This is one of the very special sessions you can look forward to during our long weekend. Kirtan under the Stars with David Rhodes and friends.
David Rhodes is a dear, long-time friend, fellow yogi and musician. He is a Santa Cruz-based composer, pianist, and Kirtan leader whose work beautifully bridges the worlds of classical, jazz, world music, and devotional chant. His musical journey is deeply rooted in both technical mastery and spiritual exploration.
Kirtan is a form of devotional singing or chanting that originates in the Indian spiritual traditions. It involves the repetitive chanting of mantras or spiritual phrases, often in a call-and-response format, all set to music. Kirtan is not a performance—it's a participatory practice meant to open the heart, quiet the mind, and invite connection with the Divine, with others, and with oneself. It can be both deeply meditative and joyfully ecstatic.