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Will Blunderfield sat down with Zara Durrani, host of Canadian TV series Life & Style with Zara. See what Will has to say about the origins of yoga, living with intention, and inspiring your practice! Watch the full segment below:
Will is bringing the Glee Yoga Experience to local highschools with the support of @The Diversity Project! "My intention is to promote love, acceptance, self-empowerment, bravery and joy thru self-expressed movement/music, moments of sheer playfulness and others of disarming honesty." To book an event at your school give us a shout out at will@willblunderfield.com or calan@thediversityproject.ca
The "Amazing Grace" (Pink Ribbon Celebration Remixes) will be available on iTunes March 27th! To celebrate Will headlining the Canadian Breast Cancer Awareness Gala, show some love and purchase a ticket or make a donation here to benefit the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Join us on May 3, 2012 with your colleagues, friends and companions and honour the women in your life by celebrating 20 years of progress in breast cancer research and supporting the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. We’ll share our progress toward our vision of a future without breast cancer by 2020, highlight amazing research breakthroughs and celebrate personal triumphs by local celebrities with a special performance by headlining act Will Blunderfield. More info here.
HAVE A COACHING SESSION WITH WILL to ROCK YOUR 2012! Get his expert advice on yoga, music, marketing, relationships, your personal yoga/meditation practice, living your passion, getting your message out there, freedom from suffering...or whatever you need!
Email will@willblunderfield.com for more info
Mark your calendars, Yoga Fam! Will will be taking the stage on both Life & Style with Zara on Jan. 20th and again performing with Bif Naked on JoyTV, Novus, CHEK & Shaw in mid-February! Catch Will on TV at 8:30/9:30c tonight and check your local listings here to know where and when to tune in for his February appearances!
100 lucky guests will have the opportunity to get up close and personal with Will on the evening of May 4th, after his 8:00 headlining show at the Chateau Whistler. Be ONE of only 100 guests to get an exclusive signed copy of Will's hit album and an opportunity to meet Will Blunderfield, Yoga's Rockstar. This amazing experience includes an autograph and photo opportunity, and is only available at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler on May 4th, after the 8:00 p.m. show. Visit www.whistleryogaconference.com or email will@willblunderfield.com for more details and to purchase your ticket today!
Will has begun performing & teaching at the Chopra Yoga Center in Vancouver. This new hot yoga experience, designed exclusively for The Chopra Center, features 100 degree infrared heat, consisting of a full body workout set to a sensational score. The concept is one-of-a-kind and includes Will’s unique style fused with the inspirational teachings of Deepak Chopra.
Tickets and memberships for performances/classes are now on sale!
Will on Deepak: "One of the most influential people in my life is Deepak Chopra. He means so much to so many people all over the world. All of the various books that he's written and his message is a true inspiration; Inspiration in serving others through your passions. Deepak reminds me to work in a life of service to my fans and students, to lead by example, and to fulfill my vision and my destiny"
Have you been following @wblunderfield on Twitter? If not, you've been missing out on exclusive new info about Will's upcoming single! Here's what he had to say:
Will is working hard in the studio on his new album to bring you all the music you love! Check out the exclusive photo of Will in Hollywood with producer Brian West (K'Naan, Bono, Nelly Furtado, Maroon 5, Savage Garden) and be sure to check back for more details on Will's new album!
The Perfect Stocking-Stuffer! Order Will's album featuring Christmas-themed songs "Amazing Grace", "Hallelujah", and special bonus track "Ave Maria" ft. Choral group Aliqua:
US: http://bit.ly/vwwChP
CANADA: http://amzn.to/ve1HMq
JAPAN: http://bit.ly/uUAbr5
AUSTRALIA/NZ: http://amzn.to/rZ46xY
100% of the proceeds go to Make a Wish Foundation
Join Nutone label mates Wade Morissette & Will Blunderfield for an unforgettable evening of chant and song!
Chanting is a natural way to tune into the frequency of love. Chanting
combines singing and music with mantras ÷ words and sounds that vibrate
at the highest level of awareness. The vibrations emanating from
singing Sanskrit words have a tangible effect on our own inner being.
It's not important to know what the words mean, or even to believe in
the particular names or forms of God sometimes sung in the chants,
because the ancient sounds themselves carry the energy that brings us
deep inside ourselves where our own nameless, formless connection
resides. The sweetness of chanting stills the mind, dissolves worries,
and opens the heart. The saints describe chanting as a way of becoming
saturated with God's love.
