by Kitzie | Aug 5, 2020 | Kirtan/Meditation Circle, New World Kirtan Podcast
In this week’s set, the New World Kirtan Podcast features another branch of the kirtan music scene with a focus on Kundalini artists. The best-known chant from this tradition is the Kirtan Kriya, Sa Ta Na Ma, so powerful for Alzheimer’s patients & their...
by Kitzie | Jul 29, 2020 | Kirtan/Meditation Circle, New World Kirtan Podcast
I try not to talk much about politics on the New World Kirtan Podcast. But most of you know we live in Oregon, and this week I’d like to address the protests happening in Portland. We’re about an hour and a half south of Portland & have friends & family...
by Kitzie | Jul 22, 2020 | Kirtan/Meditation Circle, New World Kirtan Podcast
The ‘Great Invocation’ is a World Prayer, an invocation for light and love. It’s an ancient formula for the use of mankind to invoke the energies which will change our world. Originally written in 1945, it has been translated into many languages & is used daily by...
by Kitzie | Jul 15, 2020 | Deity Themes, Kirtan/Meditation Circle, New World Kirtan Podcast
I played this week’s set several weeks ago for our Friday virtual Satsang — it’s dedicated to Hanuman, and it’s one I’ve been using a lot in the process of healing my body after hip replacement surgery. In difficult situations, it helps me if I remember to turn things...
by Kitzie | May 12, 2020 | Kirtan/Meditation Circle, New World Kirtan Podcast
I got some very good news this week — my hip replacement surgery has been rescheduled for Wednesday, May 13 — that’s tomorrow! So I’ve been gearing back up — listening to chants for healing & guided meditations for surgery. I’ll be taking a break for a few...
by Kitzie | Apr 27, 2020 | Kirtan/Meditation Circle, New World Kirtan Podcast
This week’s set is one I played for our Friday Satsang a week ago, and it’s a collection of Shanti Mantras, Hindu prayers for peace found in the Upanishads. A Friday Satsang set always begins with Jane Winther’s Om chant from her CD Mantra. Then we have...