Yoga of Sound Essentials Course

Sheela Bringi, MFA, is a sacred music artist and educator. She is a vocalist and plays the harp, harmonium, and bansuri (Indian classical bamboo flute). She is adjunct faculty at Naropa University in Boulder, CO, where she teaches courses in Indian devotional and rāga singing. Sheela’s parents are immigrants to the U.S. from South India, and she was raised in Colorado with kīrtan, bhakti yoga, and Indian classical music in the home. She receives traditional training in mantra from her mother, Sreedevi, who is passing on the spiritual wisdom of her family’s lineage.

Sheela has extensive training in North Indian classical, devotional and Western musical traditions, and past teachers include Indian maestros Pt. G.S. Sachdev and Ust. Aashish Khan, and Western contemporary greats such as Cecil Taylor and Meredith Monk. She currently studies Hindustani voice with Sri Subhashish Mukhopadyay (a topmost exponent of the Kotali Gharana). She has released two albums as a solo artist (Shakti Sutra and Incantations). Her work to bridge the musical worlds of India and America has been profiled by NBC News, NPR, Public Radio International, and others. Sheela tours and teaches internationally and has collaborated with artists including Idan Raichel, Karsh Kale, Jai Uttal, and many others.

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For nearly two decades, Brent Kuecker has helped people to feel at home in their bodies through teaching the practices of Yoga - and has continued to be first and foremost a student. He is not only a Yoga and meditation teacher, but also a professional musician, videographer, and photographer. He teaches with a humanistic vision and compassionately shares what he has learned through his life and teaching work.

Brent has been blessed with many great teachers and influences on the path of Yoga, which helped him to persevere through challenges and keep going. His studies are very wide and Brent is indeed a polymath in the field of Yoga - with expertise in anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, meditation, metaphysics, cosmology, tantra, mantra, kirtan, sutras - there is literally not one facet of Yoga that Brent is not interested in or willing to investigate and digest. Brent meets students where they are at, and is exceptional with therapeutics. He built a Yoga community of dedicated students in Bellingham, WA, from 2010 - 2016.

Brent moved to Boulder, CO with his beloved partner, Sheela Bringi in 2016. Together they have toured the world playing music and have recently developed a method of Yoga practice that combines elements of sacred sound, deep listening, meditation, and chanting into a deeply embodied movement practice. It is called the Sound Soma Method. Brent has also produced two online courses: The Hero's Journey (for Yogis), and Low Back Resilience (for people with low back ailments).