Men and Yoga: Black Friday’s Super Deal at VayuWear

“Yoga on the Dance Floor will uplift and inspire your practice. The grooves will electrify your body and energize your vinyasa flow. Movement becomes a natural expression of their music”

~Fredric Schwartz, VayuWear  founder

Those are the words of the founder of  VayuWear , a hemp and cotton organic yoga inspired sports line who has  created a small series of togs just for men.  What were Mr. Schwartzs reasons for founding  his company? Perhaps Fredric’s motivations were selfish born out of the frustration of not being able to find clothes that he actually wanted to wear himself. Perhaps it was a deep concern for the environment born out of years of Native American study.  Whatever his impetus, Mr. Schwartz has come out with two pants –  the Varuna knicker which is nipped at the knee envisioned as  being used for cycling and downward dog and the best selling longer legged Mitra pant that can be worn as casual wear. All selections are  available in small to extra large sizes in Natural and Black.  There is also a great looking image of the Lord of Dance Natyaraja, popularly known as Shiva, in a kind of  comic book style depiction on a sustainable edition tee using water based inks.

The company is offering a special promotional deal until December 31 making Black Friday a day to remember for men and yoga. The generous 20% discount on all three of these men’s items can be had  with the coupon code EkayaniTomGlide.  15% of the proceeds are going to support the Southwestern leg of  Ekayani and the Tom Glide Space a yoga themed musical act whose  tour is promoting their  new album Yoga on the Dance Floor and Sanskrit Mantras. Mr. Schwartz has commented that the music is as conducive to meditation as it may be to working up a sweat on the dance floor.

In existence for a year , VayuWear  based in Philaldelphia is looking ahead to create a woman’s line. Until then you can also get eKo yoga mats and  mat sack bags during online checkout. Visit http://www.VayuWear.com

The Lord of Dance loves Yoga on the Dance Floor

Yoga Parties are replacing discos

Who the heck goes to a disco anymore on a Friday? The real action is at “yoga parties” that are springing up all over town. You meet the most interesting people, see Bohemian performances, witness new art, listen to cool sounds, munch on good food, and for as little as $2.00 can enjoy a glass of wine without the nuisance of smoke or bouncers.
Friday  night (10/23)  we attended a mixer at Reflections Yoga at 250 West 49 Street in NYC’s Theatre district.  The spacious studio has lovely parquet floors, a healing room and extra large windows overlooking forty ninth street. We felt like were in a very cool apartment. In tow were Ekayani, the vocalist for Yoga on the Dance Floor and Sanskrit Mantras (Glide recordings), Josefa Vincent, the Executive Coordinator of Yoga on the Dance Floor Tour 2010,  Sterling Painton of Sterling Yoga Pittsburgh, yoga students,  yoga teachers, an audio engineer,a painter, folks from Brazil,  varied locals and a couple of photographers with a evening that was catered by Nia Lee. The dance floor was animated by a dj playing disco with a strong dash of  Michael J. The company  was friendly and easy to speak with.  Reflections Yoga is under new management with Paula Tursi at the helm who, in addition to holding regular classes, teacher trainings and retreats in exotic locations, is also becoming known for hosting these types of events where yoga, art and nightlife meet in a lively  yet warm and relaxed setting. Much fun. To find out more about Yoga on the Dance Floor Tour 2010 please contact Josefa Vincent, Executive Coordinator of the tour at (646) 283 – 1831 or email jsfvnct@gmail.com

A Brooklyn based dj and singer set out to conquer the Southwest one yoga studio and boutique hotel at a time

 

PRESS RELEASE October/19/2009

For Immediate Release Contact: Josefa Vincent, Executive Coordinator (646) 283 – 1831 jsfvnct@gmail.com Yoga on the Dance Floor Tour 2010 Brooklyn, NY – October 19, 2009

For those who kissed their nightclubbing days goodbye and traded in cosmopolitans for green tea smoothies, music to meditate by has come of age with a concert and dance party that brings the disco to the yogis.

