"Description of my experience of Rahjta’s day long presentation last summer:
Masterful, flowing, surprising, touching, engaging, consciousness altering, joyful, deepening and enlightening. Rahjta Ren, Master Keyboardist and explorer of the mystical, inner space of music, of sound, of rhythm and consciousness, touched my soul in multiples of ways. He guided me on a journey of discovery, leading me to the portal of the source of creation. He entered in, bringing forth notes, melodies, and lyric prose that brought me into a presence of nurturing and healing for my too-often overwhelmed and overstimulated human heart."
Ron Moor
www.theshelteroak.org
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"It was truly a precious gift that you share with the gathering on Thursday. I was deeply moved and felt my heart opening in a significant way from the music & the message. Thank you for your blessed presence and deep sharing."
Patrick
Men's Retreat
Christine Center - Willard, Wisconsin
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"I came to Rahjta's music event by curiosity, without much precise expectations except for a certain degree of quality, knowing only of the care and thought he seemed to put in what he does. I ended up surprised at the level of my delight, both lifted and grounded by his music. In musically expressing and humbly and generously sharing the deep and broad connections he's made with himself and the universe he does neither intrude nor overwhelm. He amazingly triggered and fostered calm, openness and connections in me. Joy, wellbeing and a meaningful and helpful emotional breakthrough the next day, a lot to be grateful for. Hungry for more."
Natacha Drechsler
Wallace Works Instructor
www.WallaceWorks.org
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I had the profoundly unique opportunity to move through a personal yoga practice inspired by the resonance and energy of Rahjta and his earth gong. Though Rahjta was sitting and facing away from me, he was able to perceive my movements and flow of my breath to co-create a soulful experience that unlocked pure joy. I could feel the sound and vibration of the gong penetrate every fiber of my being in such a powerful, but respectful and beautiful way. I thank Rahjta for sharing this gift with me.
Kristy Blick - Exercise Physiologist, Yoga Teacher, Healing Touch Practitioner, Public Speaker, Health Coach
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"Indeed, the continuous flowing stream of light activated with the shared sound meditation on Wednesday is also moving me, both figuratively and literally! Initially it brought me straight to clarity about unlimited possibilities around healing and creating. It is huge and I am allowing for full integration on the new levels. I truly treasure your gift of inspiring sound/music as support and initiation into new openings into I AM. I celebrate sharing this part of the journey with you. Much gratitude for all you bring and Witness!"
J.O.
Tampa, FL
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Masterful, flowing, surprising, touching, engaging, consciousness altering, joyful, deepening and enlightening. Rahjta Ren, Master Keyboardist and explorer of the mystical, inner space of music, of sound, of rhythm and consciousness, touched my soul in multiples of ways. He guided me on a journey of discovery, leading me to the portal of the source of creation. He entered in, bringing forth notes, melodies, and lyric prose that brought me into a presence of nurturing and healing for my too-often overwhelmed and overstimulated human heart."
Ron Moor
www.theshelteroak.org
--------------------
"It was truly a precious gift that you share with the gathering on Thursday. I was deeply moved and felt my heart opening in a significant way from the music & the message. Thank you for your blessed presence and deep sharing."
Patrick
Men's Retreat
Christine Center - Willard, Wisconsin
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"I came to Rahjta's music event by curiosity, without much precise expectations except for a certain degree of quality, knowing only of the care and thought he seemed to put in what he does. I ended up surprised at the level of my delight, both lifted and grounded by his music. In musically expressing and humbly and generously sharing the deep and broad connections he's made with himself and the universe he does neither intrude nor overwhelm. He amazingly triggered and fostered calm, openness and connections in me. Joy, wellbeing and a meaningful and helpful emotional breakthrough the next day, a lot to be grateful for. Hungry for more."
