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Short Bio
Johanna Beekman is an internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter, chant/kirtan artist, yoga teacher, vocal teacher, recording artist, and event producer.
Johanna is loved for her rich, soulful voice, her radiant spirit, and her inspiring songs and chants that tap deeply into our collective soul. She sings and teaches at leading festivals, studios, churches, and other live and online venues. Her songs have been nominated for several music awards and best-of-the-year playlists. In 2022 Johanna became a voting member of the Grammy Recording Academy.
Johanna incorporates her music into her uniquely restorative Lullaby Yoga classes and her Free Your Soul’s Voice Playshops. Her highly praised Mantra Sangha video brings together artists from all around the globe to support the education of Nepali children. Johanna also produces and co-produces several yoga and conscious music festivals to celebrate our shared humanity.
For more information about Johanna, visit johannasings.com.
Longer Bio
Johanna Beekman is one of a kind. Whether she’s leading a kirtan, performing original music at a concert or festival, or guiding students through a Lullaby Yoga session, she warms hearts with her soulful music and her soaring spirit. Her velvety voice, her creative interpretations of music from various world traditions, her gorgeous original songs, and her open-hearted presence come together to create unforgettable musical experiences.
Johanna wrote her first song when she was 9 and did her first solo performance at 10—a benefit for a children’s charity in which she performed John Lennon’s Imagine. By the time she was 20 she had performed in clubs, coffee houses, colleges, benefit concerts, rallies, festivals, musical theatre, rock and world-beat bands, gospel and women’s community choirs, improvisational acting and singing troupes, and films.
Johanna’s songwriting knows no stylistic boundaries. Her catalog includes heart-opening folk-pop songs, gospel hymns, a cappella anthems, classic soul songs, and jazz-infused love ballads. And these songs haven’t gone unnoticed. One of them, Free to Decide (Breathe), has been performed by several choirs and a cappella groups across the United States and Canada.
But for the last few years she’s been focused mostly on creating original kirtan—sacred music from the traditions of yoga. Many of her kirtan compositions interweave mantras and chants from other cultures with their English translations. Some are unison meditations, some are ecstatic call-and-response jams, and all are paths to a deeper awareness of Source.
In recent years Johanna has been a featured artist and/or singing yoga instructor at major yoga and music festivals across North America. She has collaborated with world-renown musicians and yoga teachers. When she’s not touring she spends time in Oregon doing yoga, singing, and giving back to her community.
Johanna loves singing for yoga classes, including Lullaby Yoga—her one-of-a-kind blend of music and restorative/yin yoga. In Lullaby Yoga, Johanna gently guides participants through a series of relaxing poses while singing and playing soothing songs and chants to them. The music facilitates the process of letting go by providing a luxurious, peaceful space for the mind to rest while the body relaxes, rebalances, and restores itself.
Johanna also provides music for RhythmAsana, a unique, joyous blend of yoga, movement meditation, dance, and global rhythms. For RhythmAsana events, the band’s engaging blend of Johanna originals and traditional music from around the world inspires inner and outer movement.
In 2016 Johanna released Heart Beats One, her fourth CD and her first-ever album of original kirtan music. The album, two years in the making, is a critically-acclaimed collection of Johanna’s soulful and strikingly original interpretations of sacred chants. It features guest appearances by Ben Leinbach, Hans Christian, Benjy Wertheimer, Jaya Lakshmi, Ananda, Gina Sala, Daniel Paul, and other esteemed members of the global kirtan community.
While she was completing her year-long Heart Beats One tour Johanna embarked on a new recording project: a collection of soothing songs for the soul in the spirit of Lullaby Yoga. Working with award-winning producer Ben Leinbach and a handful of gifted sacred music players, she created Beyond Love, an intimate and serene musical experience.
Johanna’s singing has always had a soulful, gospel-like quality. During her teenage years she sang in a gospel choir let by Reverend Isaiah Jones (who toured with the Fifth Dimension before becoming a minister). Mantra Soul, her followup to Beyond Love, bridges the worlds of Eastern kirtan and Western gospel with an irresistible collection of upbeat songs and chants.
