Thanks A Lot

The chants in this week’s podcast are some of my favorites from the new kirtan CDs I’ve listened to over the last several weeks.  It’s a podcast of thanksgiving for the magical things kirtan has brought to my life in the past year.  If you’re...

Getting To Real

One of my all-time favorite books is “The Velveteen Rabbit”, and getting to “real” has been a personal & professional goal.    Sometimes it’s a moving target.  The practice that grounds me in what is really real is meditation.  There...

Warming Up With Mantra

If you’re a podcast listener, you know that I work as a voiceover actress.  I like to sing to warm up my voice before I start work, and this week I’ve been using the creativity chant from Deva Premal’s “Mantras for Precarious Times”. ...

An Observation

My morning routine usually starts with a cup of something hot & the New York Times.  When I started producing the podcast I added kirtan listening to this routine–except it’s not working anymore.  It has become impossible for me to read the news &...