What is kirtan?
Kirtan is a very simple & powerful way to meditate. It’s effortless & joyful; the music does the work for you as you flow with the melody & rhythm.
The performers & the concert-goers create the experience together.
The ancient chants contain powerful renewing & transformative energy that helps us reconnect with the Divinity that resides within all of us.
Singing is the heart of kirtan, and no one cares what you sound like. At a kirtan concert all voices merge together to become One Voice.
Kirtan is non-denominational, the Universal language of Spirit, the song of the Soul.
“Kirtan is a means of finding our way back to the core of our Being, to our heart, and to our connection with each other.” – Reagan
Some interesting things about kirtan…
It began in India centuries ago as a spiritual practice, and was known as the layman’s way to connect with the Divine.
In the last ten years, kirtan has become a phenomenon across the United States, and has transformed musically to appeal to the ears of American audiences.
Kirtan is a new kind of concert experience here in the West. It’s not so much a performance as a journey into the self through the practice of listening & singing.
The leaders at a kirtan concert are called wallahs, and everyone is part of the music. My all-time favorite descriptions of a kirtan concert: “It’s like singing around a campfire”, “It’s like a hootenanny with meditation.”
While singing along at a kirtan concert, you can experience your own voice becoming as beautiful as those performing—all voices merge together to become One Voice.