[danielvaughn]

The actual song Journey in Satchidananda is one of my favorite pieces of music.

I went down a rabbit hole one afternoon finding various live performances of it, since it seemed so well-suited for extended jazz renditions. Here’s my favorite of the bunch:

https://youtu.be/w2bGe8kBPS4

[belfalas]

For the gentle people out there wondering what is Satchidananda: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satcitananda

[PaulDavisThe1st]

It seems also be a reference to the self-named Swami Satchidananda who provided Alice Coltrane with some guidance and help after the death of her husband.

[belfalas]

The title is a play on words referencing the name of the Swami. Alice 'took a journey' in Satchitananda (guided by the Swami) which helped her through the mourning process.

[mtalantikite]

Vishnu Wood, who played on the album (and used to host a jam session we'd go to when I was in college), did an interview with Rolling Stone about it. [1] His guru was (is?) Satchitananda and he introduced her to him.

Satchitananda's Integral Yoga space is still in Manhattan and hosts workshops there (I took one with Laraaji there once).

[1] https://vishuwood-safarieast.com/rolling-stone-magazine-inte...