The Art & Practice of Kirtan w/ Jai Uttal – Level 1 Online Kirtan Camp

$349 Early Bird – Sign up by April 8 to receive the early bird price and special bonus course.
$415 Regular
$208 Installment (Two Payments)

The Art & Practice of Kirtan with Jai Uttal – Level 1 Online Kirtan Camp | Starts April 21, 2021
Deepen your yoga practice! Anchor yourself on the path of Bhakti Yoga by focusing on some of its main practices (Kirtan, Japa and storytelling), which connect you to the ever present source of love that flows within our hearts and throughout all of creation.

This six week journey through the inspirational art of Kirtan, or devotional chanting, and Bhakti Yoga includes 6 weeks of extended recorded lessons with Jai on The House of Bhakti Member site as well as four 90 minute live online sessions with Jai. In addition you will receive weekly homework assignments and over an hour of bonus material including a rhythm class with Daniel Paul and and Introduction to the Gods and Goddesses with Nubia. There will also be a community group for discussions and sharing. Anchor yourself on the path of Bhakti Yoga by focusing on some of its main practices (Kirtan, Japa and storytelling), which connect you to the ever present source of love that flows within our hearts and throughout all of creation. Sign up by April 8 and receive a special bonus course – “Everyday Bhakti – Pilgrimage to the Heart”.

LIVE CLASS SCHEDULE  with Jai Uttal, Sundays – 1:00 – 2:30 pm PDT

• Sunday, April 25
• Sunday, May 2
• Sunday, May 16
• Sunday, May 30

PRE-RECORDED Episode Release Dates within Jai Uttal’s House of Bhakti Online Platform

• Wednesday, April 21 Episode 1 – Homecoming
• Wednesday, April 28 Episode 2 – Sanctuary
• Wednesday, May 5 Episode 3 – Love and Longing
• Wednesday, May 12 Episode 4 – Healing the Heart
• Wednesday, May 19 Episode 5 – Resting in Grace
• Wednesday, May 26 Episode 6 – Rippling Outward

All live classes will be recorded and available in the House of Bhakti course platform in addition to 6 Episodes of lessons from Jai with over 15 hours of instruction.
You will have access to all content for 6 Months.

Jai Uttal, Grammy nominated sacred music composer, recording artist, multi-instrumentalist, and ecstatic vocalist, combines influences from India with influences from American rock and jazz, creating a stimulating and exotic multi-cultural fusion that is truly world spirit music. Having travelled extensively in India, where he met many great saints and singers, Bhakti Yoga became his personal path. Jai has been leading, teaching and performing kirtan and Bhakti Yoga around the world for close to 50 years, creating a safe environment for people to open their hearts and voices.

 

 

 

 

You will have access to all content for 6 Months.

By agreeing to the terms and conditions you agree to not share your login with another person or resell content you receive in this course. This course is non-refundable.

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Kirtan

$10, $20 sliding scale, pay what you can | Please register in advance, a Zoom link and passcode will be provided via confirmation email.

Kirtan with Acharya Mangalananda and his full band will be performed socially-distanced, in separate rooms and connected with monitors.

Chanting mantras and prayers are elements of the Bhakti Yoga path which leads to union with the Divine Consciousness. Chanting calms the nerves, purifies the emotions, heals the body and opens the heart. It elevates and concentrates the mind, preparing one for silent mantra repetition, meditation and communion with the Divine. Chanting done with a devotional attitude lifts the emotions toward selfless, divine love.

 

Acharya Mangalananda has learned by deep immersion the traditional spiritual music of India. His kirtan is couched in the mystical ragas of India and is full of the lively ecstatic joy of the Divine Names.
Mangalananda has toured extensively throughout India, Europe and the USA, presenting kirtan concerts, yoga classes and workshop retreats. He is an Acharya (an appointed Spiritual Teacher) of Ma Anandamayi Ashram in Omkareshwar / Indore in the lineage of Sri Anandamayi Ma.

 

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Full Moon Chanting


Free| Please register in advance, a Zoom link and passcode will be provided via confirmation email.

We gather once a month to chant the Gayatri Mantra, the great mantra of Light and Liberation, to maximize the spiritual benefits of the full moon.

