Podcasts by New World Kirtan
Kirtan, one of the oldest sacred music traditions of the world, helps the mind to become quiet and open to the experience of peace. We bring you a new 60-minute satsang session each week, featuring music by talented new western kirtan artists.
Further podcasts by Kitzie Stern
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The Bhakti Love Reunion! from 2023-10-04T00:25:10
Hello friends, Happy Autumn! In this edition we’re featuring artists playing at next week’s Bhakti Love Reunion, October 13-15 in Weldon, CA — that’s near Lake Isabella. Three full d...
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Hello Summer! from 2023-06-22T02:06:39
Hello friends, This set is devoted to the Divine Mother, with the exception of one chant, the title track from Shantala’s remarkable new CD ‘Five’. The whole CD is great, but I’m kind of obsesse...
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A Set For Maha Shivaratri from 2023-02-17T21:18:47
I’m feeling blessed by a lot these days. Those of you who listen to the New World Kirtan Podcast are one of my biggest blessings — this community has enriched my life in ways too numerous to cou...
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Kirtan Goes To The Grammy Awards! from 2023-02-05T00:46:53
Hello friends, I hope this finds you healthy & doing well. If the dark days are getting you down, take heart because on Wednesday we celebrated Imbolc, an ancient Celtic holiday that celebra...
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Thoughts of Peace, Words of Love — More Fresh Tracks From the Auricle Collective from 2022-11-09T00:25:33
It has been a glorious summer & fall here, one of the most beautiful I can remember. But now the rains have started, and the leaves are falling. The Corvallis kirtan community continues to g...
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More Fresh Tracks From The Auricle Collective! from 2022-07-19T20:14:07
OK, guys — time is running out! Let’s all come together and support the Auricle Collective by clicking on this link. I hope you all enjoy more new music from the talented artists of ...
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Fresh Tracks From the Auricle Collective! from 2022-07-12T20:33:17
Hello dear friends, I hope life is good for you as we head into midsummer. If you recall, back in April, I told you about the Auricle Collective. This community of more than 100 musicians is roo...
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Love Is All You Need from 2022-02-14T22:08:36
Hello dear friends, This week we’re celebrating Valentine’s Day with a kirtan set devoted to LOVE. Enjoy! THE MUSIC: Miten, Temple at Midnight: Inescapable Love Deva Premal & Miten, 21-Day M...
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Chants For Imbolc from 2022-02-10T22:25:59
Hello dear friends, Imbolc is the ancient Celtic holiday that marks the beginning of Spring. The holiday was traditionally celebrated by the lighting of fires to honor the sun goddess Brigid. Im...
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An Hour of Peace from 2022-01-28T22:07:42
Ahh … sometimes all you want is to sink down into music that will release your mind & relax your body. I hope this set will do it for you — chanting along turned me into a puddle after we pl...
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A Thankful Heart from 2021-11-25T09:58:36
Hello friends, Happy Thanksgiving to those of you who are celebrating this week! I’ve become so aware lately of how much I have to be grateful for — sometimes it takes something bad happening in...
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The People of Love from 2021-11-19T02:53:09
Hello friends, Our Satsang loved this set last Friday night — it put us into a space where no one wanted to break the silence at the end. I hope you enjoy it too. Big news here — some feeling is...
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Sky’s ‘May All Be Blessed’ from 2021-11-10T01:40:26
Hello friends, I always look forward to the sets Sky puts together for our Friday Satsang — she’s doing a set for us every month now. I love that she points me to artists & chants I may not ...
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Reaching For Light from 2021-11-02T19:25:36
I’ve been listening to Miten’s new CD ‘The Jungle Sessions” lately. It was recorded in Costa Rica during lockdown, and what a delight it is! ‘Never Give Up On Love’ beautifully expre...
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Releasing Into the Divine from 2021-10-25T00:31:17
Over the years you guys have been through a lot with me & I’ve told you how chanting has helped. I’ve produced the podcast through my Mom’s illness & death, dealing with the fear b...
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Chants For Transition from 2021-09-28T03:13:46
Our set for this edition of the podcast is a bit unusual. The chants are specifically used in several religious traditions to help the soul rise from the heavier earth vibrations into a higher p...
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‘Revealing Our True Self’ from Sky from 2021-08-25T14:54:44
Hello my friends, and welcome to this edition of the New World Kirtan Podcast. I haven’t posted in a while as I needed to take a break for various reasons, but everything is well here. The weath...
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New Beginnings from 2021-06-23T00:36:36
This week we continue our journey into mantra with Day 3 of Deva Premal & Miten’s 21-Day Mantra Meditation Journey. This week we’ll explore Lord Ganesha, one of the most loved Gods in Hinduism....
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Om Shanti from 2021-06-13T17:50:51
This week we continue our journey into mantra with Day 2 of Deval Premal & Miten’s 21-Day Mantra Meditation Journey. This beautiful program features 2...
