On Kirtan Chanting
Those of  us privileged to attend a yoga/writer's retreat  in Vermont recently as I did also learned Indian chanting   during our evenings, and benefited from sing-alongs led by a lovely,  talented singer usually known simply as Yvette, or sometimes  Yvette Om.

Yvette  
I have been learning her chants by heart, aided by her CD "Into the Arms of Love"  which I highly recommend. It is available at her website to order  online, and makes the perfect gift for any yoga  enthusiast, or buy it as background music, for meditation...She sings  haunting Kirtan lyrics with the aid of her  harmonium, other singers, and other musical instruments, such as the  violin and sitar. 

Yvette 
Please take a moment to buy it. You will  soon find yourself adding quick chants throughout your busy days, and  probably long, slow, chanting meditations,  as well.... Songs with  titles like Sri Ganesha, Om Gam  Ganapataye Namaha, Hey Ma Durga, Om Narayana, Om Namah Shivaya..Yvette's  lovely  lyrics will relax you when you allow her music to move you...