When Dawn's parents taught her mantra meditation as a pre-schooler, they couldn't explain what OM meant, so she chanted Mashed Potatoes instead, because that was something she could grasp, and get behind.
Today she believes that there is one mountain with countless paths, that it is the power of our joyful devotion that creates the associated magick, that miracles happen daily, and that we are each one.
Her Gurus include Ram Das, Leonard Cohen, Tom Robbins, Dr. Seuss, and Rumi.
She still loves mantra and kirtan.
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