About Śūnnyahmm
Śūnnyahmm is the musical expression of Ritu's work
Hum is not something you learn but where you arrive. It emanates from a communion of the head and heart.
"There is a hum, a vibration in my head, a sweetness in the being and rhythm in the heart that sometimes wants to sing, drawing me to certain sounds, chants and compositions...singing is my path of connecting with the universal yet personal, inner silence"
What cannot be said in a million words, can be conveyed in a moment through music. People all over the world since ancient times, have communed through the language of sound. Emptying itself, sometimes allowing the pool of silence to pour its own rhythms and at others moving from words to sound to silence.... a journey from Shabd to spandan... form to formless. Following the heart through every crevice in your being to touch the eternal well of bliss, poured into the words, what emerges is Śūnnyahmm. Śūnnyahmm is not music, its a hum, a resonance , a very deep silence behind and within the words . It explores sound and music as a way of oneness and deeper unknown connects. It offers music, that connects Ritu to the universe ,a space beyond boundaries of geography, time, genre, ideas and philosophy. Somewhat created and somewhat drawn from what she's heard, pulled by the hum that resonates within.
About Ritu
Following her inspirations and resonances, while ritu took some basic training in light classical music, she grew from relentlessly stretching the invisible walls, to release open ,first what felt like her true voice and then to translate the longings of silence and bliss to express it self into music. The journey continues... From Chants to Sufi, Shabad, Kabir to popular in the worldly parlance, listeners have been moved to tears, joy , meditativeness and sensed a presence listening to Ritu. ' Swayam ki or' and 'Spandan' are her current offerings as tributes and to share her very personal resonance.
Clothing designer, intuitive artist, writer and creative process facilitator Ritu draws from multiple vocabularies to offer creativity and personal growth workshops that allow people to expand their potential through challenging boundaries and touching inner beauty
She offers workshops that are based on experiential learning in Connecting through Sound .This can allow people to open up, discover their inner silence and dance, as well as a way of deepening basics of music . These are powerful ways of expression, healing and meditativeness.