Natacha Drechsler
Wallace Works Instructor
www.WallaceWorks.org
--------------------
I had the profoundly unique opportunity to move through a personal yoga practice inspired by the resonance and energy of Rahjta and his earth gong. Though Rahjta was sitting and facing away from me, he was able to perceive my movements and flow of my breath to co-create a soulful experience that unlocked pure joy. I could feel the sound and vibration of the gong penetrate every fiber of my being in such a powerful, but respectful and beautiful way. I thank Rahjta for sharing this gift with me.
Kristy Blick - Exercise Physiologist, Yoga Teacher, Healing Touch Practitioner, Public Speaker, Health Coach
--------------------
"Indeed, the continuous flowing stream of light activated with the shared sound meditation on Wednesday is also moving me, both figuratively and literally! Initially it brought me straight to clarity about unlimited possibilities around healing and creating. It is huge and I am allowing for full integration on the new levels. I truly treasure your gift of inspiring sound/music as support and initiation into new openings into I AM. I celebrate sharing this part of the journey with you. Much gratitude for all you bring and Witness!"
J.O.
Tampa, FL
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As a truly selfless and compassionate educator Rahjta is set on elevating his students musically, emotionally and spiritually. He does not settle for his pupils being able to mimic other artists but guides them to discover and cultivate their own artistic voice.
Rahjta's personal studies in philosophy, psychology and metaphysical matters as well as his experience as a spiritual practitioner enable him to offer a holistic music class that is incomparable to any other teaching. This happens in a very light hearted and humorous atmosphere in which there is no room for judgement or any other negativity.
His own rigorous practicing discipline is both inspiring and can hardly be found in any other Jazz musician that has been playing on a masterful level for such a long time. He is willing to share all of his musical secrets in order to create first class musicians rather than second class followers. As a composer, pianist and producer Rahjta offers music coaching that is invaluable to the aspiring musician.”
Marcus
Educator, Pianist, Vocalist, Composer, Arranger, Producer
Los Angeles, CA
www.MarcusVonRittberg.com
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"The depth of your knowledge and perception is truly amazing to me, Rahjta. I’m so glad to experience this process with you!"
Rahjta Ren is more than just a teacher. He is a benevolent and loving guide who leads you head-on into the permanent dissolution of your obstructions. Through working with Rahjta my break-throughs as heightened awareness and living in personal power have been life changing! In both my piano playing and in day to day living I find myself unattached to negative thoughts and dramas that used to limit me. This Is Freedom! By way of decades of visionary development through music disciplines and discoveries, philosophical studies, personal practices and focused meditation, Rahjta has created (and resides within) the ultimate process of how to release limiting thoughts that are creating ongoing impediments. Rahjta teaches you how to access the magnificent wisdom and power that is found within the intelligence of your own heart. (And more!) Whether you are a musician seeking unlimited artistic expression or a person seeking a more peaceful and empowered existence, Rahjta Ren is the guide that you need. Rahjta is beyond extraordinary!
JoAnn Bruhn - Grief Educator, Musician
joannbruhn.com
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“I practice stillness and quiet and remain mindful of the observer who observes the mind's chatter. I gave up the stories and have affection for the one who held them so dearly :-D
Looking forward to your next Sonic Journey on the 21st, another opportunity for cosmic travel. I am so grateful. Was wobbly for two days after the last one; a sweet and delicious wobbliness, no worries, powerful…”
Cynthea G.
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"I enjoyed myself working beside you and the others. It feels good to be part of this growing circle of men, committed to waking up, the path is uniquely personal, as we grow collectively. Godspeed"
David
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"You can’t find a better teacher. Rahjta helps you find what you’re looking for within. Using meditation techniques he helps you focus your creativity before approaching your craft. No matter where you are in your musical or professional career, Rahjta is going to take you to the next stage.
Rahjta has been an inspiration for me to reach inside as an artist instead of looking around aimlessly. His strong work ethic has certainly rubbed off on me. Instead of wanting to do things I am doing them."
