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Annual Report
Hanumen Tour Dates Announced!
We are proud to announce summer tour dates for The Hanumen. This tour was planned in partnership with the Call and Response Foundation.
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Devotional Music Therapy, Contemplative Vocal Music and the Passage
Drawing from indigenous practices as well as Western and Eastern spiritual perspectives on death and dying, this article presents a framework within which to consider the subtleties and modalities of implementing the voice, vocal music, and sound to accompany the death process.
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Neuroscience and Meditation
Based on the assumption that different conscious states are accompanied by different neurophysiological states, a neuroscientific approach to meditation focuses on altered sensory, cognitive, and self-awareness experiences.
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Kirtan at Shakti Fest
Would you like a unique opportunity to connect with an international kirtan community? Win two free passes with camping to Shakti Fest, May 16-18 in the beautiful desert of Joshua Tree, CA. Join Call & Respose Foundation for 3 days with an unprecedented line up of...
read moreStories from Shyamdas
Here are stories from Shyamdas, a beloved teacher who passed away in January 2013: What is it like to be in the bhava (deovtion)? I think it is a unique experience, because the relationship that souls have with their Maker, really, each one is unique, and because the...
read moreKirtan Lyrics Songsheet
Enjoy this amazing comprehensive list of chant lyrics from the Boulder Kirtan community http://www.kirtancommunity.com/html/kirtan_chant_lyrics.html
read moreJaya Jagatambe
Jaya Jagatambe he Maa Durgaa Jaya Jagatambe Jagatambe Maa Durgaa Maa Kaalee Durge namo namah Jagatambe is the Mother of the world. He Ma! means Oh Ma! We cry out in wonder when we get a taste of something real. Something comes flooding in and we see that everything we...
read moreHanuman Chalisa
Click this link to read the Sanskrit and English translation of this sacred bhajan, or song, honoring the monkey god Hanuman, featured in the epic tale...
read moreGaura Vani & As Kindred Spirit – Surrender
Chanting and Sound Across Spiritual Traditions and Cultures
by: Jo Meszaros Many Christian traditions and the Catholic tradition specifically, use repetitive prayers and chants in their services. ”Chanting is an important part of the Jewish cabalistic tradition. Native Americans centered many of their religious rituals on...
read moreChanting and Sound Across Spiritual Traditions and Cultures
by: Jo Meszaros Many Christian traditions and the Catholic tradition specifically, use repetitive prayers and chants in their services. ”Chanting is an important part of the Jewish cabalistic tradition. Native Americans centered many of their religious rituals on...
read moreChanting and Sound Across Spiritual Traditions and Cultures
by: Jo Meszaros Many Christian traditions and the Catholic tradition specifically, use repetitive prayers and chants in their services. ”Chanting is an important part of the Jewish cabalistic tradition. Native Americans centered many of their religious rituals on...
read morePoem by Jacopone da Todi
Poem by Jacopone da Todi, a Fanciscan friar from Umbria, Italy who wrote sacred and mystic poetry. It is the love of the mystic, the love so beautifully expressed by the Franciscan poet Jacopone da Todi: Love, love, my heart is so broken; love, love, I am so wounded....
read moreInterview with Prem Prakash
Click here to hear an interview with Prem Prakash, Co-Director of the Green Mountain School of Yoga Courtesy of Unity Online Radio’s Yoga...
read moreHarmonium class with Raghu
Check out this wonderful harmonium class with Raghu! https://www.udemy.com/easy-instructional-harmonium-for-yoga-kirtans-meditations/ Photo Credit: "Harmonium" by...
read moreHarmonium class with Raghu
Check out this wonderful harmonium class with Raghu! https://www.udemy.com/easy-instructional-harmonium-for-yoga-kirtans-meditations/ Photo Credit: "Harmonium" by...
read moreHarmonium class with Raghu
Check out this wonderful harmonium class with Raghu! https://www.udemy.com/easy-instructional-harmonium-for-yoga-kirtans-meditations/ Photo Credit: "Harmonium" by...
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Call & Response Online Library
Call and Response Online Library offers chant videos, essays, poetry, and other educational materials related to chanting and sacred sound.
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Free Call & Response Music
Please enjoy free music from the talented musicians with whom we work. We are committed to providing free chant music.
If you like what you hear, consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Call and Response Foundation. Your generosity helps us bring chanting to prisons, at-risk youth programs, psychiatric wards, and orphanages world-wide.
read moreKirtan By Natesh
The Foundation is deeply grateful to Natesh for sharing this book of chants, recordings, and kirtan inspiration. Click this link to access a kirtan compendium of sheet music, lyrics, chords, and recordings. In his words: If you haven’t done so already, may you soon...
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