Born from one of the oldest sacred sound traditions of the world, kirtan call-and-response chanting, comes to us from India.
Kirtan involves Satsang, a Sanskrit term meaning where people gather together as a community to remember to turn inward and to help each other find our own inner path.
Kirtan is called yogic chanting and yoga means union.
Kirtan uses a combination of sound, vibration, melody, harmony, and Sanskrit mantras to lead us into meditation: a state of unity and inner connection with ourselves, our community, and more expanded states of consciousness.
The chanting can be moving and exhilarating, and at the same time, quieting and meditative.
Kirtan may be performed in any language because all sound comes from the Divine source and because kirtan is sung with devotion the vibrations that are created have a universal inpact.
Kirtan is part mantra yoga (repetition of Divine Names), nada yoga (the yoga of vibratory frequency and sound), and bhakti yoga (the yoga of devotion and the heart).
