Prayers
In kirtan I think there are subtle distinctions between prayers, invocations and mantras -- but I was in a praying mood this week, and these were the chants that made their presence known. Have fun, and be aware that the last chant is a really powerful one, good for...
Walking With Wah
This is a post originally published September 2008 at an old blog of mine that isn't available anymore. I love walking with kirtan, this might give you an idea of what that can be like. Today I did something a little different on my morning walk. Instead of...
Spring!
Mother Nature is serving up some glorious stuff these days. I highly recommend walking outside with kirtan, you can read about my experiences with it here. It never fails to amaze me, the world transforms when you listen to this music. I'm not much of a nature...
New Voices
I love it when I hear a new kirtan artist and get that indefinable jolt that tells me this one came right down the pipeline from Spirit. Several artists on this week's set did that for me, and all are new voices in that they're new to the podcast or have new...
Spirit Voices
In my spiritual practice of singing kirtan there are vocalists I resonate with--their voices open my heart. When I hear them sing their glorious songs, something in me is moved to sing with intention, and I feel God smiling. My offering this week is given with the...
The People Of Love
Sunday night my husband, son & I went to see Snatam Kaur sing kirtan. What a light she is, standing in her faith so strongly that it's impossible not to be moved into singing and dancing and riding the joy train right along with her voice, Guru Ganesha Singh's...
The HCR Set
While we were singing this set on Sunday night, the US House was voting on health care reform. The vote was important to me for many reasons, and so was directing my kirtan energy toward Washington to help support our lawmakers. The historic HCR vote on Sunday also...
Kirtan To Snooze With
My goal this week was to create a deeply peaceful set, and I think I succeeded--because while listening to it today I fell asleep! That wasn't terribly useful at 3PM, but it might come in handy some night if you're tossing & turning--the chants in the set are...
Totally Krishna Das
The hardest thing about putting this week's set together was limiting myself to an hour--Krishna Das' work contains a multitude of riches. "Heart As Wide As The World" is his new CD, and I've been listening to it constantly since it arrived. The chants have a way...
100% Gayatri
The Gayatri Mantra has an impressive resume. Revered for thousands of years by Buddhists & Hindus alike, it is considered a supreme vehicle for enlightenment. The sages say chanting this mantra will infuse Divine spiritual light and power in each of the seven...