Hi everybody,
Here is an article from the Italian Rollinstone about Tina.
Hope to get a better translation, but this is from the Google translator:
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Tina Turner, yoga, Buddhism and a hard mantraIn Cortina for the inauguration of a photographic exhibition, following the strict rules of anonymity. Or almost ... In Cortina for the inauguration of a photographic exhibition, following the strict rules of anonymity. Or almost ...
The panther rock is back in Italy. With stealthy step, without being heard or seen. Tina Turner has fallen from above, through the Dolomites, has stayed in great secrecy in Cortina, dodging both Russian tourists in search of luxury under the snow Tofane, the Internal Revenue Service is looking for tax evaders under the spotlight . The singer arrived on December 30th for the inauguration of the exhibition of the photographer Hubertus von Hohenlohe, still in progress (until 31 January) at the Art Gallery of Ikonos Stefano Zardini.
Nothing, however, for her social life, who wanted to attend the event behind closed doors, visiting the exhibition later in the evening with her husband. Apart from the opening of the exhibition, Tina Turner has not been seen around: came in secret, protected by security and has stayed in a suite reserved at the Hotel Crystal, one of the most exclusive resorts in the Dolomites, 5 stars is that only get in experience (a suite is as big as an apartment, takes a whole floor of the hotel to understand and, in fact, offers no valid reason for leaving: Frank Sinatra, for example, was at home here).
The Turner is left between the capture Elegantly Wasted new works from the series next to his friend von Hohenlohe, who besides being a photographer listed is also a singer (5 discs act in a reasonably successful in Spain), a Alpine skier (5 Olympics put in meat, in addition to 14 world championships), a prince (!) and an actor in Mexico, where he was born.
If von Hohenlohe is famous for its verve, multidisciplinary, Turner has permanently lost the verve rather be rock stars, recently stating that they no longer aim to spend the rest of his life on stage, or to have musical projects in the program.
He talked about his intentions in an interview with Swiss magazine Bilanz and published in the December issue. This is a magazine cutting economic, again out of the gossip, then: the link between Helvetic and regular singer is the fact that after Turner bought the house in Zurich, where he lives more or less permanently, is Swiss now considered in all respects. He has been successful worldwide, and eventually started to get bored and feel the need to recharge the batteries, returns to an interview with Regula Curti, experienced music therapist, singer and teacher of kundalini yoga. Just in this last discipline and Buddhism is in fact the key changes that Tina Turner dichiatato to wake up every morning with the ritual chants of the mantra Nam Myoho Renge Kyo.
The breakthrough has led directly to the Buddhist singer, spiritual and meditative music, getting involved as well as the religious movement of the Soka Gakkai, also a project with two other famous interpreters: Dechen Shak-Dagsay, the world's most famous Tibetan singer, and aforementioned Regula Curti. Three different styles of music "to go beyond": the project is called Beyond and it has produced an album in which Tina Turner sings three Buddhist prayers, chanting mantras while the other two Tibetans and Christian prayers. The album has a booklet of more than 30 pages in English, with the lyrics of the songs / prayers and pictures of all three artists. The first song is the spiritual message by Tina Turner spoke, with all due respect to former fans and new followers. Almost all in luxury digipack. Simply the best, in other words."
And here is the italian article:
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Tina Turner, yoga, buddhismo e un disco mantraA Cortina per l'inaugurazione di una mostra fotografica, seguendo le rigide regole dell'anonimato. O quasi... A Cortina per l'inaugurazione di una mostra fotografica, seguendo le rigide regole dell'anonimato. O quasi...
La pantera del rock è tornata in Italia. Con passo felpato, senza farsi sentire né vedere. Tina Turner è calata dall'alto, passando per le Dolomiti, ha soggiornato in gran segreto a Cortina, schivando sia i turisti russi a caccia di lusso sotto le Tofane innevate, sia l'Agenzia delle Entrate a caccia di evasori fiscali sotto i riflettori accesi. La cantante è arrivata il 30 dicembre per l'inaugurazione della mostra del fotografo Hubertus von Hohenlohe, tutt'ora in corso (fino al 31 gennaio) presso la Ikonos Art Gallery di Stefano Zardini.
