This Workshop series was developed by Kirtan to provide a rich, lush, unique yoga experience. Each installment of the series will feature incredible musicians who will enhance the Asana practice with live music, and enchant us with stories, parables and mantras.
The inaugural SoundBody, SoundMind exploration will feature GauraVani on flutes, drums and harmonium, and Jahnavi Harrison on South Indian violin and vocals. Our focus will be the Mystical Lotus Flower. Across the globe, this exquisite flower has intrigued and captivated humanity for thousands of years. Through story-telling, singing and Asana, we will delve into the mythological symbolism of the Lotus, it’s place in the pantheon of Hindu Gods and Goddesses, as well as it’s meaning in Hatha-Vinayasa Yoga and the energetic body.
The Workshop is developed with students of all levels.

$30 Members
$40 Non-members
Registering online will be possible later this week at: www.ExhaleSpa.com

January 18th- 30th 2012 . $2600 early bird special ($2750 after Sept 1st)

Come join experienced and amazing yoga and kirtan teachers Gopi Manjari dasi and Gaura Vani plus wonderful tour guide, the jolly Mumbai monk – Radha Kunda, on a safe, rewarding journey to the holy land of South India. Daily, deep transformational Vinyasa yoga accompanied by Gaura Vani’s angelic singing of Vedic hymns, sure to cleanse the mirror of your heart and mind. Nightly kirtan will mark the end of each day of radical transformation.

Stops include bustling capital of Tamil Nadu – Chennai, one of the most visited holy places in the world – Tirupati, the magnificent carvings of Mahabalipuram, and Radhanath Swami’s Radha Gopinath temple in Mumbai where we will celebrate an unforgettable flower festival!

For a more detailed itinerary and flight information, please click through to Gopi’s site.

Space on the retreat is very limited, and we have already started filling spaces. Please register your interest now to reserve a spot! If you would like an application form, please email gopikinnicutt@gmail.com. You will need to send a $500 deposit to confirm your place. Deposits can be sent to: ‘Bee and Lotus’, 1308 Patuxent Dr., Ashton, MD, 20861.

View the Website for Sacred Sounds Event Here

Congratulations to SRI Kirtan on the debut of their album Live Your Love which hit #10 on the Billboard World Music Chart!

The early success of the album is a testament to the quality and accessibility of their music. If you haven’t already, make sure to get a copy of Live Your Love available on the Mantralogy Store or on iTunes.

Those of you who have the album, please leave a comment on the iTunes or Amazon.com page to let other know how great this album is. Thank you again to all of you that purchased the album, you got kirtan on the charts!

See the schedule here.

2021 14th St. NW [at V St.], Washington, DC.

Schedule is posted here.

Hey Everybody!
Here is a great opportunity to support our dear friend Sharon Gannon. She has just produced an amazing CD. I just Purchased it and listening it to it right now. In connection to the selling and promotion of her music, she is supporting the beautiful cause of Animal Rights. The goal is to make it to the top of the charts! So far the album has made it to the top ten in just one day! If you purchase the album today there are many bonuses.

Music has the power to change hearts, minds and consciousness. History shows there are messages inherent in music that create peaceful and revolutionary change for freedom and civil rights. Animal Rights Activists/music artists such as Paul McCartney, Emmylou Harris, Morrissey and Moby successfully use music as the message to speak up for animals.

Every decade or so, an extraordinary artist comes along – who carries us to the newest, important musical frontier. “Sharanam” by our friend and animal rights activist Sharon Gannon, is a CD that gives the listener the direct and powerful experience of healing our emotional, spiritual, psychological and ecological disconnection with ourselves and with the world through Sanskrit Mantras.

Mantra is a Sanskrit word that translates to: Man means “mind”, Tra means to “to protect” or “to cross over.” Sharanam means “Refuge.” By listening to and singing with Sharanam’s mantras, we can take refuge, strength and inspiration to change our perception of our ability to create positive change in our world.

Sharanam is a healing mantra and prayer offering for all beings- especially animals.

