The couple who blessed so many lives
Gil was born in 1951 and grew up in San Rafael, California. He witnessed the birth of the hippie movement and acid rock, and was involved with the freak collectives Family Dog and Sons of Champlin. Feeling that the San Francisco musical scene was falling apart, he took off in 1969, going first to Amsterdam and then to India, settling in Goa. Here he discovered the sadhus wandering holy men living off the forest, covering themselves with ash, and drinking the "elixir of the gods." Soon, Gil himself became a Sadhu, Baba Mangalanand, in the order of the Juna Akhara, under the Guru, Mahant Nirmalanand Saraswati.
Having been a musician all his life, and then doing intense Yogic practices with Gurus in the Himalayas, he tried to unite the two, Music and Yoga, into One Spirit befitting this Age. The result was the Music House, the Goa Full Moon parties, and his concept of "Redefining the Ancient Tribal Ritual for the 21st Century". His focus is in using the party situation as a medium to uplift the consciousness of the participants through the Trance Dance Experience.
"Through the Trance Dance Experience hopefully people will become more sensitive and aware of themselves, their surroundings, the crossroads of humanity, and the needs of the planet... with this Awareness comes Understanding and Compassion... THAT is the need of the hour, and the true Goa state of mind !!!" -- Goa Gil
"Through the Trance Dance Experience hopefully people will become more sensitive and aware of themselves, their surroundings, the crossroads of humanity, and the needs of the planet... with this Awareness comes Understanding and Compassion... THAT is the need of the hour, and the true Goa state of mind !!!"
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