Join Lily and Ambika for a two-hour virtual chanting event on the Brooklyn Kirtan Collective facebook page. Friday, May 15th from 4-6pm PT aka 7-9pm ET.
Join a virtual celebration of the Hanuman Jayanti, the celebration of the birth of the mythical Monkey-God, Hanuman with Lily Cushman and friends.
Join a virtual celebration of the Vasant Navratri, aka the Spring Durga Puja with Lily Cushman and friends. We will be live-streaming chant and mantras to the Goddess from 7-9pm ET, plus readings and stories.
Join Lily for a two-hour virtual chanting event on the Brooklyn Kirtan Collective facebook page. Friday, April 2nd from 4-6pm PT aka 7-9pm ET.
Join Lily for a two-hour virtual chanting event on the Brooklyn Kirtan Collective facebook page. Friday, March 19th from 4-6pm PT aka 7-9pm ET.
Life is full of profound goodness and difficulty, beauty and injustice, connection, and uncertainty. How can spiritual practice help us navigate the inherent complexities of life in a balanced way? Join Ambika and Lily for a frank conversation about how spiritual practice can either help us or hinder us.
Start the year with our annual group chant of 108 Hanuman Chalisas. This year we will not be gathering physically, but instead streaming chalisas all day through the Brooklyn Kirtan Collective Page on facebook. Chanting will be led by various kirtan leaders throughout the day including myself, Krishna Das, Ambika Pressman, Nina Rao, Shyama Chapin and many more.
Join Lily Cushman and Kripa for an afternoon of call and response chanting in celebration of the life and teachings of Ram Dass. in Berkeley, California at 4th Street Yoga. Proceeds from this event will be donated to the Taos Hanuman Temple in Taos, NM.
Join Lily Cushman for an evening of call and response chanting on the Upper West Side of New York City to honor the life and teachings of Ram Dass. Lily is joined by Scott Hari Whitmore on drums, Noah Hoffeld on cello and Sundar Das on bansuri flutes.
Start the year with our annual group chant of 108 Hanuman Chalisas at Tibet House in New York City. This is a free event and no experience is required. Chanting will be led by various kirtan leaders throughout the day including myself, Krishna Das, Ambika Pressman, Nina Rao, Shyama Chapin and many more.
In this weekend retreat, dive into the practices and teachings of the unbounded heart, led by lifelong teachers and friends, Krishna Das and Sharon Salzberg in Phoenicia, NY at the Menla Mountain Retreat Center. Sharon and KD draw from their respective traditions of Bhakti Yoga and Buddhism for a complementary exploration of the heart as wide as the world. The weekend also includes yoga classes with Lily Cushman and Hanuman Chalisas led by Nina Rao.
Join Lily Cushman for an evening of call and response chanting in celebration of Navaratri: Durga Puja. in Berkeley, California at 4th Street Yoga. This nine-day Hindu festival honors different aspects of the divine feminine, and is a potent time to invoke these transformative energies into our lives with mantra and Hindu folklore.
Lily returns to The Interdependence Project for an evening of call and response chanting in New York City. The evening celebrates the closing of the current IDP location on 28th Street, ushering in the next chapter of this vibrant meditation community.
Lily Cushman joins Stephanie Snyder to offer chanting to accompany Sthapnie’s Vinyasa Flow All Level class at Love Story Yoga in San Francisco, CA. Lily will be leading chanting to accompany the yoga class, as well as leading the class in call and response chanting after the yoga portion of the practice.
Join Lily Cushman for a special evening celebrating Hanuman Jayanti with call and response chanting in Berkeley, CA to raise funds for the construction of the new Neem Karoli Baba Hanuman Temple in Taos, NM.
Lily Cushman joins Lesley Desaulniers to offer chanting to accompany Lesley's Vinyasa Flow 3 class at Yoga Works in Larkspur, CA. Lily will be leading chanting to accompany the yoga class, as well as leading the class in call and response chanting after the yoga portion of the practice.
