Kirtan Leader Blog
Buy a Harmonium, Not a Headache
How to Buy a Harmonium, Not a Headache
The only thing more amazing than chanting is getting behind a harmonium for your own personal chant practice. Whether you long to chant at home, add Kirtan to yoga classes or share...
Official Shiva Prayer Music Video
IN THE WORDS OF MIKE COHEN
Fire & Destruction
December 30, 2021 was a terrifying day in Boulder, Colorado, where my partner and I live. Ninety percent of Boulder County was in severe or extreme drought, and we...
First Time Recording Artist Gaya Shelton-Ostadi Shares Her Initial Experiences in the Studio
Brad, Ben and Gaya in the studio
Where are you when I need you, Ganesh?
This tale opens with a handful of obstacles. Nothing would stop you from wanting to professionally record a song, right? My mentor Mike Cohen, founder of...
The Enneagram and Your Spending
Our Enneagram type gets to our motivation (why we do things), and our wing gets to our behavior (how we do things). So... getting a handle on our finances and spending habits is yet another aspect of our lives that can be...
Are You a Good Person?
Are you a good person?
Of course you’re a good person, though at times your behaviors may cause benefit, or harm, or be an opportunity for learning, or…
In the Enneagram system the Type One Reformer strives to...
Communication Practices Customized by Enneagram Type
There’s so much communication advice out there, and unfortunately, most of it is of the “one-size-fits-all variety.” Much more useful are practices that are customized by Enneagram type.
So, I was...
Skillful Ways to Approach Your Chant Practice
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
Remember the Dale Carnegie book How to Win Friends and Influence People? I wonder if this relentlessly positive author ever considered writing a book from the opposite perspective, like How to NOT Lose Friends and...
Benefits of the Enneagram Part 1: Self-Awareness
SELF UNDERSTANDING THROUGH THE ENNEAGRAM
I recently uncovered another gem from one of my favorite Enneagram books, The Modern Enneagram, by Berghoef and Bell. In this concise, yet brilliant book, they describe the benefits of...
What Role Do You Play in Your Family?
You can pick your friends and intimate partners, but you can't pick your family.
What does the Enneagram have to say about the role each type typically takes in their family?
In my newest (and currently favorite) Enneagram book...
Learn Kirtan with KLI
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Mike Cohen
KLI Founder
Mike Cohen, MA is founder of Kirtan Leader Institute. Since 2010 he has trained and apprenticed thousands of Kirtan Leaders across the globe, from total beginners to dozens he has guided to create/release Kirtan albums, play at festivals and tour nationally.
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