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    • Ocean of Sound
    • Nāda Nakṣatra Upāsana
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    • India
    • Western NC
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Vedic astrologer & Musician

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Follow the Moon: Vedic Astrology Satsang

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Who is "Ocean of Sound" For?

Enroll Now! Immediate access to course material + 3 private sessions and 6 LIVE Kirtans April - May 2026


  • you want to build community through sound
  • you want to play the harmonium or develop your skills with rāga scales
  • you want to improve your Sanskrit pronunciation
  • you want to build your repertoire of chants
  • you want to learn more about Indian Music principles
  • you want to learn more about the deities and myths from India
  • you love Kirtan music and want to build confidence to lead singing circles, sacred fires, ceremony, or kirtan
  • you need tech support with audio gear for live streaming and amplification
  • you want instruction on how to use the iTablaPro app
  • you're a songwriter or aspire to write your own sacred music using Indian rāga scales

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Ocean of Sound: Kirtan Teacher Training

Rāga & Tāla Based Kirtan Teacher Training

All levels of students welcome. Whether you've been leading kirtan for a long time or you've started started to explore chanting, this program will help you sound more traditional and less western when leading kirtan. We focus on proper pronunciation of Sanskrit and exploration of scales and time signatures that are distinctly eastern.

Learn about rāga, tāla, and śruti

Rāgas are the Indian scales, tāla is working with time in beats other than an 8 count, and śruti's are the microtones that transport and captivate the listener into a meditative listening trance like state. 


Part of what distinguishes eastern music from western is the use of notes that live inbetween the 12 note chromatic scale of the west. Sliding the notes from one to the next with grammatic precision creates unique tones that are deified emotional healers. These deities of sound are called śrutis. 

What's included?

  • 3 private sessions
  • 6 weeks of live play-along- kirtans
  • pre recorded classes
  • a library of video tutorials and harmonium charts
  • Sanskrit pronunciation course
  • Bhakti Yoga course
  • ongoing support on WhatsApp as you hone your skills and focus your attention on what feels most important to you.


In person cohort lasts 3 months, and students can schedule sessions on zoom or live and in person at the Nāda Room in Kingston, NY.


 The materials in "Ocean of Sound" could take you years to move through and you'll have lifetime access. Allison will get you started and you can take your time, fully resourced, to grow your chanting and harmonium practice in the direction you want to expand.

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Lagna Vicara: Vedic Astrology Tutoring

Analyzing the Universe of each Ascendant

Thursdays: 7:00-8:00pm ET 

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12 nonconsecutive weeks: Jan 29 - May 14


$360 = 12 live classes + access to videos for the year + Teachable Portal with copies of the charts listed below


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This is a group tutoring course for students of Steven Highburger. The focus will be on what "Light on Life" by Dr. Robert Svoboda and Hart DeFouw has to say on "why" someone's lagna creates the disposition it does. Assessing the lagna is primary to being able to interpret a person's birth chart, and we will try to understand each rising sign using the following birth charts of famous people.


Jan 29 - Feb 19

  • Aries: Queen Latifa, Stevie Nicks, Fred Rogers
  • Taurus: Osho, Dalai Lama, Pamela Anderson
  • Gemini: Michael Jordan, Albert Einstein, Kamala Harris
  • Cancer: Johnny Depp, Celine Dion, Julia Roberts, Zoran Mamdani


March 12 - April 2

  • Leo: Dolly Parton, Donald Trump, Jennifer Coolidge, Madonna
  • Virgo: Dave Chappelle, Leonardo DiCaprio, Elizabeth Warren, Dwayne Johnson
  • Libra: Quincey Jones, George Harrison, Gandhi, Natalie Portman, Jennifer Aniston
  • Scorpio: Lady Diana, AOC, Brad Pitt, Elvis Presley


April 23 - May 14

  • Sagittarius: Oprah Winfrey, Ma Anand Sheela, Paul Newman
  • Capricorn: Barack Obama, Carl Jung, David Bowie
  • Aquarius: Whitney Houston, Ryan Gosling, Deepak Chopra
  • Pisces: Rihanna, Carol Burnett, John Lennon

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Amśa Vicāra: Vedic Astrology Tutoring

A Study Group for Steven Highburger's Level 4 Students Past and Present

Wednesdays: 7:00-8:00pm ET with Allison Dennis


4 weeks: Feb 4 - 25


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$120 = 4 live classes + access to videos for the year


Pre-requisite: You have completed Steven Highburger's Level 4 Course


Join us for a review of the materials in Steven Highburger's Level 4 curriculum, Amśa Vicāra. Integrate the material and refine your ability to assess an individual's daśa and bhukti. Allison has been assisting Steven's 3 year program since 2021.


Review will focus on Iyer's method of analyzing amśa through daśā and bhukti, amśa yogas, amśa strength, classical amśa vicara, and most importantly, practice integrating the many principles offered in Level 4 so that you find a natural flow with the material. We'll start with 4 classes and discuss the continuation after our introductory 4 weeks.


Steven will pop in monthly for a 30 minute Q&A once or twice, and Steven will be in touch with Allison throughout the cohort to answer any lingering questions. 

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Allison's long-time interest in the spiritual philosophies that underpin the physical and mental exercises associated with yoga has served her well in grasping how sound/ tone can be a spiritual tool.


K. Sridhar, one of the world’s finest exponents of the Sarod

Short Bio

Allison is a scholar, advisor, and teacher with 25 years experience in Vedic (Indian) wisdom systems. She's dedicated half of her life to practices from ancient India that prove to be easy technologies for calming the mind and living with more grace. Her innovative program "Nāda Nakṣatra Upāsana" teaches a practice she's been learning as an oral tradition for the past decade that links Vedic Astrology with South Indian rāga music learned from her primary mentor K. Sridhar.  Her program "Ocean of Sound" teaches chanters how to lead kirtan utilizing the basic building blocks of Indian rāgas and tālas and includes an extensive Music Library built by Allison and friends during the pandemic.


Allison is a decades long student of Patāñjali Yoga and Sanskrit, and has served as a TA for her Jyotișa teacher Steven Highburger since 2021. 

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Support Allison's Book project

Allison's music guru K. Sridhar has asked her to write a book on the intersection of Indian Classical Music and Vedic Astrology. K. Sridhar has taught her in the oral tradition for the past 10 years and there are no books currently available on this subject. This unique vidya has tremendous potential to calm the mind, even the highly overactive mind that has a hard time settling down.


Writing a book is a huge undertaking energetically and financially. Your contributions towards a 2026 completion and subsequent publication are greatly appreciated.

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