Listening to good music - relaxing - chanting - laughing - singing - practicing a few yogic breathing exercises - sharing with others an experience of peace … I experienced all these in one evening a few weekends ago at a concert performed by Snatam Kaur.
And it was awesome!
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The next time you find a particular piece of music very relaxing, there might be more to it than you realize.
The first time I heard Snatam Kaur’s Ray Man Shabad, I was instantly hooked, yet I failed to understand exactly why.
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One of the things I like about listening to internet radio at work, is that I get introduced to artists that I would have otherwise overlooked. Snatam Kaur is one of those. I had seen her CDs in music stores, but was never moved to check them out. But then while at work I kept hearing this one song over and over - Ek Ong Kaar - and it got a hold of me. The more I heard it, the more I became mesmerized by it until I had to find out who the artist was.
That was when I was re-introduced to the devotional music of the Sikh faith.
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