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The Sacred Syllable Om from 2021-05-27T17:07:41
Flame carriers of a 5,000-year-old tradition, Deva Premal & Miten are at the forefront of the burgeoning worldwide chant phenomenon. The two have been travelling the world since 1992, and with ...
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Sky’s Divine Grace from 2021-05-14T00:57:10
This week’s set is brought to you by our dear Friday Satsang member Sky. You can find Sky’s other sets for us on Spotify under ‘Listen
Rob & Melissa Live Zoom Kirtan from 2021-05-06T03:44:42
Rob and Melissa are husband & wife kirtan musicians from the Seattle area, but they travel extensively, leading kirtans, workshops and retreats arou...
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Pajama Party! from 2021-05-01T00:13:24
Hi everyone,
Sometimes all you really need is a good night’s sleep, right? This week’s set is all about soothing you into a deep slumber, so prepare your space & get comfy — paj...
Surprise Package! from 2021-04-02T04:20:17
Our world is changing. Spring is here, and so are the vaccines. What will the world be like when we’re all released from our homes? I’ve written a blog post called Listen
Links To The Corvallis Friday Kirtan/Meditation Circle Sets from 2021-03-23T17:20:51
Every Friday night for the past 12-years a dedicated group in our small town has gathered to sing kirtan together. There are no live kirtan bands here (small town) so instead, we sing to sets th...
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The Great Invocation from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The ‘Great Invocation’ is a World Prayer, an Listen
Hanuman; A River Of Grace from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
I played this week’s set several weeks ago for our Friday virtual Satsang — it’s dedicated to Hanuman, and it’s one I’ve been using a lot in the process of healing my body after hip replacement sur...
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Chants To Help You Sleep from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
I got some very good news this week — my hip replacement surgery has been rescheduled for Wednesday, May 13 — that’s tomorrow! So I’ve been gearing back up — listening to chants for healing &...
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Prayers For Peace: The Shanti Mantras from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week’s set is one I played for our Friday Satsang a week ago, and it’s a collection of Shanti Mantras, Hindu prayers for peace found in the Upanishads.
A Friday Satsang set always ...
Chants For Divine Healing from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Well, we’re all having a moment together, aren’t we? Everyone listening to this all over the world is slowed down, sheltering in place. It’s really quite remarkable, our world is having a pause and...
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Chants To Open Your Heart from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s finally coming on spring here, the daffodils are starting to come up, and the hip replacement surgery is also coming up — it’s on March 18! Last month we had a beautiful kirtan here led ...
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The Fires of Imbolc from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The latest edition of the New World Kirtan Podcast is the set played at the Corvallis Unitarian Universalist Fellowship for our kirtan/meditation circle last Friday night to celebrate Listen
Happy New Year! Jai Ganesha! from 2021-01-03T07:07:40
Happy 2021 dear friends!
This is the set I played on New Years Day for our Corvallis Satsang. To harness the energy of new beginnings, the music is focused on chants to Ganesha, the destr...
Chants For Winter Solstice from 2020-12-21T01:45:48
Winter Solstice occurs on Monday, December 21 this year. For many cultures around the world, the winter solstice marks an important milestone. It’s the shortest day of the year and the longes...
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Rest In The Arms Of The Divine Mother from 2020-11-16T01:26:44
This time last week most of the country was gripped with anxiety about the election, and by the end of the week, my nerves were just jangling. I felt a very deep need for a soothing kirtan set, and...
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Be A Lighthouse from 2020-10-20T20:34:11
This edition of the podcast is a rerun of a show I produced 4-years ago after Hillary Clinton lost the election for President. I can hear the sadness & discouragement I was feeling in my voice ...
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Oregon Burning from 2020-09-16T23:58:04
This week climate change became very personal for our family. The picture at the top of the blog is Oregon’s Willamette Valley — that’s where we live. Because of the wildfires, hu...
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One For The Sun from 2020-09-04T04:05:03
I played this set last Friday night for our group & songs from it kept popping into my brain all week so I figured it was a good one. We are having the most exquisite summer weather here and I ...
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I Am Healthy! from 2020-08-26T07:41:37
This edition of the New World Kirtan Podcast marks a change. I’ve been producing the podcast for over ten years, mostly following the same format. This week I’m trying something differe...
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A Surprise Package from 2020-08-14T06:55:08
Sometimes on Friday night, I like to do a Surprise Package set — that just means a set of songs that we’re pretty familiar with and like to sing but there’s no particular theme. This is a set I pla...
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A Kundalini Set from 2020-08-06T02:28:15
In this week’s set, the New World Kirtan Podcast features another branch of the kirtan music scene with a focus on Kundalini artists. T...
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Chants To The Indweller from 2020-07-29T09:57:10
I try not to talk much about politics on the New World Kirtan Podcast. But most of you know we live in Oregon, and this week I’d like to address the protests happening in Portland. We’re abou...
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