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Delhi, India: Kirtan & Chanting with Nina Rao
Oct
23
8:00 AM08:00

Delhi, India: Kirtan & Chanting with Nina Rao

Join us at Lifeyoga on 23rd October for an intimate morning of satsang with Nina Rao, as she leads us through a deep meditative experience of sacred music, mantra, and collective chanting. Bring your mala if you have one.

Date: 23rd October Time: 8AM - 9AM

Venue: Lifeyoga Studio

Address: 16/48, Malcha Marg, Block C, Diplomatic Enclave, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, Delhi 110021

For more information and RSVP please contact: 084489 83718

This event is by voluntary donation.

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Bengaluru, India: Sound of the Goddess
Nov
5
3:00 PM15:00

Bengaluru, India: Sound of the Goddess

Join Nina Rao (international chantress & seeker) and Neha Bhat (award winning author & sex therapist) for an intimate afternoon of chant, storytelling, and deep reflection on the Sacred Feminine. We'll be singing, reflecting and listening in-depth together!

🗓️ Date: Thursday, November 5, 2026
🕒 Time: 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM
📍 Venue: Sabha, Bangalore – 262 Kamaraj Road, Shivaji Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka - 560042 - https://share.google/xq2s8EOrfiMVepnND
☕ Simple refreshments will be provided.
🎫 Ticket: ₹650 per person 


How to Register:

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About the Event

Join international chant leader Nina Rao and psychotherapist Neha Bhat for an intimate afternoon where ancient devotional traditions meet contemporary emotional understanding. Together, we will explore the many faces of the Divine Feminine through chant, reflection, and depth psychology.

Rather than looking at the stories of Devi as distant mythology, we will discover how they serve as living psychological wisdom, illuminating our modern experiences with grief, courage, boundaries, sexuality, healing, and belonging.

What to Expect

The afternoon will seamlessly weave together:

  • Guided devotional chanting and mantra practice

  • Reflective dialogue and storytelling

  • Interactive audience conversation

  • Contemplative practices and somatic insights

No prior experience with chanting or meditation is necessary. All are welcome.

About the Facilitators

Nina Rao brings the experiential, devotional, and embodied practice of mantra and Bhakti. Rooted in traditional chanting and years of teaching alongside Krishna Das, she speaks beautifully on the Sacred Feminine, nature, and contemplative practice.

Neha Bhat, ABT, ATR-P brings the lenses of contemporary psychology, sexual wellness, archetypal thinking, and the emotional landscapes of modern womanhood

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Bengaluru, India: Sacred Music for Sacred Forests Concert
Nov
5
7:00 PM19:00

Bengaluru, India: Sacred Music for Sacred Forests Concert

Join us for an evening of kirtan, music, and satsang with Nina Rao and Friends to raise awareness and funds for saving wild tigers and their habitats across India - the Land of the Tiger.

India is the last viable habitat for wild tigers and one of the most biologically diverse regions in Eurasia.

Protecting this ecosystem means safeguarding not just tigers, but also elephants, langurs, deer, birds, rivers, plants, and the sacred balance of nature itself.

This concert is a celebration of India’s living tradition of honoring wildlife as sacred embodiments of Mother Earth. Through intentional prayer, chanting, and community, let us come together to protect nature and give thanks. We will also share a few words about some of the critical work being done to protect India’s wildlife and wild lands.

Venue: Sabha, 262 Kamaraj Road, Shivaji Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka - 560042

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Schedule

  • 6:30 PM – Doors open for general admission seating (Please bring your own pillow if you wish to sit on the floor; chairs are also provided at the venue)

  • 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM – Sacred Music for Sacred Forests Concert with Nina Rao & Friends

About Nina Rao & Saving Wild Tigers

Nina Rao (via SavingWildTigers.org) has been supporting tiger conservation in India since 1998, guided by renowned conservationists including the late Valmik Thapar, Dr. K. Ullas Karanth, Dr. Krithi K. Karanth, and Dr. Dharmendra Khandal.

Where Your Funds Go

All funds raised from this concert will go directly to community-based conservation projects focused on human-wildlife co-existence. Proceeds will be distributed evenly to support the following charity partners:

  • Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bengaluru (CWS India) & Tiger Watch: Funding critical, grassroots conservation efforts to protect tigers and foster safe coexistence between wildlife and local communities.

  • Go Dharmic (The Dharma Forest): Supporting the massive rewilding initiative in the Sundarbans to plant mangroves, which restore natural habitats and shield coastal communities.

