Snatam Kaur - Ongkaar Nirankaar Workshop

“Ongkaar Nirankaar” is the most recent addition to Snatam Kaur’s Mantra and Meditation Series. The series features extended, streamlined arrangements of tracks from her new album, Nirankaar, to facilitate chanting and meditation. Serene and inviting, “Ongkaar Nirankaar” can be used for breath and listening meditations in addition to the simple practice of chanting. Snatam taught a workshop for this mantra on April 27 through Kirtan and Kundalini, her online school of sacred music and yoga. This is the recording of that workshop. The word Ongkaar means the Divine manifestation as the Doer, the knowing and sensing in action on the physical plane, and Nirankaar, the unseen, unknown manifestations of the Divine. The mantra tunes into these dual energies and the deep peace and stillness between them. Ongkaar Nirankaar is often used to alleviate feelings of hopelessness or defeat —especially when every effort has been exhausted. The mantra helps us arrive at a deep place of meditation, find inner tranquility, and the acceptance to start anew. The track is also suitable for deep relaxation and healing work. Kirtan and Kundalini is an online sacred music and yoga school co-founded by Snatam Kaur and her husband Sopurkh Singh in June 2020. Since then, the school’s mantra, tabla, harmonium, yoga, and meditation classes have grown to attract a vibrant worldwide community of practitioners. Students access live and recorded classes, workshops, and learning resources that span the Sikh Kirtan and Kundalini Yoga spectrum. Snatam and Sopurkh long-envisioned the formation of a school, and Kirtan and Kundalini has been a true labor of love, a dream fulfilled for them. Snatam personally teaches a weekly Mantra and Meditation class that often includes breath work and light yoga, along with regular Kirtan courses for people learning to play the harmonium. Sopurkh teaches Kundalini Yoga and Meditation and leads 40-day meditation practices. Additional faculty provide expert instruction in other subjects. Subscribers can also participate in forums, exchanging comments and ideas with their teachers and fellow students. The school is membership-based, with three enrollment tiers to accommodate various interests. Snatam is a world-renowned, Grammy-nominated devotional singer, touring musician, teacher, and author. www.kirtanandkundalini.com