What is Kirtan?

The practice of kirtan, call and response chanting,  is a participatory music experience that originated in India about 500 years ago.  It is a devotional practice known as Bhakti Yoga. Like other forms of yoga, Bhakti Yoga, is about connection. Connection to our divinity, connection to ourselves, connection to others.

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Kirtan uses the repetition of Sanskrit mantras, mystical vibrations encased in a sound structure, to help us to tap into sacred energies that serve to quiet our mind and open our heart.