During the pandemic Johanna explored a variety of ways to share her practice with others via the Internet. She developed and offered a series of Lullaby Yoga videos and a one-on-one online version of her Free Your Soul’s Voice playshop. She created and hosted One Heart TV, a series of insightful and inspiring interviews with many well-respected members of the yoga and kirtan communities. She made guest Zoom appearances on online programs and virtual church services. And she taught a variety of internet-only classes.
Early in the pandemic she discovered a mantra for healing by a beloved Indian teacher. With his blessings, she transformed that mantra into a beautiful, powerful chant: Mantra Shagha: Health and Healing. She recruited many of the best known and loved kirtan artists in the West to record the chant and make a remarkable music video. Everyone donated their time so that all of the proceeds from sale of the recording could go to support children in Nepal.
Johanna continues to explore new musical avenues in the studio and on the road. Her more recent work includes Heart Beats One: Feel the Heartbeat, an all-English version of her popular song; an electronic remix by Equanimous of her transcendental Om Shanti chant; collaborative singles with Joss Jaffe and with Mikey Palker; and Yoga Soundtrack, Volume 2, a meditative collaboration with long-time producer Ben Leinbach.
Johanna continues to perform and teach at festivals, studios, churches, and other venues across the country. But she’s also become more involved in making those events happen, co-producing Bhakti Love and helping coordinate other festivals. She and Sherrie Howard recently launched their first-ever week-long Sacred Chant and Yoga Retreat in Costa Rica. And Johanna recently became a voting member of the Recording Academy, producers of the Grammy Awards.
As Johanna’s journey continues, her music and her spirit reach more people around the planet. We’re all on this journey together, and our hearts beat as one.
For more information about Johanna, visit johannasings.com.
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Johanna’s presence on the mic, as a teacher, yogini, devotional human being, musician and all around bad ass, helps me melt into a more receptive, humble and serene state... I love that Johanna exists - she is such a bright light and it's certainly worth spending some time learning from her and enjoying her lovely smiles and warm vibes!
Lullaby Yoga is like eating dessert, it’s just delicious. A special treat for a special evening. My clients and I love being tucked into restorative postures and sung into a sweet dreamlike trance by Johanna. It’s just the best way to spend a Friday night that I can imagine.
Johanna offers the most divine experience of deep rest and soul-nourishing mantras with Lullaby Yoga. I highly recommend giving yourself or your loved ones the opportunity to be still, receive song, and feel our innate state of peace.
Johanna creates a warm and safe and welcoming environment for deep rest. Her clear instructions and lovely soothing voice, spoken, and lyrical lulled me into a sweet nest.
I felt deeply replenished in my heart center and body at the end. Thank you!
Johanna’s intention is to make you feel your best, free, loved and relaxed and she does not disappoint. Imagine being serenaded in LOVE... Lullaby Yoga soothed my soul and softened my heart.
Johanna’s presence on the mic, as a teacher, yogini, devotional human being, musician and all around bad ass, helps me melt into a more receptive, humble and serene state. My time spent with her enjoying Lullaby Yoga was very healing, nourishing, replenishing and vitalizing. I find her approach to artfully combining music and yoga encourages my nervous system to let go deeply, surrender into my breath and soften my entire being.
It’s like combining the best things about being an infant, with the mystery and wisdom of adulthood…
For anyone considering this journey into Lullaby Yoga, I would say it’s the bomb and you should most definitely do it without hesitation! Totally worth it.
I love that Johanna exists - she is such a bright light and certainly worth spending some time learning from her and enjoying her lovely smiles and warm vibes 🙂 ~!
Beautiful! . . . Wow, absolutely amazing!!
????????❤ from the Lover to Beloved is All Love ???????????? Thank you Johanna and Mikey
✨????????????♀️Beautiful, energizing music to start the day. It’s woken me up and gotten me moving! ????????????????????Thank you. ✨
I really enjoyed hearing the song in English. I found it very energizing in my heart chakra and overall a great way to start the day. Thank you.
