Meditation doesn't come easy for many of us. That's where Kirtan - an ancient participatory music experience - offers another method to quieting one's mind.  Without the "work" of mentally quieting the mind, Kirtan can carry us effortlessly to a place of quiet and stillness.

Kirtan is a form of bhakti (“Bhak-tee”), the yoga of devotion; jnana (“gyah-nah”), the yoga of wisdom; and mantra, the yoga of sound. Mantras are words, phrases, and syllables that are repeated until they become integrated into the chanter’s consciousness. Practitioners of kirtan believe that this sacred, traditional practice allows them to access inner peace, calm, connection, and non-thinking.

Kirtans were originally written in Sanskrit, the ancient Indian language. The Sanskrit alphabet has a strong energetic and vibrational component—it is said that the words, when chanted, create a powerful vibration in the body, affecting a person’s mind and spirit. 

We chant English as well as Sanskrit chants, and offerings from various Spiritual Traditions.