Niente vita mondana però per lei, che ha voluto partecipare all'evento a porte chiuse, visitando la mostra in tarda serata insieme al marito. A parte la vernice della mostra, Tina Turner non è stata vista in giro: è arrivata in segreto, protetta da security e ha alloggiato in una suite riservata all'Hotel Cristallo, uno dei resort più esclusivi delle Dolomiti, 5 stelle che soltanto entrarci è un'esperienza (una suite è grande come un appartamento, prende un piano intero dell'hotel per capirci e, in effetti, offre motivi validi anche per non uscire: Frank Sinatra per esempio era di casa qui).
La Turner si è lasciata immortalare tra i nuovi lavori della serie Elegantly Wasted accanto al suo grande amico von Hohenlohe, che oltre ad essere un fotografo quotato è anche un cantante (5 dischi all'attivo di cui uno con discreto successo in Spagna), uno sciatore alpino (5 olimpiadi messe in carniere, oltre a 14 campionati mondiali), un principe(!) e un attore in Messico, dov'è nato.
Se von Hohenloh è famoso per la sua verve multidisciplinare, la Turner ha invece definitivamente perso la verve da rockstar, dichiarando recentemente di non avere più come obiettivo quello di passare il resto della sua vita sul palco, né di avere progetti musicali in programma.
Ha raccontato le sue intenzioni in un'intervista rilasciata alla rivista svizzera Bilanz e pubblicata sul numero di dicembre. Si tratta di un magazine di taglio economico, anche in questo caso fuori dal gossip, quindi: il legame tra il periodico elvetico e la cantante è dato dal fatto che la Turner dopo essersi comprata casa a Zurigo, dove vive più o meno stabilmente, viene considerata ormai svizzera a tutti gli effetti. Ha avuto successo a livello mondiale e alla fine ha iniziato ad annoiarsi e a sentire l'esigenza di ricaricare le batterie, riporta l'intervista rilasciata insieme a Regula Curti, esperta musicoterapista, cantante ed insegnante di yoga kundalini. Proprio in quest'ultima disciplina e nel buddhismo sta, infatti, la chiave dei cambiamenti di Tina Turner che ha dichiatato di svegliarsi tutte le mattine con il rituale dei canti del mantra Nam myōhō renge kyō.
La svolta buddhista ha portato direttamente la cantante alla musica spirituale e meditativa, lasciandosi coinvolgere oltre che dal movimento religioso della Soka Gakkai, anche da un progetto con altre due famose interpreti: Dechen Shak-Dagsay, la cantante tibetana più famosa al mondo, e la già citata Regula Curti. Tre stili musicali diversi "per andare oltre": il progetto si chiama infatti Beyond e ha prodotto un album in cui Tina Turner canta tre preghiere buddiste, mentre le altre due intonano mantra tibetani e preghiere cristiane. L'album ha un booklet di oltre 30 pagine in inglese, con i testi delle canzoni/preghiere e le foto delle tre artiste. Nel primo brano c'è il messaggio spirituale parlato di Tina Turner, con buona pace di tutti, ex fans e nuovi adepti. Il tutto in confezione digipack quasi di lusso. Simply the best, insomma."
from
http://www.rollingstonemagazine.it/eventi/reportage/tina-turner-yoga-buddhismo-e-un-disco-mantra/46904Johanna
Hi everybody,
Here is a swiss article from the Bilanz magasin from 16 Dec. 2011.
Here is the english translation:
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My success is the proof!Rocklegend ans Buddhist Tina Turner and the Christian and former headhunter Regula Curti talk about the power of spirituality and why more managers do yoga.
Bilanz: TT you are a buddhist. Why?
TT: The short answer is: because it helps me to think positive and to be happy.
Bilanz: And the longer answer?
TT: It was in the seventies. I was a young singer and my ex husband was the only bridge to the world. I only was in venues and in recording studios. During recording sessions people from the studio talked to me about my sadness and loneliness and they urged me to take control of my own life. The first step to finding myself was to sing mantra’s and pray.
Bilanz: A good advice?
TT: I forgot it, but the sadness stayed. One day my youngest son came home with a wooden necklace for prayer and he told me very cheerfully that it would give strength and could make wishes come true. I was amazed. First the studio people and then my son and everything said to me: you have to do something, go your own way. Then I took the step in the unknown and, after 16 years, I left my husband. In the most difficult time of my life, when everything around me fell apart, I started with Buddhism for 4 hours every day. I read, I sang mantra’s and I did ok despite the difficult time. I had nothing, yet everything.
Bilanz: In the USA you were raised as a baptist. Was this a complete break with the past?