From my heart and soul I just wanted to thank you for this incredible creation. ♡ It is my favourite and has moved and shifted me in the most beautiful ways. It really speaks to my highest self and I am so grateful. Thank yo.
✨????????????♀️Beautiful, energizing music to start the day. It’s woken me up and gotten me moving! ????????????????????Thank you. ✨
“Smooth and Peaceful” . . . “Love it, thanks for such amazing chanting!” . . . "Magnifique" . . . "Hermoso!!" . . . "Lindo!????" . . . "Maravilloso, me encantó" . . . "Me encantaría que compartieran la letra completa, desde el principio para poder cantar bien este mantra. Namaste ????✨❤"
Produce Una Sensación de paz muy profunda
Liquid Bliss!! Thank You!
Beautiful, Soothing, Centering, Grounding. Thank you!
A transcendent experience. The unique arrangement combined with ethereal harmonies and an ancient mantra blend to create a perfect opportunity to ground yourself at the beginning of your meditation or to seal the meditation when you finish. I listen to this every day, Om Shanti - Peace/ Rob
- Johanna Beekman, who grew up in the UU Fellowship of Corvallis, has brought beautiful music from kirtan and other traditions to many of our Sunday services over several years. Now, thankfully, she's supporting our online services as well! Her presence, her strong and calming voice, her centering music and chants are a beautiful and helpful addition to our Zoom gatherings. She can help and support you as well, and easily. If you're looking for great service music, particularly for these hard times, invite Johanna to help you.
Your music is part of the daily medicine, especially ????????✨The Earth Beneath Me✨????????
We have shared the beautiful track far and wide among the community’s and all are loving it! ???????? Amma’s blessings. What a gift to the world.
We are the disease. We have forgotten our place in the great balance. Mother is just gently reminding us who is in charge and that we should keep our ego in check. ????. Thank you for doing this. ????????
Absolutely beautiful...this mantra has taken up residence in my heart and is on continual loop... many blessings to you and everyone involved.
Johanna: I attended…. more accurately fully experienced last night's Mantra Sangha and wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed it and how incredibly nurturing for me it was. As with most of us, I've been struggling with the realities of COVID isolation and felt so much better being a part of last night and carrying that warmth into today. Thank you for all you bring to the world. Namaste.
The chant has been going around in my mind since we recorded... Thanks for including me. Love. Sita Ram.
Dear Johanna, this is incredible! Thank you so much for this amazing healing mantra track that you inspired and created.
Wow, Johanna, this is incredible. I just watched the video and I have goosebumps everywhere! So beautiful and such an honour to be a part of it. I feel blessed, really. Bravo. Helping and bringing people together, it’s all that we need right now. I will share it for sure with all the community here in Quebec to help support the Children in Nepal. ????❤️❤️????
Such an amazing offering and so grateful to be a part of it and be able to dance for Kali ma. Thank you Johanna and team for bringing us together. This is what the world needs. And it’s so great that these beautiful kids and teachers/medical aid givers are being supported.
Much love and so much gratitude. Hare Krishna ????????
This is absolutely beautiful and brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for honoring the lineage and bringing us all together in such a beautiful way. It brings me great joy to see the healing work already begin. Thank you for including me, and thank you all for your time and talent - benefiting children's welfare and education is close to my heart and I am proud to see that so many of you who I look up to share the same values.
Blessings and deep gratitude.
Holy moly, Johana! I'm in total awe of the incredible time and energy and devotion that you brought into this powerful project, and WOW!!! It's all just amazing to see and hear!!! I'm really inspired by your organized energy and talents and for bringing so many of us together -- thank you so much for including me and for being such a bright light at this time in the world. I 'm deeply touched by this offering in support of the children who are at Mitrata in Nepal. May this song and it's funds fly to the moon and beyond! I am so inspired for all that you have created here, Johanna... beautifully done!!!
