Show Notes
Londrelle shows us how spiritual practice becomes music that heals the world. Welcome to the inner workings of Londrelle’s songs, his creative process, and how he shares what he knows with the world. His music is communion with God, and he follows the Bhagavad Gita as instruction for everything he creates. Let’s talk about his spiritual practice and how it has made him the artist we know today: from maha mudra, kriya yoga and meditation to making music that elevates our vibration. Londrelle brings words of wisdom for us on how we can make an impact in the world, and also how we can make it through our own dark nights of the soul as he shares his own story from birth to present day. “Spiritual practice helps us tune into our gifts and abilities, they make us more open and less tense about what we do, so that we can go with the flow of that greater consciousness and intelligence that is always there.” -Londrelle “God for me is not something that you can put your finger on it, but you can't miss it. Everywhere you go, everywhere you turn, there is the presence of the most high God.” -Londrelle
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Time stamps: 00:00 this is Londrelle!! 01:00 Yoga Trade 02:00 OfferingTree 03:10 join the podcast? 05:00 yoga connection 07:30 Bhagavad Gita as instruction for music 09:00 how Londrelle writes songs like Gratitude 10:15 more meditative than creative 11:45 when a song arrives, no sleep or pause, until it’s complete 14:30 if they can see it in you, they can see it in themselves 16:45 God: when you close your eyes and think of God.. 18:00 Protest and activism: Police brutality 20:00 setting out to serve, you open yourself to universal intelligence 24:00 music is broadcasted to the world & shapes culture 27:00 growing up: no space to dream, only survive 31:10 Londrelle’s story from birth 33:45 studying the divine you see your own true nature & importance 35:10 Londrelle’s teachers/influences 39:00 religion & spirituality are the same, two expressions of the same truth 41:00 virgos! both Londrelle and Shawna are virgos. 45:00 dark nights of the soul & initiations 46:00 death experience 49:30 tests following 53:00 can’t escape yourself. wherever you go, there you are 55:00 artist journey: becoming the Londrelle that we know today 57:50 music is a science 59:00 Londrelle’s spiritual practices: maha Mudra, kriya yoga & meditation 1:01:43 be less tense & tune into our gifts 1:02:00 is there yoga in your music? 1:04:00 supporting people going through darkness with our art 1:05:09 winter in life 1:08:00 self-acceptance 1:11:00 impact in the outer world and introspection 1:12:50 this world is not meant to be heaven 1:14:00 the world as a projection of yourself 1:15:58 yoga’s role in addressing suffering of the world 1:18:00 yoga is the process of opening ourselves 1:19:00 how can we keep our dreams alive (song discussion) 1:21:00 doing music for 25 years: dreams are seeds 1:23:00 how to dream: look to serve 1:25:00 billboard message: stay free!
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