SHABDA: Mantra Mysticism

Alongside the familiar Yoga practice of movement and meditation is the ancient Yoga of Music and Chant. The goal of this type of yoga is to open your heart, awaken your mind, and arouse your Spirit.

Music and Chant to Awaken Your Heart
3,000 years ago in the Temples of India, yogis chanted sacred Vedic mantras as a practice of meditation, inspiration and spiritual awakening. Russill Paul is a modern master of this practice, having left his career in film music to immerse himself in Monastery life and be initiated into this powerful art. Russill’s evocative chanting is supported by an ensemble of traditional Indian and contemporary instrumentation. Listen quietly to go on an inward journey through meditative states, or chant along and be bathed in these healing sonic energies.

Russill Paul presents his work on musical mysticism at retreats and learning centers worldwide. He is the author of The Yoga of Sound: Tapping the Hidden Power of Music and Chant (New World Library), has shared the stage with many musical luminaries, and has performed for His Holiness the Dalai Lama.


"His music is delightful – a spiritually uplifting experience.”
—Carolyn Myss, best-selling author of Sacred Contracts

“His fusion of the sounds of India with the energy and technology of contemporary Western music produces a sound unequaled since George Harrison collaborated with Ravi Shankar in the late 1960s.’’
—Arlo Guthrie

RUSSILL PAUL is author of the groundbreaking work The Yoga of Sound: Tapping the Hidden Power of Music and Chant (New World Library). He has been creating music for over two decades, performing for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, sharing the stage with British rocker Arthur Brown and American folk-singer Arlo Guthrie, recording soundtracks for films in South India, as well as creating his own world-class recordings. Russill presents his work on sonic mysticism to academic institutions, retreats, and learning centers nationwide.