Today, Wednesday October 27, we are requesting your participation in a special offer for this extraordinary CD called “Healing the World with Mantra – Sharanam -” an online campaign. TODAY only, anyone who purchases a copy of Sharanam through Amazon.com will be eligible to receive an array of gifts. http://www.amazon.com/Sharanam-Sharon Gannon/dp/B002L1AV78/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1287577495&sr=8-2

Many generous friends and supporters have donated excellent, exclusive gifts and prizes to anyone who purchases Sharanam (on Wednesday October 27th only.)

As a thank you for participating, Jivamukti Yoga Schools and some of their friends around the world are offering a wide range of cruelty free gifts. These includes: FREE yoga classes , downloadable CDs and MP3 songs from artists such as world renowned mantra singers Jai Uttal, MC Yogi, Cheb I Sabbah, Deva Premal and Miten, Sharon Gannon, David Newman, Sura das, vegan recipes, discount coupons, plus enter your name for a chance to win amazing prizes (such as a one of a kind Yantra painting!)

With over 20 cruelty free gifts and prizes, everyone who buys Sharanam via amazon.com on October 27 (only) is eligible to receive them. After you purchase the album, simply enter your Amazon.com order number on the gift page to receive your free gifts: http://jivamuktiyoga.com/promo.html

With your participation in purchasing Sharanam via Amazon.com we want to create a tipping point that will change global consciousness, encouraging healing, freedom, kindness and happiness for all beings – animal and human.

To learn more about the album, the campaign, or to redeem your free gifts, please visit:

http://jivamuktiyoga.com/promo.html

Sincerely,

Gaura Vani and AKS

P.S. – You are more than welcome to share this special offer with your family, friends and social networks to encourage them to join our campaign of freedom and happiness. This is not an exclusive offer.- The more of us who join, the better to transform our world.- Again, this is a one-day offer only – October 27. Thank you.

This year at Bhaktifest we were so excited to present our new friend – 12 year old Ayush Sharma from Seattle. He’s not just a fantastic singer – his sweetness and devotion shine through and we are looking forward to seeing him grow and develop. Most of all we can’t wait for him to hurry up and finish school so he can travel around the world spreading his love for kirtan wherever he goes! Keep an eye out for him at the 24 Hour Kartik Kirtan in New Vrindavan, West Virginia this October.

Check out the new Putumayo ‘Yoga’ compilation – a new mix from the popular world music record label created especially for yoga classes and meditation. Our track ‘Moods of Kirtan’ features alongside tracks from artists like Susheela Raman, Krishna Das, Niraj Chag and Sean Johnson & the Wild Lotus Band. We’re excited that they chose this track – one of our absolute favourites that really says what we’re all about: param vijayate shri krishna sankirtanam – long live kirtan! Here’s a beautiful video that Prananatha das in New Zealand made to go with the track. It features footage from the holy towns of Vrindavan and Mayapur in India, some of the most beautiful places in the world.

On the Putumayo website, you can listen to sample tracks as well as read more about this fantastic new release. Here’s what people are saying about it:

“…Over seventy minutes of sacred sound that tends toward the chill with … a throughline of the gorgeously lyrical.” – LA Yoga

“Kudos to Putumayo for maintaining such a high standard and delivering a yoga CD that will hopefully be the first of many.” – Common Ground

Dj Cheb I Sabbah’s North African and “Desi” fusions will be paired with the music of Brooklyn and French duo Ekayani and the Tom Glide Space whose own devotional electronica album Yoga on the Dance Floor and Sanskrit Mantras borrows heavily from Reggae Dub and Brazilian flavors with Bengali and Sanskrit being the primary languages. Saturday night’s event at the intimate Rose lounge is poised to deliver a late night dance party and ep release featuring the master Cheb i Sabbah spinning for the dance floor.  A special performance by vocalist Ekayani celebrates the release of  “Here’s the Light Remixes” by the Tom Glide Space and South Africa’s Beat Pharmacy dj Brendon Moeller .

