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events | Kirtan: Chanting with Rick Roberts & Friends

Chanting relaxes the mind, opens the heart, and moves us into a deeper place of love and compassion within ourselves.
Kirtan is call and response chanting and singing in the Hindu tradition. Accompanied by harmonium, drum, cymbals and tamboura, chants are clearly taught and it is easy to follow along. Enjoy the resonant sound of the Sanskrit language with simple, beautiful melodies. For thousands of years kirtan has helped people find a quiet and still place within, leading them into meditation

Join with others as we open our hearts and sing!
Every first Saturday, 7:30 – 9pm
suggested donation $10

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rick roberts started meditating and chanting in 1979 while in residence at Muktananda's Ashram in Ann Arbor, Michigan. After moving to the Boston area in 1993 he began practicing Ashtanga Yoga and completed teacher trainings with Richard Freeman and David Swensen with much mentoring from Patty Townsend. He taught Yoga classes and led weekly kirtans in the Boston area before moving to Western Mass where he now leads monthly kirtans.

Rick is an RYT–500 certified Yoga teacher, student of Sanskrit and lives in Montague, MA. He can be reached by email: rick@PioneerValleyYoga.com or phone: 413–367–9777

A little more about this practice:
Chanting devotional songs in Sanskrit is an ancient form of meditation. Thousands of years ago, yogis recognized the profound effects of sound vibrations on our states of consciousness and discovered that chanting specific words and names of God gives rise to an experience of the divine. Word sheets are provided; no experience necessary! 		 
     
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