Kirtan Yoga – ili devocijsko pjevanje - bazirano je na call-and-response principu pjevanja mantri koje potiču iz spiritualne Indije.

Danas smo zahvalni nekim od zapadnih tragaoca koji su otkrili i donijeli ovu dirljivu kulturu. Međutim, oni su napravili malu fuziju: spojili su tradicionalne indijske instrumente s pratnjom zapadnih glasova i melodija – jedno iskustvo koje će zasigurno omogućiti da se povežemo s najdubljim sferama naših srca.

Call-and-respnse princip znači da publika sudjeluje u potpunosti. To je jedno obogaćujuće iskustvo koje spaja srca svih sudionika. Budite sigurni da će vaša osjetila zaploviti valovima božanskog zvuka, nakon čega će vas um biti prožet mirom, veseljem i ljubavlju. A možda ćete pronaći ono za čim već dugo tragate.

Kirtan je novi način upoznavanja i zabavljanja. Novi je način kako provesti večer u dobrom društvu. Također stvara kozmopolitski način zviljenja. Na ovakvim zbivanjima susrest ćete ljude iz različitih kultura i biti nadahnuti da i vi postanete dio obitelji kulturne razmjene, koja se odvija kroz posjete brojnim kampovima i seminarima diljem svijeta.

What is Kirtan? – by Krishna Das

Chanting (Kirtan) is a part of the path of Devotional Yoga.

When we see the beauty of our own being we are seeing the beauty of the Being that is the One of which we are all a part. And when we turn towards that One, love is the natural reaction of the heart.

God or Guru is an endless ocean of love truth and presence. First we may hear the distant roar of the crashing waves of the ocean and we're drawn to that sound. As we get closer, we can smell the ocean air and taste the sweet moisture. When we reach the beach and see the ocean for the first time, we're transfixed by the vastness and Beauty. We run and we dive in and enjoy the freedom that comes from this ecstasy. Finally we merge with that ocean of love and somehow find ourselves back on the shore, returning to ourselves so that we can share the experience with others.

Those that have returned have given us these Names of God. These Names are the sound of the surf of that Ocean of Love. They hold the power to help us find our way back to that ocean. We don't have to create anything; we don't have to manufacture any emotions or feelings. We can't make it happen. It already is. All we have to do is Remember. Everyone has their own path to this beach, to the Ocean, but we all wind up in the same place. There is only one...One.

The following is an excerpt from 'Pilgrim of the Heart' audio series by Krishna Das:
"The words of these chants are called the divine names and they come from a place that's deeper than our hearts and our thoughts, deeper than the mind. And so as we sing them they turn us towards ourselves, into ourselves. They bring us in, and as we offer ourselves into the experience, the experience changes us. These chants have no meaning other than the experience that we have by doing them. They come from the Hindu tradition, but it's not about being a Hindu, or believing anything in advance. It's just about doing it, and experiencing. Nothing to join, you just sit down and sing."

Satsang is where people gather together to remember, to turn within and find their own inner path to the One. When we gather together to sing like this we are helping each other find our own paths. We all must travel this path by ourselves because each of us is our own path. All these paths wander on in their own way, but in truth we are all travelling together and until the last of us arrives we will all keep travelling. So let's sing!

(taken from www.krishnadas.com)

What is kirtan? - by Sacinandana Swami

In old times the most important entertainment was singing together. Especially in spiritual circles people the world over have opened their hearts to God in vibrant gospels, group chanting and singing sessions – and experienced Higher Connection.

Kirtan is the music of the soul.  It offers us the genuine opportunity to enter into the presence of the Divine. This happens by the power of spiritual sound vibration.
Kirtan takes our soul like a refreshing, crystal-clear river and carries it into the spiritual dimension. One just needs to sing and stay connected.

What is the experience like?

After some time of singing one experiences how the constant chatter of the mind stops. The profound feeling of inner peace rises to our consciousness.
But more is coming!
As the kirtan stream continues to flow, it carries the chanter into the spiritual heart, where the soul resides, and next to it the Supreme. There it brings about an ecstatic love meeting of almost volcanic proportions: The Yoga with the Divine.

This world is held together and pervaded by vibrations, which make the tiniest subatomic parts move in different frequencies. Liberation from this world – say the ancient Vedas – also comes by the spiritual sound vibration.

Loose yourself to find yourself – join the Yoga of Music.

Sacinandana Swami