Krishna Das – Enter Into Your Heart Space Through Devotional Chanting

In this opening class, Krishna Das (KD) will share how his own moments of recognition started him on his spiritual path…

… and how YOU are likely becoming more and more aware of your own need and longing to find a more fulfilling way of living in this world.

Along the way, you’ll explore the true meaning of spiritual practice and why it’s so different from religious practice.

Krishna Das will also walk you through the causes of suffering and the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism.

In this first module, you’ll discover:

• What KD learned from his early life and hidden pain
• How to recognize what your dissatisfaction with your life means — and your desire to find a deeper, more meaningful way of living
• The Path of Yoga: including the concepts of Karma, Bhakti, Jnana, and Raja Yoga
• The books that have impacted KD’s journey, including Autobiography of a Yogi, The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, and Zen and Japanese Culture
• A guided practice: Awareness of Breath
• A short opening chant with KD

As the path becomes real, you’ll begin to understand that real love exists in the world… and that, as KD puts it, somehow you’ve tripped and fallen onto the Path to that Love.

This week, KD will share how reading the epic poem Ramcharitamanasa rewired his brain for a whole different type of love…

In the story of Ramacharitamanasa, the individual soul has been kidnapped by the ego, held captive by the senses and the many distractions of the external world — until it’s rescued and returned to the presence of God.

KD will share how this striking story can apply to your life, too — opening you up to this new type of love.

In this module, you’ll also explore:

• How KD first crossed paths with Ram Dass — and how it changed his life and spiritual path forever
• Why KD knew he had to go to India in search of Ram Dass’ legendary guru Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaj-ji) — even though he’d just been offered a spot as the singer of a soon-to-be very successful rock band
• A powerful practice: repetition of The name with breath(japa)
• A brief-yet-transformative chant

This week, you’ll explore the ways you’re likely seeing the world through the lens of what Krishna Das calls “our Western neuroses” — the result of being born into a culture that often seems to only believe in sense pleasures and emotional love.

You’ll also discover one of the most revered hymns of the Indian devotional tradition, the Hanuman Chalisa — and explore how these 40 powerful verses can fill you with divine energy, remove obstacles on your path, and fulfill your true desires.

In this session, you’ll:

• Discover how chanting really works — and why Sri Ramakrishna taught that every repetition holds the potential of openness, awareness, and freedom
• Explore the wisdom of the Old Devotees: Dada Mukherjee, Tewari, and Krishna Kumar (KK) Sah
• Discover how Ram Dass’ stories of the legendary guru Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaj-ji) inspired Krishna Das to leave behind his rock-star dreams — and seek out this remarkable Being
• Hear the story of Shiva Puja with the Tewari family in Nainital
• Chant the Hanuman Chalisa along with KD

What is the Path of Loving Devotion — and what does it mean for a Western person in a modern world?

This week, you’ll deepen your understanding of this path as Krishna Das shares devotional chants and stories that have brought this path to thousands of seekers…

The words of these chants are called the divine names — and as you’ll discover, they come from a place in your own heart that’s deeper than your thoughts and emotions.

From the repetition of the names, you’ll move more deeply into your own true nature — and gain a new understanding of yourself as you finally experience the grace of trusting your own heart.

As you chant along with Krishna Das, you’ll release thoughts and emotions that create suffering and pull you out of yourself.

In this module, you’ll discover:

• Powerful quotes from saints and scriptures that can deepen your journey
• How devotional chanting helps you directly experience the liberating power of faith, compassion, and surrender
• How to develop faith and confidence in your practice and your life
• How the practice of chanting can remove the obsession we all have with our small “s” selves — what Krishna Das calls “the movie of me” — as you free yourself from the negative emotions (fear, anxiety, and more) that stem from separation
• A series of uplifting chants, led by Krishna Das

At this point in your journey through this course, you’ll discover how to plant the seeds that will grow into a life of joy, happiness, and freedom from your Shadow…

This week, Krishna Das will share stories of his time with Maharaj-ji (Neem Karoli Baba) — and explore the many ways he taught and transformed his students.

KD will also share the story of how he once hurt his knee in India so badly he could barely walk — and how Maharaj-ji shared a Bible passage that taught him to surrender to the higher power and the deeper place within.

You’ll hear the story of how Krishna Das’ Guru continues to teach, train, and guide him — even now, 45+ years after He left the body.

