We're teaming up with Sound Salutations to present Yoga on Dub! This event is a holistic festival experience bringing reggae, yoga and the revolution to mats, dance floors and hearts. Part class, part concert, part party, all irie. Come along!
Experience the ancient practice of Kemetic Yoga with Jamaican reggae artist Jah9 and her live band, The Dub Treatment. Unroll your mat and unite through slow-tempo dub in this class with asana, song, meditation and reasoning in the modified Fortune Sound Club studio. This offering is guided by Jah9 along with local teacher Danielle Hoogenboom. We welcome Chastity Davis again for our opening welcome ceremony and land acknowledgment.
This intimate evening offers vegan food, special surprises and a conscious marketplace. Come for the class and close the night down with an Omega Dancehall featuring Tank Gyal and Mandai, with mic guests including Raw Speakhers and Magic T of the Red Gold and Green Machine.
Doors 7pm
Yoga on Dub 7:30-9:30pm
Omega Dancehall 10pm-late
Tickets: Come for the Yoga and The Dancehall, or Just the Dancehall. We also have limited VIP tickets (Very Ital Place)
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/yoga-on-dub-with-jah9-tickets-33785930628
Check out Jah9 and The Dub Treatment in Victoria on June 14th and back in Vancouver with Tarrus on June 15th!
Check IT: http://www.jah9.com/tour-1/
Tank Gyal: Bringing you live sounds and live bands ALWAYS in Vancouver:https://www.facebook.com/groups/10143081907/
Mandai: Get her Sounds in your EARS: https://soundcloud.com/mandai
High Standards Cleaning: Love a Nice Space, we have the best cleaning babes in East Van on our side: http://highstandardscleaning.com/
Great Eats with Gorilla Food:
Yoga on Dub Teachers
JAH9
Deeply mystical, Jah9 has emerged from a chrysalis of poetry, dub and spirit to become a powerful femiNINE energy within a universal grassroots movement of consciousness. Inspired by the open spaces in the instrumental dub of 1970’s Jamaican roots music, Jah9 sings with a voice that belies the dimensions of her physical body, from a soul much older than its current vessel; “reminiscent of that darkly operatic wailer for truth & justice, Nina Simone.” Her philosophy–profoundly spiritual, and her style–Jazz on Dub.
DANIELLE HOOGENBOOM
Danielle Hoogenboom founded Love Light Yoga as an expression of her yoga practice and creative interests both on and off the mat. She is passionate aboutyin yoga and its ability to heal, change and transform ourselves and the world around us. Believing that all people are invited to the healing of yoga, Danielle teaches a diverse schedule of classes and workshops that range from the practical theory to the mystical and sacred parts of yoga.
She is certified in Hatha Yoga, Yin Yoga, Prenatal Yoga andVinyasa Lotus Flow. She teaches in studios across Vancouver and often travels to teach aboard, share, celebrate and connect. She teaches Yin Yoga workshops worldwide sharing her passion for a gentle, steady practice.
Omega Dancehall Talent
TANK GYAL
Tank Gyal is a Vancouver-born-and-raised DJ and event promoter. She is the creator and resident of Vancouver's longest-running reggae dancehall weekly Ting, which has been rocking every Thursday for nearly 10 years (now at the Waldorf Tiki Bar). She is also the First Lady of Vancouver's notorious Lighta! Sound. Tank Gyal has played shows in places far and wide including Jamaica, Mexico, Switzerland, Miami, Las Vegas, Seattle, Bellingham, Whistler, Victoria, and all over the Lower Mainland and has performed at landmark music events such as Damian Marley's Welcome to Jamrock Reggae Cruise, Victoria Ska & Reggae Fest, Shambhala, Bass Coast, Diversity, Conscious Culture Fest, Car Free Day, and 420 and Cannabis Day Celebrations at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Tank Gyal has opened for many toppa top artists including Beenie Man, Lady Saw, Konshens, Mavado, Gyptian, Chronixx, Baby Cham, Spragga Benz, Mr. Vegas, Elephant Man, Kabaka Pyramid, Tanya Stephens, Tifa, Bugle, Wayne Wonder, Luciano, Macka Diamond, QQ, Richie Spice, Third World, The Wailers, Inner Circle, Papa Michigan, Khago, Collie Buddz, Gappy Ranks, Ranking Joe, Serani and more. Her DJ sets are a rapid fire throwdown of the hottest Jamaican music from the past, present and future. Tank Gyal always attracts the ladies to the dancefloor but can rock the turntables as hard as any man.
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/tankgyal
MANDAI
Originally inspired by the rhythms that carried her in travels through Africa, then by the underground dancehall scene in Vancouver, she spent countless hours elbow-deep in crates of '45s in Canada, the US and Jamaica and her selections firmly solidified her as one of the Lighta! crew's artists. She is well-known for her legendary mixes, some being all-vinyl releases which is her true love. Blending reggae/dancehall classics with newer gems and dub plates acquired while in Jamaica, she stays loyal to the island vibes. With each year her love of music deepens and she is expanding to include more rap/hip-hop/RnB/grime/bass music in her sets. She regularly performs at Bass Coast, Shambhala and her family-run festival The Field. She has opened for well-known artists in both the reggae/dancehall and international underground music scenes, frequents Thursday Ting in Vancouver and can be found behind the decks at underground parties spanning the west coast and several other major musical hubs. In 2012 she gave birth to Lighta's youngest little member. bup!bup!
Instagram: @mandai
Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/mandai
