Serenity
with Sacred Chant
Set your voice free and release tension
with relaxing Kirtan Yoga, the
ancient art of combining mantra chants
with beautiful music. Kirtan is guided
by Tim McEvitt, who has been leading
kirtan groups since 1993.. Choose from any of
the following, or all together:
(1) Relaxation – you relax and listen
to soothing chants while lying on a yoga
mat in our private therapy space, or you
may prefer that we go out to the
woodlands on the island, or you can sit
downstairs in the Temple. The choice is
yours. There many possibilities - for
example, if you paint landscape art why
not bring along your materials and paint
scenery on a clear morning by the patio
adjacent to the Temple?
(2) Sing-along to the kirtan and join in
the meditation
(3)
Music – You can actually learn the tunes
accompanied by a keyboard instrument (we
use a harmonium). If you are a yoga
teacher yourself this can really add
something special when you teach. Or,
you may like to learn some chants for
the love of it
(4) Philosophy –
According to the ancient Srimad
Bhagavatam (also known as the Bhagavat Purana)
chanting mantras is a very powerful way
to connect with the Self: learn why.
'The response that comes from chanting
is in the form of bliss, or spiritual
happiness, which is a much higher taste
than any happiness found here in the
material world. That's why I say that
the more you do it, the more you don't
want to stop, because it feels so nice
and peaceful'
George Harrison
Krishna
Mantra in Sanskrit
'The Krishna mantra
is the best of all mantras, and although it is very confidential,
it can still be understood through bhakti - loving devotion.
Those who seriously desire to make spiritual progress continuously chant
these sixteen splendid names of Krishna, and in this way they conquer
material existence. No other mantra can compare to it, and never
will any mantra be able to bestow the same degree of
transcendental knowledge as is revealed by the Hare Krishna Maha-Mantra'
Sri Chaitanya
Upanishad (13,14)
(circa 3000BC)
