Kirtan by Sri Prahlada at Jois Yoga

On Friday, July 15th, Jois Yoga will be celebrating the life and teachings of Pattabhi Jois, the found of asthanga yoga, with kirtan lead by Sri Prahlada. This will be Sri Prahlada’s first kirtan in Sydney on his return from a European kirtan tour. The program will begin from 4:30-5:30 with a Puja ceremony with […]

Why Maha Mantra Kirtan?

The Kali Santarana Upanisad I like to sing many different ancient sacred mantras in kirtan, but my favourite is the maha-mantra. People sometimes ask me about the origin of the maha-mantra – I reply that spiritual tradition holds the mantra to be eternal but revealed in time in different sacred texts. The chief amongst such […]

Sri Prahlada kirtan at Qi Yoga March 5th

What are the Benefits of Kirtan?

Note from Sri Prahlada January has been a wonderful month for kirtan in Sydney. On the 22nd and 23rd, we had a 40 hour kirtan celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Hare Krishna community in Sydney and Australia. One of the highlights was a performance by Swamis from Satyananda Yoga at Mangrove Mountain. Another highlight […]

Different Forms of Kirtan

The power of kirtan is not only being increasingly recognised and embraced in the yoga community, but practitioners of other religious traditions are embracing it as well; creating new kirtan forms. What are some of these forms of kirtan and how is a kirtan practitioner to respond to them? Within the Jewish tradition, we have […]

New Year’s Eve Ecstasy Event: Friday 31 December 2010 17:00

Celebrate the coming of the New Year by setting the right intention and example: a wholesome (radical for New Year’s Eve!) evening starting with a transformational Yoga class and meditation with Fabio Fabbri, delicious, healthy vegetarian buffet food, followed by a blissful Kirtan (live music with Yoga chants and dancing) with Sri Prahlada & The […]

Kirtan lifestyle: The most valuable thing

Those who are actually advanced in knowledge… worship Kali-yuga because in this fallen age all perfection of life can easily be achieved by the performance of kirtana. Srimad Bhagavatam 11.5.36 Kirtan is not just spiritual meditation music; it is a philosophy and way of life. To me it represents the essence of what I learned […]

A history of the sacred practice of kirtan – Part 2

I taught this eternal practice of yoga to Vivisvan the sun-god; Vivisvan gave it to Manu, father of mankind; Manu passed it to King Iksvaku. Thus handed from one to another, it was known by saintly kings. But over a great passage of time this yoga was lost to the world. Now I am teaching […]

A history of the sacred practice of kirtan – Part 1

In the beginning of creation, the Lord of all creatures sent forth generations of people and devas [demigods], along with sacrifices, and blessed them by saying, “Be thou happy by this yajna [sacrifice] because its performance will bestow upon you all desirable things. The devas, being pleased by sacrifices, will also please you; thus nourishing […]