In this module, you’ll explore:

• Krishna Das’ experience in India that saved him and showed him it was OK for him to be alive and that maybe everything was going to be OK!
• His Guru’s teachings on how you can find God by serving others
• The Hungry Hearts chant — and what we can learn about the spiritual practice of serving others from the story of its creator, Zen master and social justice activist Roshi Bernie Glassman
• The 4 Immeasurable Qualities and how they manifest in our lives: Equanimity, Loving-Kindness, Compassion, and Sympathetic Joy
• The powerful Loving-Kindness (metta) meditation and chanting practice

In your closing week with Krishna Das and your new community of seekers from around the world, you’ll synthesize everything you’ve been learning.

KD will share the subtle, yet deep nature of the real changes he’s experienced through committed practice — changes you can experience too, even after this course comes to a close.

As you’ll explore, it’s essential to consistently exercise your letting-go muscle — and discover how happiness allows you to remain fully engaged with whatever’s happening in the moment.

You’ll come to understand that your natural state is joyful, and not dependent on external circumstances.

In this final module, you’ll discover:

• The true meaning of grace and surrender — and how they help you recognize your life as your Path
• Powerful quotes from saints — including Ramana Maharshi, Ramakrishna, and Buddha — that you can apply to your spiritual life right now, and moving forward
• KD’s memorable and impactful “happiness story” featuring the Dalai Lama
• A discussion about grace versus personal effort
• A closing chanting practice with KD and your new global community

With the release of his 14th album, Kirtan Wallah (one who sings kirtan), Krishna Das offers a Westward-leaning album, fully embracing his American roots in rock and country — while embodying the spirit of deeply devotional Indian chants. You’ll hear traditional melodies, bansuri flute, acoustic guitars, country swing, and so much more.

On his 15th album and newest full-length release, Krishna Das has woven together an elegant, uncompromising collection. The groove is restrained, sparse, and deep, creating the perfect space for the Divine Presence to manifest. KD offers the bare essence of kirtan — a calling out to the divine presence within ourselves.

Follow Krishna Das’ mini video tutorial, as you learn to play KD-style chords on your harmonium. Designed for those who have some familiarity with playing music, this training session was recorded in his own living room.

Here’s What You’ll Receive

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We feel honored that Krishna Das has chosen to partner with The Shift Network to offer this exclusive LIVE online training. This is a rare opportunity to interact directly with a worldwide icon and bestselling Western chant master whose deep wisdom, insight, and humanity are helping us heal and awaken ourselves and our world.

If you’re serious about taking a journey from challenge to kindness, compassion, and love, then you owe it to yourself, your loved ones, and our world to take this one-of-a-kind training.

If you’re ready to take the next step in evolving yourself, click the register button below to reserve your space now.

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About Krishna Das

Layering traditional kirtan with instantly accessible melodies and modern instrumentation, Krishna Das has been called yoga’s “rock star.” With a remarkably soulful voice that touches the deepest chord in even the most casual listener, Krishna Das — known to friends, family, and fans as simply KD — has taken call-and-response chanting out of yoga centers and into concert halls, becoming a worldwide icon and the bestselling Western chant artist of all time. His album Live Ananda (released January 2012) was nominated for a Grammy in the Best New Age album category.

KD spent the late ’60s traveling across the country as a student of Ram Dass. In August 1970, he finally made the journey to India, which led him to Ram Dass’ own beloved guru, Neem Karoli Baba, known to devotees as Maharaj-ji. Given the name Krishna Das, KD began to chant as part of following the path of Bhakti yoga, the yoga of devotion.

He took solace in music, finding peace and strength in both his Bhakti yoga practice as well as in such heroes as Ray Charles, Van Morrison, Steely Dan, and Bruce Springsteen (whom he laughingly calls “the Bodhisattva of New Jersey”). KD also co-founded Triloka Records, a California-based label specializing in world music, releasing such artists as Jai Uttal, sarod virtuoso Ali Akbar Khan, and legendary jazz musician/composer Jackie McLean.

In 1994, KD started to lead chanting at Jivamukti Yoga Center, NYC, with an ever-growing audience of yoga students that has led him to chant with people all around the world. In February 2013, Krishna Das performed at the Grammy awards in Los Angeles, which was streamed online to millions of viewers. The award-winning film One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das, which has been shown in over 100 U.S. cities and in more than 10 countries, is available on DVD everywhere.

KD’s 16th album, Peace of My Heart, released in October 2018 on behalf of the Kirtan Wallah Foundation, offers nearly two hours of deeply moving, meditative, and artfully restrained new recordings born out of a request from a yoga teacher who works with children on the autism spectrum. Forgoing the ecstatic tempo changes so common to temple-style kirtan, these five new tracks move slowly and deliberately. The song-to-song steadiness is both striking and soothing, and as emotionally impactful as ever.

“The chanting just hits you and you want to be a part of it,” KD promises. “That’s the point of this whole thing. That’s what cuts through all the ‘stuff.’ You get lit up. You don’t have to know what it means.”