Music

I create song medicine & chant for transformation & healing. 

I chant & sing sacred songs in yoga classes, workshops, kirtan concerts, festivals, retreats & special occasions.

I have been singing & dancing since I wiggled my way out of the womb. From the moment I could reach the keys, I studied classical piano. I enjoyed the spotlight so much that I got a B.F.A in Drama from Syracuse University. But it was in NYC in 1998 where I discovered the healing power of yoga & chanting.  

My very first yoga teachers chanted at the end of class while we rested on our backs in savasana, a classical closing posture. It was here, sweaty, exhausted & discouraged about my aching body that I first experienced the power of sound healing. The Sanskrit mantras awakened me to a place in my soul I had not experienced before. I knew these were my first steps on the pathway home to myself.

My immersion, in 1998, into the world of chanting became further life-altering when I began singing a cappella with Circle of Soul, a group of soul-seekers, exploring chants from a multitude of traditions. I came alive & dove even deeper. I studied yoga & chanting in the yogic traditions with TKV Desikachar in India & with Nicolai Bachman & Ian Boccio in Atlanta, GA. From 2011-2017, I sang mystical mantra harmonies with Jocelyn Rose in a partnership we called Mantra MA. Listen to our rendition of Lokah Samastha Sukino Bhavantu here. I have been a featured kirtan artist & presenter numerous times in the Chantlanta Sacred Music Festival and the Dirty South Yoga Festival. I have sung with national kirtan artists such as Brenda McMorrow, Girish, & David Newman. I love collaborating with vibrant chanting communities. 

Music Offerings

  • Yoga classes

  • Workshops

  • Ceremonies

  • concerts

DEBUT ALBUM - OPEN TO RECEIVE

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DEBUT ALBUM - OPEN TO RECEIVE 🎵

Open body & soul, heart & mind to receive life’s blessings

open to receive album by shonali banerjee

In February 2022, I released my debut album of sacred songs, Open to Receive.

Early in the pandemic, 2020, alone in my home studio with my harmonium, I sang sacred music on rotation to save myself. This is how I breathed fresh energy into my spirit to keep myself afloat during those initial strange introspective months.

Then, in 2021, I followed a burning desire to share this song medicine & recorded 10 songs with the incomparable Colin Agnew. Colin brilliantly translated my song ideas into fully realized song creations. He stacked my harmonies, laid down incredible percussion & called in talented musicians to support new arrangements. I will be forever grateful for him & this experience of recording.

Shonali’s debut album carries a potent charge linking all of us directly to 'source', to beneficent universal energies & ideas greater than ourselves, which realign us to foundational truths, ultimately refueling & refreshing our overwhelmed souls.

Shonali hopes that these 10 sacred songs remind you that you are always connected to wholesome spirit-affirming energies. These ever-present energies may be relied upon even when all other sources of support seem to have collapsed.

May your soul be soothed.

Love for Open to Receive

  • “I was lucky enough to hear this stunning body of work from Shonali Banerjee before this was released and

    I am completely blown away by how hauntingly beautiful this sacred creation is.

    Big, fat goosebumps. A true birthing of wild creativity, devotion and love now brought forth into the world. Thank you for this gift of words, instruments, harmonies and collaboration immortalized in digital form.”

    J. Lockmann

  • “I have a tool supporting me, the healing power of music. Light a candle, some incense, grab a cup of tea and experience this magic.”

    C. Wykoff

  • “This is amazing!!! Stunning and beautiful! Thank you for sharing your divine talent to help all of us connect into source and feel renewed-this is SO NEEDED!!”

    A.Williams

The Goddess Choir

More information about The Goddess Choir coming soon.

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Start Chanting today: Soothe with Compassion

Join me in my FREE 11-Day Mantra Meditation practice to remind yourself of your innate wholeness.

The mantra ~ Om Mani Padme Hum ~ invites you to Honor & Awaken Compassionate Presence.

This free offering includes:

  • 11 easy-to-follow guided videos

  • PLUS 2 Bonus Moon Videos

  • Lifetime Access from any device

  • Personalized letters of guidance for each day

Chant, speak, whisper or listen. Sit or lie down, walk or even drive. Fit this practice uniquely into your daily life as best as you can, carving out 10 - 15 minutes each day to soothe your soul.

It’s time to bring compassion to the forefront. You can totally do this!

Music FAQ

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  • I do not work directly with hospice, but I am an ally. A death doula’s presence fills the empty spaces left by hospice workers who often have too many patients & are limited in the amount of time they can actually spend bedside with families.

  • Most folks within Atlanta proper (ITP inside the perimeter) & Decatur are within my travel zone.

    If I have to travel much more than 30 minutes, there will be additional fees.

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