by Kitzie | Mar 8, 2011 | Mantra Themes, New World Kirtan Podcast
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...
by Kitzie | Mar 8, 2011 | Mantra & Consciousness
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...
by Kitzie | Mar 2, 2011 | Fresh Tracks, New World Kirtan Podcast
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...
by Kitzie | Feb 22, 2011 | New World Kirtan Podcast, Sunday Satsang
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...
by Kitzie | Feb 15, 2011 | New World Kirtan Podcast, Other Themes
Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, and so this week’s set was inspired by Love. There’s the “Radhe Suite” which tells the love story of Krishna & Radhe, and a chant by Shantala that sings of the Love that dwells within each of us. But my...