“oṃ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ
tat savitur vareṇyaṃ
bhargo devasya dhīmahi
dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt”
– Rigveda 3.62.10[11]

 

Madhavi Maria Monserrat Becht, RYT-500 began practicing yoga and fell deeply in love with it in 2014 while living in Princeton NJ. She had a Tibetan meditation practice, but something was missing and since then yoga has been her life. Madhavi has a passion for cooking healthy meals, working with healing plants, cacao ceremonies, hiking and being in nature. She moved to IYI San Francisco in 2018 where she decided to go deeper into her practice and live in community. She feels like Integral Yoga is her home. While living in the ashram she has deepened her meditation practice, completed two 200 hour basic training, yin and yoga nidra. Madhavi’s goal is to help others to live more peacefully and in harmony with nature.

Bhakti: The Yoga of Devotion

 

by Swami Ramananda

 

“The desire for connection with the Divine and our formless inner self is at the foundation of all desire for human connection.”

― Donna Goddard

 

Sooner or later, most of us find ourselves compelled to seek a deeper source of connection and love that is not subject to the changes we all experience in our personal relationships.  People all over the world and throughout history have found countless ways of seeking and identifying this deeper source as an unconditionally loving Spiritual Consciousness that dwells within everything. Since consciousness is too abstract for many of us to relate to, endless symbols, names, and forms have been used to express and connect with this Presence.

This form, be it a deity, a spiritual principle like Peace, or the image of a saint, can help us cultivate a higher form of love and connection.  Love directed toward God in any form inspires us to feel protection and comfort, to access an inner strength, and rise above selfish thinking. By acknowledging something beyond the ego-mind and its limited ideas, we humble ourselves and open our hearts to receive a grace that is always present. Just as raising the window shade allows the sun to shine in, we experience an inner Light when we let go of the habitual thoughts that define us and separate us from the Spirit that dwells within each of us.

Yoga offers techniques to cultivate this deep and unconditional love, which are collectively known as Bhakti Yoga. These practices include kirtan (chanting the names of God), puja (creating an altar and making offerings to it), and an abiding devotion toward a specific form that represents the Divine Spirit.

As the presence and power of the Spirit becomes more real, it can become a part of everything we do. Such devotion can motivate us to dedicate everything we do as a loving offering and to access the Divine Will in our daily choices.  It will guide us to recognize, love, and serve that Presence in each other. Whenever this happens, we begin to relate not so much to the ego-mind of another person, but to the Light that is within them, no matter how well hidden by the personality.

I once heard a story of a wealthy man who became attracted to Sri Ramakrishna, an Indian saint. This man was accustomed to all the sensual pleasure that money could buy:  a luxurious home, fine wines and gourmet foods, and the company of prostitutes. His love of Ramakrishna grew enough that he asked to be accepted as a disciple, even though he had no intention of giving up his lifestyle.

Ramakrishna agreed to accept him on the condition that he would offer everything he consumed or did to Ramakrishna before partaking in it. The man readily agreed, thinking he had the best of both worlds. Before he ate or drank or did anything, he offered it mentally to Ramakrishna. But as his devotion grew and he sought to honor the saint with appropriate offerings, he gradually gave up all the old unhealthy habits.

Such is the power of higher love to transform us in ways that our willpower alone may not.  That is no doubt why various Yoga masters have said that the path of devotion is the easiest practice during this era of materialism. In a way, the goal of all spiritual practice can be summed up as a process of learning to love unconditionally. Rumi says it beautifully: “Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.”

Please join us on January 30th at 7 PM, as Mirabai guides us to experience our own connection and love with the Divine through chanting, mantra, and song. Details and registration HERE.

 


Swami Ramananda is the President of the Integral Yoga Institute in San Francisco and a greatly respected senior teacher in the Integral Yoga tradition, who has been practicing Yoga for over 35 years. Ramananda offers practical methods of integrating the timeless teachings and practices of yoga into daily life, and transforming the painful aspects of human experience into steps toward realizing one’s full potential.

He leads beginner, intermediate and advanced level yoga teacher training programs in San Francisco, and offers a variety of programs in many locations in the U. S., Europe and South America. Ramananda trains Yoga teachers to bring Yoga into corporate, hospital and medical settings and has taught mind/body wellness programs in many locations. He is a founding board member of the Yoga Alliance, a national registry that supports and promotes yoga teachers as professionals. His warmth, wisdom and sense of humor have endeared him to many.

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