Ma, Earth Mother, has many faces. She can be benevolent & peaceful, but some of her other faces can be powerful & frightening. I've chosen the chants this week because for me they reflected different moods of Ma. Like the Earth Mother, I invite you to app

It's spring break here ... yeeha ... and it's also time for me to take a little break. This show played about a year ago, and since I'm still in a praying mood it seemed to fit. Enjoy spring, and I'll see you all next week. Namaste. Prayers/April 27, 2

The theme for this week started out as "Surrender", but originally I meant it  in the sense of surrender when practicing Yin Yoga. As the week progressed and the events unfolding in Japan took a personal turn for our family, the theme of surrender took o

Spring is springing up here in Oregon, and so the set this week was inspired by the life force represented by the goddess Tara. In the Buddhist tradition, Tara is more than a goddess -- she's a female Buddha who can take human form. There are many chants

This week's set features all new kirtan, and it also holds another theme -- one of healing for the planet. We're all in for a ride, and it will be much better to go through it supporting & helping each other, don't you think? Several listeners requested t

This week's set was the convergence of two things; a really great satsang on Sunday, where we sang most of this set, and the arrival of several new kirtan CDs which I'd like to preview before putting together the next Fresh Tracks show. These chants had u

Yesterday was Valentine's Day, and so this week's set was inspired by Love.  There's the "Radhe Suite" which tells the love story of Krishna & Radhe, and a chant by Shantala that sings of the Love that dwells within each of us. But my favorite this week

Several friends departing for vacation last week prompted me to coin my new motto: Kirtan Is My Mexico!. To take a mental vacation from your cell phone & computer, plug into the podcast and listen with intention. You and your mind will be transported away

The Kirtan Kriya meditation was mentioned in last week's podcast, and I've been enjoying it so much that I was inspired to dedicate this week's podcast to the meditation. Ramdesh Kaur explains it here, and there are lots of references to it on the New Wor

This week I wanted to put together a set of my favorite kirtan chants, and found it was a very hard task indeed!  We just have to have more All Star sets, because there is no way I can fit all my best-loved songs into one week's show!  So these are some