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Join Sarah, Bina and Nat (Sabinat) for a heart-opening evening of Kirtan in St Margarets, Twickenham - a deeply nourishing practice that gently shifts your energy and awareness to a place of inner peace and joy, just like meditation.
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"Kirtan is like a holiday for the mind"
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Chanting is a wonderful way to reconnect to your true essence and to a place of heart-felt joy, peace and calm. This is the yoga of sound - meditation with music. No experience or singing ability needed - if we can chat, we can chant!! So please come chant with Sabinat and discover your healing voice, which can be an amazing gateway for creating calm and grounded-ness in a world that can feel anything but that. All voices welcome here - nothing to lose but the blues! Our evening practice will end with tea and time to chat, so no rush to head off.
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Kirtan is not about being a good singer. It’s about joining your voice with others, allowing the music and mantras* to carry you into stillness, joy and deep connection - connection with your inner self, with those around you and with something greater than yourself, whatever that means to you.
You can think of chanting as meditation with music, it is a deeply nourishing practice that helps calm the mind, relaxes the body and gently shifts your energy and awareness to a place of inner peace and joy, just like meditation. |
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We chant in Sanskrit, the oldest language in the world and the language of yoga, in a call-and-response fashion - simply repeating the words and tune of the leader, accompanied by a harmonium and often a drum. No need to understand the meaning or worry about the pronunciation, just tune into the feel and vibration of the mantra* (scrolll down for more info).
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Sarah Greenall is an experienced yoga and meditation teacher of over 10 years. Her passion as a child, however, was music - playing piano and flute, performing in orchestras and singing in choirs. Kirtan allows her to bring together both loves - music and yoga - and, through chanting, can come home to that place of deep heart-felt joy, expression and connection. She feels it is a deep privilege to be able to offer this practice, connecting with others in community.
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Bina Patel grew up chanting mantras and devotional hymns as part of her South Asian heritage. Journeying into adulthood, it became evident that in deeply challenging circumstances, chanting intuitively offered a safe shore, and a tool for positive change. She has come to understand it as a form of Sound Healing. The repetition of short verses, in various tempos and harmonies, create certain energetic shifts in the mind, heart, body and spirit, which are amplified when shared with others. www.binapatel-coachingandcounselling.com/
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Natalie Nissim combines over 30 years in the music industry with her work as a yoga teacher and sound healer. Inspired by her love of Hindu philosophy, on discovering Kirtan she was captivated by its uplifting energy and its power to heal. Now, she wants to share this joy with others, blending music, devotion and community to open hearts, calm minds and heal naturally. Visit Nat's website www.sandhanakarana.co.uk
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“Chanting is a way of getting in touch with yourself. It’s a way of opening your heart and finding your own inner strength, your own inner peace.”
— Krishna Das
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