TT: When I was young we went to church every Sunday. Praying and having respect for each other was normal. Also the singing was always important. I was raised with a profound faith. I always was spiritual, and even more when my parents divorced each other.
Bilanz: Is it now over with the Christian Faith?
TT: No, I still pray the Our Father. The Buddism just was a new dimension in my spiritual life. It touched new places in myself, in my inner self, in my subconscious.
Bilanz: Regula Curti, how did you meet TT?
RC: I was at one of her concert in the eighties. In the Zürcher Hallenstadion. Her power and her radiation touched me very deeply. In 1997, when Tina moved to Küsnacht, she got in touch with my husband. She wanted to get to know him, while he had lived in the house that she wanted to rent. At a dinner we spoke about spirituality.
Bilanz: You were first lieutenant in the army and headhunter. Now you teach managers to do yoga. A long way?
RC: For 5 years I worked at Korn/Ferry International, that searched for kader mediators for the industry etc. One day in our firm a wellknown Yogi from India, Selvarajan Yesudian, gave lessons. I heard strange music coming from his studio. And what I noticed was that his visitors left the building with a positive radiation and very confident.
Bilanz: And you wanted to go there too with the candidates you searched for the jobs?
RC: I had the task to search for managers with charisma, passion and who were sociable.
They knew everything about targets etc., but my goal was to give them a job in a place where they could develop and show their potential.
Bilanz: And yoga is a way to do this?
RC: Nowadays everything is very hectic and busy and by doing yoga you can find an island of reflexion, inner peace. Yoga is the bridge between body and mind. And the person that takes from that source, takes from a deep source of wisdom.
And on top of that I was very connected with music. I found out, that business people, that played the saxophon in the weekend or went for salsa dancing or did some other musical activities were more balanced and more sensitive. And I wanted to use that too.
Bilanz: Do you have more success because of spirituality?
TT: Look at my biography. When I started developing myself I had the power to break free from a destructive marriage. I discovered who I was, what my strong points were and I was able to become balanced and could make good decisions. For me Buddhism is more a help in life than just a religion.
I noticed how my body and subconsciousness became united and benefitted from each other.
My success is just the proof of that.
Bilanz: Do spiritual managers have more success?
RC: What is spiritual? For me a spiritual person has both feet firm on the ground. He has a clear mind and is connected with people and wants to do good for all living beings. Those are really valuable qualities for a manager.
Bilanz: Are yoga and Buddism not really trendy activities? After the fitness trend now comes the yoga trend?
RC: No that isn’t true. This world demands a lot of the people. I see that in my daily life with the managers. They have cramped necks, pain in their backs, difficulty breathing, nervous issues, trouble sleeping and are depressed. The pressure of reaching their goals is enormous.
In the old days people went to yogastudios and nowadays people do that again. Companies like Google have rooms for meditations and give the possibility to follow a yoga course.
Bilanz: What will come of it?
RC: My father was a research chef at Hoffman-La Roche. I am the daughter of a scientist and I find it important to find the proof for how meditation works on the nerv system. I studied the work of Tania Singer, a neuroscientist. She was then a professor at the university of Zürich and at the moment she is the director of the Max Plank Institute in Leipzig. She prooved that if you train the mind on a regular bases by meditating on love and compassion, the part of your brain that belongs to that will develop. Because this world is so focussed on gaining profit for yourself only, it is very important to develop qualities like compassion and consideration.
Bilanz: To what extent?
RC: Some managers have lost the ground beneath their feet in recent years. What counted was a possibly bigger bonus. It is urgent to move away from these materialistic incentives and to incorporate different aspects in the center. Matter and mind must be balanced. More company culture, team spirit, work-life balance, participatory leadership and moderation – this way we improve the success of a firm much more than through excessive bonuses, which will always lead to more catastrophes.
TT: Also for me, it is about the balance between body and mind. The contact with Buddhism has changed my life completely. I’m proud, that I took this road. That it brought me further and helped me to rise above my deepest wounds by going deeper into Buddhist practices: that is my experience. These days, I devote five to seven minutes daily to reciting prayers, the so-called chants. I noticed early on, that I was less stressed – waiting for red lights, on the streets, in recording studios.
BILANZ: How has Buddhism influenced your career as a singer?
