Friday at Shakti Fest.

I'm off to Joshua Tree -- one of my most favorite places -- for one of my most favorite festivals. Shakti Fest is devoted to the Divine Mother this year, and the line-up of kirtan artists is stellar. This week's set is just a sampling of what we'll hear o

Mother's Day is coming up, and this is the first Mother's Day my Mom won't be here. The podcast this week honors her. Mom never had an understanding of what the podcast was about, although she tried hard because she knew it was important to me. Computers

Kirtan artist Ragani has a great idea-- let's get the global kirtan community together for a virtual sing-along. Are you in? It's open to anyone who wants to participate, and everything you need to know is right here. The magic of kirtan is worldwide, vib

The chant "Hare Krishna" has gotten a bad rap. Since the 1960s the chant has become well known outside of India, mostly due to the efforts of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, better known as the Hare Krishnas. In the late '60s the chan

“Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo” is the Adi Mantra. Translated "I bow to the Creative Wisdom, I bow to the Divine Teacher, it is chanted at the beginning of a Kundalini Yoga session to help us tune into the Divine flow & self knowledge we all carry within.Â

This week's set is the first podcast I've done for children, or it could be for the child in all of us! The set is structured so it can be used to encourage a child to settle down for the evening. It starts with a story about Ganesha (read by Jai Uttal),

This week we have a Fresh Tracks set, which means the artists are either new to the podcast or they've been featured before & now have a new CD. The music mix turned out to be very laid back, so it's a mellowed-out offering for you this week. The set feat