Check out Will's interviews with LA's Joni Yung, Vega and Donovan P. at the Vancouver Yoga Conference. He chatted about his Vega-sponsored tour, new music, self-love, and the debut of his line of hot yoga bottoms!
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On Tuesday, November 8th before embarking on the US league of his tour, Will made a special appearance at his alma mater West Van High, a Vancouver school with a fantastic performing arts program. He rocked the student dance class and their teacher with an uplifting Glee Yoga workshop & performance.
Students had the chance to ask Will about life on tour, what inspired him to sing, and what it is like to be a recording artist. The class then learned the "Bon Jovi Mantra" and shook some asana!
Teacher Jackie Wong said about Will and his music-inspired yoga, “I absolutely love it, Will's talent, beauty and soul are things we can all be thankful for. His words, compassion and encouragement are comparable to none... thankful for all he brings to the world!..” Check out the photo below!
Will on Deepak: One of the most influential people in my life is Deepak Chopra. He means so much to so many people all over the world. All of the various books that he's written and his message is a true inspiration; Inspiration in serving others through your passions. Deepak reminds me to work in a life of service to my fans and students, to lead by example, and to fulfill my vision and my destiny.
Combining the power of a transformative hot practice, mindfulness meditation, and an energizing performance off his hit yoga-inspired album, Will transforms your ordinary hot yoga practice into the extraordinary. Founded by mind-body healing pioneers Deepak Chopra, M.D. and David Simon, M.D., the Chopra Center has helped thousands of people throughout the world transform and heal through the timeless practices of yoga, meditation, and Ayurveda – the world's oldest natural health science.
Will's favorite quotes: “Everyone has a purpose in life...a unique or special talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of our own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals.” -- Deepak Chopra
"Any reason for practicing yoga is a good reason. Enhancing flexibility and releasing stress are as noble a purpose for performing yoga as the awakening of spirituality. This is the great gift of yoga it serves and nourishes us at every level of our being and spontaneously contributes to greater wellbeing in all domains of life. Yoga will help you discover gifts within yourself that have remained unopened since your childhood― the gifts of peace, harmony, laughter, and love." -- Deepak Chopra
The world's most popular online yoga destination My Yoga Online™ has voiced their support for Will's upcoming yoga-inspired tour. Excerpt:
"Sometimes a visionary comes along and changes, well, pretty much everything.
Yoga teacher, musician, and inspirational force Will Blunderfield has been making waves since he first appeared on the yoga and music scene in Vancouver. Those waves are now so big he’s gone global."
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Will Blunderfield's debut album Hallelujah finally released in the US and critics can't stop raving about it. Check out the fantastic review below!
(Vancouver, Canada – October 25, 2011) With his inspirational lyrics, Sanskrit mantras, and unique musical style, Will Blunderfield's album Hallelujah (Nutone Records/Nettwerk) has hit #1 on the iTunes World Chart for a second time! The Vancouver Sun proclaimed "Will is a Spirit Junkie... his "Glee Yoga" classes draw jammed classrooms..." Thousands of fans have experienced Blunderfield's transformational yoga classes & stunning performances and have since been tuning in to see his spectacular televised performances. Moving into the holiday season, Will will be performing "Hallelujah" written by Leonard Cohen, on upcoming television programs such as The Jay Leno Show and eTalk. Additionally, look out for interviews with Will about his upcoming US Tour on My Yoga Online™ and the hit national TV series Life & Style with Zara.
Check out the link below to see Will Blunderfield featured in the Sun's cover story on SPIRIT JUNKIES.
"A hip, young generation is rebranding spiritual growth as sexy, stylish - and sellable"
Will Blunderfield will embark on his first headlining tour, a yoga and music spectacular, both theatrical and inspirational, that will give his thousands of fans something they'll love to breathe, flow and meditate to. "The Vega® Yoga Tour" kicks off November 10 in Malibu, CA. "My intention is to promote Love, health, self-empowerment, bravery and joy through yoga & music," Blunderfield says. "And I would love everyone to come away with a new appreciation for the music on my album."
Will's debut album Hallelujah (Nettwerk Music Group / Nutone Records) made its debut at #1 on the iTunes Top 100 World chart in July. Will's self-penned hit single "The River" as well as "Hallelujah," written by Leonard Cohen, have become Will's first hits on the world and new age music charts in Canada and Europe.