TT: When I broke with my past, chanting was a big help. Even though I left everything behind, my husband, children, my house, I had the feeling that I wasn’t missing anything. I felt incredibly strong. I still get goosebumps when I talk about it these days. When I had a discussion with my ex-husband it became clear: I had changed, and he couldn’t comprehend it. I felt wiser, more peaceful, more open. I could leave all the stress behind, among which a shooting in my own house. I didn’t need gold, diamonds, a roof above my head. It wasn’t easy: my ex-husband put enormous pressure on me: he needed me to remain big in the music industry.
BILANZ: At that time, you were approximately 30 years old, a few days ago you turned 72. Did you stay with Buddhism the whole time?
TT: Always. It took forty years to become such a happy, relaxed, light person. (Laughing)
BILANZ: Did you leave your shows and concert tours behind you forever?
TT: I have outgrown my career. I did several world tours, enjoyed worldwide success, but in the end I noticed that it wasn’t my ambition anymore, to be on stage as Tina until the end of my life. Frankly: that part started to bore me. Life as Tina was exhausting, I have to recharge my batteries.
BILANZ: Do you have a special room for meditation in your house?
TT: In the USA, I used to meditate in my living room, but I longed for a separate room. When I came to Switzerland and rented a house, I realized my dream. I bought a four meter high Buddha statue, which I once bought in India and had stored somewhere, and I put it in the attic of the guest house. In the living house, I have a small room, overlooking the garden. In the morning, I retreat there and find my peace. My morning ritual consists since 35 years of reading prayers and singing the mantra ‘Nam Myoho Renge Kyo’ from Nichirin-Buddhism from Japan.
BILANZ: Miss Curti, do you also advise managers to meditate for contemplation?
RC: A good manager is also characterized through clarity of mind and balancing of feelings. Everyone must find their own way, how to become a conscious, responsible example. All ancient cultures have developed their practices of meditation, yoga, contemplation and singing or reciting, during thousands of years. Through these methods, you can decrease negative emotions, insecurity and stress.
BILANZ: Is the demand from managers for contemplation rising?
RC: Definitely. In the last years, the participation of men in yoga and meditation classes has risen sharply. An example is Anton Gunzinger, Professor at ETH and owner of the firm Supercomputing Systems. He is known as an innovator and pioneer around the world. Since the establishment of my yoga center, he practices meditation, yoga, and chanting, together with other entrepreneurs. Whole innovation and design teams from renowned furniture, jewelry and advice companies combine yoga with creativity processes at our center. When you meet entrepreneurs from Asia or the Arabian world, they tell about their spiritual practices in a very natural way. For many of them, contemplation and meditation are part of their morning rituals, like taking a shower or brushing your teeth. It is not just about spirituality from the Far East. As a practicing Christian, I know successful managers who read the Bible on a daily basis.
BILANZ: Steve Jobs practiced Buddhism and for that reason travelled through India and Japan. Do you see the influence of this practice on his career?
RC: The estheticism and slickness of his products remind me of the structure of Zen gardens, which he was fascinated by. The simplicity and elegance of an iPhone or an iPad are expression of his inner clarity. His corporation belongs to one of the most valuable in the world these days. This is not just the fantasy of a yoga instructor: Walter Isaacson, who wrote Job’s biography, also points to this connection. In the ‘Think Different’ advertisement campaign of Apple, Jobs didn’t just incorporate the portraits of John Lennon and Bob Dylan, but also of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
BILANZ: Miss Turner: you have retreated from the music business, but despite of this, you have joined the Beyond project. A comeback?
TT: No. When I was on tour in New Zealand a few years ago, a fan gave me the book Unity, that has a strong purple colored cover. I held on to it, because the central message fascinated me: you carry God, the higher power, within you. Whatever religion you take, whatever you pray, it always leads back to one – to yourself. Beyond is a music project for peace and tolerance. Regula introduced it to me. Beyond is an invitation, to be open towards prayers from different religions.
BILANZ: The New York Times has named you the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Until now, nobody has linked you with spiritual music?
TT: Like I said, already as a little girl I was praying, also later, as rock star, the spiritual was important to me. When some people discover me now in a new light, I can only say: it was always a part of me. This part took me out of the dark into the light. For the new CD Children Beyond, we sang with children. My message to them was: be yourself. And don’t forget: you have a positive and a negative power within you. Meditation or singing helps you to find and reach the positive."
http://www.seeschau.ch/images/various/59639_BILANZ_23:11.pdfLast part of translation from Sjef from
http://tinaturnerblog.com/. Thanks Sjef!
Johanna
