Sita's Breath, new for Fall 2025~ written for mindful meditations, yogic practitioners, and lovers of high vibration music~ ~for your spirit~ ~for your heart~ ~for your mind~ ~for your breath~
download or listen at: mahashakti.bandcamp.com/album/sitas-breath cds available this November
As always and ever- Dedicated to the Muse.
With deep gratitude to Dr. Antonia Ruppel and Dr. Varun Khanna for their inexhaustible patience, gracious teaching, and guidance in Sanskrit grammar and pronunciation. To Dr. Seth Powell for his extraordinary creation of the Yogic Studies platform: a boundless, heartfelt, thank you!
Sita's Breath
Enfolded by her sattvic breath am I- her heartbeat, pulsing of mantras
Adi Sita Adi Shakti Adi Devi Adi muse adi siddhi girl
She brings wonder with the sleepy dawn She burns Surya into purple dusk
Clouds come down to visit they talk about the mysteries,
the thoughts that can't be named the things that can't be touched
Rowing across the Ocean of maya I make land on your sacred shore
At your temple I intone only subtle words Namo, namo, namo
Tio Tim: composition, vocals, harmonium, keyboards, guitars, bass
David Rogers: tablas
Perri A. Hunn: cello
Sita’s Breath kirtan choir:
Surabhi
Hari
Soni
Bethany
Abbie
Phillip
Rachel
Claudia
asangoham
asańgo’ham asańgo’ham asańgo’haṃ punaḥ punaḥ saccidānanda rūpo’ham ahamevāham avyayaḥ
nityaśuddha vimukto’ham nirākāro’ham avyayaḥ bhūmānanda svarūpo’ham ahamevāham avyayaḥ nityo’haṃ niravadyo’haṃ nirākāro’ham acyutaḥ paramānandarūpo’ham ahamevāham avyayah suddha caitanya rūpo’ham ātmārāmo’ham eva ca akhaṇḍānandarūpo’ham ahamevāham avyayaḥ
pratyakcaitanya rūpo’haṃ śānto’haṃ prakṛteḥ paraḥ śaśvatānadarūpo’ham ahamevāham avyayaḥ
tattvātītaḥ parātmāhaṃ madhyātīttaḥ paraḥ śivaḥ māyātītaḥ paraṃjyotir ahamevēham avyayaḥ
Unattached am I unattached am I Ever free from attachment of any kind the nature of existence consciousness bliss the very self, indestructible and changeless
eternal, pure ever liberated formless, indestructible, changeless, The nature of infinite bliss the very self, indestructible and changeless
eternal, free from blemish, formless. -the nature of supreme bliss the very self, indestructible and changeless
pure consciousness, reveling in the self the nature of indivisible bliss the very self, indestructible and changeless
the indwelling consciousness, free from agitation beyond prakrti the nature of eternal bliss- the very self, indestructible and changeless
the supreme self, beyond all the categories the supreme auspicious one beyond all those in the middle- -beyond Maya the supreme light the very self, indestructible and changeless
Adi Shankaracharya: composition
Tio Tim: vocals, arrangement, harmonium
David Rogers: tablas
Rene Jenkins: flute, wind pulse
mahavakyas
prajñānaṃ brahma “Consciousness is Brahman” the ultimate reality is consciousness Aitareya Upanishad; Rig Veda
tat tvam asi “That thou art" Chandogya Upanishad of the Sama Veda
ayam, ātmā brahma “this Self is brahman” - Mandukya Upanishad; Atharva Veda
ahaṁ brahmāsmi “I am brahman” the unity of the self and universal consciousness- Brihadaranyaka Upanishad; Yajur Veda
Tio Tim: vocals, arrangement, guitars, harmonium
David Rogers: tablas
Perri A. Hunn: cello
Natalie Hagwood: vocals
Om namah shivaya
Sit quietly and comfortably with awareness of breath; chant the mantra out loud, or in your head, or just “Be”, and relax in the music.