Ganga Ma
The first time Ganga Ma heard sanskrit chanting during a fire ceremony in an ashram in India it awakened in her a deep love for the practice of mantra and kirtan chanting and she has not stopped singing since that day. The path of Bhakti, the yoga of surrender and devotion spoke to her deeply and it became the center of her spiritual life.
Discovering the teachings of Advaita (non-duality) and meeting her teacher in India makes her experience the path of Bhakti in a deeper and more complete way.
Ganga has been leading kirtans and mantra workshops for about 15 years. Most memorable were the gatherings with big groups on the banks of the river Ganga in Rishikesh. The invitation of her teacher to offer chants at his satsangs was a great gift. She has learned so much from showing up day after day to chant in the ashram. Here, chanting really became a part of her sadhana and she owes much of what she shares today to these moments.
Ganga's work is intuitive, poetic, devotional and always springs forth from her own lived experience. It is an inspiring blend of non-dual meditation, Kashmir yoga and devotional and meditative chanting.
"Singing kirtan feels like a bridge between the longing in my heart and the knowing that what I long for is available to me at any moment. The form takes me to the formless. To me there is nothing sweeter than hearing individual voices melt into one deep ocean of sound"
Ganga is also a non-dual yoga meditation teacher, yantra painter and retreat facilitator. She offers mantra training to yoga teachers and leads individual pilgrimages in India.
Her last two kirtan and mantra albums 'Cave of the Heart' and 'Bliss of Being' are available on most streaming platforms.