Johana you are a force of life!! Your energy, enthusiasm and spirit are contagious and so needed during these crazy times.
Gratitude for this project and your devotion to the practice, the music and the children at Mitrata in Nepal.
Thank you for bringing us all together and creating this message of hope and unity.
It is a joy to be included in your vision!!I just finished watching the whole video - WOW! Speechless!
The first time I heard the track, I felt the energy! And now after watching the video of everyone coming together - it's nothing but pure magic! Loved seeing the Mitrata kids from Nepal as well. They are adorable..Thank you Johanna for having me be a part of this incredible project and it is an honor to share the screen with all you lovely souls! I am really looking forward to sharing this with my family and friends once it's out. Sending big hugs to each one of you. I haven't heard or seen anything like this during the quarantine. So amazing to dance with my dear Malini 🙂
Such an epic honor to be part of this with you! Thank you for your tremendous heart and vision ????
In a world needing healing, and hungry for nourishment in mind, body, and spirit, it's been difficult for so many. That's why a song and video like this is so right on time, and amazing that it got done at all. Hats off and deep bows to Johanna, who manifested this song 6 months ago, rallied her resources to bring together the sangha to record the song and make this amazing, inspired video for us. With Girish, Krishna Das, Gina Salá, Nina Rao, Ragani, Karen Seva, Hans Christian, Ben Leinbach, and so many others. Please, enjoy the video and add the song to your playlist ????????????
Hanging out and working on music with Johanna is always a kick. She's a fired up individual who brings great passion to her music. Mantra Soul is a sweet collection of jams - soulful, grooving, and at times rocking out. I recorded the majority of these tracks, and produced, mixed, and mastered the project. We also did some co-writing together on a few of the songs.
Really enjoying your new CD! Evolving and reaching high to the sky!!
I have yet to hear a track from Johanna that hasn’t moved me deeply. There’s something about her singing that reaches deep into my musical soul. She has a true gift.
To have worked with Johanna in the studio and on stage has been a complete blessing. Her singing and musical instinct always catches my ears, and her musical partnership with Ben Leinbach has enriched our lives with some really beautiful recordings. She is quite extraordinary!
Mantra Soul is a masterful fusion of gospel, chant, and world music in a delectable package of pure soul.
Johanna leaves us both satisfied and wanting more, which is why endless repeat was invented.Johanna Beekman’s beautiful new album, Mantra Soul, is a stunning and soulful infusion of Mantra and Gospel. Through her immense talent and luscious voice, Johanna’s album enraptures me in its powerful energy, makes me want to dance and sing, and leaves me feeling positive and upbeat. This album is a MUST have!
Rich flowing layers of beauty and rhythm inspire throughout these fresh brilliant compositions plus creative new arrangements of well known and loved sacred songs. From soul and gospel to dance grooves. From soaring vocals to soothing intimate moments. A bold expression of Spirit and Heart. It is a true blessing.
The new album, Mantra Soul, takes us to new heights. Just what we needed right now ????
Johanna Beekman’s brand new album, Mantra Soul, is soulful and deep. Johanna's voice soars through the 7 selections. She sings mantra and English words that take us on a journey through the heart. I felt deeply when I heard "Heart Beats One" and again with "Beyond Love." Feeling the same with "Mantra Soul." She is also aided by Ben Leinbach and Hans Christian. Hear it for yourself from beginning to end and let the sound waves wash through and sooth your soul.
- Johanna gives a good performance and brings everyone into it effectively, while highlighting and contributing her strong talent. . . . What I liked about Johanna's show is that it was never static. There was repetition which makes for meditative participation, but she is always adding interesting improv above or below the main lines. Also I love when she gives us a heartfelt break of a gospel song, which is so familiar to us. So strong. She manages to compose wonderfully succinct and right-on English phrases that really sink in as well. Bravo for her.
