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

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rockin out with blues harp baba khalid

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happily ecstatic chant group

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the empty hammock

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

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

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

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incandescence

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mother nature is so abundantly generous down here

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luminosity

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

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the amazing bruce lipton

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deva and dear friend madhubala

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

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manose and sansula

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

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abc studios, sydney

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bharat mitra greets the maori elder grandmothers from new zealand

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we met some aboriginal elders on this trip

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go, lex!

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we were joined by sufi whirlers at our concert at uplift

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

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uncle bob randel at uplift

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the tree the loggers missed

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the ridge behind our house after the cyclone

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beloved hanumanji continually watches over us

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with uplift founders, bhavani and bharat mitra

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deva joins a discussion panel at uplift

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manose in the studio, recording a rain stick

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chanting in the garden as the sun sets...

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powerhouse, brisbane - one of our favourite venues

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

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

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magpie meets hanuman

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deva at mullum market

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downtown mullumbimby

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the incandescent mushroom

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a walk in the rain forest...

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

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sunrise

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deva at home

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a smile for sound check

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idyllic pastures after the rains

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

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

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bondi postcard

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

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happy deva

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saraswati - the goddess of music and poetry

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laxmi - goddess of abundance

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

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ganeesh - the remover of obstacles

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dressing room

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warming up before the concert

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