Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo
This week's podcast first posted back in April 2012, and is one of our most downloaded shows. I hope you enjoy this blast from the past my friends. Until next week -- Namaste. “Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo” is the Adi Mantra. Translated “I bow to the Creative Wisdom, I bow...
Jai Jai Ma!
This set was inspired by a walk I took last week. As I was walking 'He Ma Durga', the Donna De Lory chant in this week’s set came up, and I became so aware of the great power of Ma bursting forth all around us at this time of year. It's the power of the life force –...
A Conversation With Gina Sala
Gina Sala is a vocalist, composer, music director, sound healer and teacher from Seattle. Her love of the human voice has taken her to performing and studying throughout much of the world -- she's performed at the US Pentagon, the US Capital, the United Nations and...
Shakti Fest 2014 Sampler
Shakti Fest, the beautiful spring celebration of the Bhav at the Joshua Tree Retreat Center, occurs next weekend -- and for the first time in several years I won't be there. I'll tell you why in the podcast, but like a lot of you I'll miss springtime in the desert,...
The Power of Om
This week's podcast is a solid hour of the mantra Om, which is not so much a word as "rather an intonation, which, like music, transcends the barriers of age, race, culture and even species." When we chant Om we align our body/mind/Spirit, and we align with each other...
Deep Chill
This week's podcast is another that features a guided meditation at the beginning, followed by chants that continue the mood. We're featuring relaxation this week, something we can all use a little more of! Our guided meditation is from Ramdesh Kaur's 'Journey Into...
Dave Stringer Comes To Corvallis
If someone had told me back in 2009 that in 5-years I'd be writing a blog post about Dave Stringer's kirtan concert in Corvallis I would have thought they were crazy. In April 2009 when the podcast 'Live Kirtan Rocks Big Time' first posted I had never been to a live...
Fresh Tracks 22
The Fresh Tracks sets are my favorite shows to produce. It's exciting to hear new offerings from artists I'm familiar with, and others from unknown artists that blossom as delightful surprises. This week's set features new chants from MC Yogi, David Newman, Sheela...
Jai Maha Lakshmi
This week's podcast has a few surprises. There's a different format -- it starts with a meditation on abundance with a chant to Lakshmi from Deva Premal & Miten's 21-Day Mantra Meditation. That's followed by more chants to Lakshmi from various artists to continue...
Jai Uttal LIVE at the Denver Chant Fest 2014
Since starting down the path of Bhakti Yoga I've been blessed with many magical moments, and Jai Uttal’s kirtan Saturday night at the Denver Chant Fest was one of them. Jai’s kirtans are always different, always an alchemy with him, his musicians and the audience....