If you’ve ever been to a yoga class, chances are you’ve chanted the mantra “Om” (or listened while the rest of the students chanted). It probably seemed like some sort of weird ritual to mark the ...

On one side of the world, a packed arena sings a chorus that sounds like it’s been carried through hard seasons and finally set down in the open air. On another, families gather after sunset and let ...

The spiritual practice of singing kirtan originated in India, and it predates Christianity — if you practice yoga, you’ve probably heard it played in class. Kirtan comes from a branch of yoga called ...

Moving beyond the physical asanas (postures), bhakti-yoga is a holistic lifestyle which inspires the practitioner to apply a loving and devotional meditation to almost all aspects of their lives. WHAT ...

If you live on this planet, you have probably heard that meditation is good for you. Its virtues are extolled by medical doctors and mental health professionals for its many positive benefits on ...

You are warmly invited to join us for an evening of interactive musical mantra meditation (kirtan). Kirtan is a call-and-response form of meditation, utilizing ancient eastern mantras, traditional ...

This yogini is hooked on a feeling. She’s high on believing in kirtan, also known as sacred chanting.The loving way kirtan singer Heather Wertheimer describes it sounds enticing.“It’s yoga practice ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Dave Stringer is a Los Angeles-based musician who spent years in an Indian ashram in the 1990s studying ...

According to New World Encyclopedia: "A mantra (from Sanskrit: man- 'to think' and -tra meaning, tool) literally means 'instrument of thought.' Originating in ancient India out of Vedic Hinduism, ...

If you live on this planet, you have probably heard that meditation is good for you. Its virtues are extolled by medical doctors and mental health professionals for its many positive benefits on ...