Jazz musician and composer, Alice Coltrane (Swami Turiyasangitananda) recorded live at Satchidananda Ashram - Yogaville in 1993. Alice Coltrane was a devotee of Swami Satchidananda, the founder of Yogaville, and this relationship inspired the title track of her famous 1971 album, "Journey in Satchidananda."
Alice Coltrane, quoted from Integral Yoga Magazine (Fall 2005):
“Direct inspiration for Journey in Satchidananda comes from my meeting and association with someone who is near and dear to me. I am speaking of my own beloved spiritual preceptor, Swami Satchidananda. Swamiji is the first example I have seen in recent years of Universal Love or God in action. He expresses an impersonal love, which encompasses thousands of people. Anyone listening to this selection should try to envision himself floating on an ocean of Satchidanandaji’s love, which is literally carrying countless devotees across the vicissitudes and stormy blasts of life to the other shore…"
Her performance here includes:
Journey in Satchidananda
Amazing Grace (accompanied by Swami Gurucharananda on violin)
The Lord's Prayer (accompanied by Swami Gurucharananda on violin)
Various traditional sacred Hindu chants known as bhajans
To learn more about Alice Coltrane's connection to Swami Satchidananda:
integralyogamagazine.org/divi...
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