Joseph
Minneapolis, MN
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Of Rahjta's Mindfulness CD -
" I really love this music. I first heard it at The Christine Center in WI during a retreat. We listened to it for most of the day and didn't get tired of hearing it."
D.
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" What beautiful music you create... truly beautiful and deeply connecting to the soul. I close my eyes and disappear. "
Simran Singh - Author, Visionary Speaker, Creative Catalist, Rebel Humanitarian
Iamsimran.com
11:11 Magazine - Facebook
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"Before working with Rahjta I was quite happy and quite successful and very “in tune” with my being, but could not figure out why I still struggled to write and record the music in my head, to be consistently happy, and to express myself in areas of life I didn’t feel were available to me. After a month-long intensive, I peeled back many more layers of the onion with immense velocity. External influences now don’t affect me like before which frees me up to truly experiment with my musical and non-musical sounds. My consciousness has expanded and my biology has changed through intense meditation, and now I can see that I am capable of executing anything I can think of if I care to do it. My capacity to take on more projects has expanded as well and I’m now expressing myself through a new business, through sports (which, in my mind, was something in which I would never participate again), through music and greater satisfaction of the music and sounds I create, and through more satisfying relationships with the people in my life. My life would have been perfectly good had I not worked with Rahjta. I was stuck in certain areas, but I would have been fine living even if certain expressions I didn’t think I could do but wanted to do would continue to nag at me. Together we pulled back the curtain to discover whole new worlds in which I can play, express, and achieve the things I want to do and be who I want to be."
John L.
Musician, Composer
Real Estate entrepreneur
Minneapolis, MN
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“Rahjta's private classes are tailored to the individual's ambitions and dreams. They are designed to awaken and nurture the student's talents. He immediately recognizes technical, musical and psycho- emotional weaknesses(as potential impediments) and takes the necessary steps to overcome these. He addresses the fear based playing, singing and composing and is able help his students depart form these anxieties.
"A long search for an insightful, authentic, sincere, humble teacher came to a screeching halt when I met Rahjta Ren. I knew that I had found that one unique gem because he embodies all of the above mentioned qualities and although he knows this, he would never boast of it.
My musical and spiritual journey have skyrocketed since our very first session.
I am so blessed to have met and worked with Rahjta. He knows how to reach me where I am at while challenging me to go higher and higher. One thing I learned from him is to drop in [my Higher Self]. My new lifetime mantra is inspired by Rahjta: "Drop in and Stay There". And because I meditate on this mantra inspired by him, I have birthed marvelous works into my life.
If before I was a jewel covered in layers of mud I can boldly say that now I am a shining jewel like never before, thanks to the gift I gave myself of studying with Rahjta Ren.
Thank you for all of your teachings and for your patience. My soul is forever grateful.”
Bobbi - Minneapolis, MN
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“For most of my 65 years music wasn't much fun. I learned music as a study in perfection and performance, with the ultimate goal being obtaining praise of the audience. A single missed note was enough to ruin my day(s). I finally burned out and didn't play a note for 24 years. When I returned it was with a new hope of finding some joy in the music. In my discovery of the Native American flute, and in keyboard work and coaching with Rahjta, I discovered for the first time the true origins and soul of music; i.e. the desire to express one's self. Pleasing listeners has become secondary to feeling I've truly shared my feelings about the music -- whether my own creation or in my interpretation of someone else's. In the process, playing the notes has even become easier, having been released from constant worry about how someone else hears them. The exhilaration of intimate discovery in the music--even old familiar songs--is often quite moving. Along the way, I have received many comments about the quality and "emotion" of the music--much more frequently than when such praise was my goal.
Rahjta introduced me to all of this as a right, and helped me gain confidence in what was a very new way of sitting at the keyboard. Through guided meditation, I actually experienced John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Bill Evans; I didn't just hear them. I felt I knew them intimately, feeling their feelings, as they expressed them through music. And I learned to hear my own music, both literally and spiritually. It has been a life-changing experience, and I am very grateful.”
