Maṇḍala is a series of artistic events held on the first Friday of each month.

In ritual, the Maṇḍala is a gateway for the manifestation of Universal forces.

These events will gather artists of various genres directed by Laura Inserra,

creating a Maṇḍala of music, dance, poems, images and more...

Different ‘special guests’ will be present at each Maṇḍala.

Friday October 2,  8pm

Yoga Mandala

2807 Telegraph Ave.

Berkeley, CA 94705

Tickets: 10$

Laura Inserra - HANG, percussion (Italy)

Alejandra Ortiz - voice and quadro (Colombia)

Claudia Cuentas - wind instruments (Peru’)

Jay Gandhi - bansuri flute (India)

Aharon Wheels Bolsta - bansuri flute, tablas

Shay Nichols - voice

Amar Khalsa - clarinets, silver flute, tibetan bowls

Yaquelin Laporte - performer (South America)

What is the vision behind the Maṇḍala events?

Maṇḍala (in sanskrit maṇḍa ‘essence’ +  la ‘having’ or ‘containing’) is a concentric diagram composed of different geometric figures.

The physical image of the Maṇḍala has spiritual and ritual significance and is useful only to symbolize our relation to the Divine, the world that extends both beyond and within our bodies and minds. At the end the traditional ritual, the Maṇḍala is destroyed to remind us of the impermanence of things and rebirth.

As such, in these events the artists create a Maṇḍala made by different expressions of art like music, dance, poems, image and so forth. We come together as an ensemble just for that evening, and when the ‘ritual’ is over, that manifestation in time and space dissolves back into its origin. There is no fixed group, just a flow of connection and insight among these great artists.

We are going to make these events periodic, recurring on the first Friday of every month, so as to create a time and space structure in which the creativity of manifestation can evolve. We delineate the parameters, but only the Maṇḍala dictates what materializes.

Join us and enjoy these unique creations,

Laura Inserra and Samavesha Crew

Past Maṇḍala artists:

1. ✴Pauchi Sasaki - violin, ocean harp
   

2. ✴Claudia Anfuso - storyteller
   

3. ✴Evan Fraser - kalimbas, jaw harps, kamale n'goni, percussion
   

4. ✴TBird Luv - vocals, flute, percussion
   

5. ✴John Villa - didjeridu, frame drums and nay
   

6. ✴Tina Blaine - percussion, HANG, santur
   

7. ✴Francesca Genco - chants, shruty
   

8. ✴Kimba Theurich - chants, didgeridoo
   

9. ✴Marguerite Rigoglioso - writer
   

10. ✴Archana Sachdev - indian dance
    

11. ✴Rosh Rothhirsch - banjo, kamale n'goni
    

12. ✴Sahib-Amar - viola