Kirtan Podcast Archive
The Bhakti Path
This is a great video featuring Krishna Das, Jai Uttal, Dave Stringer & other kirtan artists talking about the path of Bhakti Yoga. Thanks to our friends at Bhakti Fest for this one! The Bhakti Path
What’s A Kosha?
Everything you've ever wanted to know about the subtle bodies. This is interesting reading if you do any kind of spiritual practice. Getting to Know You Explore the layers of your body and soul to find your inner core of goodness. By Sally Kempton/Yoga Journal I was...
10 Reasons To Chant
Another wonderful article on chanting from Spirit Voyage's blog 10 Reasons to Chant: On the Benefits of Mantra Meditation By Donna Quesada on March 21, 2011 #1 The Benefit: Reduces Anxiety and Depression The Technology: By combining sound, breath and rhythm, mantra...
Prayers
It's spring break here ... yeeha ... and it's also time for me to take a little break. This show played about a year ago, and since I'm still in a praying mood it seemed to fit. Enjoy spring, and I'll see you all next week. Namaste. Prayers/April 27, 2010 In kirtan I...
Can Kirtan Save The World?
Kirtan Konsciousness: Can Kirtan Save the World? by Sony Trieu on March 21, 2011/Dharma Lounge The images of the Japanese Tsunami and Earthquake reawaken our memories of Katrina and other disasters. It’s hard to know how to take action, how to help the world....
Start Your Day With Love
I'm getting my priorities straight -- Love First! Start your day with LOVE by Rachel Sat Siri Dougherty on March 21, 2011 What was your first thought upon waking up this morning? Was it ‘oh no’ or “I am so tired’? Did you reach over and hit snooze? Or reach for your...
The Ones The World Has Waited For
Message from the Hopi Elders There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore. They will feel they are being torn apart and will suffer greatly. Know that the river has its...
Kirtan For Surrender
The theme for this week started out as "Surrender", but originally I meant it in the sense of surrender when practicing Yin Yoga. As the week progressed and the events unfolding in Japan took a personal turn for our family, the theme of surrender took on new meaning....
Ginger Fizz Recipe
Ginger Fizz Syrup Adapted from “Sacramental Magic in a Small Town Café” By Brother Peter Reinhart 11 cups water 5 ½ cups honey 1 lb. unpeeled ginger, cut into ¼ inch thick pieces ½ cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice, strained ½ cup fresh-squeezed lime juice, strained The...
Interview with MC Yogi
This is one of my favorite interviews, one that Wisconsin Public Radio did with MC Yogi. Enjoy!
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Following Sound Into Silence: Chanting Your Way Beyond Ego into Bliss [Hardcover]
In Following Sound into Silence, Kailash (Kurt A. Bruder, Ph.D., M.Ed.) urges us to take up chanting as an authentic and effective spiritual practice. Although this is an ancient spiritual tool, it’s well suited to our contemporary lifestyle. No generation before us...
Green Tara
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 Green Tara...
Poser: My Life in Twenty-three Yoga Poses
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...
Fresh Kirtan Tracks 4
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 listeners requested that I ask...
Sunday Satsang III
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 all singing...
Meditation: A Key to Happiness
"How to Be Happy" written by Justine van der Leun for AOL Health | Published on September 29, 2010 Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard claims you can practice your way to happiness, and he should know: After MRI scans showed that he experienced extreme levels of positive...
Feel Better and Live to 100+
"What to Do Now to Feel Better at 100" written by Jane E. Brody for the New York Times | Published on October 25, 2010 Many changes take place in physical abilities as we age. Try as I may, I simply can’t swim as fast at 69 as I did at 39, 49 or even 59. Nor am I as...
Checking Your Heart Chakra
"Please Meditate: Check Your Heart Chakra" written by Olivia Rosewood for the Huffington Post | Published February 17, 2011 In yogic meditation practices the heart chakra is called, "anahata." Anahata is translated from the ancient Sanksrit to mean unstruck, or in...
The Love Train!
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 favorite this week is "Its...
Kirtan Divas
Several friends departing for vacation last week prompted me to coin my new motto: Kirtan Is My Mexico!. To take a mental vacation from your cell phone & computer, plug into the podcast and listen with intention. You and your mind will be transported away from the...