Kirtan Retreat with Geeti & Gyan - Kenthurst NSW

Please make sure youve read our Terms and Conditions before booking:
https://www.geetiandgyan.com/terms-conditions-retreats

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Want to come with a friend, partner, or family member?

Any dietary requirements or health conditions youd like us to know about?

Want to share your previous experience with music or kirtan?

Youll be able to let us know all this and more by completing our Registration Form AFTER booking. The link will be in your Order Confirmation email.

ABOUT KIRTAN RETREAT WITH GEETI & GYAN

Join us for a heart-opening, empowering and joy-filled Kirtan Retreat a fun and supportive space to deepen your connection with the spirit of Kirtan and build confidence singing and playing kirtan music!

Whether youre a complete beginner or have some experience, this retreat is designed to empower you with the foundational skills and inspiration to play for yourself, and support or lead Kirtan with voice, harmonium, and rhythm in an authentic, devotional way.

What you'll experience:

• Vocal confidence & expression for Kirtan

• Basic or intermediate harmonium playing techniques and song accompaniment

• Manjira & drum (dholak / djembe) rhythm skills for holding a groove

• The art of call & response and holding sacred space

• Building your kirtan repertoire and co-leading with others

• Nada Yoga, Bhakti philosophy & the heart behind the practice

• Lots of chanting, connection, practice, fun & play!

• Daily vocal toning meditation practice to refine your voice

• Daily hatha yoga practice to relax and enliven the body

• Yoga Nidra sound healings to rest and reset

Youll leave with greater musical confidence, practical tools, and a deeper connection to your voice and heart ready to bring more Kirtan into your life or offerings.

All are welcome no experience necessary.

You'll also enjoy delicious, nourishing vegan / vegetarian meals, and time in nature at the beautiful Swamis Yoga Retreat in the Sydney hinterlands.

KIRTAN RETREAT PRICING

SUPER EARLY BIRD (SEB) tickets available til 14 July 2025 - SAVE $200 off full price!

EARLY BIRD (EB) tickets available 15 July - 6 Oct - SAVE $100 off full price!

FULL PRICE (FP) tickets available from 7 Oct

Limited spots available Book early to save yours!

All prices in AUD.

All meals (vegan/vegetarian) INCLUDED in this price. Pay the amount in full PLUS 1.25% BOOKING FEE in Humanitix.

ALTERNATIVELY, PAY $447 DEPOSIT NOW, AND THE BALANCE LATER (by 1 October 2025).

Please make sure youve read our Terms and Conditions before booking:
https://www.geetiandgyan.com/terms-conditions-retreats

Kirtan Retreat Provisional Timetable
6 9 November 2025 | With Geeti & Gyan
Swamis Yoga Retreat, Kenthurst NSW

THURSDAY 6 NOV
3:30pm | Check-in & Settle
4:30pm | Yoga Nidra + Sound Healing
5:30pm | Dinner
7:00pm | Opening Night: Free the Voice sharing circle, voice empowerment & first kirtan

FRIDAY 7 NOV
7:15am | Morning Practice: Gentle Hatha Yoga, Toning & Kirtan
9:00am | Breakfast
10:30am | Harmonium Workshops beginners (Geeti) / intermediate (Gyan)
12:30pm | Lunch + Free Time nature / walk / spa / pool / massage on request
3:30pm | Rhythm Workshops manjira (Geeti) + drumming (Gyan) + Yoga Nidra Sound Healing
5:30pm | Dinner
7:30pm | Kirtan Night + Open Mic Night with Geeti & Gyan

SATURDAY 8 NOV
7:15am | Morning Practice: Gentle Hatha Yoga, Toning & Kirtan
9:00am | Breakfast
10:30am | Kirtan Workshop: Theory & Practice + Voice
12:30pm | Lunch + Free Time nature / walk / spa / pool / massage on request
3:30pm | Group Kirtan Practice breakout groups prepare for open mic
5:30pm | Dinner
7:30pm | Open Mic Kirtan Night group sharings & community celebration

SUNDAY 9 NOV
7:15am | Morning Practice: Gentle Hatha Yoga, Toning & Kirtan
9:00am | Breakfast
10:30am | Closing Session sharing circle, final kirtans & integration
12:30pm | Lunch & Pack-Up
2:30pm | Depart