    Community Support: We believe this sacred music should be accessible to all. If you wish to join but require financial assistance, please email us at sandip@godharmic.com to request a community discount code.

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Maui, HI: Ram Dass Legacy 2026: ‘Open Your Heart in Paradise’ Maui Retreat
Dec
2
to Dec 7

Maui, HI: Ram Dass Legacy 2026: ‘Open Your Heart in Paradise’ Maui Retreat

  • Napili Kai Beach Resort (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join the Ram Dass Love Serve Remember Foundation, Krishna Das & Friends as we return to Maui to honor Ram Dass’s beloved Open Your Heart in Paradise retreat at the Napili Kai Beach Resort.

For over 18 years, this retreat has welcomed pilgrims, truth-seekers, and newcomers alike — offering a rare opportunity to step fully away from daily life and into a space of silence, reflection, contemplation, meditation, healing, and celebration.

Whether you’ve been coming for years or are joining us for the first time, this is a homecoming.

Join the Love Serve Remember Foundation along with Krishna Das & Friends as we honor the venerable Ram Dass Legacy 2026: 'Open Your Heart in Paradise' Maui Retreat at the Napili Kai Beach Resort

Experience "the Ram Dass Legacy" IN PERSON, at this perennial popular Maui Retreat, which has been welcoming pilgrims, truth-seekers, and newcomers on their spiritual journey for over 18 years.

This is the perfect Retreat Environment to truly break away from daily routines and immerse yourself in a "safe space" conducive for silence, reflection, contemplation, meditation, healing and celebration.

The unpretentious Napili Kai Beach Resort sits on an idyllic oceanfront upper West Maui property that offers a great getaway from your daily life, without compromising convenience, with epic sunsets, nearby nature walking trails and ocean swims that include snorkeling with exotic reef fish & turtles.

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Baja Sur, Mexico: Kirtan Night with Nina Rao
Jan
30
6:00 PM18:00

Baja Sur, Mexico: Kirtan Night with Nina Rao

Kirtan with Nina Rao

Join us for two hours of kirtan — a devotional practice of chanting together in community.

Kirtan is a form of call-and-response chanting of Sanskrit mantras. Through music and repetition, we gather our awareness, quiet the constant movement of the mind, and return to the present moment. For Nina, kirtan is a heart practice — one in which the music supports the chanting, while the repetition of the Divine Name remains at its center.

Nina first learned traditional chants from her grandfather in South India when she was nine years old. Years later, in New York, she rediscovered the practice through Krishna Das in 1996. Since then, she has accompanied and worked closely with him for nearly three decades, while continuing to deepen her own practice.

In 1998, Nina met her guru, Sri Siddhi Ma, in the foothills of the Himalayas, spending time with her regularly for 19 years. Chanting became her core sādhana — a practice she describes as a source of focus and refuge, and a way of opening the heart.

Come as you are. No singing skills or previous kirtan experience are needed, and listening is also part of the practice.

Casa Éter
January 30th, 2027
6:00–8:00 PM
$750 MXN ($40 USD)

Join us for both
Book Kirtan with Nina Rao together with Prayers to the Goddess and enjoy both for $1,300 MXN ($70 USD).

Space is limited, so we recommend reserving your spot in advance.

For reservations and more information, send us a DM or WhatsApp us at +52 612 233 3865.

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Baja Sur, Mexico: Prayers to the Goddess with Nina Rao
Jan
31
11:00 AM11:00

Baja Sur, Mexico: Prayers to the Goddess with Nina Rao

Prayers to the Goddess with Nina Rao

Join us for a two-hour workshop exploring the Divine in her feminine form through traditional prayers, mantra, music, and kirtan.

In Prayers to the Goddess, Nina Rao will guide us through chants that invoke and honor the Divine Feminine — the Goddess in her many forms and qualities. Through these traditional practices, we explore the feminine expression of the Divine through chanting and devotion.

Nina will also share teachings from her time with her guru, Sri Siddhi Ma, whom she met in the foothills of the Himalayas in 1998 and spent time with regularly for 19 years. Chanting became Nina’s core sādhana — a source of focus and refuge, and a way of opening the heart.

Together, we will sing, listen, and explore prayers honoring the feminine expression of the Divine. No previous experience with mantra, kirtan, or Sanskrit is needed.

Casa Éter
January 31st, 2027
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
$750 MXN ($40 USD)

Join us for both
Book Prayers to the Goddess together with Kirtan with Nina Rao and enjoy both for $1,300 MXN ($70 USD).

Space is limited, so we recommend reserving your spot in advance.

