For as long as she can remember, Omkara (previously known as Lauren Piazza) has been singing and playing the piano.  She began taking piano lessons and composing piano music at a young age, and also sang in a choir for the majority of her childhood.        

    Omkara's love of Kirtan and Sanskrit chanting began when she heard a chant by Kirtan singer, Krishna Das, playing during a yoga class in Boston in 2005.  After that, Omkara quickly learned many Sanskrit chants and experienced the wonderful heart-opening and mind-clearing effects of chanting.  

     In 2006, Omkara went to India and stayed for five months. By grace, Omkara was drawn to visit the town of Tiruvannamalai -- home of the holy mountain Arunachala, and the great sage, Ramana Maharshi -- in Southeast India.  It was there that she met beloved teacher, Mooji, and also began singing during satsang.     

     
       In 2008, Omkara attended a 1-year Certification Program on Sound, Voice, and Music Healing at California Institute for Integral Studies in San Francisco. Now, Omkara continues to sing at satsangs and compose music -- a fusion of World, New Age, and Minimalism, and often uses Sanskrit mantras in her songs.  She released her first CD -- From the Silence in October 2008.  Her newest CD, 'Let Nothing Remain', is now available. Omkara is originally from Boston, but now lives in London in the Summer, and India in the Winter, travelling with her Guru Mooji and helping with Satsang activities.