About Us
Greetings! I’m Sheela Bringi.
In the Sacred Sound Lab we practice NÄda Yoga - the Yoga of Sound. Through Indian devotional singing and chanting, we explore resonance, vibration, deep listening, and meditation, in the laboratory of our own bodies.
Like a great river, the Yoga of Sound encompasses many streams of sonic practices from South Asia… the kÄ«rtan and bhajans of Bhakti Yoga, the rÄgas and tÄlas of Indian classical music, the mantras and Ålokas of Mantra Yoga, and more. These ancient streams are unbroken, alive, and fluid.
I created the Sacred Sound Lab because I see the profound change these practices bring about in my students' lives.
Whether you just want to tune in and listen, or you want to enhance your kīrtan or mantra practice, or you have a desire to go deep into the Yoga of Sound, I welcome you.
Offerings in the Sacred Sound Lab include:
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live virtual courses
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live-stream concerts
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pre-recorded video courses
About Sheela Bringi:
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 rÄga singing. Sheela’s parents are immigrants to the U.S. from South India, and she was raised in Colorado with kÄ«rtan, 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.
Questions? Contact us at: sheela [at] shebrings [dot] com
