Join Sarah, Bina and Nat (Sabinat) for a heart-opening evening of Kirtan - the ancient yogic practice of call-and-response chanting that uplifts the spirit, calms the mind and connects us through sound (scroll down to learn more).

***Thursday 9th October, 7.30-8.30pm***
***Thursday 13th Novebmer 7.30-8.30pm***
*** Thursday 11th December 7.30-8.30pm***
£15 including tea served at the end
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At the ETNA Community Centre, St Margarets in the Turner Room (ground floor, on the left)

​NB if kirtan is offered as part of a Sarah Greenall Yoga afternoon or day retreat, it will just be Sarah leading the practice.

Connection through chanting

Chanting is a wonderful way to reconnect to your true essence, one of heart-felt joy, peace and calm. This is the yoga of sound - meditation with music. No experience or good quality of voice required - 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.
Each Kirtan evening is an invitation to:
🎶 Awaken the heart through sound, music and mantra
🕯️ Sit in community and shared intention
🌿 Let go of stress and mental chatter
💖 Access states of peace, joy and calm
🕉️ Connect to yourself, to others and to something greater - however you define that

Whether you come for the music, the meditation, or the shared energy - chant softly, sing out loud, or simply listen and feel - Kirtan has a way of meeting you right where you are and accepting and welcoming you just as you are. You can sit on the floor (bring a comfy cushion) or on a chair. No experience is necessary - just come with an open mind and an open heart.

About Kirtan

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.
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).

Meet your hosts

Sarah, Bina and Natalie "Sabinat" completed their "Learning to Lead Kirtan" training together where they became firm friends. The training was led by Nikki Slade - a leading pioneer and facilitator in the field of mantra chanting, core voice and sound work for over 35 years. 
Sarah Greenall is a yoga and meditation teacher (since 2015) and practitioner since 2002. Her passion, however, as a child 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.
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.
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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. Click here to visit Nat's website www.sandhanakarana.co.uk
*What is a mantra?
A mantra is a sound, word, or phrase repeated in meditation or kirtan to focus the mind, open the heart, and awaken deeper states of awareness. Rooted in ancient Sanskrit texts, these mantras carry universal themes such as peace, love, compassion or strength. In kirtan, when we chant these mantras together, we’re not just singing the words we’re inviting those qualities into our own experience. You don’t need to follow any specific belief system to take part; these practices are open to all. You’re warmly invited to connect with something greater than yourself, whatever that means to you.

The repetition of mantra helps quiet mental chatter, regulate the nervous system and create a sense of unity - within ourselves and with those around us. Whether you understand the language or not, the vibration of the sound itself has a powerful effect and you may find yourself feeling more centred, uplifted, or deeply peaceful.
“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

​General Ts and Cs:
- In line with my other events, please note that all tickets are non refundable but may be transferable (to another person or future event) if more than 48 hours' notice is provided, on a discretionary basis.
- If this event is sold out then it is worth joining the waitlist as there are sometimes cancellations. ​
- if you for any reason we have to cancel then you will be issued with a credit to rebook on a future event.
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