Sunday’s all inclusive late afternoon and into the night offering suitably titled Yoga on the Dance floor is recommended for those wanting full immersion. It features a yoga class, music, and another dose of  devotional electronica. It all kicks off at 5pm with an All Level Vinyasa Yoga Class instructed by Julie Ziff Sint suitable for beginners with intermediate and advanced variations for a more challenging experience.(Participants are advised to bring a mat). The sacred world music of Gaura Vani As Kindred Spirits, a kirtan band weaving rich ethnic rhythms and melodies follows. Another ecstatic set of electronica with Cheb i Sabbah and Ekayani finishes off the evening. Prepare for lift off.
Presale tickets are available at TicketFly.com

General suggested donation is $40 per person advanced / $50 at the event.
Student suggested donation is $20 advanced / $25 at the event.

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Listen to and download the kirtans here.

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With extreme anguish we inform the world of the disappearance of His Grace Aindra Prabhu on the night of July 16, 2010 in Vrindavan India. Sri Aindra Prabhu was the leader of the 24 Hour Kirtan in Vrindavan since 1986 which constantly chants the Maha Mantra 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Sri Aindra Prabhu was a inspiration to thousands of kirtaniyas and a spiritual guide to many. His importance and contribution to the kirtan movement will become more and more recognized and appreciated in the time to come. At this time we ask everyone to try and attend a kirtan within the next 48 hours to remember Sri Aindra Prabhu and appreciate his departure from this world.

He reasons ill who says that Vaisnavas die,
When thou art living still in sound!
The Vaisnavas die to live, and living try
To spread the holy name around.

-Bhaktivinode Thakur

Listen to a few Aindra Prabhu kirtans below. More can be downloaded from the 24 Hour Kirtan recordings page.

• 001 Aindra das – Hare Krishna Maha Mantra (24567)
• 002 Aindra das – Hare Krishna Maha Mantra (5957)
• 003 Aindra das – Hare Krishna Maha Mantra (3786)
• 004 Aindra das – Hare Krishna Maha Mantra (2103)
• 005 Aindra das – Hare Krishna Maha Mantra (1896)
• 006 Aindra das – Hare Krishna Maha Mantra (1694)
• 007 Aindra das – Hare Krishna Maha Mantra (1739)
• 008 Aindra das – Hare Krishna Maha Mantra (1677)
• 009 Aindra das – Hare Krishna Maha Mantra (1574)
• 010 Aindra das – Hare Krishna Maha Mantra (1579)
• 011 Aindra das – Hare Krishna Maha Mantra (1500)
• 012 Aindra das – Hare Krishna Maha Mantra (1496)
• 013 Aindra das – Hare Krishna Maha Mantra (1311)
• 014 Aindra das – Hare Krishna Maha Mantra (1298)
• 015 Aindra das – Hare Krishna Maha Mantra (1341)
• 016 Aindra das – Hare Krishna Maha Mantra (1211)
• 017 Aindra das – Hare Krishna Maha Mantra (1203)
• 018 Aindra das – Hare Krishna Maha Mantra (1235)
• 019 Aindra das – Hare Krishna Maha Mantra (1152)
• 020 Aindra das – Hare Krishna Maha Mantra (1151)

• Fri, July 9, 2010, 7:30 pm
  Cambridge YMCA Theatre
  820 Massachusette Avenue
  Cambridge, MA 02139-3296
  (617) 661-9622
• Sat, July 10, 2010, 7:30 pm
  Kripalu Center
  57 Interlaken Road
  Stockbridge, MA 01262
  www.kripalu.org
• Sun, July 11, 2010, 7:30 pm
  Yoga Sanctuary
  189 Main Street
  Northampton, MA 01060-3147
  $15 at the door
  (413) 585-9642
  http://yoga-sanctuary.com/
• Mon, July 12, 2010, 7:30 pm
  All That Matters Yoga Studio
  315 Main Street
  Wakefield, RI 02879
  $20 pre-registration or $25 at the door
  Phone: 401-782-2126
  http://www.allthatmatters.com/index.cfm
• Tues, July 13, 2010, 7:30 pm
  Block Island, RI:
  St Andrews Parish Center
  http://www.blockislandyoga.com/
• Thurs, July 15, 2010, 7pm
  Yoga Mandali
  454 Broadway
  Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
  $15 in advance, $20 at the door
  518.584.0807
  http://www.yogasaratoga.com/
• Sunday, July 18th, 2010, 4:30-7pm
  Radha Krishna Temple
  72 Commonwealth Ave
  Boston, MA 02116
  617-247-8611

Friday night there will be a special kirtan by Madhava (Switzerland).
Saturday morning there will be a lecture by Sivaram Swami on the topic of “24 Hours of Chanting – Preparing the Soul”.