Terry - Baldwin, WI
________________
"You have an amazing talent with words and expressing your thoughts.
Combined with your musical talents you have a powerful voice."
Bob Firth
www.firthphotobank.com
--------------------
"The video and music were Amazing. I always go to nature when I picture your music . Thanks Rahjta for sharing."
Kim - Minnesota
_________________
"There is no one else anywhere that I know with a more beautiful heart and soul than Rahjta Ren. His essence radiates as a peaceful gift to all... and his mind - a fertile place of imagination, expression and calming awareness that most of us can't quite comprehend.
I sit for hours daily doing my creative work writing as I listen along to this landscape of his relaxing musical compositions. Each one of them - as unique as the stars in the heavens.
Sit back and listen, explore and become immediately released of your pent-up stress and relieved of all negativity through the expressions of his heartfelt music.
As you can tell... I am more than a fan.
Our crazy over-active, over-hyped world needs more access to this kind of calming energy which clearly helps to relieve stress and tension, making us all the more peaceful within ourselves ...and for those with which we live. Thank you my dear brother Rahjta for sharing your eloquent and amazing gifts and loving kindness with us all - beyond measure. "
Wayne Anthony Cullinan
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“My job is so intense, what Rahjta’s Mindfulness Music CD did is help to calm me down so I could focus. It saved my life during shipping season”
Sandie
Forest City, Iowa
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Rahjta's personal studies in philosophy, psychology and metaphysical matters as well as his experience as a spiritual practitioner enable him to offer a holistic music class that is incomparable to any other teaching. This happens in a very light hearted and humorous atmosphere in which there is no room for judgement or any other negativity.
His own rigorous practicing discipline is both inspiring and can hardly be found in any other Jazz musician that has been playing on a masterful level for such a long time. He is willing to share all of his musical secrets in order to create first class musicians rather than second class followers. As a composer, pianist and producer Rahjta offers music coaching that is invaluable to the aspiring musician.”
Marcus
Educator, Pianist, Vocalist, Composer, Arranger, Producer
Los Angeles, CA
www.MarcusVonRittberg.com
--------------------
"The depth of your knowledge and perception is truly amazing to me, Rahjta. I’m so glad to experience this process with you!"
Rahjta Ren is more than just a teacher. He is a benevolent and loving guide who leads you head-on into the permanent dissolution of your obstructions. Through working with Rahjta my break-throughs as heightened awareness and living in personal power have been life changing! In both my piano playing and in day to day living I find myself unattached to negative thoughts and dramas that used to limit me. This Is Freedom! By way of decades of visionary development through music disciplines and discoveries, philosophical studies, personal practices and focused meditation, Rahjta has created (and resides within) the ultimate process of how to release limiting thoughts that are creating ongoing impediments. Rahjta teaches you how to access the magnificent wisdom and power that is found within the intelligence of your own heart. (And more!) Whether you are a musician seeking unlimited artistic expression or a person seeking a more peaceful and empowered existence, Rahjta Ren is the guide that you need. Rahjta is beyond extraordinary!
JoAnn Bruhn - Grief Educator, Musician
joannbruhn.com
--------------------
“I practice stillness and quiet and remain mindful of the observer who observes the mind's chatter. I gave up the stories and have affection for the one who held them so dearly :-D
Looking forward to your next Sonic Journey on the 21st, another opportunity for cosmic travel. I am so grateful. Was wobbly for two days after the last one; a sweet and delicious wobbliness, no worries, powerful…”
Cynthea G.
--------------------
"I enjoyed myself working beside you and the others. It feels good to be part of this growing circle of men, committed to waking up, the path is uniquely personal, as we grow collectively. Godspeed"
David
--------------------
"You can’t find a better teacher. Rahjta helps you find what you’re looking for within. Using meditation techniques he helps you focus your creativity before approaching your craft. No matter where you are in your musical or professional career, Rahjta is going to take you to the next stage.
