What's Included
This program is designed for intermediate chanters, harmonium explorers, and anyone seeking to deepen their practice with classic mantras that have echoed through Indian temples and ashrams for millennia. Participants will:
- Work with PDF lyric + melody sheets for 12 sacred chants from the Indian tradition
- Learn several chants from Ravi Shankar's Chants of India album (produced by George Harrison)
- Learn powerful invocations from the Siddha Yoga lineage
- Master the Lokha Samasta closing prayer so you can end your chant practice in a traditional way
- Build skill with Aigiri Nandini, a potent chant to the Goddess Durga associated with the holiday of Navaratri
- Gain access to three Instructional videos for each chant we learn
- Participate in optional weekly Zoom sessions where we practice, review and hold Q&A
- Receive guidance on pronunciation, harmonium technique, and devotional context
As a Result of This Training, You Will...
⭐️ Learn 12 breathtaking prayers from India's thousand-year-old Kirtan tradition
⭐️ Connect to the source—the ancient devotional practices that inspired Krishna Das, Snatam Kaur, and the entire Western Kirtan movement
⭐️ Integrate your voice with your heart, and expand your personal path of devotion
⭐️ Master mantras from Chants of India, the Siddha Yoga tradition, and Aigiri Nandini (the potent Durga chant associated with the Hindu holiday of Navaratri)
⭐️ Learn Lokha Samasta to complete your practice in a traditional way
⭐️ Gain confidence in playing/chanting classic Indian melodies
⭐️ Be inspired by the spiritual lineages and stories behind these timeless prayers
⭐️ Carry twelve sacred chants within you, to deepen your home practice or even share with your community
Optional live group Zoom sessions held on Wednesday's February 4, 11, 18 and 25, and March 4th from 6-7pm MST (Colorado time). 5-6pm PST, 7-8pm CST and 8-9pm EST.
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The course consists of seven modules taught by Kirtan Leader Institute founder, Mike Cohen. These modules contain pre-recorded instructional videos, practice videos, group Zoom sessions, and more!
Each week you will have access to chant sheets, teaching videos and written modules for one or more of these exquisite chants.
This is history in the making. The first time we're teaching these ancient treasures. The first time you'll experience them this way.
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Mike Cohen, MA is founder of Kirtan Leader Institute. Since 2010 he has trained and apprenticed thousands of aspiring and emerging Kirtan Leaders across the globe, from total beginners to dozens he has guided to create/release Kirtan albums, play at festivals and tour nationally.
A life-long musician with over two decades experience developing and coaching leaders, Mike has created a curriculum that supports total beginners in quickly and easily learning to play chants from their favorite Kirtan artists (like Krishna Das and Snatam Kaur) without needing to understand or learn complicated systems such as Western or Indian Classical music (Sargam). Training for advanced students expands into topics such as (i) Advanced Musicianship, (ii) Myth and Spirituality (iii) How to Share Chant with Others, (iv) Community Building, (v) Chant Writing, and more.
Mike has released four critically-acclaimed full length Kirtan albums, including two created with Grammy Award-nominated producer Ben Leinbach (Jai Uttal, Krishna Das, Deva Premal). Since 2008 Mike has toured North America, offering accessible and potent Kirtan events at yoga studios, healing centers and yoga/chant festivals. In 2014 he had the honor of opening up for the legendary Krishna Das at Bhakti Fest Midwest. Mike lives in Boulder, CO where he regularly shares high energy Kirtan events with his band (Mike Cohen & The Shakti Groove) and trains Kirtan Leaders to share the exquisite practice of sacred chant.
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