Join Nina Rao and many more friends on the 23rd of April, where I’ll be singing as part of Go Dharmic’s 108 Chalisas for World Peace this Hanuman Janmotsav. This is a beautiful way of celebrating the birth of Shri Rama’s most devoted servant and serving as Hanumanji did. Let's spread love and peace together!
This event is organised by Go Dharmic, an international movement for compassion in action. Their founding ethos is to “Love All. Feed All. Serve All.” and through over 10,000 volunteers globally, they’ve distributed millions of meals, planted thousands of trees, and served at hundreds of schools and disaster locations.
You can register to watch the event for free, but I encourage you to donate and sponsor a Chalisa. All donations will go towards social action campaigns and help create a more loving world as Hanumanji did.
The event will be live-streamed on the 23rd of April starting from 11:00am BST/ 6:00am ET/ 3am PT/ 3:30pm IST for approximately 12 hours, with an anticipated conclusion by 11 PM BST (London time)/ 11:00pm BST/ 6:00pm ET/ 3pm PT/ 3:30am (+1day) IST
If there are any other details or assistance you need, please feel free to reach out to me. Sign-up, donate, and share! Your support is greatly appreciated.

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Watch "The Last Ecstatic Days" with Nina Rao & Aditi Sethi

Post-screening discussion with Nina Rao & Aditi Sethi moderated by producer, Prerana Thakurdesai
Dr. Aditi Sethi is a hospice and palliative care physician, end-of-life doula, musician and executive director of Center for Conscious Living & Dying. Featured in The Last Ecstatic Days,  Aditi is an emerging and important voice for shifting our culture’s understanding and approach to dying, death, and bereavement care. 
About the film

Ethan Sisser, a young man with terminal brain cancer, sits alone in his hospital room. When he starts livestreaming his death journey on social media, thousands of people around the world join to celebrate his courage. Still, Ethan envisions more – to teach the world how to die without fear. To do that, he needs to film his death. Honoring Ethan's wish, his doctor Aditi Sethi transports him to an idyllic house in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, North Carolina. What unfolds next is a story rarely glimpsed: how a community of strangers helps a young man die with grace. A sensory immersion into leaving the body, “The Last Ecstatic Days” reveals a man who will not let us forget him – even after he’s taken his final breath. To support the film's impact campaign, please visit: https://givebutter.com/thelastecstaticdays

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Light on Lotus Yoga
12513 Venice Blvd (just west of Alana’s Coffee)
Los Angeles, CA 90066
8pm-9:30pm

$32 including fees via PayPal
Payment will be made to Rare Earth Explorations.

Space is limited, please pre-register!

 Yoga on State
2697 State St
Carlsbad, CA 92008

We're thrilled to have the opportunity to host one of our favorite kirtan wallahs, Nina Rao, whose grace, elegance and pure devotion shine brightly in her chanting. Come join us!

$30
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Padma Studio
56 Bolinas Road
Fairfax, CA 94930

Join us in community and devotion for Kirtan with Nina Rao
$30 | info@padmastudiofairfax.com

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SOLD GOLD YOGI
20 Wyckoff Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237

Bushwick @solidgoldyogi
Join sisters, Shamina (yoga teacher) and her sister, Nina (musician) for a slow flow and restorative yoga class with live music and chanting.

Shamina will lead the asana and breath practice. Nina will provide the sound backdrop for the movement practice through gentle chanting of mantra with harmonium accompaniment during the practice. All practitioners will be invited to chant in call-and-response as a group to end the evening. All levels are welcome. No experience is necessary.

Limited space, sign up soon!
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Yoga Sole
254 Windsor Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11215

Windsor Terrace @yogasole 
Join sisters, Shamina (yoga teacher) and her sister, Nina (musician) for a slow flow and restorative yoga class with live music and chanting.

Shamina will lead the asana and breath practice. Nina will provide the sound backdrop for the movement practice through gentle chanting of mantra with harmonium accompaniment during the practice. All practitioners will be invited to chant in call-and-response as a group to end the evening. All levels are welcome. No experience is necessary.

Limited space, sign up soon!
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SOUK Yoga Studio
12 West 27th Street 2nd Floor,
New York, NY 10001

Join us for this intimate evening of sacred music to honor and conserve the sacred groves of wild India, home of the majestic tiger and elephants and a diversity of flora and fauna.

"Sacred Music for Sacred Forests” with chanting and music by Krishna Das, Nina Rao, Devadas and more.. rhythm sound journey with Arjun Bruggeman, and more sacred music. Elizabeth Novogratz, founder of Species Unite podcast and non-profit, as special guest will chat with Nina about the issue of co-existence of humans with wildlife as a larger issue of building awareness of global interconnectedness within and without, and how it affects climate change.