Rahjta has been an inspiration for me to reach inside as an artist instead of looking around aimlessly. His strong work ethic has certainly rubbed off on me. Instead of wanting to do things I am doing them."
Joseph
Minneapolis, MN
--------------------
Of Rahjta's Mindfulness CD -
" I really love this music. I first heard it at The Christine Center in WI during a retreat. We listened to it for most of the day and didn't get tired of hearing it."
D.
--------------------
" What beautiful music you create... truly beautiful and deeply connecting to the soul. I close my eyes and disappear. "
Simran Singh - Author, Visionary Speaker, Creative Catalist, Rebel Humanitarian
Iamsimran.com
11:11 Magazine - Facebook
--------------------
"Before working with Rahjta I was quite happy and quite successful and very “in tune” with my being, but could not figure out why I still struggled to write and record the music in my head, to be consistently happy, and to express myself in areas of life I didn’t feel were available to me. After a month-long intensive, I peeled back many more layers of the onion with immense velocity. External influences now don’t affect me like before which frees me up to truly experiment with my musical and non-musical sounds. My consciousness has expanded and my biology has changed through intense meditation, and now I can see that I am capable of executing anything I can think of if I care to do it. My capacity to take on more projects has expanded as well and I’m now expressing myself through a new business, through sports (which, in my mind, was something in which I would never participate again), through music and greater satisfaction of the music and sounds I create, and through more satisfying relationships with the people in my life. My life would have been perfectly good had I not worked with Rahjta. I was stuck in certain areas, but I would have been fine living even if certain expressions I didn’t think I could do but wanted to do would continue to nag at me. Together we pulled back the curtain to discover whole new worlds in which I can play, express, and achieve the things I want to do and be who I want to be."
John L.
Musician, Composer
Real Estate entrepreneur
Minneapolis, MN
-----------------------
“Rahjta's private classes are tailored to the individual's ambitions and dreams. They are designed to awaken and nurture the student's talents. He immediately recognizes technical, musical and psycho- emotional weaknesses(as potential impediments) and takes the necessary steps to overcome these. He addresses the fear based playing, singing and composing and is able help his students depart form these anxieties.
"A long search for an insightful, authentic, sincere, humble teacher came to a screeching halt when I met Rahjta Ren. I knew that I had found that one unique gem because he embodies all of the above mentioned qualities and although he knows this, he would never boast of it.
My musical and spiritual journey have skyrocketed since our very first session.
I am so blessed to have met and worked with Rahjta. He knows how to reach me where I am at while challenging me to go higher and higher. One thing I learned from him is to drop in [my Higher Self]. My new lifetime mantra is inspired by Rahjta: "Drop in and Stay There". And because I meditate on this mantra inspired by him, I have birthed marvelous works into my life.
If before I was a jewel covered in layers of mud I can boldly say that now I am a shining jewel like never before, thanks to the gift I gave myself of studying with Rahjta Ren.
Thank you for all of your teachings and for your patience. My soul is forever grateful.”
Bobbi - Minneapolis, MN
-------------------
“For most of my 65 years music wasn't much fun. I learned music as a study in perfection and performance, with the ultimate goal being obtaining praise of the audience. A single missed note was enough to ruin my day(s). I finally burned out and didn't play a note for 24 years. When I returned it was with a new hope of finding some joy in the music. In my discovery of the Native American flute, and in keyboard work and coaching with Rahjta, I discovered for the first time the true origins and soul of music; i.e. the desire to express one's self. Pleasing listeners has become secondary to feeling I've truly shared my feelings about the music -- whether my own creation or in my interpretation of someone else's. In the process, playing the notes has even become easier, having been released from constant worry about how someone else hears them. The exhilaration of intimate discovery in the music--even old familiar songs--is often quite moving. Along the way, I have received many comments about the quality and "emotion" of the music--much more frequently than when such praise was my goal.
