Embark on a vocal journey through the sacred sounds of ancient India. With call-and-response group chanting and storytelling, Jai Uttal creates a space of invocation, prayer, and heartfelt expression.

Drawing from an unbroken tradition of Indian devotional singing, Jai will introduce the ancient practice of "kirtan" (or chanting), the heart of devotional yoga. This meditative practice of calling to the divine creates a bridge between the individual and the eternal, opening the heart and welcoming the spirit. Jai will relate stories from the spiritual epics of India as well as from his personal experiences to create a modern context in which to explore this tradition.

"These ancient chants," writes Jai "contain a transformative power and healing energy. By singing these prayers and expressing a full range of emotions through our voices we join a stream of consciousness and devotion that has been flowing for centuries."

Jai has been leading Kirtans worldwide for over thirty years.

"Riding Jai's kirtan is a journey that spirals into the heart with such incredible passion, tenderness, stamina and surrender that one is left transformed and sanctified. Not to be missed - the best around."

--Shiva Rea, Yoga Journal

"Jai Uttal's chanting workshops are the best of the best. His music is one of the quickest ways to the center, it opens the heart and attunes the spine. I gave Jai's music to my wife Ondrea, it was the 1st time she shed spiritual tears."

--Stephen Levine, author of "A Gradual Awakening"

"One of the most extraordinary spiritual chanters and ecstatic singers of our time. His music transforms the hearts of all who listen."

--Jack Kornfield, Spirit Rock Center