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Your First Step into Sacred Chant. FREE. 

Learn your first Kirtan chant on the harmonium, and discover a heart opening daily practice you’ll truly love. No musical background required. 

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What’s waiting for you in Module 1 

Module 1 of Level 1: Launch Your Home Chant Practice is yours, completely FREE

This module is designed to get you chanting, while playing the harmonium, in the very first lesson, even if you’ve never touched an instrument before.

  • Your first beautiful chant: detailed chant sheet with lyrics, chords, and everything you need to follow along 
  • Beginner-friendly videos offering harmonium guidance so you can start playing right away 
  • Instructional videos you can watch, pause, and replay at your own pace 
  • The story and meaning behind the mantra, so you have context, and it can connect deeply with the deities, myth, mantra and chant. 

Mike has a way of teaching that makes me feel so comfortable! Learning a new instrument can be intimidating, but Mike brings fun, ease and play. His attitude and ability to break things down into simple pieces made learning to play the harmonium while chanting quite accessible. Highly recommended!"

-Annie Edwards

"As a total beginner I never thought I'd be able to play an instrument and chant, and now I do it every day! I quickly learned to trust the Kirtan Leader Institute learning system, and it guided me through basic songs all the way through some complex and advanced Kundalini Yoga chants. It works!"

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Love Module 1? There’s so much more inside. 

This full Level 1 course includes 7 complete chants, 29+ videos, voice training with KLI instructor Dawnia Dresser, and 8 recorded group Zoom sessions with Q&A and guided practice. This class offers everything you need to build a real, lasting home chant practice, guided step by step by KLI founder Mike Cohen.

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  • Chant confidently on your own and perhaps even share this chant with others 
  • Play basic harmonium chords while you sing 
  • Understand the meaning and mythology behind beloved mantras 
  • Build a daily practice that connects your voice to your heart 

Your guide: Mike Cohen, founder of Kirtan Leader Institute 

Mike founded Kirtan Leader Institute in 2010 and has trained thousands of Kirtan leaders, from total beginners to those who have recorded and released Kirtan tracks. His extensive experience supports total beginners in finding their voice. The Kirtan Leader Institute courses are known for being warm, practical, and genuinely fun. Whether you’re a lifelong yogi or just curious about chanting, you’ll feel right at home.

Your practice starts with a single chant. 

You don’t need a musical background, you just need a way to start. Module 1 is FREE and will change how you and your heart are in relationship with life, others and the world.

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