Green Tara

Green Tara

Spring is springing up here in Oregon, and so the set this week was inspired by the life force represented by the goddess Tara. In the Buddhist tradition, Tara is more than a goddess — she’s a female Buddha who can take human form. There are many chants to...
Poser: My Life in Twenty-three Yoga Poses

Poser: My Life in Twenty-three Yoga Poses

Amazon Best Books of the Month, January 2011: Yoga, even as it furthers its storefront-by-storefront takeover of American leisure hours, remains a punchline, a shorthand summing-up of a certain way of life. One of the charms of Poser, Claire Dederer’s memoir of...
Fresh Kirtan Tracks 4

Fresh Kirtan Tracks 4

This week’s set features all new kirtan, and it also holds another theme — one of healing for the planet. We’re all in for a ride, and it will be much better to go through it supporting & helping each other, don’t you think? Several...
Sunday Satsang III

Sunday Satsang III

This week’s set was the convergence of two things; a really great satsang on Sunday, where we sang most of this set, and the arrival of several new kirtan CDs which I’d like to preview before putting together the next Fresh Tracks show. These chants had us...