Leap Yoga Meetup

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### Kirtan with Govind Das

Date: Friday, September 4th
Time: 6:30-8pm
Investment: $30 pre-registration / $35 walk-in
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Come chant. Open your heart. Quiet your mind. Feel the power of voices becoming one.
Kirtan is so much more than music—it is an ancient practice of Bhakti Yoga that uses sacred mantra, rhythm, melody, and the collective power of our voices to bring us out of the thinking mind and into the heart.
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Why come to kirtan?
Kirtan gatherings are place to put down the stress, worries, and constant noise of everyday life. A place to breathe deeply, sing freely, move our bodies, and reconnect with the joy and aliveness that can get buried underneath it all.
Through the repetition of sacred mantras put to uplifting music, kirtan can help calm the mind, release stress and emotional tension, deepen presence, uplift the spirit, and awaken feelings of peace, gratitude, love, and devotion.
As the chanting builds, something beautiful often happens. The mind becomes quieter. The heart begins to soften. The breath deepens. The body relaxes. And instead of feeling separate, we begin to feel connected—to ourselves, to one another, and to something greater.
There is also a powerful sense of community and belonging that comes from chanting together. You may arrive surrounded by strangers, but as dozens of individual voices become one, the boundaries between us begin to dissolve. We laugh, sing, sometimes cry, sometimes dance—and remember how healing it can be simply to gather together with open hearts.
Govind Das has been leading kirtan publicly for more than 25 years, sharing this sacred practice around the world and creating joyful, devotional spaces where everyone is welcome.
Just bring your voice. Bring your heart.
Come experience the joy, release, connection, peace, devotion, and love that can arise when we chant the sacred names together.
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BIO FOR GOVIND DAS
Govind Das is a world-traveling kirtan singer, Bhakti Yoga teacher, and devoted student of Neem Karoli Baba and Hanuman. For more than 25 years, he has been leading kirtan publicly, sharing the transformative practice of mantra and the sacred names at yoga studios, festivals, retreats, and spiritual gatherings around the world.
At the heart of Govind Das’s offering is a simple prayer: to bring people together in the spirit of love and devotion. Through the practice of chanting, he creates spaces where voices become one, hearts open, and the boundaries that seem to separate us begin to dissolve.
His kirtans are deeply joyful, soulful, and devotional—inviting everyone, whether completely new to chanting or a longtime practitioner, to experience the love, connection, and unity that arise when we sing together.
Govind Das shares kirtan not simply as music or performance, but as a living practice of love, service, devotion, and remembrance.
His intention wherever he travels is the same: to bring hearts together through the power of kirtan and celebrate the beauty, blessings and miracle of life.

To book: https://leapyoga.net/2026/08/leap-kirtan-sept-26/

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# Leap Love in Action: A Community Yoga Benefit for James

Date: Thursday, September 10
Time: 6:00 pm

Please join us for a special evening of yoga, healing, and community as we come together to support our dear friend James Kapicka. James is currently navigating a recent diagnosis of Stage IV rectal cancer.
We’ll begin with a slow-flow vinyasa led by Summer and Stacy, followed by nourishing yin yoga with Stephanie and gentle, loving assists from Kristin, a trained Thai massage therapist. Melissa will then guide us into deep rest with a beautiful closing sound bath.
This event is free and open to all. Donations will be gratefully accepted to support James during this challenging time. Come as you are, bring your heart, and help us surround James with love, strength, and community.
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To book: https://leapyoga.net/2026/08/love-in-action-sept-26/

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Leap SOUND BATH MEDITATION with Reno Gorman

Date: Sunday September 13
Time: 6:00-7:30pm
Investment: $25 early bird / $35 on the day

Immerse yourself in a symphony of sound to bring you into a deep state of meditation and relaxation.

Reno Gorman is a multi-instrumentalist with a collection of handpans, tongue drums, singing bowls, gongs, chimes and other instruments from around the world.

The carefully crafted orchestration will guide you on a journey through sound, music, the perception of hearing vs listening, pratyahara (mastering the senses for meditation), and prime you for golden silence.

Additionally, a Vibro-Acoustic Sound Therapy mat will be available for you to hear and FEEL the sound vibrations for a visceral, multi-sensory experience.

You are encouraged to relax either lying down on blankets & bolsters, or seated in meditation. Feel free to bring blankets, cushions, or anything else to be comfortable, as well as any sacred objects you wish to be bathed in sound vibrations and/or to aid in meditation.

Reno Gorman has been practicing yoga for over 20 years and has been teaching since 2007. He's been a musician since 2000, playing drums, percussion, guitar, keyboard, and handpans. He enjoys combining his passion for music with yoga, meditation, and philosophy through sound bath events.

To book: https://leapyoga.net/2026/07/sound-bath-meditation-with-reno-sept-26/