![]() ![]() ![]() Having first encountered kirtan several decades ago on a pilgrimage to India, “K.D.,” as he is often called, has spent much of the intervening years conducting and taking part in group chants like this and producing several popular albums of kirtan. His name is Krishna Das, and he has come to lead this group in an evening of kirtan, devotional chants from the Hindu tradition. He pumps the bellows with his left hand while his right hand plays the keys. As the crowd settles in, he noodles on a harmonium, a mini-keyboard that generates sound by means of a hand-operated bellows. They’ve come to dip into the same spiritual well that spawned yoga, only this time they’re intent on doing it not through twists, inversions, or backbends, but by opening their mouths and singing in a language none of them speaks.Īlong one wall sit three people: a short woman with long hair, waiting quietly before a microphone a wiry fellow, setting up a pair of tabla drums and a tall, bearded, bear of a guy popping lozenges into his mouth and taking a few slugs of bottled water. They doff their shoes and jackets, grab blankets and bolsters, and find places on the floor. On a cool summer evening, several dozen people gather in a modest-sized room at Piedmont Yoga, Rodney Yee’s bustling studio in an upscale neighborhood near downtown Oakland, California. OM NAMAH SHIVAYA KRISHNA DAS FULLGet full access to Outside Learn, our online education hub featuring in-depth yoga, fitness, & nutrition courses, when you ![]()
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