Have you seen that ad with baseball coach Joe Torre trying to balance on a yoga mat? Yoga estimated to be 15 million practitioners strong and growing in the U.S. has everyone jumping on the bandwagon these days.  Usually associated with a serene looking woman sitting in lotus pose, Ekayani and the Tom Glide Space, a New York City singer and European dj and house music producer have created a top selling album that caters to this ever growing market. Yoga on the Dance Floor and Sanskrit Mantras combines world class electronic dance music with mantras in Bengali and Sanskrit. Rated four stars in the Club section of Time Out New York (11/15/08)  after being released at the Amsterdam Dance Event, the duo have put together a touring act part concert, part dance party. They are in the unusual position of bridging the gap between ancient Asian culture and hip nightlife in a danceable fusion. Having performed in the Meatpacking district at Cielo, APT with presentations at JivaMukti Yoga and East West Living, they are poised to go West launching the tour beginning January 24,  2010.  The Bhakti Yoga Shala in Santa Monica, Urban Yoga Center in Palm Springs, The Chocolatree  Sedona,  Shree Yoga Taos, the Mothership Yoga Lounge Truth or Consequences, Body of  Santa Fe, Omni Hotel Southpark Austin, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Oakland, Bend, Portland Oregon with a mid-winter break at The Standard Miami’s H2Om Yoga are fixed.  Forty cities are slated for a dose of nirvana.

Tom Glide’s masterful beats heavily inspired by Reggae Dub on the brilliant “Here’s The Light” and Brazilian flavored “Jaya” also manages to embody the green movements concerns about conservation with a pumping bass line on “Money to Burn”. This track which may best display the albums boundary bending appeared on a top German dance label (Clubstar 4/10/09) in a country mad for house music.  The event starts with a mesmerizing guided meditation conducted by the singer that gradually picks up tempo leading towards a high energy dj set with plenty of chants and East Indian vibes in the mix. Partnered with Vayu Wear, Christopher Drummond Beauty, YogaJason, and Lux World Travel, Yoga on the Dance Floor Tour with Ekayani and the Tom Glide Space has it’s finger on the heartbeat of the green movement that prizes sustainability and attainability.

Update! New Life Expo at The New Yorker Hotel

New Life Expo October 16 - 18

Rudra Sakti Booth # 106 Mezzanine!

Join Yoga on the Dance Floor Tour at the New Life Expo at Booth # 106 aka “Rudra Sakti” on the Mezzanine.
Contact Josefa Vincent our Executive Tour Coordinator by calling (646) 283 – 1831
* Tickets Available Online ONLY!
START  TIME for Exhibitors: The EXHIBITORS area will be open to the public at 2:30 pm Friday, October 16.
Want FREE entry into the NewLife Expo? Volunteer! Call New Life Expo DIRECT at (516) 897 – 0900

The New Life Expo is America’s Largest Mind, Body and Spirit Expo. For three days 150  Exhibitors and 150 Speakers are united under one roof offering different perspectives and products on Natural Health and Fitness. It all begins this Friday, October 16  continuing through Sunday, October 18th at The New Yorker Hotel. Conveniently located at 841 Eighth Avenue at 34 street it is easily accessible. Subway lines to Penn Station are the 1, 2,3,Q,N,R, A and the LIRR.

Yoga on the Dance Floor Tour 2010 with Ekayani and the Tom Glide Space will be represented by Josefa Vincent at this years expo.  This is the perfect time to involve yourself in our affiliate and sponsorship opportunities. The latest tour schedule and a listening station will be on hand.

Could a Yoga album win a Grammy?

Hip – Hop, Rock, Soul, R + B, Country and…Yoga? 

In the past nine months since the release of Yoga on the Dance Floor and Sanskrit Mantras at the Amsterdam Dance Event,we have experienced many firsts: The first time that a YOGA themed album has received a four star review in the CLUB listing section of a widely read and respected magazine (Time Out), the first time that a YOGA  album has crossed over to a dance audience (APT, Cielo, DJ plays), and the first time that a YOGA  album has won so many categories in an online voting competition (New Century) that we thought we’d just keep going!  15 million Americans now practice yoga and it has become part of mainstream culture cutting across all boundaries of gender, race and socio – economics. We think there is a groundswell.

With the invaluable support of Josefa Vincent @ East West Living NYC and the mother daughter team at Calabar Imports located on 820 Washington Avenue  in Brooklyn, we met the requirements to be in consideration for the Best Electronica/ Dance Album for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards coming up in January 2010.With so much negativity in the world and on the airwaves we felt compelled to get a transcendent and thoroughly positive message out to a wider audience. And why not? It’s time to change the messages on a global scale. Wish us luck! We hope that this will open the door for many more positive messages to come.

