Gaura-Shakti is a Toronto-based kirtan yoga group with experienced musicians that hail from various parts of the world, including Russia, India and Canada. The group presents musical mantra meditation, called kirtan. Kirtan is a form of devotional chanting whose roots go back over 500 years to india. It is a form of bhakti-yoga (the yoga of devotion) and has the power to open the heart. The singing is accompanied by musical instruments and rhythmic drumming and the audience is encouraged to participate by chanting, clapping and dancing.
