Kirtan is group prayer and meditation, an invocation of sacred Sanskrit mantras, set to enchanting melodies and mystical rhythms. Its magic rests upon the principle that ‘the name of God IS God’. 

 

One of the primary practices of Bhakti yoga - the yoga of spiritual devotion - kirtan takes place in community with fellow spiritual seekers & devotees (bhaktas), collectively praising diverse aspects of the divine, which boil down to the essentials of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth, expressing our highest ideals. 

 

The musical format is call-and-response chanting: the leader offering an impassioned call, to which the participants listen with intention and respond with devotion and abandon. This mutual exchange of energy makes manifest the ineffable power that dwells within every human heart, and which blossoms in divine community. 

 

The practice of kirtan builds ‘ojas’ - an Ayurvedic principle of rejuvenation - which enhances personal resilience, physical immunity, and generates overflowing love. 

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Kirtan on State is hosted by Trevor & Zarah as an offerring to our community and as an opportunity to publicly worship with our friends. 

We regularly invite local kirtan singers to collaborate  on the evening program - and on special occassions we enjoy the privilege of hosting seasoned kirtan leaders on tour and from the larger southern California region. 

 

Come as you are. All are welcome at kirtan, of all ages, spiritual persuasions, and creeds. 

 

Together, our primary objective is to raise the universal vibration and to seed positive intentions within our own consciousnesses and within the collective, which will emanate throughout the larger reality. 

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