Then, depending on time, we do our various
movements and stretches we learned in the
ashram, called ’Divine Healing Exercises’ which
are based on shiatsu. Deva practices her mix of
yoga and Pilates.
We eat organic food, no meat, no fish. Deva
was born a vegetarian and has never tasted meat
nor fish. Miten has been a vegetarian for 40
years. We find that diet is so important. In every
city we visit, we’ve been able to find vegan or
vegetarian restaurants. Even airports are offer-
ing more options.
How do you suggest that people utilize man-
tra in their own lives while traveling?
The best way to utilize a mantra is to funda-
mentally make friends with one. First, find your
mantra. Before the age of technology in which
we now live, you would have had to travel to
India and sit at the guru’s feet for lifetimes and
then one day he/she might just whisper in your
ear your personal mantra. Now, these days, you
can Google a mantra!
Do some inner and outer research. Find
a mantra that resonates with you. There are
mantras for sacred love making, for removing
energy blocks in your life, mantras for inner
peace. There is even a mantra for attracting a life
partner. Find your mantra and then you can be-
gin your exploration. Make a commitment to at
least 21 days of practice and see what happens.
Deva has even chanted a number of mantras in
the traditional way of 108 cycles in albums such
as Mantras for Precarious Times, Mantras for
Life, and Tibetan Mantras for Turbulent Times.
Do you have a particular meaningful recent
experience on the road that you’d like to share?
Every step is a meaningful experience. This
includes chanting with inmates at San Quentin
prison, receiving messages that a child has been
born to our music, and people telling us they were
suicidal before making contact with mantras.
Once we were asked to help raise money by
a young woman who had had a stroke, was
paralyzed, and needed a guide dog. For our sub-
sequent three concerts in Germany, we told the
audiences about the young woman needing a
guide dog and asked for donations. In the three
concerts we raised the 10,000 Euro needed for
her guide dog. This is the power of our ecstatic
chant sangha or community. It is global, and
we have the sense of community and support as
we go through life. Chanting is a shortcut to the
heart....from darkness to light.
Chanting mantra is definitely not entertain-
ment. There are no fans, just a circle of kindred
spirits. That’s the way we see our events: as a
huge circle of kindred spirits!
Deva Premal & Miten with Manose bring their Soul
of Mantra-Live! Tour to Los Angeles on Tuesday,
May 8 at the Wilshire-Ebell Theatre. For more infor-
mation, visit: http://store.devapremalmiten.com/tour
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