KIrtan
Kirtan is a bhakti or devotional Yoga singing practice.
As we sing Mantra, we transcend the busy mind, leading us to our meditative mind, the aim of all Yoga practices.
Kirtan means to repeat.
It incorporates repeating Mantra and English affirmation for personal and worldly upliftment.
It is also a pranayama -a breathing technique, and an asana - sitting posture.
Devotional singing works actively on the throat and heart chakras, allowing blockages to dissolve, our life force to flow, and building trust in our inner knowing over time.
Join the practice every 1st Friday of the month in Wodonga and every 3rd Friday in Wangaratta in 2019.
In Autumn /Winter 2020, we have gone online in the Zoom Breathing Room every third Friday. Contact Cate if you'd like to join the practice.
As we sing Mantra, we transcend the busy mind, leading us to our meditative mind, the aim of all Yoga practices.
Kirtan means to repeat.
It incorporates repeating Mantra and English affirmation for personal and worldly upliftment.
It is also a pranayama -a breathing technique, and an asana - sitting posture.
Devotional singing works actively on the throat and heart chakras, allowing blockages to dissolve, our life force to flow, and building trust in our inner knowing over time.
Join the practice every 1st Friday of the month in Wodonga and every 3rd Friday in Wangaratta in 2019.
In Autumn /Winter 2020, we have gone online in the Zoom Breathing Room every third Friday. Contact Cate if you'd like to join the practice.
Jo Mall Kahn, from Edo & Jo shares:
Kirtan is a sangha [coming together for spiritual upliftment]...authentically sharing what we are going through...A part of the process of singing kirtan is to connect to our vulnerability, not trying to be perfect, but accepting me as I am, this is the only thing we can do.
Maaji Bornstein from Radiant Light Yoga shares:
Every aspect of ourselves may serve as a doorway to the infinite. Just as our bodies become powerful conduits for the transformation of our beings, we can use the power of sound through the instrument of the voice to awaken, purify, and uplift ourselves on the deepest level.
Cate Geard from Now for Yoga shares:
Let the Way of the Heart
Let the Way of the Heart
Let the Way of the Heart shine through
Love upon love upon love
All hearts are beating as one
Light upon light upon light
Shining as bright as the Sun
We sing this song in Kirtan to remind us that we have a conscious choice to make in every moment.
In response to life situations, we can shift out of our heart, or we can let it shine through.
The more we consciously keep our heart open, the stronger it becomes.
An open heart has PEACE FOR ALL as its mantra.
Kirtan is a yoga practice, offering us a tangible way to connect deeply to our authentic voice/s, it takes us beyond inhibition - the shackles of shoulds and cant's.
For vibrant present moment living, letting the Way of the Heart Shine through is the essence of Kirtan.
Kirtan helps us to connect to the universal heart.
This heart space is sometimes called Presence, Peace, Bliss, Love, God, ShivaShakti, Divine Mother - you see this energy has many names..
I learnt another name the other day, watching Moana with the kids. It is Maui, lord of the Wind and Sea.
Our own heart can guide us across the gulf of cultural divide, and through cultural shock, and in the end there is a way to exist beyond division, beyond extremism, beyond apathy, beyond suffering, beyond inhibition.
For me, Yoga is a trusted guide. KIRTAN is an aspect of Yoga - Union, one with all.
Let the Way of the Heart
Let the Way of the Heart
Let the Way of the Heart shine through
Love upon love upon love
All hearts are beating as one
Light upon light upon light
Shining as bright as the Sun
We sing this song in Kirtan to remind us that we have a conscious choice to make in every moment.
In response to life situations, we can shift out of our heart, or we can let it shine through.
The more we consciously keep our heart open, the stronger it becomes.
An open heart has PEACE FOR ALL as its mantra.
Kirtan is a yoga practice, offering us a tangible way to connect deeply to our authentic voice/s, it takes us beyond inhibition - the shackles of shoulds and cant's.
For vibrant present moment living, letting the Way of the Heart Shine through is the essence of Kirtan.
Kirtan helps us to connect to the universal heart.
This heart space is sometimes called Presence, Peace, Bliss, Love, God, ShivaShakti, Divine Mother - you see this energy has many names..
I learnt another name the other day, watching Moana with the kids. It is Maui, lord of the Wind and Sea.
Our own heart can guide us across the gulf of cultural divide, and through cultural shock, and in the end there is a way to exist beyond division, beyond extremism, beyond apathy, beyond suffering, beyond inhibition.
For me, Yoga is a trusted guide. KIRTAN is an aspect of Yoga - Union, one with all.