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Celebrate spring with a weekend of inspiring musical prayer. Known in India as kirtan (Sanskrit for devotional chanting), the call-and-response, rhythmic quality of these prayers kindles a joyful mood and can lead to profound states of deep meditation. In India, kirtan is accepted as one of the surest paths to enlightenment.
During the weekend we sing a variety of traditional and new chants and chanting styles, accompanied by ancient musical instruments, including the harmonium and tabla-standard in Indian classical music-and contemporary instruments. The weekend includes an extraordinary late-night Saturday session.
This program is a spring version of Omega's annual Labor Day chant program, which has enthralled sold-out audiences for many years.
Save $50 when you register for both Spring Ecstatic Chant and the Labor Day Weekend Ecstatic Chant. This offer cannot be combined with other discounts.
Faculty
Snatam Kaur is a renowned devotional singer in English and Gurumukhi, the ancient language of the Sikhs. A disciple of the late Sikh master Yogi Bhajan and also Bhai Hari Singh, she grew up playing kirtan with her mother in Sikh temples. Her most recent album is Grace. www.snatamkaur.com
Jai Uttal is a pioneer in the world music community. A student of India's Ali Akbar Khan and master teacher Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Utal's blend of Eastern and Western sound has put his music at the forefront of the world fusion movement. His many albums include Beggars and Saints, Shiva Station, and the Grammy-nominated Mondo Rama. www.jaiuttal.com
Shyam Das has written and translated more than 20 books on Bhakti Yoga and the path of grace. He specializes in classical Dhrupada music and the mystic poets of North India. He combines ecstatic kirtan with stories and teachings from India. shyamdas.com
Donna De Lory is a famed spiritual singer, dancer, and songwriter. Her voice can be heard on albums by Madonna, Carly Simon, and Santana. She has toured with Madonna and her most recent album is The Lover and the Beloved. donnadelory.com
Dave Stringer has been profiled in Time, Billboard, In Style, and Yoga Journal as a leader of the new American kirtan movement. Stringer started chanting mantras when a film editing project brought him to the ashram of Swami Muktananda in India. After the project ended, he continued his studies of yogic tradition under the guidance of Swami Chidvilasananda. davestringer.com
David Life and Sharon Gannon have been teaching yoga around the world for 20 years. They are recognized as “innovators in yoga” by Yoga Journal and are sought after by thousands of yoga students. Gannon and Life are authors of the widely selling books, Jivamukti Yoga and The Art of Yoga, and articles in Yoga Journal and other publications, as well as videos and music. They have been featured on The Today Show and in Time, the New York Times, Vanity Fair, and many other publications. jivamuktiyoga.com
Ishwari has been a spiritual explorer since her childhood. As a musician she is greatly influenced by the divine feminine, which she first discovered in the late 1970s. A Bhakti (devotional) Yoga practitioner, her spiritual practices include listening to divine guidance and chanting the divine names. Ishwari's satguru is Babaji; she studies Advaita Vedanta with Shubhra; and she is an employee of Neem Karoli Baba.
Kirtan singer Sruti Ram has been singing since his childhood as a Catholic choir boy in the Bronx. For more than three decades, he has led kirtan at his home in Woodstock, New York, and at locations around the world. A longtime devotee of Neem Karoli Baba, Sruti Ram was a pujari (priest) and taught meditation with Ram Dass, the renowned spiritual teacher, for 30 years. Sruti Ram’s spiritual memoir, telling stories of his spiritual experiences, his encounters with high beings and his escapades at various satsangs, is forthcoming. |
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