ANCIENT INDIAN STRINGS

I am a full-time spiritual practitioner, focusing on meditation (sitting, movement with tai chi and chi gong, and Indian raga practice) and simple living without income and little environmental impact.  I teach meditation and simple living strategies here in Portland, occaisionally giving talks and writing articles.  I have been practicing raga for close to ten years, on bansuri and with voice.  I practice alap exclusively, as a meditation practice, and it is the great dhrupad masters that I listen to as a model.  Mostly this means members of the Dagar family, as well as the incredible playing of the recently passed rudravina master Shamsuddin Faridi Desai.  I would love to connect with any other enthusiasts of these activities, and particularly with bansuri players focusing on dhrupad and/or alap (or anyone who knows of them) and any other fans of Ustad Shamsuddin Faridi.