Road Trip!

If you’ve been reading this blog and listening to the podcast you know that our Sunday satsang group sings kirtan to CDs, and that’s the music which forms the backbone of this podcast.  Since we live in a small town, live kirtan doesn’t get here very...

Welcome Spring

Sometimes the feel for the whole podcast is inspired by a song.   “Bhaja Mana Ma” by Shantala combined with the sun in my eyes served as inspiration for this week’s set.  It has been seventy degrees here for the last few days, and I’ve been...

You Can Be the Change

This week’s set has MC Yogi’s “Be the Change” as the bonus track.  I hope you like it.  Artists such as  MC Yogi & the Kirtan Rabbi show the transformational power of chant & spiritual music as it crosses generations, faiths and musical...

Walking With Kirtan

I”m just back from a walk with the music from this week’s set.  It’s  a cold, nasty windy rainy day . . . and I expected the kirtan to do its usual magic.  It did, but it took me awhile to get there as it was cold and rainy and I was all woe is me. ...

The River Saraswati

I don’t know a lot about the mythology of the Hindu gods, but being involved in an artistic pursuit (voice acting) always has me searching for the elusive muse.  Saraswati fits the bill.  She represents purity and creativity, especially in the context of...

Sunday Satsang

I was introduced to kirtan in an unusual way.  Years ago I met Sujita, a Yoga teacher who lived in an old farmhouse just outside of town.  She had classes there, and on Wednesday evening people came to chant.  I didn’t know what chanting was, but I was going...