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Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Snatam Kaur: Original Light

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2016

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Snatam Kaur is an American-born, internationally renowned kirtan singer raised in the Sikh and kundalini yoga tradition. Known for her blends of ancient chant and modern instrumentation, Snatam also teaches meditation and yoga. With Sounds True, she has published the book-and-CD set Original Light: The Morning Practice of Kundalini Yoga. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon and Snatam discuss the roots of her spiritual practices and the meaning of the Aquarian Sadhana, which is one of the most important aspects of Original Light. They speak on the tradition of Japji meditation and why working with the spine is an essential part of kundalini yoga. Finally, Snatam shares a pair of potent chants for expressing and celebrating one's own sense of kundalini. (71 minutes)

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This program is brought to you by sounds true.com.

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At sounds true.com you can find hundreds of downloadable audio

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learning programs, plus books, music, videos, and online courses, and events.

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At sounds true.com, we think of ourselves

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as a trusted partner on the spiritual journey,

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offering diverse, in-depth, and life-changing wisdom.

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Sounds True.com, many voices, one journey. You're listening to Insights at the Edge. Today, my guest is Sinatum Carr.

0:45.4

Sinatum Carr is an American-born Kirtan singer

0:49.4

raised in the Sikh and kundellini Yoga tradition, she is known internationally for her ability

0:56.0

to transform traditional chance into a contemporary sound that appeals to the modern ear and awakens an ancient yearning in the soul.

1:07.0

While traveling across the world on tour, she also teaches yoga and meditation, and with sounds true, has released the new book, Original Light,

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the Morning Practice of Kumbelini Yoga, a book that includes two CDs of guided chance and practices.

1:29.5

In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Sinatum and I spoke about the five phases of practice of the

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Aquarian Sadna, a Sadna taught and meditation and its origin,

1:53.0

we heard several stanzas of Jopje meditation

1:56.6

from one of the original light CDs.

1:59.9

We also talked about working with the spine in Kundalini yoga and how to awaken Kundalini energy by bringing

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a pana and prana together at the naval and how the energy of Kundalini can then rise and be expressed in the

2:17.4

chanting that is part of Kundalini yoga.

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We also heard the chant Guru Ram Das sung by Sinatum Kar,

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also from one of the CDs included in Original Light.

2:31.0

Here's my conversation with Sinatum Car. Sinatum, your new book and CD set, Original Light, brings the practice of the Aquarian

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