alleviating modern suffering through ancient Vedic wisdom:
Allison is a scholar, advisor, and teacher with 25 years experience in Vedic (Indian) wisdom systems. A true Indophile, she's dedicated half of her life to practices, methods, and stories from ancient India that have withstood the test of time to help humanity in a myriad of ways. Her longevity in this field has allowed for a certain intuitive mindset that has refined her ability to communicate complex ideas in simple and straight forward language. Her innovative program "Nāda Nakṣatra Upāsana" teaches a practice she's been excavating for the past decade that links Vedic Astrology with South Indian Temple music.
Vedic Astrology & Indian Music
Nāda Nakṣatra Upāsana:
Nāda Nakṣatra Upāsana,is a practice that links Vedic Astrology and Indian Music. It arises from the Temples of Tamil Nadu in South India.
Nāda = Sound
Nakṣatra = Constellation
Upāsana = Practice
Each of the 27 nakṣatras or lunar constellations are aligned with an Indian rāga, a scale or a song that creates a specific emotional response in the listener. You can work the song or scale that is best suited for you based on your natal birth chart.
The Sufi mystic Hazrat Inayat Khan used this upāya, as did Rukmini Devi from Kalakshetra School in Madras, Tamil Nadu.
Sarod maestro K. Sridhar has been sharing this technique with Allison since 2010. He descends from 14 generations of temple musicians and 20 generations of Jyotiși's . His mother was a famous Brahmin singer in the temples and Sridhar's lineage is the Brīhadīśvara Temple of Thanjur, connected to Mannargudi Raja Gopala Śastri and Tyagaraja, the Father of Carnatic Music. Sridhar learned directly from the Senior Dagar Brothers, Ali Akbar Khan, and Ravi Shankar.