Rahjta introduced me to all of this as a right, and helped me gain confidence in what was a very new way of sitting at the keyboard. Through guided meditation, I actually experienced John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Bill Evans; I didn't just hear them. I felt I knew them intimately, feeling their feelings, as they expressed them through music. And I learned to hear my own music, both literally and spiritually. It has been a life-changing experience, and I am very grateful.”
Terry - Baldwin, WI
________________
"You have an amazing talent with words and expressing your thoughts.
Combined with your musical talents you have a powerful voice."
Bob Firth
www.firthphotobank.com
--------------------
"The video and music were Amazing. I always go to nature when I picture your music . Thanks Rahjta for sharing."
Kim - Minnesota
_________________
"There is no one else anywhere that I know with a more beautiful heart and soul than Rahjta Ren. His essence radiates as a peaceful gift to all... and his mind - a fertile place of imagination, expression and calming awareness that most of us can't quite comprehend.
I sit for hours daily doing my creative work writing as I listen along to this landscape of his relaxing musical compositions. Each one of them - as unique as the stars in the heavens.
Sit back and listen, explore and become immediately released of your pent-up stress and relieved of all negativity through the expressions of his heartfelt music.
As you can tell... I am more than a fan.
Our crazy over-active, over-hyped world needs more access to this kind of calming energy which clearly helps to relieve stress and tension, making us all the more peaceful within ourselves ...and for those with which we live. Thank you my dear brother Rahjta for sharing your eloquent and amazing gifts and loving kindness with us all - beyond measure. "
Wayne Anthony Cullinan
--------------------
“My job is so intense, what Rahjta’s Mindfulness Music CD did is help to calm me down so I could focus. It saved my life during shipping season”
Sandie
Forest City, Iowa
--------------------
Rahjta's music touches a place in a person that resonates throughout the entire being of that individual. It reaches into your very soul and takes you to a place where relaxation, serenity and joy reside. His music evokes strong emotions in the listener while transporting them peacefully to a dimension that is timeless, limitless and enchanting. "
Fred Montana, CEO Montana Group, Human Resources Consulting Company
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" Rahjta Ren’s compositions expertly demonstrate his decades of discipline and love for music and sound. It is clear that he is gold record label pianist with RCA Records because everything Rahjta puts his energy into turns to gold. He composed musical compositions and was the sound engineer for two projects of mine: The Dancing with Divinity: Positive Affirmations for any Situation CD and the Dancing with Divinity Movement through the Chakras Yoga DVD. Both of which exhibit his absolutely phenomenal talents."
Deanna Reiter - Certified Yoga and Pilates Instructor, Personal Trainer, Breathworker, Reiki practitioner and the owner of Reiter Fitness and Healing, based in Minneapolis.
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"Rahjta Ren's music reflects his inner stillness. He taught me the importance of meditation that has allowed me to express myself through music on a deeper level."
Antonio - Guitarist, Composer
Fred Montana, CEO Montana Group, Human Resources Consulting Company
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" Rahjta Ren’s compositions expertly demonstrate his decades of discipline and love for music and sound. It is clear that he is gold record label pianist with RCA Records because everything Rahjta puts his energy into turns to gold. He composed musical compositions and was the sound engineer for two projects of mine: The Dancing with Divinity: Positive Affirmations for any Situation CD and the Dancing with Divinity Movement through the Chakras Yoga DVD. Both of which exhibit his absolutely phenomenal talents."
Deanna Reiter - Certified Yoga and Pilates Instructor, Personal Trainer, Breathworker, Reiki practitioner and the owner of Reiter Fitness and Healing, based in Minneapolis.
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"Rahjta Ren's music reflects his inner stillness. He taught me the importance of meditation that has allowed me to express myself through music on a deeper level."
Antonio - Guitarist, Composer