Music Offerings
DEBUT ALBUM
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DEBUT ALBUM 🎵
Open body & soul, heart & mind
to receive life’s blessings
Shonali’s debut album carries a potent charge linking all of us directly to 'source', to beneficent universal energies & ideas greater than ourselves, which realign us to foundational truths, ultimately refueling & refreshing our overwhelmed souls.
Shonali hopes that these 10 sacred songs remind you that you are always connected to wholesome spirit-affirming energies. These ever-present energies may be relied upon even when all other sources of support seem to have collapsed.
May your soul be soothed.
Welcome, I’m shonali
I create song medicine & chant for transformation & healing.
CHANTING: SACRED SOUND HEALING
I chant & sing sacred songs in yoga classes, workshops, kirtan concerts,
festivals, retreats & special occasions.
I have been singing & dancing since I wiggled my way out of the womb. From the moment I could reach the keys, I studied classical piano. I enjoyed the spotlight so much that I got a B.F.A in Drama from Syracuse University. But it was in NYC in 1998 where I discovered the healing power of yoga & chanting.
My very first yoga teachers chanted at the end of class while we rested on our backs in savasana, a classical closing posture. It was here, sweaty, exhausted & discouraged about my aching body that I first experienced the power of sound healing. The Sanskrit mantras awakened me to a place in my soul I had not experienced before. I knew these were my first steps on the pathway home to myself.
My immersion, in 1998, into the world of chanting became further life-altering when I began singing a cappella with Circle of Soul, a group of soul-seekers, exploring chants from a multitude of traditions. I came alive & dove even deeper. I studied yoga & chanting in the yogic traditions with TKV Desikachar in India & with Nicolai Bachman & Ian Boccio in Atlanta, GA. From 2011-2017, I sang mystical mantra harmonies with Jocelyn Rose in a partnership we called Mantra MA. Listen to our rendition of Lokah Samastha Sukino Bhavantu here, I have been a featured kirtan artist & presenter numerous times in the Chantlanta Sacred Music Festival and the Dirty South Yoga Festival. I have sung with national kirtan artists such as Brenda McMorrow, Girish, & David Newman. I love collaborating with vibrant chanting communities.
Music Offerings
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Yoga classes
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Workshops
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Ceremonies
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concerts
I share deep gratitude!
I am so excited to have released my debut album of sacred songs, Open to Receive, in February 2022.
Early in the pandemic, 2020, alone in my home studio with my harmonium, I sang sacred music on rotation to save myself. This is how I breathed fresh energy into my spirit to keep myself afloat during those initial strange introspective months.
Then, in 2021, I followed a burning desire to share this song medicine & recorded 10 songs with the incomparable Colin Agnew. Colin brilliantly translated my song ideas into fully realized song creations. He stacked my harmonies, laid down incredible percussion & called in talented musicians to support new arrangements. I will be forever grateful for him & this experience of recording.
Love for Open to Receive
JOin us in kirtan
MANTRA MA!
From 2011 through 2017, Shonali Banerjee + Jocelyn Rose (of Dhvani) shared their voices & hearts, chanting sacred mantras in Sanskrit & English. In special seasonal workshops, they engulfed attendees in their blissfully healing live vocal harmonies while inviting them to release deeply into supported restorative & gentle yoga postures. They offered evenings of pure chanting, allowing their divine voices to wash through the audience. As the audience listened, they entered a deeply meditative healing space. As the audience joined their voices with the sacred songs, everyone was able to explore the powerful transformational potential chanting offers. Always rooted in truth, love, abundance, and gratitude, Mantra Ma was pure sweetness!! Find them on Facebook
Mantra Ma’s Debut Single “Shining Lokah” is available to listen now:
View Us LIVE:
Mantra Ma with Adam Hoffman - Witness the Dawn
Music and Lyrics by: Manda Stretch
David Newman performs "Stay Strong" at Healium Center, 2015
DHVANI at ChantlantaChantLanta 2011! Dhvani performs "Hare Krishna" on the main stage.
2017 FEB 11- One Month to ChantLanta Party! #3
Raise me Up. For Each Child That’s Born, Aham Prema
Start Chanting today: Soothe with Compassion
an 11-day Mantra Meditation practice to remind yourself of your innate wholeness.
Join me in my FREE 11-Day Mantra Meditation:
The mantra ~ Om Mani Padme Hum ~ invites you to Honor & Awaken Compassionate Presence.
This free offering includes:
11 easy-to-follow guided videos
PLUS 2 Bonus Moon Videos
Lifetime Access from any device
Personalized letters of guidance for each day
Chant, speak, whisper or listen. Sit or lie down, walk or even drive. Fit this practice uniquely into your daily life as best as you can, carving out 10 - 15 minutes each day to soothe your soul. It’s time to bring Compassion to the forefront. You can totally do this!
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