Spiritual DJ
Music and Me connect on a very deep level. I honestly do not remember where and how it started. Over the years we heard so much music, so many different types of music. Growing up, I heard a lot of music introduced to us by our parents, siblings, friends. As the years passed, I ventured into discovering all the music I loved. Abba, Bee Gees, old Hindi, Disco, Pop .. I heard some kirtans, bhajans, mantras during those years too.
As I am sitting and writing this blog, I can hear music my Dad is playing and the song “My Way” is playing. So I am going to write this blog My way.
Many years pass. I am now married , have 2 children and I walk into a store and heard some music. I asked the lady who was singing. She checked and said it Deva Premal. I went home, googled and found her music. I simultaneously discovered Krishna Das too. That’s it! I was addicted.
Every morning I would play the music all over my home. The music for me shifted the energy, lifted my mood and basically started the day with a lovely energy. I held some sessions at home where we just sat and listened to this music and ate parshad after. We even had groups where we did the 21 day chanting program of Deva Premal. It was Awesome.
Even today wherever I am, I start my day with some beautiful new age kirtans, chants and mantras. That’s my way of starting the day on a happy high. What means the world to me is that my Parents, Siblings, so many friends and clients have also have started the same thing.
This morning I was at my Sisters home and my brother in law asked me to play my chants too. Awww!!! 🥰
What I absolutely love is how they have all made this a part of their lives too. 🙏🏼
There are so many different types of music we all listen and connect with. Each of us has our own choices, likes, dislikes. Different music impacts us differently. Here are some for you to think of.
Sharing my answers in brackets.
Can you think of a song that lifts your mood instantly? ( Hindi - Aaj phir jeena ki tamana )
Which song makes you nostalgic? ( Unforgettable )
Which song makes you want to get up and dance immediately? ( So many Abba ones but Dancing Queen )
Which song makes you feel calm and peaceful? ( All. My chanting playlist )
In April of 2020 ( Yes, we will all remember that period in our lives ), I was in Malta with my husband in a lovely little apartment. I meant an apartment with my lovely husband. ( hee hee ) We started every day listening to our music. I started discovering so many new ones and absolutely loved it. You see the problem with me is that when I love something, I have to share it with others too. ( Please note I said something, not someone 😉)
That’s when I started playing music online for people. I was on Instagram every single day playing music for whoever was Interested. I had a bunch of people who became my regulars and were on every single day. ( Not that one could do anything else, or go anywhere those days ) But I am so grateful to each of them who came and encouraged me to find more music and create a new playlist for them everyday. It was just one hour of Soulful, uplifting music. I played Deva Premal, Manose, Simrit, Ajeet Kaur, Meditative Mind and others.
It made me feel So Alive, so wonderful and during that period so connected with people too. One of my regulars Bhavana was talking to her daughter and she is the one who said Anjana is our “Spiritual DJ” I remember that day so well.
What is a Spiritual DJ? The same as a DJ but one who plays Spiritual music I guess.
I sometimes wonder is that my calling in Life.
I really loved it ..I do miss it.
And if any of You feel You’ll would like me to start again even once a week , do let me know and I will definitely restart.
Music can change our mood. It can elevate our moods. Raise our energies. Today so much is available on You Tube to cleanse energies, raise frequencies etc.
“ Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.” – Plato
Signing off
Anjana