals have become ingratiated in mainstream society, a society which they purport to reject the ideology of.

In a lot of ways, the popularization of festivals has led to a depredation of the mission statement of festival culture and a fissure being sent straight through the middle of a tight-knit community of bohemians, artists, and thinkers (Delistraty, 2014). Because of this, festivals have begun to split, as small factions of ambitious individuals from larger festivals, such as Burning Man, split and begin their own smaller festivals, such as Desert Hearts.

These smaller festivals offer a unique opportunity for reflection. The community can simultaneously pause, reflect, look at its construction, and accept those elements which it values and reject those which it does not. These festivals, known as transformational festivals, allow an opportunity to transform the community and the individuals who participate in it.

Emergence of Transformational Festivals

The term “transformational festival” is a relatively new development, entering into popularity this past decade. The term was popularized by Jeet-Kei Leung, founder of the Bloom Series, in a widely viewed TEDx talk he gave on the import of the festival scene and culture (Schmidt, 2011). The term is used to describe a growing number of festivals popular in North America that incorporate elements of yoga, meditation, music, and co-creation to construct their atmosphere.

Transformational festivals, such as Bhakti Fest, Lightning in a Bottle, and Enchanted Forest, are challenging the traditionally conceptualized aesthetic of music, art, and intellectual consumption. Festival attendees are not rendered passive consumers of their environment. Rather, they are called upon to co-construct communities founded upon an ethos of spontaneity, creativity, and active engagement. For example, Lighting in a Bottle suggests, “you have a unique opportunity to stumble upon many experiences outside of the musical stages that are full of lively, participatory fun, and shenanigans.”

The interactive areas at LIB truly allow you to lose yourself in an entire universe of play” (“About Us,” 2015). Intimate festivals with immersive environments allow individuals to freely express their self, a self that may be disparate from one presented outside the festival (Allison, 2014). Transformational individuals encourage alternative conceptualizations of self through ecstatic communities that privilege immersion in creativity, interaction, and decommodification. These elements encourage a focus on the self as the foci of experience whilst presenting it as subjective and liminal.

Co-creation involves festival attendees becoming actively engaged with their environment, encouraging them to accept a role in developing it. Lines between festival designers, musicians, and artists are purposely blurred to immerse participants in a sense of community that is integral to the experience of transformational festivals. Each attendee is called upon as an active participant in the construction of the culture of a given festival.

I am excited to announce my participation in three of the largest transformational festivals, Shakti Fest, Lightning in a Bottle, and Emerge yoga festival. Each of these festivals contributes their unique imprint on transformational festival culture and our society at large. This post is the first in a three-part series introducing my performances at each of these festivals. I am humbled to highlight my performance at Shakti Fest 2017 alongside the glowing goddess, Hemalayaa.

First Stop on the Nameless Energy Tour 2017

My first stop will be next weekend in Joshua Tree at Shakti Fest. Shakti Fest is an annual festival that is one third of a larger series of festivals. Bhakti Fest and Bhakti Fest West are the other two. Together, these festivals honor the sacred masculine and feminine, celebrating the balance and totality of our divinity. This year, Shakti Fest is being celebrated from May 12-May 14, 2017 against the backdrop of the bucolic Joshua Tree National Park.

Shakti Fest and the Divine Feminine

According to their website, Shakti Fest is “the premier yoga, sacred music, and personal growth festival in the country celebrating the divine feminine.” Shakti Fest combines the sacred and devotional paths of yoga, Kirtan, and meditation while placing an emphasis on celebrating the Divine Feminine. To do this, Shakti Fest creates a drug and alcohol free atmosphere at the Joshua Tree Retreat Center. According to its website, the Joshua Tree Retreat Center is the largest retreat center in the Western United States.

The center, designed and built by Frank Lloyd Wright and his son, Lloyd, features the sleek, angular architectural designs the pair is famous for. The center features open spaces, sacred locations for meditation and yoga, and blends seamlessly with the natural world surrounding it, invoking a sense of balance with nature that permeates all visitors of the space. Each year since 2011, devotees of the paths of yoga, Kirtan, and meditation have flocked to the space to learn and grow alongside the leading teachers, visionaries, and musicians of this community. I am honored to perform this year alongside world-renowned teacher, speaker, and community organizer, Hemalayaa.

Hemalayaa + DTO at Shakti Fest 2017

Hemalayaa is a Canadian-born yoga teacher who has traveled the world empowering seekers with her unique blend of yoga, dance, vocalization techniques with empowerment experiences. Hemalayaa’s practices have allowed thousands globally to enter cathartic spaces and release that which no longer serves. In addition to her classes, Hemalayaa hosts her own television show, has created fitness DVDs, appeared on Ellen and Today, and has written for leading publications including Origin, Yoga Journal, LA Times, NY Times, and Shape in addition to maintaining her own blog.

Our class at will fuse Hemalayaa’s dynamic postures, free-form dance, positive affirmations, and energizing breathwork while moving through the soundscapes created by my album, Nameless Energy, which was specifically crafted for a 60-minute yoga sequence. “Within the sequence, we also strive to recycle our negative thoughts and transcend them – then and there—into powerful intentions to take back to our everyday lives,” explains Hemalayaa. “Our yoga-meets-music experience will invigorate and energize the brilliance of your purpose, so come turn it up!”

We will be performing on May 13 and 14th from 3:30PM-5:00PM each day. Come and turn it up!

buddha-music-group

July 11: Join DTO for Free Glowing Yoga Class During Live TV Debut on San Diego’s CBS 8 and CW 6 Morning TV Shows

Hemalayaa and DTO Turn it Up at Transformational Festivals

Press Release: DTO Brings Live Yoga Music to Summer 2017’s Top Conscious Events

Honor the Divine Feminine with DTO and Hemalayaa at Shakti Fest 2017

Music. Meditation. Mentorship.

Subscribe To My Newsletter