Jhalika
Pilgrimage of the Heart Yoga is proud to announce the release of ‘A New World of Peace’, an album of Sri Chinmoy penned kirtan chants as performed by Jhallika, a stellar two piece consisting of Pilgrimage of the Heart yoga studio members, Yashodevi Samar (Flute and vocals) and Jayashri Wyatt (Guitar and vocals). The duo met while sojourning in San Diego in the winter of 2015. They started playing the songs of renowned Spiritual Master Sri Chinmoy as a way to invoke and share the meditative qualities of Sri Chinmoy’s mantric music. They produced their first album, ‘A New World of Peace’, in San Diego at the Pilgrimage of the Heart Yoga recording studio.
Yashodevi Samar (Flute and vocals) and Jayashri Wyatt (Guitar and vocals) met while sojourning in San Diego in the winter of 2016. They started playing the songs of renowned Spiritual Master Sri Chinmoy as a way to invoke and share the meditative qualities of Sri Chinmoy’s mantric music. They produced their first album, A New World of Peace, in San Diego at the Pilgrimage of the Heart Yoga recording studio.
Jhallika, is the Sanskrit word for sunshine and it embodies the feeling of light and delight that Yashodevi and Jayashri derive from singing the songs of Sri Chinmoy as well as the beauty of San Diego. Both women are long time meditation students of Sri Chinmoy and they share the belief that music is a universal language that brings people together inside the heart of soulful music. They are planning the release of their next album in the spring of 2017.