THE SINGER | Mohini Chatlani

Mohini’s musical journey began long before her professional life as an artist and yogini. Singing was her first creative language — a place of expression, healing, and deep emotional truth. Her early training in classical voice, opera, world music, and performance laid the foundation for a rich and eclectic musical path that later evolved into devotional sound, chanting, and meditative vocal work.

Her first solo album, Alaya-Nam, marked a turning point. Written, arranged, and produced as a personal offering, the project became a profound healing process — a way of transforming past wounds, ancestral patterns, and life’s challenges into sound. Mohini describes the album as an “energetic cleansing,” a work that brought her into the present with greater love, forgiveness, and clarity. She hopes listeners experience the same sense of openness, relaxation, and inner renewal.

Mohini’s musical style draws deeply from her Indian and Middle Eastern /Egyptian heritage, weaving together classical training, world music influences, and spontaneous vocal expression. Her soundscapes are fluid, intuitive, and emotionally resonant — a blend of East and West shaped by decades of yoga, meditation, and self‑inquiry.

Mohini has studied with internationally respected teachers across both music and yoga, including Chloe Goodchild, Gilles Petit, Norman Welsby, Clive Sheridan, Erich Schiffmann, and Sarah Powers. These influences helped her develop a unique approach to voice: one that bridges spirituality, embodiment, and psychological insight.

Under her label Heartspace Music, Mohini has released four albums:

Her last vocal collaoration was with international composer Bernard Ramonguilhem Vers Ma Lumière (2023) and soprano Marie-Clotilde Husson, featuring an eclcetic album sacred and religous songs.

She also recorded Monumental (2008) with Craig Pruess, and continues to develop new musical projects, including a series of Yogaflows™ meditative audio recordings to accompany her book.

Teaching has always been an integral part of Mohini’s musical life. She taught singing in the UK and abroad, working with adults and children through the Kodály Method at The Old Bull Arts Centre, Ridgeway Studios, and St Joseph’s Primary School in London. Her teaching style blends musicality, embodiment, and intuitive listening — helping students discover confidence, expression, and emotional connection through voice.

Her work has also extended into television and radio. Mohini performed for Channel 4 in Broadside Productions’ By Word of Mouth, a multicultural programme of singing, storytelling, and world music. She appeared on Antenne 2 in Paris in L’Ecole des Anges, and on various LBC and radio broadcasts, sharing folk songs accompanied by guitar.

Although yoga and meditation have become central to her life, they remain deeply connected to her vocal journey. Decades of practice have shaped her understanding of breath, resonance, and inner stillness — elements that inform her current vocal expression. Yoga is the foundation that gave her voice its freedom, authenticity, and emotional depth.

Mohini’s performance history spans folk concerts, classical recitals, opera productions, world music festivals, and multicultural storytelling tours. She has appeared at venues including UNESCO International Galas, Logan Hall, Pond Square Chapel, the Barbican, WOMAD, Sadler’s Wells, Riverside Studios, Westminster Cathedral, and numerous theatres and churches in the UK, France, and the USA.

She has also devised and produced musical theatre and community arts projects for children and young adults, for the National Trust, reflecting her long‑standing commitment to creativity, education, and cultural storytelling.

Today, Mohini rarely performs publicly, but her vocal lineage lives on in her art — the inner voice becoming colour, movement, and energy across the canvas. Singing remains a vital part of her creative identity, a thread that continues to inform her work in subtle, powerful ways.