Shannon Lee Hayden is a cellist, composer, and interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the profound meeting point between sound, body, and emotional truth. Trained as a classical musician and shaped by years of deep inner inquiry, Shannon’s relationship with the cello transcends performance – it becomes a living dialogue between breath, movement, and feeling.
Her music is marked by sensitivity and depth, weaving rich, resonant cello lines with spaciousness and presence. Through improvisation and intuitive composition, Shannon creates soundscapes that invite listeners into embodied stillness, vulnerability, and connection – spaces where music is felt as much as it is heard.
Shannon is a longtime collaborator of Ajeet, performing alongside her in concerts, ceremonies, and sacred gatherings around the world. Within this collaboration, her cello acts as a grounding and emotive force, adding warmth, gravity, and texture to Ajeet’s devotional soundscapes. Together, they create performances that feel intimate, prayerful, and deeply human.
Beyond the stage, Shannon is also known for her work in somatic exploration and movement, allowing her music to arise from the body rather than the intellect. This embodied approach gives her sound a rare authenticity – one that resonates on an emotional and cellular level.
Through her presence, musicianship, and devotion to listening, Shannon Lee Hayden offers music as a path of remembrance – a way back into the body, the heart, and the quiet intelligence that lives beneath words.
Explore her journey via YouTube and Instagram.
