Shasta Yoga Hosts Live and Online Kirtan Chanting Event for All

Shasta Yoga hosted a public kirtan event led by Sahadev, with the gathering offered both in-person and live-streamed on YouTube so participants near and far could join the chant circle together.

Sahadev led the chants and played harmonium, the reed instrument that anchors most kirtan sessions with its droning, devotional tone. Dawn Fazende and Dougie Slaps handled percussion, rounding out the musical core of the event. The listing, which appeared on Siskiyou News on March 12, 2026, was posted under the banner of Kirtan With Sahadev and identified as a public event, meaning no prior connection to the studio or the organizer was required to attend or tune in.

The format followed the traditional call-and-response structure that defines kirtan practice. Participants were invited to sing Sanskrit names of God and Goddess as honored in the Hindu tradition, with song sheets provided so that newcomers unfamiliar with the transliterations could follow along without hesitation. That detail matters more than it might seem: walk into a kirtan cold without a sheet in hand and you spend half the session trying to phonetically reverse-engineer syllables instead of actually dropping in. Having materials ready signals that Sahadev and the organizers were genuinely aiming for an accessible entry point, not just a gathering for seasoned practitioners.

The silence between chants was also noted as part of the intended experience. "We enjoy silence between chants as we merge in the Divine," the event page read. That pause, familiar to anyone who has sat through a well-led kirtan, is where the resonance of the previous chant settles into the body. It is not filler; it is the point.

The event page included labeled links for the YouTube stream, the song sheets, and a donation option, offering a complete participation path for remote attendees. For those who joined from outside the Mt. Shasta area, the combination of a live stream, downloadable song sheets, and an accessible chant format made meaningful online participation genuinely possible rather than a token gesture.