What is Kirtan ?

Meditation doesn't come easy for many people. And that's where Kirtan-an ancient participatory music experience offers another method. Without the work of mentally quieting the mind, Kirtan can carry us effortlessly to a place of quiet, to stillness. One of the oldest sacred music traditions of the world, the Kirtan call-and-response chanting of simple Mantras comes to us from India. Some people who come are familiar with some of the Mantras but it is not necessary to know the Mantras beforehand. It is more important for you to hold a space of wanting to go deep into presence and inner body awareness. Then the vibration of the Mantra can move the energy in the areas of the body that are in need of healing.

Why is Kirtan Healing?

Using ancient Sanskrit Mantras, the Kirtan calls upon sacred energies which serve to quiet the mind, move our prana (life force energy), and bring us back to the center of our being. The healing and transformational energies of these ancient chants can help to reconnect us to our true nature that lies within us all. All the Mantras, melodies, and instruments of Kirtan are designed to lead us toward this meditative state of oneness and wholeness.

You can expect to feel some energy moving through your body as we progress through the Kirtan and at the end we do a short meditation at which time you will experience a very quiet mind that if not for doing Kirtan might have taken many hours of silent meditation to obtain.

Singer/songwriter Sharon Silverstein has been bringing her transformational music to Delaware Valley audiences for the past 26 years. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from Rutgers University. A Yogini for the past eight years, she has been studying Nada yoga for the past two years. Nada Yoga is the union of the self by means of Nada, the inner music (sound current). Her music moves people to greater self-awareness, unity, and peace through Mantra, peace songs, her inspirational lyrics, rhythms and her message of love and light.

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