Kirtan Vancouver August 18, 2012

Shantala leads kirtan for the annual Kirtan Vancouver festival

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From Kirtan Vancouver's website:

About Kirtan Vancouver

Kirtan is an important aspect of yoga. Just as a cake is incomplete without sugar - so too is yoga incomplete without kirtan. And, as with any practice - it’s always better to experience it completely and in whole - not just in part. This kirtan or chanting helps one to connect with themselves and something higher - helping focus the mind and achieve the true harmony between mind, body and spirit and creating a balance we can but dream of.

Kirtan is not religious chanting, nor is it repeating just one word over and over again. It is part of the Yoga of Sound - in which you produce sound waves and follow them with your awareness - think Ommm! This vibration helps focus your mind and raise your consciousness. Add in some amazing instruments, your friends and imagine what a whole kirtan can accomplish.

By singing and participating in kirtan, you are able to withdraw yourself from the body and your external environment and focus on something higher, something more peaceful. Just as in a yogic pose this detachment helps to complete the pose and achieve balance. Participating in kirtan with or without yoga frees the mind and brings the much sought after feeling of freedom from the daily grind.

Say the words
Repeat Faster Louder
Experience the freedom
t’s the heart, not the Art

Although kirtan involves music; the art of kirtan is not about what your musical ability is - it’s all about what ‘s in your heart. Everyone can participate; everyone can feel that connection with the self and something higher, which we all seek. That is the purpose behind kirtan; to take us out of our heads and into our hearts.

Not only does this make us feel better, stress free and lively - it promotes this healing, the higher awareness in our community by bringing together people from all walks of life to come and move forward together.

Come experience the sounds and sights of Kirtan Vancouver and feel the difference.

Official Website: http://www.kirtanvancouver.com