May 2~4: Light Body Yoga Retreat Alex Dawson Ojai $495 ~ $695 At the amazingly beautiful Casa Barranca Retreat Estate & Winery This Yoga retreat includes Organic Vegetarian Meals, Salt Water Pool and Spa, Meditation, Hiking, Wine Tasting, and Body treatments with Sony Stevan, healer & massage therapist Early registration ends today, April 1, 2008. Sign up now and SAVE! 10% of all proceeds donated to Save Darfur www.PeaceForRelief.com, alexdawson1@mac.com
May 3:Temple Bhajan Band Kirtan 12 NoonAliso Viejo Soka University International Festival 1 University Dr.Aliso Viejo 949 480-4000
May 7:Snatam Kaur 7:30 PMSanta Barbara Unity Church of Santa Barbara 227 E. Arrellaga93101
May 10: World Fest L.A.'s Largest Earth Day Festival 10:00 AM ~ 6:30 PM Encino Some of this year's planned highlights: * Main Stage - bigger-name bands and celebrity speakers. * Earth Lounge - singer/songwriters, jazz, rock, funk, and world music groups and poets. * EcoTent - speakers, discussions, and displays about sustainable living and current environmental issues * Exhibitors - over 100 companies showcasing their products and organizations. * Kids' World - storytelling, face painting, and children's entertainers and other activities! * Animal Adoptions - dogs, cats, rabbits and lots of animals looking for good homes! Woodley Park 6350 Woodley Ave. Encino, CA
May 17: Gandhi Peace Walk Begins in Los Angeles Noon Self-Realization Fellowship Temple & Ashram Center Pacific Palisades Our dear brother Dermot/Gandhi Rollingstone begins his Gandhi Peace Walk, first stop: Santa Monica, CA; last stop: Washington, D.C. Walk with him as he begins his journey, sending the message of peace and raising funds to both build an Eco-friendly home for a family in New Orleans and a Community Center for an impoverished village in India. Please visit his web-sites to learn more about this project of peace. Donations for the walk and his charitable acts can be made through his web-sites. Self-Realization Fellowship Temple & Ashram Center 17190 Sunset Blvd. Pacific Palisades 90272 http://gandhipeace.com/http://www.gandhirollingstone.com/dermotmb@yahoo.com
May 17:Steve Ross & Howard Wills 8:00 PMBrentwood Maha Yoga 13050 San Vicente Blvd., 2nd Floor 310 899-0047 www.mahayoga.com
May 17:Durga Das/David Newman 10:00 AM ~ 10:00 PMEncinitas (David plays at 7:30 PM) Encinitas Kirtan Festival @ Seaside Center for Spiritual Living 1613 Lake Dr.Encinitas92024 http://www.davidnewmanmusic.com/index1.html May 17:Dave Stringer Kirtan 7:00 PMPalm Springs Kristin Olson Urban Yoga Center 458 S. Palm Canyon Dr. Palm Springs 92262 760 320-7702 www.urbanyoga.org www.davestringer.com
May 24:Travis Eliot Kirtan 8:00 PMSanta Monica Santa Monica Yoga 1640 Ocean Park Blvd.90405
May 24: Memorial Weekend Mantra Music Party 8:30 PM ~ 10:30 PM $15 Donation Santa Monica Terra Gold, Vaiyasaki Das and Friends Santa Monica Power Yoga (West) 1410 2nd. St., Santa Monica Bring a cushion and join the Bhakti fun! http://terrawellness.com/http://kirtan.org/
May 31:Girish Kirtan 6:30 pm $15 members/$20 non-membersRiverside Inland Yoga 3742 Tibbetts St Riverside, CA 92506 Purchase on-line www.inlandyogacenters.com or www.spiritvoyage.com info@yogimilan.com or call (213)550-8447 No charge for kids 12 and under! June 16-20: Ammachi in Los Angeles It's about this time every year that people begin asking, "When is Amma coming to LA this summer?" Here is her tentative schedule, subject to change: June 16-17 Public Program June 18-20 Retreat June 20-21 Devi Bhava For regular updates and specific information regarding Amma: http://ammachi.org/ For Southern California, LA Satsang & Local Amma Events: http://lasatsang.amma.org/