Final Schedule:

5:00 AM Mangala Aroti –
7:30 AM Darshan of Deities
7:40 AM Guru Puja –
8:15 AM Class – Sivaram Swami
9:00 AM Breakfast
10:00 AM Kirtan Outside in Mandap –
11:45 AM Sankalpa Ceremony
12:00 PM Harinam into Temple – Ananta Govinda
12:15 PM Madhava
2:00 PM Acyuta Gopi
3:00 PM Badahari Prabhu
4:00 PM Amala Kirtan (Brazil)
5:00 PM Sitapati Das (Australia)
5:45 PM Abhay NV
6:15 PM Gauramani Devi
7:00 PM Param Das (Standing Kirtan for Aroti)
7:30 PM Gaura Vani
8:30 PM Sivaram Swami
10:00 PM Ananta Govinda & Acyuta
11:00 PM Prema Hara (Keshavacharya and Kamaniya)
12:00 AM NJ Crew lead by Kalpavriksha
1:00 AM Kishori Yatra
1:45 AM Montreal Crew
2:45 AM Rina Mahapatra (Chicago)
3:15 AM Sgt. Caitanya
3:45 AM Rupa (NV)
4:15 AM Krishna Prasad (Baltimore)
5:00 PM Rupa (Florida)
5:30 AM Jahnavi Harrison
6:15 AM Rasa Caitanya (NV)
6:45 AM Varshana Swami
7:45 AM Sarvajay Gauranga das
8:45 AM Gaura Vani
9:30 AM Acyuta Gopi
10:15 AM Badahari Prabhu
11:45 AM Ananta Govinda
1:00 PM Lunch Feast

If you have questions or comments about the schedule, contact Gaura Vani at 240.423.9108 or schedule@mantralogy.com.

Join Gaura Vani, Ananta & Acyuta with special guest HH Radhanath Swami and many friends this Saturday, June 5th for 12 hours of kirtan (10am – 10pm) for the sixth monthly event.

12 Hour Kirtan – Saturday April 17th 10am – 10pm

Join Gaura Vani, Ananta & Acyuta with special guest Carmella Baynie and many friends this Saturday, April 17th for 12 hours of kirtan (10am – 10pm) for the fourth monthly event.

The next 12 Hour Kirtan will be on May 1st 2010 along with special guest His Holiness Radhanath Swami.

Pre-Order Mridanga and limited edition album shirt!

The Mayapuris will be releasing their debut album entitled Mridanga on June 22nd 2010. The Mayapuris have crash-landed into the kirtan/chant genre, quickly becoming the most talked about group in this growing culture of exotic world music. Their debut album Mridanga soars with fiery vocals, earth shaking rhythms and enchanting musical flavor. Named after the Mridanga, a clay and leather drum from Mayapur, India where kirtan/chant music originated, this album showcases the musical versatility of The Mayapuris and instruments they play. Special guests include grammy-nominated Jai Uttal, Gaura Vani & As Kindred Spirits and Benjy Wertheimer of Shantala. The album was produced by Gaura Vani at Avatar Studios in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Rapidly ascending as one of the most popular kirtan/chant groups in the world, The Mayapuris have been featured in stunning venues, from the inauguration inspired Chant4Change to the world’s largest gathering of kirtan musicians at Bhakti Fest. After a worldwide tour that brought them to six continents last year The Mayapuris are eager to expand and elate crowds with pulse-surging music as they roll along to the thunder of the mridanga drum.

The album will be available in yoga studios, select music stores and digitally via iTunes, AmazonMP3 and all the standard digital retailers. Special pre-order bundle to be available soon on www.Mayapuris.com and www.Mantralogy.com.

Last week was our second visit to Rutgers University. We were invited by Aksh Sharma, one of the facilitators of the Bhakti Club, and a good friend of ours. Over 220 students filled a large hall as Gaura Vani, The Mayapuris and Acyuta Gopi started the night with stories of the Ramayan and beautiful chants.