For reservations and more information, send us a DM or WhatsApp us at +52 612 233 3865.

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Lakeside, MT: Chant as Medicine
May
21
to May 23

Lakeside, MT: Chant as Medicine

  • Flathead Lutheran Bible Camp (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

A healing balm of rhyme, rhythm, and community.
Early Birdie rate for those who register before Jan 1, 2027

Please Join Us

Bring your open hearts, your voices, community spirit, and camping enthusiasm to this retreat weekend filled with chanting, study, silent sitting, breath-centered contemplative movement practices, quiet time, and discussion.

Whether you are new to chant or have a dedicated practice, this weekend we will deepen into our native sound, be enlivened through Nina’s soul-filled offerings, and leave feeling inspired and connected to a growing community.

This all-inclusive retreat includes: sleeping accommodations in bunk-style cabins and all meals beginning with dinner Friday evening and ending with brunch on Sunday.

Presented By: Ram Dass Montana, a program of Braided Way Peace Collective 501(c)(3)

If you are having trouble loading the registration webpage, click the “View Details” button below to see the information for the retreat as a PDF file:

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Berkshires, MA: BlessFest East 2026
Sep
10
to Sep 13

Berkshires, MA: BlessFest East 2026

BlessFest is a gathering for all lovers of the earth and of the divine. It’s a celebration vehicle for the expansion and evolution of human consciouness through heart-centered music, song, kirtan, yoga, dance, embodiment, dharma talks, silence, story, poetry, and education on health, sustainability, and giving back to local communities.

BlessFest encourages us to face challenging aspects of being human with compassion, self inquiry, tolerance, and equanimity. It is a community that joins in ancient and contemporary sacred practices as a means of recalling and remembering the inherent peace that lies within, and sharing that with the world for a revolution of heart.

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Boone, NC: Ram Dass Legacy "Summer Mountain Retreat" V
Aug
27
to Aug 31

Boone, NC: Ram Dass Legacy "Summer Mountain Retreat" V

  • Art of Living Retreat Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Love Serve Remember Foundation is grateful to be hosting the 2026 Ram Dass Legacy “Summer Mountain Retreat” V once again in Boone, North Carolina, at The Art of Living Retreat Center from Thursday, August 27, to early morning Monday, August 31, with Krishna Das & Friends. 

Together, we celebrate this 5th consecutive year of "retreating" to these "August Gatherings" in the Appalachians that provide a sacred container enveloped in wisdom, compassion, peace, love, and joy.

Whether you seek spiritual insight, refuge, or simply a break from the weight of the world, this gathering offers a natural environment to breathe fresh mountain air, to heal, to nourish, and to remember the inner freedom that is always within our reach.

Where Devotion Meets Awareness at the Intersection of Bhakti & Buddhism This remote retreat is a unique opportunity for anyone interested in the Bhakti and Buddhist traditions and their confluences of two Eastern modalities that offer a practical path one can pursue in order to become liberated in this lifetime.

We hope to see you there!

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Los Angeles, CA: EnChanting Evening with Nina and Arjun
May
19
8:00 PM20:00

Los Angeles, CA: EnChanting Evening with Nina and Arjun

Join Nina and Arjun for musical evening of chanting the divine names in community call-and-response. Arjun will treat us to his meditative sound journey as well.


About Nina:
Nina Rao first learned sacred chants as a young girl from her grandfather in south India, and the chants stayed quietly with her until she rediscovered this powerful practice with Krishna Das in New York in 1996. Since then she has been KD’s business manager and accompanies him musically. In 1998 she met her guru, Sri Siddhi Ma, in the foothills of the Himalayas and spent time with her regularly for 19 years, while Ma was in the body. 

Nina has been chanting regularly as her main practice, has recorded albums that are widely streamed and played around the world, leads chant events, studies and shares Veda chanting and, spiritual texts, is a hospice volunteer, is a podcast host for Be Here Now Network, goes on yatra/pilgrimage, and is a wildlife conservationist as chairperson for Saving Wild Tigers. Her albums include Antarayaami, Anubhav, 21 Taras Collective Mantra Mala Vol 1, and her third solo album to be released summer 2026. NinaRaoChant.com

About Arjun:
Arjun Bruggeman has accompanied Krishna Das on tabla, will share his ‘rhythmic sound and mantra’ journey – an immersive sound journey through the primal power of percussive instruments—frame drum, tabla, kalimba and hang drum. ArjunSpace.com

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Carlsbad, CA: Evening Kirtan with Nina Rao
May
17
7:00 PM19:00

Carlsbad, CA: Evening Kirtan with Nina Rao

Kirtan w/ Nina Rao
May 17th, 7-9pm - $35

Bring your voices and your presence to this evening of chanting the divine names in community as an ever-deepening practice in the Nature of the Heart.  You can find Nina's two solo albums 'Antarayaami' and 'Anubhav' on all streaming platforms and she is releasing her third solo album spring / summer of 2026 - stay tuned!

