How Babies Are Made

PART FOUR:  It has been choreographed by Amruta Paranjape.

Accompanists

Tabla: Shri. Nikhil Phatak
Harmonium: Shri. Chinmay Kolhatkar
Flute: Shri. Sunil Avchat
Vocals: Shri Vinay Ramdasan & Mrunmayee Phatak
Padhant: Sheetal Lalge

Amruta Paranjape is a Kathak performer, choreographer and teacher. She has been working actively in the field of Kathak for the past 22 years. She has always been a performer; mesmerising the audience with her command over Laya taal (rhythm) and captivating Abhinaya. Strong hold over technique, dedication towards Riyaz and hard work, flair for training her students are her distinctive qualities.
She has performed in many prestigious festivals and conducted workshops in India and abroad such as UK, USA, Portugal, Kenya, Japan and China.

She has been honoured with many awards. Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar award, The Golden Talent award and Pandita Rohini Bhate award are a few of them. She is also an empanelled artist for the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).
Amruta is a senior disciple of Guru Shambhavi Dandekar ji and is currently undergoing advanced training in aesthetics of 'Laya taal' (rhythm) from Guru Taalyogi Pandit Suresh Talwalkar ji.
She is the founder and artistic director of Abhivyakti School of Kathak in Pune, India.

Instagram: kathak_amrutaparanjape

Website: http://www.amrutaparanjape.com

Marni Suu Reynolds is an ordained Spiritual Healer, Phd Candidate, Certified Mindfulness Teacher, Certified Hatha & Kundalini Yoga Teacher, and Sound Healer.

Raised in Hawaii to a Burmese Mother and Irish-Scottish Father, Marni is a mother of 2, social entrepreneur, healer and sacred activist at heart. Marni began meditating at the young age of 13 in her mother’s home country of Myanmar (home to Buddhism) and is a meditation practitioner for over 30 years. She has practiced in monastic and retreat centers including: Thich Nhat Hanh Monastery, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Tassajara Mountain Zen Center, Palolo Zen Center, Hawaii Vipassana and Myanmar Vipassana Center (Burma).

Founder of The Chrysalis.love (www.thechrysalis.love), The Golden Thread Podcast and Om & Roam (www.omandroam.com)- a yoga based lifestyle company that leads retreats and workshops worldwide. Marni founded the BURMA LOVE SEVA PROJECT in 2015. Each year this annual project services over 600 nuns and orphans with yoga, empowerment and sisterhood.
Through her 33 years of spiritual devotion she weaves her knowledge of Buddhism, Energy & Sound Healing, Kundalini, Meditation, Women's Spirituality and Sacred Activism to create her teachings. When not on her yoga mat, you may find her in the ocean, playing with her children, meditating, dancing, or planning her next adventure.
“My focus is on the empowerment and transformation of human consciousness, igniting the authentic truth within, by connecting to nature and healing with ease and grace.”

Certified Kundalini, Hatha, and Meditation Teacher with SoundsTrue - Lead teachers Jack Kornfield PhD and Tara Brach PhD. This certificate is issued by the Awareness Training Institute and UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center and has taken a Bodhisattva Vow. She is also a Doctoral Candidate at CIIS (California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco) in Women's Spirituality. Dissertation focuses on Women’s Spirituality - “The Emergence of the Divine Feminine in the Aquarian Age through Sacred Arts of Healing, Sound, Nature and Mysticism.”
Marni works with clients privately through her mentorship program, workshops, and retreats.

Follow her Podcast: The Golden Thread (found on Spotify and Soundcloud)
Follow her on Instagram: @thechrysalis.love @marnisuureynolds @omandroam @thegoldenthreadpodcast @templeofma

A selection of 6 video meditations that accompany tracks from Kelli Scarr's new album No Rush.

Kelli Scarr is an American singer, multi-instrumentalist and composer based in New York. She follows up her sophomore album Dangling Teeth (Silence Breaks, 2012) this spring with No Rush, an aural contemplation over a decade in the making. The album is a spiritual journey of genre-defying devotional songs, incorporating a meditative use of space and exploring what happens when reflection is both the inspiration for the creation, and the intention for the listener.

Instagram: @kelliscarr