Towards the end of the evening Gaura Vani invited Gopika, a student from Rutgers and a facilitator of the Bhakti Club, to sing Hare Krishna while the Mayapuris got the crowd off their feet and dancing. What ensued can be described with a thousand words, or this one short video.

We are all excited to be going back to Rutgers University in October of this year. The student newspaper, The Daily Targum, also covered the night with an article posted here.

EXCERPT FROM ARTICLE

Students were able to tour the world through meditation and cultural celebrations on campus at the Busch Campus Center with the help of the University’s Bhatki Yoga Club.
More than 220 people experienced a night dedicated to musical meditation, cultural singing and dancing Thursday, as they listened to world-famous, Indian-style kirtan bands As Kindred Spirits and Mayapuris while performing Bhakti yoga.
“Kirtan is the sound of the soul singing. Its purpose is to reunite with the divine through the medium of mantra or sacred sounds and to clean the heart to reawaken our true identity. It helps us realize who we are really,” said Gaura Vani, leader of As Kindred Spirits.
Yoga in the western world is known typically as a physical workout leading to flexibility and muscle tone. But Bhakti yoga achieves a higher-level, inner awareness connection through the tradition of singing sacred sounds known as kirtan, according to the club’s Web site. READ MORE…

Recordings from the night coming soon…

In the summer of 2009, some of our Mantralogy crew members, including Gaura Vani and the Mayapuris, toured the USA. On one long drive we all discussed what it would take to make the fast—growing kirtan music “scene” stronger. Some of us have roots in the early 90’s punk rock, which relied heavily on zines, or small, fan-produced newsletters/magazines as a method of sharing insights and creating community around a shared passion: in this case, music. As some of the kirtan scene’s largest fans, we discussed how great it would be to create a zine for us and our friends in the kirtan world.

Although times have changed and most communication nowadays is digital, the printed word (and image) still could have a relevant place in the kirtan world today. At least, that is how we see it.

Coupling news and feature articles with the Mantralogy Lifestlye catalog, we have come to call our version of the zine a “magalog,” which is to be produced biannually. We hope to bring you a small taste of the kirtan scene with exciting products, events and music. We welcome collaboration in any respect, so if you have an idea or would like to contribute, please contact us here. Rasa Acharya, Editor

Download the first ever Mantralogy Magalog (magazine/catalog). Enter your email and name below and we’ll email you a link to download the digital version. If you want a physical copy, enter your address into this form and we’ll mail you one.

Rama 12 Hour Kirtan – Saturday March 20th 10am – 10pm

Join Gaura Vani, Ananta & Acyuta, the Mayapuris and many friends along with special guest Indradyumna Swami this Saturday, March 20th for 12 hours of kirtan (10am – 10pm) for the third monthly event.

This time we’re celebrating the birthday of Sri Ramachandra, the divine hero of the epic Ramayan, who exemplified the ideal character of a saintly king.

Rama is known to many through his famous devotee Hanuman, the divine Monkey who is constatnly signing Rama’s glories. We aim to carry on in this spirit!

A live webcast will be on GauraVani.com and Mantralogy.com.

See and Hear the previous two 12 Hour Kirtans at the Bhakti Center.

January 2010

February 2010

Schedule

Ananta Govinda /Acyuta Gopi             10:00-11:00

H.H. Indradyumna Swami                    11:00-12:30

Kancanamayi                                      12:30-1:00

Sanga                                                 1:00 to 1:45

Vishwambhar                                     1:45 to 2:45

Ghanasyam                                        2:45 to 3:15

Raghunath                                         3:15 to 3:45

Gopika                                              3:45 to 4:15

John Kruth                                        4:15 to 4:45

Ananta Govinda                                4:45 to 5:30

Nama Rasa                                       5:30 to 6:30

Gaura Vani                                       6:30 to 7:30

Kish and Bali                                    7:30 to 8:15

Acyuta Gopi                                     8:15 to 9:00

Gaura Vani – All hands on deck        9:00 to 10:00

See you there!