- It was wonderful to . . . participate in the yoga class along with your nourishing angelic voice and music. Your CD's have been close to my heart. I have listened daily for a month now 🙂
That is so beautiful on so many levels. Thank you so much. My heart beats one. . . . Sooooo peaceful... thank you! . . . Peaceful and relaxing, perfect mindfulness on your way to work. . . . It was so beautiful and touching! It's now one of my favorites! . . . Beautiful, relaxing and loved every aspect of it! . . . Loving, peaceful and inspiring. . . . I feel the love ❤️
A beautiful audio clip of the heavens!! It brought tears to my eyes!!???????? . . . Gentle, calming melody and chant . . . Beautiful for morning movement and dance . . . Love the Om resonance ❤️ . . . Lovely chant. Great hypnotic melody.
Freeing and uplifting . . . One of my new favorites ..????. Namaste...???? . . . Loved the music, the song was easy to get lost in. . . . I could Hear and Feel the LOVE offered through your beautiful vocals and music . . . So beautiful it made me emotional . . . I can feel the love within me expanding and washing away past hurts. . . .
Wow!!! Heavenly! I WILL be revisiting here!! . . . Inspiring and wonderful! . . . Very beautiful & calming!! . . . I like the easy flow of this piece! . . . Soothing to my soul but so very uplifting and rejuvenating. I feel energized an ready for my day . . . Oh My! This is wonderful! I love it. You can Feel the clearing and then great sense of refreshment to the spirit.
I loved it! Put a smile on my face is was so good! . . . So uplifting, dispels all the inner dark clouds . . . Very beautiful way to start my day. Thank you for producing something so wonderful. . . . Absolutely loved this. Loved the way this built up momentum and then quietened down at the end. Perfect! ????
Beautiful words, tone, voice, feel. I was swept away. Thank you. . . . Wonderful deep rhythm and melodious chanting . . . Lovely chant and evocative of nomadic North African tribes . . . So moving; Truly magnificent . . .
Beautiful and relaxing . . . I will never tire of this beautiful chant. . . . Exquisite . . . Beautiful music, beautiful message ????
A beautiful song with a beautiful message of remembrance . . . So, so beautiful. Just an amazing, luxurious musical journey . . . Beyond words beautiful ❤️ . . . Amazing! And so powerful!
Loving these tracks . . . Exhilarating!!! . . . A journey to my heart and soul . . . Beautiful music to meditate to . . . Stunning ????????????
So beautiful it made me emotional . . . I can feel the love within me expanding and washing away past hurts. . . . Loved this, it's my favourite chant . . . A beautiful audio clip of the heavens!! It brought tears to my eyes!! ????????
I’ve been working in the studio and
performing with Johanna Beekman for several years now. She is a fantastic singer and great songwriter. I mixed her album “Heart Beats One”, and produced, recorded and mixed her album “Beyond Love”. We are currently working on another album of groovy, uplifting jams. Please check out her fundraising video below and donate to help bring this album into the world. Thank you!!!What an exhilarating experience to be part of this magic carpet ride of fire and love! Johanna Beekman brings in such passion and beauty... Love her soul, Shakti, harmonies and wild abandon! She takes us all There!
This album is a super sweet collection of soulful, soothing songs. Sorry about the alliteration. Johanna's voice is rich and her singing impassioned. The songs are inviting, moving, and deep. I produced, recorded, and mixed this album. Johanna and I did some co-writing on a few of the tracks as well.
Johanna, your beautiful album "Beyond Love" arrived yesterday, and I am thrilled to include this fine musical work in the Astreaux World Radio streams, and to present it in some special one hour programs heard on affiliate stations as well. Thank you for sharing this with me!
I beyond love your new CD.
Johanna “is making . . . an impact with her own brand of Lullaby Yoga. Johanna Beekman is a Kirtan artist whose new album, Beyond Love: Soothing Songs for the Soul ventures deeper into the heart space beyond love.”
Thank you for the beautiful album! It is a beautiful achievement, and a lovely mix of styles. . . . I’m sure many people will benefit from listening and chanting to your album.
This week on Bliss Bubble Radio, I'm featuring music from the just-released Beyond Love, by Johanna Beekman. is filled with blissful goodness sure to create a sonic landscape of deep connection to all that is Divine within and beyond.
