Nourish & Thrive With Ayurvedic Diet
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An inspiring true story about striptease, sobriety and spiritual healing.
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BOOK DESCRIPTION
Jo Kelly’s dream was to be a famous jazz singer, but instead, she became a stripper, owning her own burlesque club in Sydney, Australia. In Dreams Drowned in Wine, she reveals her transformation from troubled business woman and party girl to spiritual seeker, on a quest for sobriety and healing.
After a failed gig with famous jazz trumpeter James Morrison, Kelly built a million-dollar cabaret business with her trusty friend, alcohol, by her side. She had it all and partied hard, riding the wave of success and excess. But it couldn’t last. She crashed and burned into rehab on her fortieth birthday with singed sequins, broken stilettos, and drowned dreams.
Sobriety was a rude awakening as she crawled from the ashes in search of sanity and freedom from addiction. She struggled through AA, meditated in India, and drank Ayahuasca medicine in the Amazon jungle. Did she find what she was looking for? In this memoir, Kelly shares her true story and her new and different life beyond booze.
"I was riveted. I couldn't put the book down" - Sharon, Reading Haven Book Club
"Feelings of empathy, sadness and joy all wound up together." - Sandy Jacka
"A great writer sharing a big story!" - Glenda Frances
"An incredible roller coaster ride!" - Julie Daniel
"Fantastic reading and so intense." - Giselle Hill
BUY FROM THE AUTHOR: Autographed Paperback (Australia)
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AUTHOR BIO
Jo Kelly is an award-winning singer-songwriter, teacher and Ayurvedic Practitioner. Her music career spans forty years, singing with jazz great James Morrison, touring the club circuits in Australia and Southeast Asia, and operating her own cabaret club in Sydney. After suffering a breakdown from addiction, Kelly transformed her life through music, yoga and Ayurveda. She Indian classical mantra and released eleven albums under her brand Cafe Mantra Music. She lives on the mid north coast NSW.
As food nourishes your body, sacred sound feeds your soul.
For thousands of years the sages of ancient India have known of the spiritual science of sound, mantra yoga and Ayurveda and have passed on this wisdom to us in an unbroken lineage of the Vedic tradition.
The repetition of Sanskrit syllables and simple, yet inspired melodies invoke powerful healing vibrations that restore peace, harmony and vitality to our inner being and outer worlds, awakening us to the great spirit of love.
Café Mantra Music is created especially for relaxation, meditation and yoga. A beautiful blend of sacred chants, chilled beats and flowing melodies that drift over harmonium and tanpuri drones with deep hypnotic rhythms. Long continuous tracks paced at 60bpm (resting heart rate) infuse you with nourishing calming vibrations. This tempo naturally soothes your mind and nervous system without effort, giving you profound rest and rejuvenation.
Love It! Beautiful, spiritual and tranquil music to practice yoga to or just chill out.
I feel like my entire being received the most phenomenal tune up. It was a full body experience to meditate, listen and chant with Jo.
I love the way Jo explains of the science and health benefits behind Ayurvedic nutrition. And her recipes are delicious!
Jo Kelly
Award-Winning Songwriter, Author, Teacher, Ayurvedic Practitioner.
I'm an award-winning songwriter, professional musician, teacher and Ayurvedic Practitioner.
After suffering a breakdown from alcoholism, I transformed my life through music, yoga and Ayurveda. It was in India where my true musical heart was inspired with the healing sounds, exotic instruments and classical ragas that touched me so deeply, I recorded a range of albums for yoga and meditation.
While in India, I also discovered the healing science of Ayurveda and later studied with Dr. S. Ajit, AIAS. This set me on the path to healing myself of chronic fatigue, chronic pain, anxiety and depression.
I've recorded ten albums under my brand Cafe Mantra, authored my first Ayurvedic cookbook and teach harmonium, chanting and Indian classical singing.
I travel Australia and abroad to yoga festivals, yoga retreats and conscious music events to share the sound of spirit and the sacred science of mantra and Ayurveda. When I'm not travelling, I teach and consult at my home in West Haven, Mid North Coast NSW.
I've been sober since 2003 and grateful for this beautiful life!