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Carlsbad, CA:  Sound of the Godess an Afternoon Workshop with 21 Taras Collective
May
17
3:00 PM15:00

Carlsbad, CA: Sound of the Godess an Afternoon Workshop with 21 Taras Collective

Join Nina Rao, Genevieve Walker, and Lopön Chandra Easton — the trio behind the 21 Taras Collective — for an afternoon of mantra, music, and devotion celebrating their debut album, Mantra Mala Vol. 1.

Lopön Chandra opens with an introduction to Tara — her history, her twenty-one emanations, and her meditation practice — offering a living context for the mantras you are about to chant. Each of the three will then share and lead their own compositions from the album, guiding participants through chanting together while offering the stories and teachings behind each Tara's mantra and melody

Whether you are new to Tara practice or a longtime devotee, all voices and all levels of experience are welcome. Come ready to chant, listen, and let the Taras in.

Stream Mantra Mala Vol. 1 on all major platforms. Learn more at 21tarascollective.org.

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Encinitas, CA: Krishna Das with 21 Taras Benefit Concert
May
16
7:00 PM19:00

Encinitas, CA: Krishna Das with 21 Taras Benefit Concert

  • Seaside Center for Spiritual Living (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Please join us in-person or online for a benefit concert for Tara Mandala, offered by Krishna Das and the 21 Taras Collective.

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Mexico City, Mexico: Kirtan en CDMX con Nina Rao
Apr
4
7:00 PM19:00

Mexico City, Mexico: Kirtan en CDMX con Nina Rao

NOCHE DE KIRTAN·BHAKTI Y COMUNIDAD 

Encuentro de canto devocional, oración y apertura del corazón

La comunidad de México está amorosamente invitada a una Noche de Kirtan muy especial, un encuentro de canto devocional, oración y apertura del corazón, inspirado en las enseñanzas eternas de Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaji), quien nos recordó con simplicidad y profundidad: “Ama a todos, sirve a todos y recuerda a Dios.”

Sobre el Evento: En esta velada sagrada nos reunimos para cantar, disolver las barreras del ego y volver juntos al espacio del amor incondicional. El kirtan no es un concierto: es una ofrenda colectiva, una meditación viva donde cada voz importa y cada corazón es bienvenido.

Cantaremos junto a NINA RAO, una de las voces más reconocidas del Kirtan contemporáneo a nivel internacional. Discípula directa de la tradición Bhakti transmitida por Maharaji y muchos más. Nina comparte el canto como un camino de sanación, entrega y recuerdo del Ser. Su música nace del silencio, la práctica y el amor, y ha acompañado a miles de personas alrededor del mundo en su camino espiritual. Esta noche es una invitación a:

  • Recordar quienes somos

  • Cantar más allá de la mente

  • Sentirnos sostenidos por La Sangha

  • Dejar que el corazón guíe el camino

No necesitas experiencia previa, solo traer tu presencia, tu voz tal como es y el deseo de cantar juntos


NIGHT OF KIRTAN, BHAKTI AND COMMUNITY 

A gathering of devotional singing, prayer, and opening of the heart

The community of Mexico is lovingly invited to a very special Kirtan Night, a gathering of devotional singing, prayer and opening of the heart , inspired by the eternal teachings of Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaji) , who reminded us with simplicity and depth: “Love everyone, serve everyone and remember God.”

About the Event: On this sacred evening, we gather to sing, dissolve the barriers of the ego, and return together to the space of unconditional love. Kirtan is not a concert: it is a collective offering, a living meditation where every voice matters and every heart is welcome.

We will sing alongside Nina Rao, one of the most renowned voices in contemporary Kirtan internationally. A direct disciple of the Bhakti tradition passed down by Maharaji and many others. Nina shares singing as a path to healing, surrender, and remembrance of the Self. Her music is born from silence, practice, and love, and has accompanied thousands of people around the world on their spiritual journey. The night is an invitation to:

  • Remember who we are

  • Singing beyond the mind

  • Feeling supported by the Sangha

  • Let your heart guide the way

You don't need any prior experience, just bring your presence, your voice as it is, and the desire to sing together.

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