Last night after a stressful trek to Triyoga for the chanting session, James and I finally made it albeit 20 minutes late. Northern line execs thought it was a great idea to close the Edgware branch to do their engineering works on a Saturday night. On top of that, we were herded into replacement buses, which came every 5 minutes... yeah super!
There were loads of people there, must have been about 60-70 sitting on the bolsters and a few of us on chairs! I have been meaning to come to one of Nikki's sessions but Saturday evenings have always been a problem getting out of the house. People were swaying to the sound of tambourine and drums, clapping their hands or simply enjoying the sound of it all. Nobody cared how well or how badly we sang. At the end we were treated to chai tea. Lovely!
Here is a sample of one of the chants we did:
http://www.youtube.com/wat
It was an incredible experience. I never liked chanting; I thought it sounded freaky. Somehow in the past year or so I began to like the sound and started to have more confidence in making and hearing my own sound. I even started teaching my class to chant OM.
If you ever get the chance to attend a chanting session, please try it. Even if you don't want to chant yourself, just listen and feel the energy of the room. Surely you will feel something deep in you that is so pure.... you will feel so free.
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