Tabla Yoga Workshop Series
with Samrat Kakkeri
July 8 - 30, 2023
Description
Samrat will be teaching a month long Tabla Yoga Retreat at the Sivananda Yoga Farm Ashram. Classes will be on Saturday and Sunday starting after Independence Day and run every weekend through July.
Ages 7+ encouraged.
Enjoy the benefits of the ashram while you are there: yoga asana classes, delicious vegetarian food, and the peace and tranquility of the Sierra Nevada Foothills.
Tabla Yoga Workshops unite Samrat Kakkeri’s unique fusion of Nada yoga, Vedic philosophy, Sivananda Yoga practices, life long devotion to tabla and performances all over the world. Encompassing techniques that access mind, body and soul for healing and empowerment, Samrat’s teaching is encouraging, insightful, inclusive and abundant in awe inspiring compositions.
Curriculum
Week 1
Explanation about history of tabla components of Tabla and Bayan
Basic syllables of tabla
Week 2
Elaborations on different rhythm cycles in tabla, writing systems and clapping systems
Definitions of Sum, Kali, Taal, Matra, Vibhag, Stahri, Dugun, Kayada, Rela and more
Week 3
Learn different taal rhythm cycles: Dadra, Kherwa, Rupak, Jhap taal, Teen Taal
Week 4
Kayada & Tukra, Thihai in Teen Taal
Play Solo with a melody
Understand Nada Yoga and Kirtan Playing
Schedule
Every Sat & Sun in July 7/8-9, 7/15-16, 7/22-23, 7/29-30
from 12 – 2 pm PT
Pre-requisite
There are no prerequisites other than a sincere desire to learn.
About the Teacher
Samrat Kakkeri
Samrat Kakkeri comes from a long line of musicians and has devoted his life to the art of Tabla. He inherited his talent from his father Pundit Mohan Rao Kakkeri who was also his first teacher. He is considered a child prodigy who has received acclaim as an accomplished tabla player (drummer) from early age. […]
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