I am fascinated with the art of surrender. From totally yielding in child's pose to rolling with the punches of 'failure,' to bowing & saying 'namaskar' to a stranger, to surrendering the human voice to mystical repetition of Sanskrit syllables. Surrender is the main reason I love chanting. The first thing I do when a … Continue reading The Gift of Surrender
Author: Tara Kimes
Youtube Channel is Up
Over the last 6 months I've been documenting live kirtans, intimate moments of songwriting, and outdoor mantra meditations. Now it's all up on YouTube as an offering for anyone who's curious about this chanting stuff. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7OUHut7H1pvdg38Zieveww
New Single on Spotify: “Ma Durga”
This is called ‘Ma Durga’ and I was inspired to write it after visiting a 99 year old baba in a cave in India & listening to some things he said. Pictured below are lyrics I wrote on a tiny notebook on the plane on the flight from India to London. The cave experience was … Continue reading New Single on Spotify: “Ma Durga”
Spring Workshop Series
Chanting is powerful meditation practice that has been used for millennia by humans wishing to achieve peace, sacred connection, & transcendence. Science has found it calms brainwave activity & can cause the left and right hemispheres of the brain to synchronize, leading to ‘flow’ states or a feeling of oneness w/ the cosmos. Personally, I … Continue reading Spring Workshop Series