Guided Meditation in Sound

 

Ekayani and the Tom Glide Space at Jiva Mukti Yoga School March 2009

 

 

Yoga on the Dance Floor with Ekayani and the Tom Glide Space is both a journey of introspection and a rocking dance party! A perfect blend of Western form and Eastern content, it is renown for bringing the “disco to the yogis”. This very special presentation touches on all aspects of conscious and mindful living set to an irresistible beat! Each and every song was selected with a specific topic of meditation in mind. It is the perfect addition to a retreat, spa program, special event calendar at a yoga studio, outdoor festival, fundraising event, green conference, private party, Indian style wedding and traditional nightclub. Two to three hours in length (or shorter if need be). It’s fun! It’s now! It’s different! 

The Concert

@ Jiva Mukti Yoga School March, 28, 2009

The Concert begins with a guided meditation. The audience is invited to clear their minds and focus on their breathe while contemplating the nature of the Universe and their place in it. This quiet and relaxing time leads into a narrative called “Space “ an excerpt from the Bhagavata Purana that recounts Mother Yasoda’s intimate encounter with the Divine. This guided meditation in sound focuses on the power of sacred song and ancient Sanskrit texts of the bhakti tradition known to purify the mind and heart of the hearer. A seamless transition to “Gaura Pahu” follows. A beautiful down tempo song written by Narottam das Thakur a 15th century Vaisnava saint, scholar and poet from Bengal about spiritual regret the author asks himself a series of questions: Why didn’t he use his life more wisely? Why is he unhappy? “Gaura Pahu” is beautifully reinterpreted by Ekayani and the Tom Glide Space with a swirling composition reminiscent of water and the passage of time. Songs from the great teachers Bhaktivinode Thakur. Locana das Thakur all renowned saints and scholars of their day have found there way into this presentation along with the more well known Bhagavad Gita.

The Dance Party

Gradually the set becomes more up-tempo and energetic until the atmosphere becomes decidedly joyous! Audience members are encouraged to dance to “Third Eye” and “rejoice and relish in the self” to a beat that was voted Best Urban Track! “Parama Karuna” offers an easy method of self discovery through singing and dancing. The Dance Party offer the best of both worlds; a fun night out at the disco without any of the side effects. Pure fun in pure goodness!
Yoga on the Dance Floor Concert & Dance Party Highlights
1. Space – The opening narrative in English from the Bhagavata Purana.
2. Money to Burn – Mantra one in Sanskrit from the Sri Isopansishad brings a Voice of wisdom to the modern problem of the financial credit crisis with the mantra “isavasayam idam sarvam” Voted Best Urban Track & Record of the Year 2008.
3. Parama Karuna: Experience yoga or union though dancing and singing! “Pahu Dui Jana” the Divine brothers Chaitanya and Nityananda encourage everyone to sing and dance there way to bliss. By Bhaktivinoda Thakur in Bengali.
4. Jaya – is a marriage of two songs- Jaya Radha Madhava and Radha Krsna Bol. They paint a picture of a loving spiritual atmosphere with a Brazilian flavor. By Bhaktivinoda Thakur in Bengali.
5. Third Eye: a fun upbeat song on meditation adapted from Bhagavad Gita. Voted Best Urban Track 2007 on the New Century Peoples Choice Award. In English.
6. Here’s the Light: A new twist on soul, this dub drenched tune in English with an introduction in Sanskrit gives thanks to the Source. Video bonus track included on the album shot entirely in the East Village of New York City by R. Serrini!
7. Pophelia; A remix of Ophelia Drowns by Tom Glide written by Ekayani, learn to see past deception and trust yourself. In English.
8. Dehino Smin (Sanskrit Rap): Nine key verses from the Bhagavad Gita in a reggae dub style how do we address ever changing circumstances?
9. Eye Chant; Don’t know what to do? Life got you down? Eye Chant suggests mantra meditation.
10. Gaura Pahu the beautiful and heart wrenching song of spiritual regret by Narotama das Thakur. In Bengali.

 

Ekayani and the Tom Glide Space @ Jiva Mukti Yoga School

Meditation is a practice with the goal in mind to bring the individual in touch with their innermost being. Creative visualization, breathe control and sound or mantra meditation set to house music with the flavors of Dub and Brazil are used to bring the individual to a heightend state of awareness, a sense of inner peace and joy.

