Wade Morissette

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{{short description|Canadian musician and singer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2009}}
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| birth_name = Wade Imre Morissette
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|6|1}}
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| birth_place = [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| relatives = [[Alanis Morissette]] (twin sister) [[Souleye (hip hop artist)|Souleye]] (brother-in-law)
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| background = solo_singer
| instrument = {{flatlist|
* Piano
* guitar
* [[Pump organ|harmonium]]
* [[djembe]]
* [[tabla]]
* vocals}}
| genre = {{flatlist|
*[[Kirtan]]
*[[indie rock]]
*[[pop-rock]]}}
| occupation = {{flatlist|
* Musician
* [[yoga]] and [[reiki]] instructor
* therapist
* author}}
| years_active = 2004–present
| label = Nutone ([[Nettwerk]])
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'''Wade Imre Morissette''' (born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian [[kirtan]] and [[Independent music|indie]] pop-rock musician, [[yoga]] instructor, therapist, and author.

==Early life==
Wade Morissette was born in 1 June 1974 at [[The Ottawa Hospital|Riverside Hospital of Ottawa]] in [[Ottawa, Ontario]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DFzkCgAAQBAJ&q=alanis+morissette+born+ottawa+hospital%3B&pg=PA4|title = Alanis Morissette: A Biography|isbn = 9781250109170|last1 = Cantin|first1 = Paul|date = December 29, 2015}}</ref> the son of Georgia Mary Ann Feuerstein, a [[Hungarian people|Hungarian]]-born teacher, and Alan Richard Morissette, a [[French-Canadian]] high school principal. Wade is the twin brother of [[Alanis Morissette]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Harnett |first=Shamona |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/s_harnett/he-oughta-know-105159579.html |title=He oughta know |work=[[Winnipeg Free Press]] |date=October 18, 2010 |access-date=2015-07-16 }}</ref> whom he names as "one of the biggest influences in my life";<ref name=twinsis>[http://www.myspace.com/wadeimremorissette "Wade Imre Morissette on MySpace Music"]. MySpace.</ref> they have an older brother, Chad.

==Music==
Wade took to music at an early age, studying piano as a child and guitar and djembe in his teens. During a trip to India, he encountered devotional yoga and chanting, and decided to combine his interests in yoga and music, to create his own blend of indie rock/pop music with Sanskrit and English chants.

In 2004, Wade was asked to be an ambassador for [[Lululemon]], the popular yoga-inspired athletic apparel company. At the same time, he had self-released his debut album, Sargam Scales of Music. This turned into a world tour to promote both his album and the clothing line with the company signing on as a sponsor. The Lululemon Yoga Pilgrimage kicked off in 2005 and took Wade to Tokyo, Hong Kong and 32 cities in North America and continued on through early 2006 with stops in Thailand, Australia, New Zealand and Mexico.<ref name=AllMusic>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/wade-imre-morissette-mn0000704868/biography|title=Wade Imre Morissette | Biography & History|website=AllMusic|access-date=February 14, 2021}}</ref>

In late 2006, [[Nettwerk Music Group]] CEO and yoga enthusiast Terry McBride signed Wade to the label's Nutone Music division.<ref>{{cite news |last=McQueen |first=Anne Marie |url=http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Artists/M/Morissette_Alanis/2007/05/10/4168461.html |title=Alanis' twin releases yoga album |work=[[Sun Media]] |date=May 10, 2007 |access-date=2015-07-16 }}</ref> Wade has since released his second and third albums, Strong as Diamonds: Om Vajra Kaya Namaha, in 2007 and Maha Moha – The Great Delusion in 2008.<ref name=AllMusic/>

During live performances, Wade often begins with bliss dance and ends with a [[kirtan]]. Wade, on guitar and [[harmonium]], sings out a phrase; the audience responds until the musicians and audience mesh.

==Yoga, Reiki and other==
Wade has been practicing and teaching yoga since 1995. He has completed [[Iyengar Yoga|Iyengar]], [[Raja Yoga|Classical Ashtanga]] and [[Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga]] teacher training. He has studied [[Vinyasa]], [[Viniyoga]], [[Anusara]] and [[Kriya yoga]], as well as [[zazen]], [[Vedic chanting]], and active movement and sound meditations with some of the best-known teachers in Canada, North America, and India. He is also a [[Reiki]] master, certified Phoenix Rising yoga therapist, and Viniyoga Therapist. He leads teacher trainings, workshops, retreats, and music-dance evenings internationally.

==Writing and speaking==
Wade has had features published in the [[Yoga Journal]] and [[Maclean's Magazine]]. His work also includes the book ''Transformative Yoga: Five Keys to Unlocking Inner Bliss'' (2009),<ref name="Morissette2009">{{cite book|author=Wade Imre Morissette|title=Transformative Yoga: Five Keys to Unlocking Inner Bliss|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQqeGNWeERQC|year=2009|publisher=New Harbinger Publications|isbn=9781572246201}}</ref> which he co-authored with his twin Alanis Morissette. He is also planning a series of motivational seminars.<ref name=joybook>[http://www.shared-vision.com/svvisionaries/living-your-joy "Living Your Joy | Today's Vancouver Woman"]. Today's Vancouver Woman.</ref>

==Discography==
* ''Sargam Scales of Music'' (2004)
* ''Strong as Diamonds: Om Vajra Kaya Namaha'' (2007)
* ''Maha Moha – The Great Delusion'' (2008)
* "Savasana Land"

==Videography==
* ''Together and Calling'' (2007)

==References==
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[[Category:1974 births]]
[[Category:Canadian male singer-songwriters]]
[[Category:Canadian singer-songwriters]]
[[Category:Canadian people of Hungarian descent]]
[[Category:Franco-Ontarian people]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Musicians from Ottawa]]
[[Category:Writers from Ottawa]]
[[Category:Twin people from Canada]]
[[Category:Twin musicians]]
[[Category:Canadian people of Jewish descent]]

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