Vasu Jon Seskevich: The English Hanuman Chalisa (Sacred Community Retreat 2025)
In this satsang from the 2025 Sacred Community Retreat, Vasu Jon Seskevich teaches the essence of Hanuman, sings the Hanuman Chalisa in English, and shares stories of his time with Ram Dass.
This year's retreat is August 13-16th, and Vasu will be joining a "Wisdom Panel" with Dassima from Hanuman Maui to share lessons learned from their lifetime of spiritual practice and friendship with Ram Dass.
Learn more about this year’s Sacred Community Retreat in British Columbia.
Jon Vasu Seskevich, a retired Registered Nurse, is a pioneering health professional in holistic healing, mind-body approaches and palliative care. He helped create Duke University Hospital's Stress Management Consult Team in 1989. In his clinical practice, he participated in NIH funded Mantra Meditation research and also had more than 40,000 hospital inpatient consults and taught hundreds of classes with staff. These skills and tools began and were nurtured by his ongoing friendship and mentorship with Ram Dass from 1975-2019. Learn more at: https://jonvasu.com/
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