It's not just the single and album that have been international sensations in the yoga/world music scene; it's Will himself. He has led sold-out classes in Asia and New York, and was a media sensation in Japan, where he showed up in true Harajuku style with full makeup and mala beads. Switzerland fell in love with Will at first sight, and his single is now surging up the Swiss charts.
“When taking a Yoga class with Will be ready to spark your inner smile, laugh at yourself and let your ego melt into the flows of sweat," says Terry McBride, Will Blunderfield's manager and CEO of Nettwerk Music Group. "If you’re lucky, he will sing at the end as you lie down in wonderment of what just took place.”
Will's yoga classes in Vancouver and abroad are already legendary, his live televised collaboration with yogini Ingrid Nilson and opening slots for Ace of Base and Dragonette were a highlight of his year and his performances of songs including "Hallelujah", "Long Time Sun" and "Glee Yoga" workshops with YYoga founder Lara Kozan are widely regarded as some of the most captivating and transformational yoga classes offered in Western Canada.
"I was lucky enough to work with Bif Naked on the 'Amazing Grace' track on my album," says Will. "She is a beautiful yogini and a powerful vocalist. In addition, I was fortunate to have over 50 of my yoga students and friends lay down vocals on this album! I'm so excited to be promoting our music stateside and globally."
The "Vega® Yoga Tour" launches November 10 in Malibu, CA and will work its way to eight more venues in November/December, with more 2012 dates to be announced for Australia and abroad.
Click HERE for a list of scheduled dates for "Vega® Yoga Tour" more dates to come, and for tour updates check back here on Will Official.
Will Blunderfield continues to wow audiences abroad as he gears up for the release of Hallelujah in the UK. Check out these two great articles from Tokyo and Ottawa! Hello Yoga - Tokyo / Metro News - Ottawa
We’ve been thrilled by the amount of feedback we’ve received on the site and through Facebook and Twitter for a new single in Canada featuring Bif Naked. With that being said, a dance-pop radio version of "Amazing Grace" is being remixed by renowned European DJ Bryan Kearney (Snatam Kaur) will be serviced to Canadian radio in November. Proceeds from the single to benefit the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Stay tuned!
At HMV, Will's album 'Hallelujah' has SOLD OUT for the second time!! Copies can still be ordered online at www.HMV.ca Check out Will in the USA's top yoga publication, Yoga International!
Date: Saturday, Sept. 17th 10:30am
Location: Spanish Banks Beach East
Vancouver, BC
Canada
See map: Google Maps
Featuring recording artist Will Blunderfield and Andrea Spiegel and Elle Basten of YYOGA!
Come and enjoy a 90 minute session of yoga at Spanish Banks with the ocean as our backdrop. We invite you to participate in a celebration of love, connection and making difference within our yoga community.
Click here to purchase your tickets.
100% of the proceeds will benefit imagine1day, an organization dedicated towards providing access to quality education to all Ethiopians funded free of foreign aid by 2030.
Tickets: $25
Time: 10:30AM* - 12:00PM
(*please arrive 15 minutes earlier to set up your mats)
Will's world-spanning success continues to build with the news that his debut album, 'Hallelujah,' has now been certified #1 on the iTunes World Music Chart. Congrats to Will and a heartfelt thanks to all his fans!
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Check out this hot pic of Will with British popstar Chloe Morgan and JoyTV host Zara Durrani at Vancouver's Republic Nightclub!
Hey, it's me, Will. During these past several months I've had such wonderful experiences. I've signed an international recording contract with Nettwerk / Nutone Records (Sarah McLachlan, Krishna Das, Avril Lavigne), I wrote and recorded a duet with multi-platinum artist Bif Naked for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation which will be released to Top 40 radio in the fall, and am also about to embark on a US/Australian tour.
And throughout this time I've heard from all of you, my yoga family, whose love and support I cherish dearly. Many have asked "will you perform again soon in Vancouver?".. well today I'm really excited to answer that question, and to announce my most intimate performance ever, celebrating the album reaching #1 on the iTunes world music chart. This performance will be different from those of the past, in the way that I will perform music unplugged, exclusively from my album and classes, which I want you to help me select.
I'm reaching out to all of my fans, to seek your input about this very interactive performance.
Beginning today, you can indicate here on Facebook or twitter (twitter.com/wblunderfield ) the songs of your choice, because your voices are so important to me, the first 10 fans I hear from will receive an autographed copy of my #1 CD and an exclusive pair of Hot Yoga Little Black Bottoms which I've endorsed/co-designed with the team at VIVVOS (http://bit.ly/jS9BdS). ALL audience members will receive loads of give-aways and nutritious treats from Vega (myvega.com).