Thank you Johanna. It's a magical, musical experience that dives “BEYOND LOVE” into the Great Radiant Heart <3 It's SO GOOD! A must for any student or teacher of yoga, meditation, kirtan, and music lover. . . . Can't wait to play this CD in this week's classes. Bravo!
I am so enjoying your new album. My heart was broken open with a deep healing . . . Thank you for bringing this love to us all.
I am loving the album, Heart Beats One . . . it was remarkable. Thank you for the love and light you share and generate. It profoundly effects me.
Johanna blesses us again! This new album is a perfect follow-up to her stunning Heart Beats One. When Johanna sings, we listen and we get inspired by her sublime voice and delicious musicality. Beyond Love is irresistible!
I really love your Heart Beats One CD. My favorite chant is Hallelujah Govinda. It sings in my body at night, if I listened to it during the day.
Johanna Beekman's soulful voice opens my heart and lets my Spirit soar.
Johanna uses her rich, vibrant voice like wings, telling us the stories from the depth of her soul.... She is a gem.
Johanna writes and performs deep, emotional, flowing music that touches the heart.
Johanna's music was sublime.... She is such a bright light.
I found the music to be soothing… pleasantly grounding.... Overall the blend of western and eastern music is tastefully done.
Johanna uses her rich, vibrant voice like wings, telling us the stories from the depth of her soul.... She is a gem.
Johanna delivers her heartfelt songs with passion and profound musicianship. She has a stunning stylistic range and a voice that never quits.
Johanna's music has depth, passion, power, and great messages.
The new CD is AWESOME! I love it. She/everyone nailed it 🙂
The Heart Beats One album is amazing, beautiful, touching… incredibly well done!!
[Heart Beats One is] a wonderful piece of work.
An amazing voice!
Singing with Johanna Beekman was the highlight of my Pranafest experience!
Heart Beats One is a gem of a first offering from this Northwest bhakti yogini. Thank you for the sweet offering and lovely album.
I just finished listening to Johanna’s beautiful new CD Heart Beats One, and feel like I’ve returned from a trip across the galaxy. She creates such a consistently compelling devotional mood with so many talented musicians… the CD is so skillfully recorded, mixed and mastered… it will no doubt reside on peoples’ playlists next to Deva Premal, Snatam Kaur and Gina Sala.
Heart Beats One is a mystical brew full of love, beauty, and devotion. Dive into delight in a rich and magical mantra music adventure!
Heart Beats One is a sweet, beautiful, and sincere offering…. It has many truly magical moments, and wonderful performances by a wide range of artists that I also love.
Johanna has delivered a stellar, timeless, amazing new album expanding the genre of kirtan music with hypnotic rhythms, gorgeous vocal melodies, dreamy soundscapes, and an all-star cast of guest performers.
Johanna’s voice bursts with love and passion on her new CD Heart Beats One. She is a stellar singer with a deep commitment to healing and spiritual transformation.
This is an extraordinary CD. I can’t stop listening to it. Each time I listen I hear more. When I am not listening to it, the songs fill my mind and comfort me. Johanna sings from a depth of heart that invokes a deeper and deeper journey on a sacred vibration. I love, love, love this work of art. It is a gem. A must hear. Bravo! Bravo!
Johanna’s debut, Heart Beats One, is stunning.... Johanna is blessed with a clear voice and vision along with abundant creativity.
I love hearing and playing "Heart Beats One" on my radio shows. Every song is goes deep into my heart.... Honestly, I can't praise it enough.
“Johanna has delivered a stellar, timeless, amazing new album expanding the genre of kirtan
music with hypnotic rhythms, gorgeous vocal melodies, dreamy soundscapes, and an all-star cast of guest performers.”
– Daniel Riddle, musician, recording engineer, and producer at Mazinga Studio
Johanna’s voice bursts with love and passion…. She is a stellar singer with a deep commitment to healing and spiritual transformation.
— Hans Christian, musician and producer
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