Kirtan Podcast Archive
The Invitation
The words of every chant were designed long ago with the purpose of taking you on a journey--but it's just a sweet invitation. If you choose to say yes, then the chant provides a road. It's a journey, and you can choose where and how far you go. Sometimes I'm in...
Living Spiritual In A Material World
I don't know if Mother Meera is exactly my guru, but I go to see her whenever she comes to town & I read her books. She explains the world in a way that feels right to me in my heart. Someone once asked Mother Meera how can we lead a spiritual life in this...
Things Go Better With Kirtan
Ain't it the truth? I'm listening to this week's podcast with a big smile on my face remembering singing (most) of it on Sunday night. The joy this music creates whenever I listen & sing to it never ceases to amaze me--and couldn't we all use a little ( a LOT!) ...
Home Again, Home Again
And although LA was great, it's good to be home. I really like this week's set, I hope you do too. Enjoy your week. Namaste. THIS WEEK'S PODCAST SONG ARTIST CD SONGBOOK Om Mercury Max The Eternal Om - Bhavani Shankara Jai Uttal Thunder Love - Govinda Jai Jai...
Time To Vacate
I'm off to LA for a bit of a vacation at the end of the week to visit with my brother, among other things, and since I'll be away from my studio there won't be a podcast next week. However, the podcast the following week will be inspired by all the glorious kirtan...
Two Enchanted Evenings
Saturday night Shantala came to our town & gave the final concert of their most recent tour. It was a magical experience to see them live and sing with them in person--especially after singing to their CDs all these years. Most of the members of our satsang...
Wake Up Sleeping Soul!
I borrowed the title of this week's podcast from a song on Ten Million Moons, the title of the newest CD from Gauravani & As Kindred Spirits. This is the music playing in my car these days with me singing along at the top of my lungs. Hope you enjoy the music as...
Kirtan Galore!
We continue to have glorious weather here in Oregon, the sun makes such a big difference in our lives! The artists continue to send me their beautiful CD's and there will be lots of new music in next week's podcast. This week we have a song from Gaura Vani & As...
The Breath Of Lakshmi
Spring is bustin' out all over in Oregon, and it is a glorious time to be alive and out of doors. The set this week has a new song by Guruganesha Singh with Snatam Kaur as well as oldies beloved by our satsang group. Suzin Green had a guided meditation called The...
Better Late Than . . .
Sorry about that. The improv class on Monday night is cutting into my production time, and last night (Tuesday) I had a Zonta dinner to go to . . . and it's Spring!! So the podcast is up a day late. We have a song by another new (to me) artist this week, Vaiyasaki...
Kirtan To Move You
This week's set came about because of a task I had to do when I was tired. I needed something to focus my mind & energize me, so I put together a set of kirtan music that made me move and sing. I hope you can use it when you need to do something active like...
Creative Juice
The weather here in Oregon has been changeable, which is typical for spring. But the creative juices are flowing, due in part to an improv acting class I'm taking. If you're interested in reading about the experience, I'm blogging about it here. As I mention in the...
Live Kirtan Rocks Big Time
Oh my. I've never been to a concert like this one. No applause. Meditation between songs. Musicians totally accessible. The loving community created between strangers gathered to sing kirtan together. Leaving with a feeling of peaceful alignment with what makes...
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 often, so most of...
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 walking with spring in my...
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 genres, opening us all...
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. Eventually my...
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 through a...
Only One Sin . . .
Late last spring an Indian woman named Mother Meera came to our town and I went to see her. The experience changed my life. She's coming again this month and I've signed up for her 2 PM darshan. To say I'm anticipating the event is putting it mildly! Since Mother...