Third Eye

As Tom and I were talking about  the remixes project we were working on out of the blue he asked me to write a poem about the third eye. “Okay ” I replied and off I went to my bookshelf and picked up the Bhagavad Gita As It Is  with a translation by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami  that has a chapter on Dhyana Yoga or meditation. There I found several verses about going inward but in the editing process Tom selected “See the self by the pure mind and enjoy and relish in the self.” Simple and powerful, it was set to a killer beat and wah- la  a hit was born!  People just went crazy over  that track and soon we were fielding inquiries from yoga teachers on where they could get the album. Since there was no album at the time, we quickly set to work to create one which was an adventure in itself.  Since Tom and I live in different cities we created the album using the internet sending files back and forth through skype and other file sharing tools.  Tom would receive my vocals and them mix them in his studio. The album took shape relatively quickly but not without trials. Equipment broke down as our deadline loomed for the October  release of  Yoga on the Dance Floor and Sanskrit Mantras at the 2008 Amsterdam Dance Event. Nothing worthwhile comes easy, right?  In the Bhagavad Gita there is discussion that any austerity or offering performed should be done in remembrance of God and in that way we become liberated. It is the opposite of the performance  of  ”fruitive” activities strictly for material gain that merely entangle the soul more and more in a cycle of forgetfulness and push us farther away from our loving relation with the Supreme.

I would be untruthful if I said it’s been all sweat and no joy. We both felt immense satisfaction and gratitude that the album received a four star review in Time Out New York  in the club section which is amazing for a yoga album!!! We look forward to meeting many of you along the way in our travels.
 

how our third eye led to yoga on the dance floor

What’s Yoga on the Dance Floor?

Yoga on the Dance Floor with Ekayani and the Tom Glide Space is a new genre of dance music which combines house music with yogic transcendence! The act is a unique combination of world-class electronic dance music and live vocals inspired by the spiritual tradition of India. Set to minimal and tech house beats with flavors of Dub and Brazil it has been called the “music of the future”. The “cutting edge and revelatory” album Yoga on the Dance Floor and Sanskrit Mantras, features melodies sung in Sanskrit and Bengali. The source material includes the Sri Isopanishad, Bhagavata Purana, songs of Indian saints, the Bhagavad Gita As It Is, (the epic Sanskrit poem addressing the diverse paths of yoga) as well as originals in English.

 

The international duo is comprised of France’s Gold, Platinum, and Diamond house music producer, composer and DJ, Tom Glide and New York City singer and writer, Ekayani.  The musical pair met when Ekayani was working as a fashion model in Paris in the mid- nineties. After an initial collaboration on BMG Records (France), they each

went on to have distinguished careers spanning fifteen years respectively. They reunited artistically in 2007 releasing the EP “The Tom Glide Space Like Fire Remixes” which contained the smash single  “Third Eye” winning Best Urban Track 2007 on the New Century People’s Choice Awards. The success of “Third Eye” was the inspiration for their subsequent four star album.

 

Released at the 13th Annual Amsterdam Dance Event in October 2008, went on to be voted # 1 in all categories in the People’s Choice vote cast.  Money to Burn was voted Record of the Year and Best Urban Track, Yoga on the Dance Floor and Sanskrit Mantras  – Album of the Year, Here’s the Light – Best Song with Space winning Best Spoken Word. An additional honor went to Tom Glide recognizing him as “Producer of the Year”. The ten track album also features a first rate music video “Here’s the Light” by producer and director Roberto Serrini (NY Street Films).

 

Their follow up album Money to Burn The Remixes Album (March 2009) offers chilled interpretations of this topical song about the world financial crisis by select international djs Boddhi Sattva, Domy Dee, Jedsa & Lust with Tom Glide reappearing with a West Coast Mix that charted # 5 on Dancefuel.  Money to Burn appeared as a single on the April 2009 deluxe double compilation put out by Club Star Records (DE) Fashion House No. 2 Dubai Edition receiving top billing among more than two dozen titles by well established acts Morecheeba, Michelle Weeks and Osundade. 

 

 

 

Yoga on the Dance Floor with  Ekayani and the Tom Glide Space have appeared at internationally reknown New York City venues  including the dj paradise Cielo, APT, Sapphire Lounge, Label Lounge, The Knitting Factory, Jiva Mukti Yoga and East West Yoga, the festivals International Dance Day and  Dance Parade.   They have been featured on airwaves and podcasts worldwide; KFOR (Serbia), Radio Beach FM Mar del Plata  (Argentina), The English Breakfast (NL), XtraTrancecast (NL), Back to Fundamentals, Musique Radio (France), The Liquid Sound Lounge (WBAI), WPS1 Art Radio (MoMa), East Village Radio and Legends Radio (NYC). Their album has also been used as part of freshman curriculum at Hofstra University.

 

 

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