Join us for the 5th Ram Dass Legacy retreat in Ojai, CA with Ram Dass, Jai Uttal, Ram Dev, Lily Cushman and Julie Devi Hale. Hosted by the beautiful Hanuman Gardens, this non-residential retreat will uncover the essential teachings of Ram Dass with workshops, dharma talks, call and response chanting, meditation and yoga.
Join Lily Cushman for the launch of her first book, A Little Bit of Mantras, released by Sterling Publishing! Event Includes special guests Sharon Salzberg and Krishna Das for an evening of call and repsonse chanting, conversation and book siging.
Brooklyn Yoga School is closing! Come celebrate nine years of Brooklyn Yoga School at our Closing Party on Saturday, February 16th. We will be chanting and saying goodbye, telling stories and enjoying the space together one last time. Chanting will be led by Lily Cushman, Ambika Pressman, Nina Rao Shyama Chapin and friends. Join us from 8-11pm EST. This event will be livestreamed via the BYS facebook page as well. Join us anytime throughout the evening from 8pm - 11pm.
Join me Friday, February 15th in Brooklyn, NY for some chanting to accompany Tara Glazier’s Bhava Yoga Class at her studio, Abhaya Yoga Gowanus! I’ll be joined by Tom Cucinotta on mridanga. Bhava Fridays™ offers a live musical & yoga experience.
Join Lily at the Brooklyn Yoga School for her final solo kirtan before the studio closes this month. Kirtan is offered at BYS on a donation sliding scale with a minimum of $10 donation to attend. No tickets are sold ahead of time, simply come and attend! Doors open at 7:30pm, and participants are welcome to come and go throughout the evening.
Lily Cushman joins Lesley Desaulniers to offer chanting to accompany Lesley'’s Vinyasa Flow 2-3 class at Yoga Works in Larkspur, CA. Lily will be leading chanting to accompany the yoga class, as well as leading the class in call and response chanting after the yoga portion of the practice.
Join Lily Cushman for an evening of call and response chanting in Berkeley, California at 4th Street Yoga. Mantra Practice is a powerful method for learning how to pay attention differently, both to ourselves and the world around us.
Start the year with our annual group chant of 108 Hanuman Chalisas at Tibet House in New York City. This is a free event and no experience is required. Chanting will be led by various kirtan leaders throughout the day including myself, Krishna Das, Ambika Pressman, Nina Rao, Shyama Chapin and many more.
Lily is offering call and response chanting as part of the 2018 New Year's Retreat with Sharon Salzberg, Robert Thurman, with daily yoga classes offered by Carolyn Christie and Brooke Myers at the Menla Mountain Retreat Center in Phoenicia, NY.
Join Lily at the Brooklyn Yoga School for Friday night kirtan from 8-10pm. Kirtan is offered at BYS on a donation sliding scale with a minimum of $10 donation to attend.
Join Lily at home base for a Friday night kirtan at Brooklyn Yoga School.
Join Lily at Jaya Yoga East for a Sunday afternoon kirtan. Jaya Yoga is a wonderful neighborhood yoga center that offers daily classes in two locations and teacher training programs.
Over the past several year's I've been producing an amazing chanting album for my dear friend Ambika Cooper. Please join me at the album release party at Brooklyn Yoga School!
I am so proud of the project. It is a full length album featuring all women's voices, entitled Mother's Calling. You will also hear me singing on a few of the tracks. If you don't know Ambika, she had a deep practice and is an incredible musician. The CD is now available for pre-order, get your copy today and hear samples below....
Joining your voice with others in chant can create a sense of communion—with yourself and with the people around you. Mantra: Sounds into Silence shares the stories of people who find healing and a sense of timelessness by singing mantras together with others who are also in search of inner peace. This film delves into both awareness through music and communal chant as a social phenomenon. It is about people reconnecting with their true selves through a shared experience.
This documentary features beloved kirtan artists Deva Premal & Miten, Krishna Das, Snatam Kaur, Lama Gyurme, Jai Uttal, and MC Yogi. It also tells the stories of others who discovered the practice of kirtan, and how over the years it transformed their lives, too. One scene features Brainwave alum Dr. Andrew Newberg, who attests to the neurological benefits of the regular practice of meditation and chant. This screening will be followed by a kirtan led by Lily Cushman.
