2012
Krishna Das is on a journey to India to discover legendary spiritual teacher Neem Karoli Baba, through drug addiction and depression, to his eventual emergence as a world-famous Kirtan singer.
74 min
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Mahamrtyunjaya Mantra · Reema Datta
Patanjali defined yoga as Chitta Vritti Nirodha, which means that if you can still the modifications and activity of the mind, you are in yoga. This chant, an excerpt from Patanjali’s yoga sutras is composed and sung by Sounds of Isha.
As yoga has become increasingly popular in the United States, so has the ancient practice of kirtan (KEER-tahn), or yogic chanting. The call-and-response format of chanting is a type of yoga in itself and has many of the mind-calming benefits of a yoga class or sitting meditation.
In the 1990s, American musician Dave Stringer went to India for a pay cheque and came back with a calling. Hired by an Indian guru to make videos, he was tasked with translating the philosophy of yoga and the music of yoga, known as kirtan, into film.