This week's set was inspired by an article on Spirit Voyage's blog called "Healthy Living: 10 Reasons to Meditate".  The blog tells how it's possible to create specific states of mind by entering the sound current and chanting kirtan with intention.  Th

The chants in the Sunday Satsang sets are designed to be sung!  You can sing them in a group, as we do, especially if you're also in a small town where live kirtan is hard to find.  The lyrics to the chants can be found here.  So sing in the shower, si

The mighty ape Hanuman is featured in the music this week, in honor of his Birthday.  Hanuman is said to represent the untold power that resides within each one of us just waiting to be tapped.  A book that taught me about this immense power and how to

Happy Solstice everyone, and Happy Birthday to the New World Kirtan podcast!  As we turn two years old our podcast community continues to grow--and so does the word about the magic of this music We'll be on a short hiatus for the Holidays, and I wish fo

This week's set is a mostly English set (that's the different part).  Our favorite kirtan artists perform songs that aren't in Sanskrit, and I thought you might enjoy hearing some of them.  Also, in the podcast I talk about how much I'm enjoying ginger

One of my least favorite times of the day is around 4AM.  That's because I'm often awake, up much earlier than I'd like, and trying to get back to sleep.  My mind has jumped on the opportunity and has become a thought-generating monster.  Once you're c

There was a candlelight vigil in our town tonight.  It was organized as way to surround a mosque firebombed this weekend with light and community support.  The outside world comes to Corvallis--the mosque was attended by the young man who attempted the

This week's set is eminently singable--this I know because our kirtan group sang these chants at our Sunday Satsang this week.  You can use the podcast this way also, and the Sunday Satsang sets will be designed to allow you to use them as a basis for a

This week's set is another one of all new kirtan, as new CDs have been arriving fast & furiously.  And if you're a fan of the October 8 Jai Uttal podcast, fear not--the digital noise in the original podcast is now gone.  If you download it again Jai's m

Probably like most of you, I'm constantly struggling with my need to be informed and my desire to stay positive.  A balance has been especially hard to achieve  during this demoralizing election season.  Kirtan, as always, has been my refuge--and that'