In 2023, founder of Saving Wild Tigers, Nina Rao, traveled to national parks and wildlife preserves in India and supported via donations these NGOs: Tiger Watch in Ranthambhore, Gharial Ecology Project in Chambal, Center for Wildlife Studies in Karnataka, and Voices for Asian Elephants in Odisha. All funds raised by SWT are donated directly to the field with no admin costs.

In view of the climate crisis we are living through, we believe it’s important to turn our mind and energies with great intention to preserving the bio-diverse wilderness areas that exist in the world and continue the process of ‘re-wilding’ tracts of land (and water) so that we might continue to have the support of Nature for the well-being of human-Kind and all Beings. This requires a strong effort on our part to co-exist with wildlife and wild places… even if only to appreciate the pure Beauty of nature but also for the well-being of the Mother Earth that supports us and future generations.

This in-person evening is hosted by Saving Wild Tigers, with support from Kirtan Wallah Foundation.

Your donation goes directly toward the protection of India's forest, for research and programs that support the co-existence of humans with wildlife. It is amazing and immensely hopeful that India, the most densely populated country in the world, continues to have viable shelter for wildlife and a wild tiger and wild elephant population that can still improve, despite ongoing habitat destruction and poaching. It is imperative that along with managing climate change, simply preserving the existing wilderness and bio-diversity and rewilding more land is part of the answer to saving our planet and pure Beauty.

Every ticket purchased enter you into a raffle for some wildlife-motif gifts to take home. Drawing will take place at the event!
FOREST FUNGI $54
FOREST FERN $108
FOREST PROTECTOR $250
FOREST TRACKER $540
FOREST GUARD $1008 (tax deductible portion of this donation is $908)

Gift Draw Ticket $40 : every gift-draw ticket purchased in addition to your admission ticket enters you into a raffle for special wildlife-motif gifts to take home - handmade by the people of India who live around the wildlife preserves. Drawing will take place at the event!

Saving Wild Tigers is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your contribution is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
More Information about our work: Visit SavingWildTigers.org
Questions about this event: Email sarina@krishnadas.com

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Solid Gold Yogi 
20 Wyckoff Ave 
Brooklyn, NY 11237
(right off the Jefferson L train stop)

Kirtan is call-and-response chanting of Sanskrit mantras. Each repetition of the mantra is a way to gather our awareness and concentration and to be fully present in the moment. This is a heart practice, bringing us into contact with our own true nature. It is a beautiful and powerful way to be in community. No experience required and all are welcome.

$25, please register in advance
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Join us in the practice of chanting the divine Names and Hindu and Buddhist mantras along with musical accompaniment. Together as satsang (or in good company), we help each other quiet the mind and open the heart through call-and-response singing. This is a practice of Bhakti Yoga or the Yoga of Devotion. Yoga is the path of practice leading us to realize our true Nature. No experience required, open to All.
A community & family event. $25 investment

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Tibet House
22 West 15 Street
New York, NY
8am-7pm ET
In-person and virtual (see details below)

This offering is free but if you wish to support Tibet House who is offering this beautiful sacred space for the event, please bring cash to put in the box or donate here: https://thus.org/donate-to-tibet-house-us/

Re-join our tradition of chanting together in-person every year on the first calendar day! We’ve been doing this for over 21 years with a break in 2021 & 2022 when we chanted virtually from our homes. You can watch the livestream on my YouTube channel (NinaRaoChant). Hopefully there will not be a resurgence of COVID that makes it not possible to be together indoors. Please stay tuned here for updates and be on my email list (https://ninaraochant.squarespace.com/contact).

It is a free event and we invite you bring any vegan/vegetarian prasada or flowers (easy to share) to offer at the altar, such as fruits, nuts which will be distributed through the course of the day. There will be some pillows for floor seating and chairs as well.

Words sheets can downloaded from my website lyrics section (http://www.ninaraochant.com/hanumanchalisa) and you may print them at home if you wish.

Sat Oct 7 - Morning Hanuman Chalisas with Nina Rao & Friends 11am- 12:30pm ET (by donation) Will call 10:00am/Doors10:30am. This event is by donation, all proceeds will support savingwildtigers.org to help in the preservation of wild habitat in India. ‘Hanuman Chalisa Donation’ option in the ticket section if you would like to make a contribution.

You can attend this event by itself for as part of Krishna Das’s NYC weekend retreat There are 4 separate events on this weekend. Join us for any part or all of the gatherings. Tickets are sold separately for each event and there is also a special bundle ticket option (25% savings) for those who would like to attend all events!

Fri Oct 6 - Night Kirtan 8pm ET
Sat Oct 7 - Afternoon Workshop, Chanting, Q& A 3pm ET
Sat Oct 7 - Night Kirtan 8pm ET

Information & Tickets for all NYC events

Bringing Chanting Into the Practice of Living
Heart Practice of Chanting: Immerse yourself in a one-day chanting retreat and devotional practice led by Krishna Das and Nina Rao.

