Chanting, Kirtan & Mantra

Popular yogi-musician Girish opens new possibilities for transforming your life through song. For as long as he can remember, Girish has created rhythm to accompany life. His first experience of music as sacred art came in college, playing with jazz bands.

The mantras and kirtan (call and response devotional chants) of yogic practice sometimes get the short shrift in the West because they aren't well understood.

In Hinduism, as in all of the great religious traditions from around the globe, the repeating or singing of a sacred name is an integral part of prayer and daily life. With chapters that explore the contribution of Mahatma Gandhi and Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, this edited collection of the writing of renowned Indian scholar, V.

Modern science and ancient wisdom traditions agree that the universe is a symphony of vibrational frequencies. In this beautiful, comprehensive, and unique work, Dr. Frawley elaborates the essential truths about cosmic sound, and how we can employ important mantras for healing, transformation and inner awakening.

The power of mantras was so great that the Buddha himself was concerned about their misuse in the hands of merchants and generals. Mantras are “sacred sound syllables” that can effect changes to your inner psyche and the external world.

Kirtan has recently arrived in the West, carried by brilliant singers and musicians, creating a new musical movement that's turned yogic chanting into a cultural phenomenon. This book interviews eight of America's top Kirtan singers: Krishna Das, Deva Premal, Bhagavan Das, Snatam Kaur, Ragani, Jai Uttal, David Stringer, Wah.