Creating Connections: MC Yogi

by Meredith Paterson

MC Yogi with some of the stars
from the new Yogiños DVD

This past Friday, we had the long-awaited premiere of our new DVD Vishnu's OHMazing™ Journeys at the Crow Collection of Asian Art in Dallas. The event was everything we could ever have wished for and more. The Yogiños, the stars of the DVD, got to walk down the red carpet, and then they got to see themselves on the big screen for the first time. I could not stop watching them watch the film. And the best part was watching them reconnect with each other after nine months.

Amanda prepares for
the concert

The night culminated perfectly with a unforgettable concert by MC Yogi with Amanda Giacomini and Robin Livingston. We had planned to hold the concert outside on the street in front of the museum, but a glorious, much-needed rainstorm hung over Dallas that night, so we moved inside. MC Yogi started the concert by saying that the gods and goddesses that surrounded us in the gallery had conspired to move the concert inside so that they could see it, too. He was absolutely right. What a privilege to sing and dance to the stories of the deities as they watched over us. I think every person in that gallery was moved on Friday night.

The best word I know to describe the experience of the concert is inspiration-- the old meaning of the word. To breathe life into. Thank you thank you to MC Yogi, Amanda, and Robin for breathing new life into me. 

 

I dare you not to dance. 

The last group of fourth graders that I taught always had one question at the beginning of class. "When do we get to hear that Elephant song?" And yes. I played it every time.

Which song most inspires you?

Check out the sequence from MC Yogi and Amanda in September's Yoga Journal!
See the trailer for the new Yogiños: Yoga for Youth DVD featuring MC Yogi's song "Give Love"