So let's get started, I'm very excited! Your support means so much to me and I am looking forward to performing for all of you. I love you guys, yoga fam you are the BEST!
To Hear Will's Music, Click Here: http://bit.ly/qvUVje
To Book Tix: http://bit.ly/ps3xXB
Will's album HALLELUJAH debuts GLOBALLY JULY 2011. He has signed with Nettwerk/Nutone Records, major label representing such eclectic artists as Sarah McLachlan, Avril Lavigne, Margaret Cho, Barenaked Ladies, Ron Sexmith, Tiesto, Jay Brannan, Jars Of Clay, and Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star), as well as renowned chant artists Krishna Das, Jai Uttal, Donna de Lory and more!
OLYMPIC FLAME PERFORMANCE "Bhangra legend Sarbjit Cheema will play a 45 minute concert of his greatest hits. Cheema made his debut in the Punjabi entertainment industry in 1993 and has since produced 11 hit albums and two Punjabi films. The talent roster also includes Will Blunderfield, whose album “Hallelujah” topped the i-Tunes download chart this past week edging out Enrique Iglesias for the no. 1 spot"
PRE-ORDER WILL’S ALBUM HERE: http://bit.ly/j6MVzJ Japanese fans direct link: http://itunes.apple.com/jp/pre
WILL Performing on this year’s PRIDE RIDE! 7.30.11 The theme for this year’s event is FREEDOM & FITNESS. Our goal is to “create new perspectives” in a society that is eager to celebrate people and the differences that make us who we are. Unite with M.E to help build a new perspective; this cruise will change the way you look at life and the wonders that make up our day to day to lives. We are changing what it means to socialize, what it means to come together, and what it means to celebrate. Join us for an unforgettable, life changing experience that will assist you in finding yourself and guide you to help others find who they are. The individuals with an overall feeling of ‘MOST PRIDE’ will get their name(s) engraved onto the MOST PRIDE Mesh Entertainment Crystal Trophy and receive a complimentary ticket to next years event.
Early Bird Tickets will be available June 23rd, 2011 @ Priape & Little Sisters, www.Clubzone.com,Paparazzi Nightclub (Victoria) & The Diversity Project for an opening cost of $45.
Each episode is dedicated to different truth’s of being, knowledge and conduct and their effects on our day to day lives. We hope the series will help you, our audience, come to a better understanding of the world around us, and most importantly, of ourselves. We hope to leave you inspired and empowered to act, with your beliefs as your compass. Check out the trailer!
Such exciting news! Will Blunderfield’s GLEE YOGA is THE TOP health/entertainment news story across CANADA & GOOGLE!! This is our most far-reaching press ever yoga family! You are amazing!
A Message from Will:
“I’m stoked to be putting together a tour w the support of YAMA TALENT and VEGA. I aim to bring a voice and a certain power to people who've been marginalized and made to feel insecure, for kids who can't get out there and think that something's holding them back -- I'm out there doing it with whatever challenges are put in my way, I'm overcoming them.”
Will is set to perform at the Whistler Yoga Conference May 7th 2011 from 8-10pm at the Chateau Whistler
Get your tickets here: www.whistleryogaconference.com
KIRTAN with Will Blunderfield in Whistler!
A MANTRA is a mystical energy encased in a sound structure. Every mantra contains within its vibration a certain power. Upon concentration and repetition of a given mantra, its energy is liberated and takes form... Combining the power of 5000 year-old devotional chants with Bon Jovi anthemic mantras, Will transforms your ordinary Kirtan into the extraordinary. Prepare for an experiential explosion of music, passion, and energy that will open your heart and leave you overflowing with bliss. “This experience is really about how you can use music to embrace your divine beauty,” says Blunderfield. “When you feel beautiful, you enhance your ability to elevate the world." Come and be inspired!
Will Blunderfield teams up with Juno Award-winning rocker Bif Naked for the international version of his best-selling album HALLELUJAH! The track is a fusion of devotional Kirtan chanting and pop/rock!
Album drops internationally June 2011 at HMV, Virgin, Whole Foods, lululemon, itunes, Amazon, Chapters and a yoga studio near You.
