48 min
Music
Our First Live Kirtan at Home
Benjy and Heather Wertheimer chant together for close to fifty minutes in their living room during the spring 2020 lockdown.
About the teacher
Shantala
Shantala is the kirtan project of Heather and Benjy Wertheimer, operating as Wolf Cub Music out of Portland, Oregon. Their recordings and performances set ancient Sanskrit mantras within modern musical arrangements, and have brought in collaborators including cellist Jami Sieber and Grammy-winning musicians Steve Gorn and Nancy Rumbel.
Alongside their own touring, they lead multi-day immersions on sacred sound, ancient music, yoga, and meditation, and Benjy also maintains a solo career alongside their work together as Shantala.
Upcoming events
Meet Shantala in person.
Talks, day programmes and retreats currently listed in the Paths Are Many calendar.
Talks & videos
Watch before you attend.
Short introductions and longer conversations, to hear this teacher in their own words.
12 min
Music
Baba Hanuman
The full studio recording of Shantala's Baba Hanuman chant, twelve minutes of call and response.
9 min
Music
Govindam Adi Purusham (Live)
Shantala's adaptation of the classic Govindam prayer, performed straight through as a chant.
Listen
Recordings from Shantala.
Talks, guided meditations and podcast conversations, playing from the platform this teacher publishes them on.
ShantalaBhakti
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The Love Window
Shantala's eight-track album of Sanskrit chants, about seventy minutes of continuous devotional singing.
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The wider context.
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Love as the direct path
Bhakti
The path of loving devotion: surrender, chanting and remembrance as ways to dissolve the sense of separation from the divine.
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