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Willow Street Yoga
8561 Fenton St.
Silver Spring MD 20912
301-270-8038
www.willowstreetyoga.com
Kirtan (from the Sanskrit word for singing) is easily learned and instantly memorable. The form is simple: a lead group calls out the melodies. The crowd responds, clapping and dancing as the rhythms of tablas, finger cymbals, harmonium, tamboura, electric bass and guitar build and accelerate. The mantras are projected overhead, making them simple to follow.
Sanskrit is the mother tongue of many modern languages, and a kind of periodic table of elemental sound-meaning. The mantras are primarily recitations of names given to the divine. But perhaps the true understanding of the mantras can be found in the sense of unity, well-being and timelessness that they elicit. Ecstasy is both the process and the product.
"Listen friend, this body is his instrument. He draws the strings tight, and out of it comes the music of the universe."
--- Kabir