Nettwerk Records
Nutone Music
EMI (non-US)
The int'l Nutone/Nettwerk version of my album will be available at Virgin, HMV, iTunes, Amazon + globally July 2011... For now, you can purchase a limited edition original at lululemon athletica Robson Street/YYOGA /Yogapod Kula,/Endorphin Junkies Personal Training/Westcoast Hot Yoga. Thank you so much for supporting me! I feel so lucky!
Will will be featured as a guest on Hay House Radio! He’ll be interviewed by international best-selling author and visionary Dr. Christiane Northrup on her show FLOURISH February 2rd at 11am EST. Be sure to tune in at hayhouseradio.com!
“I discovered that all I needed was to let the oars go, just flow” - from The River, by Will Blunderfield
Step into a class with Will and be prepared to forget everything you think you know about yoga.
He sings, he dances, he invents. He shakes his Asana.
On any given day with Will you might feel like you’re in an episode of Glee, you might find yourself shaking your booty like J.Lo, unleashing your inner Radio City Rockette, or simply smiling in a pose that once made you grimace.
Is it yoga? Oh, yes.
“I look up to yoga teachers who aren’t afraid to be themselves,” says Will.
Will began practicing yoga when he was a teenager, and an acting student at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City.
From the beginning, teaching was part of his practice. “One of our acting teachers said you have to do yoga, it’s very grounding. He also got us to teach our fellow students hour-long sequences.”
At first, yoga simply helped him chill out. “I thought, oh this is really relaxing! New York is really stressful.”
But there was something deeper there too; it was as if he found a little more of himself each time he closed his eyes and breathed. “Not knowing what my mission was, I was still searching. I think, being that age, I was still susceptible to other people’s opinions. I didn’t really know what I was doing, where I was going.”
On the mat, Will found he could be himself. He also found inspirations, like Sadie Nardini, a New York teacher with a freewheeling style. (She’s been known to teach yoga in cowboy boots.)
“I came to yoga feeling really insecure. I walked around with a root of shame. I was bullied in high school. When you’re different, you get picked on. Yoga helped me so much because I realized I am not that feeling.”
“The mat is a place,” he says, “where we can observe our feelings as they come up, and realize that we are not them.”
Like so many students who come to the mat, Will found that what he encountered there stayed with him when he stepped off the mat. “It is a practice that helps us cultivate the ability to be loving in difficult and different situations.” He hopes every student that comes to his class find their own way of doing yoga, follows the path that works for them and sheds the rest.
“The basic message of the Bhagavad-Gita is your passion is your purpose.... follow your heart is one of the basic teachings of yoga to me.” There is no right way to practice yoga, and the reason for incorporating yoga into life may be different for everyone.
“Yoga means connection. Some people are connecting to their bodies; some feel like they are connecting to the non-thinking mind, to god, or source. Knowing that yoga means connection, I believe that there are over 7 billion ways of connecting to yoga.”
Anything that makes you feel wiser or more loving can be a yogic practice, says Will.
Setting an intention is a central part of his practice, on and off the mat.
“You have to set the intention. That’s been a core teaching of mine. When I feel the ground shaking a little bit, it’s getting dark and getting cold, metaphorically or weather wise, I tried to bring myself back to my original effort, to stand for the highest version of myself, to stay positive and keep looking forward.”
Will isn’t looking for perfection in his practice — or in his students.
“I just want to know how can we use these poses to love ourselves more deeply, to believe in our own being more deeply and more solidly.”
When we practice yoga, Will urges us to do more than practice a pose. “Let us practice embodying qualities that serve us and the world: self-love, tenacity and determination. Use this pose to embody something that will serve you today. Even when I fall out, I know that falling is inevitable. If you fall out of dancers pose, don’t criticize yourself. That’s not your inner being. That’s your inner gremlin. That’s not your true self according to the teachings of yoga.”
When a pose is challenging, he says, “Let us harness that challenge that is presented in this practice, let us ask ourselves are we going to close down because of this, or are we going to open up. If we focus on the intention, the universe tends to conspire to help us more often.”
Will’s debut album, Hallelujah is currently available at Lululemon, Yogapod and YYoga, will be released worldwide by Nutone/Nettwerk in 2011.
On any given day of the week, he can be found, eyeliner and all, teaching and singing his heart out in Vancouver at various YYoga locations.
Will joins forces with Westcoast Hot Yoga! MONDAYS & TUESDAYS @ 2pm YALETOWN LOCATION Combining the power of a transformative hot practice, mindfulness meditation, and an energizing performance off his yoga-inspired pop album, Will transforms your ordinary hot yoga practice into the extraordinary.
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