YogaSong

YogaCaps, Inc.

YogaSong, or 'kirtan' is an integral part of yoga. It involves the "call and response" singing of mantras while accompanied by traditional Indian musical instruments. You don't need to have a musical background or even a good singing voice to participate! 

Mantra chanting, especially in a kirtan, stills the mind, balances our subtle energy system and opens the heart. The vibrations involved in listening to and then chanting the sacred mantras (both are relished as equally important) are at the highest level of inner awareness.  

The body, with its earth, water and fire elements, also becomes a musical instrument as each breath (air element) carries the mantra's vibration throughout each cell. This creates sacred space both within the body and all around (ether element).  This helps awaken the Anahata (heart) chakra and uplift our spiritual consciousness.  Awareness of this process positively impacts everything we do.

Please feel free to contact us for information on our workshops on Mantra and Chanting.

YogaSong

YogaCaps, Inc.

Kirtan is an important aspect of yoga. Just as rasgula is incomplete without sugar, so yoga is also incomplete without kirtan. Kirtan is not religious chanting, nor is it just singing one word many times. It is a part of nada yoga, the yoga of sound, in which you produce sound waves and follow them with your awareness. By singing kirtan you are able to withdraw yourself from the body and your external environment. You are traveling by the jet of emotions, therefore, you do not confront the mind at all. In raja yoga you have to fight the mind, but in kirtan you bypass the mind. 

                                                  ~ Paramahamsa Satyananda Saraswati