What is Kirtan?
simply kirtan chanting is usually accompanied by music. The word kirtan comes Sanskrit. Means "glory." Comes from the Hindu practice of chanting the name of the divine in all its forms. In the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, a text says it was written in the second century C., Patanjali speaks of the importance of chanting "om" and make "pull"-the repetition of the names of God. Many religions and spiritual traditions celebrate the divine song, for example, the Sufis, Sikhs and Buddhists. "Mantra" is other comes from the Sanskrit word which can be divided into two words: "mana", which means mind and "tra" which means "surrender." The Delivery mantra the mind from worldly thoughts to a state of deeper understanding more instinctive or spiritual . The chanting of mantras is a technique a powerful meditation is not tied to a particular religious or spiritual belief. like the song is a great way to cleanse the mind of thoughts, the practice of kirtan is gaining popularity in the West.
HOW IT STARTED MY INTEREST IN Kirtan
Before I knew what was the kirtan, I learned to play percussion Arabic to deepen my understanding of the rhythms for belly dancing. He played the darbuka, the zaggat and later I became interested in the tambourine. me Layne Redmond released the kirtan in a percussion workshop. It is also the author of When drummers were women. A Layne did you add rhythm to the mantras on his experience as a yoga teacher. Study with her inspired me to learn more about the music of kirtan and mantras.
EXPERIENCING Kirtan
I play percussion and singing with friends at the Integral Yoga Center in San Pere de Ribes in a kirtan on Friday afternoon. I find drumming, I find it incredibly soothing. The vibration of the drum is from the outside in and the song vibrates from the inside out. I was drawn to Kundalini yoga by its connection with the mantra music and because I am a dancer. Move to the sound of music in a yoga class I find it natural. When I became a yoga instructor, two musicians of very talented mantra, Gurudas ass Singh and Kaur Gurudass directed my teacher training I dalini Kun ga.
the past 8 years, I had the honor of playing percussion act co n many of my favorite artists mantra in the annual 3HO Kundalini Yoga Festival held in France. In these photos, was playing with Gurudass Kaur and Sada Sat Kaur .
I have attended concerts by people who know the local yoga community known Western artists in the kirtan, Snatam Kaur and Krishna Das. I look forward to attending a workshop and concert Krishna Das here in Spain. His last concert and the workshop they did here was tremendously inspiring.
If you want to see some videos of these artists, you can do here at my youtube channel .
Finally, I discuss a related that I found on the website of my friend Girish ; is a saying of Neem Karoli Baba, also known as Maharaj-ji, an Indian guru who left his body in 1973. Many contemporary musicians mantra as Krishna Das, Jai Uttal and Girish studied with him or have been under his influence.
"The constant repetition of God's name, with or without finer feelings, including anger or lethargy, puts forth his grace in the form of the everywhere."
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