Soul Sessions: Kirtan and Bhakti Yoga
Join us for a blissful bhakti yoga session involving kirtan, ancient mantras, live instruments, and sound healing music on the full moon.
If you’re looking for a way to deepen your healing journey through sacred mantras and meditative music, then this devotional kirtan session is for you.
Get ready to enjoy an immersive journey into spiritual devotion, live music, and the heart.
Event Details
Join us for a soulful session of kirtan and bhakti yoga—a heart-led gathering centred around sacred chanting, community connection, and devotional practice.
What Is Kirtan?
Kirtan is a form of music and mantra meditation, rooted in the yoga of devotion (bhakti yoga). Led in a simple group performance style, we’ll chant easy-to-follow Sanskrit mantras, allowing the rhythm, repetition and collective voice to guide us into a space of presence, joy, and inner peace.
Through chanting, we move from the head into the heart, releasing tension, quieting the mind, energising the chakras, and awakening a sense of unity—with ourselves, others, and the sacred.
There is no need to sing ‘well’ or have any experience. This is a welcoming, non-judgemental space of self-discovery, not performance.
You just need to show up, breathe, and listen—or join in when you feel moved to.
Simply come as you are, with an open heart and a willingness to connect to your True Self.
What Are The Benefits of Kirtan?
Kirtan sessions offer a range of benefits—spiritual, emotional, mental, and even physical. It’s more than just chanting and singing; it’s a form of meditation, heart expression, somatic release, empowerment, and collective healing.
Each session is received differently, depending on you. We set individual intentions for the session, so your session will support you however you need it to.
You might find yourself feeling extremely energised, empowered, and creatively inspired by the session.
Or alternatively, you might find yourself feeling calm, grounded, and at peace.
Either way, kirtan is a great way to uplift your mood and fill your heart with joy.
These sessions are a great way to release pent-up emotions and stagnant energy. Kirtan and bhakti yoga are known to be wonderful tools to purify the heart.
What Is Bhakti Yoga?
Bhakti yoga is the path of the heart—the yoga of devotion, love, and surrender. Unlike other forms of yoga that may focus on the body or the intellect, bhakti invites us to connect with the Divine through feeling, heartfelt expression, and selfless service.
At its essence, bhakti yoga is a way of loving, living, and remembering that the Divine lives both within and all around us.
One of the most beautiful and accessible ways to practise bhakti is through creative expression. Singing, dancing, painting, writing, or making any form of art can become a spiritual practice when done in a spirit of devotion.
When we create with the intention of reverential offering, rather than achieving, we move beyond ego, beyond perfectionism, and into a space of pure presence. It’s not about performance, it’s about connection.
Practices such as chanting sacred mantras and singing devotional songs help to open the heart and invite a direct experience of the Divine.
Dancing and moving the body in joy, reverence, or surrender can become a prayer in motion.
When offered from the heart, simple actions can become powerful spiritual acts.
Creativity, when channelled through devotion, becomes a bridge between the seen and the unseen, the human and the Divine, the self and the soul.
In this way, bhakti yoga is not just a practice, but a way of living artfully—where everything becomes sacred, and every expression becomes prayer.
What Are The Benefits of Bhakti Yoga?
Bhakti is about feeling the Divine through your own heart.
Bhakti yoga offers a deeply nourishing path to inner peace, connection, and emotional well-being.
Rooted in love and surrender, it invites us to turn towards the Divine—however we understand it—with an open heart.
Through practices like chanting, singing, prayer, storytelling, dancing or even devotional art, bhakti helps dissolve the sense of separation, softens the ego, and cultivates qualities such as compassion, humility and joy.
It can be profoundly healing, especially during times of emotional upheaval, as it provides a safe and sacred outlet for expression.
Bhakti yoga reminds us that we don’t need to strive to be ‘perfect’—we simply need to show up with sincerity, and allow the heart to lead.
Event Itinerary
To begin our kirtan gathering, you’ll be introduced to the basics of kirtan philosophy so that you understand the principles of practice.
This will be followed by a grounding practice, breathwork, and intention setting.
We’ll then move into chanting and singing the mantras alongside live instruments.
IMPORTANT NOTE: You are welcome to come and enjoy the session without participating in chanting the mantras if you wish.
You can simply stay seated or lie on your yoga mat and immerse yourself in the healing sounds that surround you in this sacred container.
Similarly, if you feel called to get up and dance, you’re more than welcome to flow to your heart’s desire.
Suitable For:
This event is suitable for beginner, intermediate and experienced yoga and spiritual practitioners.
The event is child-friendly, accessible for ‘all bodies’, suitable for all levels of yoga experience, and trauma-informed.
What To Bring:
We will be seated for the session, so it’s recommended to bring a cushion and even a blanket to increase your comfort. If preferred, you can also bring a portable chair.
Please bring your own yoga mat. If you don’t have one, let me know, as I have a couple of spares.
It’s also recommended that you bring a bottle of drinking water.
Taunton Event Details
The Taunton event is being held auspiciously on the full moon.
Taunton: Day, Time, and Venue
Saturday, 12th of July 2025
6.00 – 7.15 pm (1 hour 15 minutes)
*GMT +0, United Kingdom Time Zone.
Please arrive at 5.50 pm to settle in, because the session will begin at 6 pm.
Venue: Somerset Sight
Address: Northfield House, 51 Staplegrove Road, Taunton, Somerset, UK, TA1 1DG
Price and How To Book:
You can find and book this event on the monthly calendar of drop-in classes and events on the Events Schedule here.
Price:
Early Bird (per person): £14 (only available until Thursday, the 12th of June)
Standard (per person): £17
Bring A Friend (per person): £12
*Under 16s attend for free.
Cancellation (Refund) and Reschedule Policy:
I understand that life can be unpredictable, and plans may change. But to help me maintain a smooth and fair experience for all, I have a strict cancellation policy:
Event Cancellations: If you need to cancel your booking, I kindly ask for at least 48 hours’ notice. Cancellations made within this timeframe will either be refunded or credited to your account for future use. All credits must be used within 6 months of the original booking.
Late Cancellations and No-Shows: Cancellations made less than 48 hours before the scheduled event, or missed events, will not be refunded or credited. This policy ensures that we can accommodate others on the waitlist and pay for business resources.
If you can find a suitable attendee to take the space of your booking, you can request their attendance approval in place of your own. However, we reserve the right to dismiss the approval of such requests on reasonable grounds.
I highly appreciate your understanding and cooperation. For any questions, assistance, or to cancel your event, please contact me directly and immediately.
Got Questions?
If you’ve got any questions that haven’t been answered, please email support@carmen-lee.com or send a message via the contact page.