Join us for this one-day chanting retreat and devotional practice. This is a special opportunity to study with one of the foremost devotional singers in the world.

Explore the spiritual path with group chanting of Hanuman Chalisas with Nina Rao. Guided by Krishna Das in the afternoon, we revel in call-and-response chanting, stories about Das's beloved guru, Sri Neem Karoli Baba, and discussions about life, with plenty of opportunities for questions and answers.

Sharing his heart through music and chanting is the basis of Das's devotional practice, his way of serving the divine within himself and others. In this chanting retreat, we can embark on our own devotional journey with him.

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Join Krishna Das for a 1-day chanting retreat and devotional practice streamed live from Omega's Rhinebeck campus. This is a special opportunity to study with one of the foremost devotional singers in the world.

Explore the spiritual path with group chanting of Hanuman Chalisas with Nina Rao. Guided by Krishna Das in the afternoon and evening, we revel in call-and-response chanting, stories about Das's beloved guru, Sri Neem Karoli Baba, and discussions about life, with plenty of opportunities for questions and answers.

Sharing his heart through music and chanting is the basis of Das's devotional practice, his way of serving the divine within himself and others. In this livestream chanting retreat, we can embark on our own devotional journey with him.

Please note: This workshop begins Monday at 2:00 p.m.

For registered participants, this livestream workshop will be available on demand until November 3, 2023. The workshop is also offered on Omega's Rhinebeck, New York, campus on September 4, 2023. Learn more.

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Asheville, NC

Join us for this joyful evening of welcoming and traditional kirtan (call and response chanting) with Nina Rao and Aditi Sethi

Nina Rao and Aditi Sethi are both practitioners on the path of Bhakti Yoga where chanting of Sanskrit mantras is an expression of longing for the Divine in all hearts, and celebrating the One Love!

Nina Rao learned traditional chants from her grandfather in a village in south India when she nine years old. The chants quietly stayed with her until she rediscovered chanting with Krishna Das in New York in 1996. In 1998 she met her guru, Sri Siddhi Ma in the foothills of the Himalayas and spent time with her regularly for 19 years. For many years Nina has been Krishna Das’ business manager and accompanies him musically as well. She has released two albums Antarayaami and Anubhav and regularly leads kirtan, workshops, and retreats in her hometowns of Brooklyn & New Paltz, New York. She is also founder and chairwoman of non-profit Saving Wild Tigers which supports conservation of wild tigers and all species in their natural habitat in India. In addition, she hosts a podcast series on the Be Here Now Network exploring spirituality, practice, and conservation of wilderness and Nature.

As a child under the guidance of her parents and grandparents from India, Aditi began offering devotional music from the Sikh and Hindu traditions to her community. More recently, she studied Indian devotional and classical music with her teacher, Krishna Kant Shukla, who lives in Varnasi, India. She has been living in the Asheville area since 2008 and has offered kirtan to her local community with Jojo Silverman, Scott Sheerin, and others. As a hospice physician and end-of-life-doula, she values the power of mantra to focus the mind, open the heart and expand consciousness. aditimusic.com

Tickets are: $25 Advance. $30 at door
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VENUE CHANGE!!

Due to rain we are moving the kirtan indoors today to:
The Living Seed Yoga
521 Main Street
New Paltz
https://www.thelivingseed.com/
Time is same 6pm-7:30pm and it’s still by donation and you will receive a free CD from me if you wish :)
Please join me with Arjun Bruggeman, Noah Hoffeld, Eric Fraser, Keli Lalita and Brad Stoller and Friends.

Chanting event 6pm-7:30pm
Rail Trail Cafe
310 River Road Ext. New Paltz, NY 12561
railtrailcaferosendale.com
Nina Rao is a resident of New Paltz and lover of the Rail Trail Cafe! Join her and friends for a evening of kirtan.

Sunday June 25 th 7pm – 8:30pm
At Rhinebeck Yoga Center
6400 Montgomery St. Rhinebeck NY

$25 (If any financial issues, scholarships available, please email)
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Friday June 2, 2023
Kirtan with Nina Rao & Devadas
8pm-10pm
Souk Studio 12 West 27th Street

Join us for this very special evening of moving from the mind into our hearts.
10% discount for SOUK All-In Members

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Kirtan with Nina Rao
Saturday, May 20, 2023
7:00 – 8:30pm

INTEGRAL YOGA INSTITUTE SAN FRANCISCO
770 Dolores Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

“Chanting cleans the mirror of my heart to develop the clarity to slowly (but surely I’m told) find the Love and along the way, try to step out of my own reactionary behavior and see and be with all as it is. Maybe it will take at least another 108 lifetimes, but all I know is I have this moment – now.”

Join Nina for an evening of chanting.

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