Surya Botofasina

The long time student of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda and André 3000's secret sauce talks wildfires, burn out, psychic maps, and saying "thank you" to Swamini Turiyasangitananda

I first met Surya Botofasina at a Midtown restaurant back in the winter of 2017. Up until that point, Botofasina had been in his New York City hustle mode, whether that meant working in restaurants (like this one) or appearing in Boardwalk Empire. On that day, I was there to chat with him about his childhood spent at Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda’s …