Here's what people say about retreating with Geeti & Gyan:

'Geeti & Gyan are the most amazing teachers. Wow I have had a wonderful musical journey these past 5 years... I am so grateful to have found bliss in music through you.' - Devi Jai

Just with heartfelt love I would like to thank you both for the most informative, organised, passionately delivered Retreat, at Swamis over the past few days I have ever attended. It gave to me exactly what I have been searching for in the last few months. - Carol

'I have found my voice... Totally recommend Geeti & Gyans courses to anyone who wants to learn how to use the voice for meditation, healing, and kirtan... And I finally understood how my harmonium works. It makes a wonderful sound now!..- Toonie

The weekend was full of healing, love and connection. Truly a magical journey into sound... If you love music, chanting or sound, this retreat is a MUST. - Roland Leggat

The music was divine - such beauty. The open mic night was extraordinary. - Lisa

Were SO looking forward to chanting, learning and growing with you this November!

I AM A COMPLETE BEGINNER! CAN I STILL COME?

Most certainly!

The sessions will be guided carefully so that they will be accessible for those who are coming for the first time.

The main thing is to have an open mind and willingness to emerge yourself in the experience.

For those new to harmonium, Geeti will guide you through the basics. Simultaneously, in another space, Gyan will be taking a class for more experienced harmonium players.

The rhythm sessions, where you can learn to play manjira (the Indian hand cymbals) and drum (a choice of dholak or djembe) are designed for beginners - those new to these instruments - to pick up and play!

THIS RETREAT IS ALSO HIGHLY VALUABLE FOR:

• Yoga Teachers / Therapists wanting to supplement your practices and classes with singing, leading or supporting Kirtan.

• Kirtan & chanting artists / enthusiasts, or sound healers / practitioners who wish to feel more empowered to play kirtan for themselves and with others.

• Singers who wish to become more refined, technically sound and soulfully connected with music.

• Spiritual seekers and yogis looking to embrace the devotional practice of kirtan, silence, pristine nature, and willing to discover or re-discover your voice and yourself.

Swami's Retreat Centre

Kenthurst, NSW

• Located North West of Sydney on 60 acres of bushland, Swami's is your save haven for relaxation and personal growth.

• 40+ year old yoga centre, founded by Swami Saraswati, with daily yoga classes since its inception, creates a space highly conducive for learning, connecting and meditation.

• Only 55 mins drive from Sydney city centre.

• Feel held by surrounding natural native bush.

• Plenty of nature walks.

• Outdoor swimming pool.

• Spa - jacuzzi + steam room, plus a gym.

• Comfortable accommodation to suit a range of budgets + needs - single/twin ensuite rooms, glamping + camping.

• Nourishing, fresh, delicious vegetarian meals, which can be tailored to your individual needs.

• Massages available on request.

"The retreat centre is amazing" - Ilka.

"Beautiful retreat centre" - Barbara.

"Delicious, wholesome, filling food" - Ruth.

About Geeti & Gyan

Geeti & Gyan are a Sydney-based kirtan and conscious music duo who bring a joyful presence to their innovative fusion of mantra, heart song, meditation, yoga and sound healing to celebrate the beauty of the heart.

Geeti & Gyan offer inclusive spaces to support you to relax, let go, express, heal and feel deep nourishment and peace.

Geeti has more than 30 years experience of practice and teaching. She is a certified Nada yoga teacher with the Heart of Sound. Geeti has a diploma of 1-1 Sound Healing and is also a Soul Motion conscious dance and Kiryuho movement facilitator.

Gyan has 35 years music experience and 15 years of teaching and practice experience. He is an accredited hatha yoga, mantra and meditation teacher, kirtanist and singer-songwriter. He also holds a diploma of 1-1 sound healing.

They are Indian classical vocal students of renowned international singer and teacher Sudhanshu Sharma.

Their original East-meets-West conscious music fuses contemporary and traditional kirtan and mantra with uplifting English lyrics, and features vocals, guitar, harmonium, sitar, cajon, manjira and flute, hand pan, crystal and Tibetan bowls.

HEART OF SOUND AFFILIATE LINK

Count these retreat hours with Geeti and Gyan towards your teacher training requirements with Heart of Sound PLUS save 10% on some of the Heart of sound trainings.

More info: https://www.geetiandgyan.com/heartofsound

ANY QUESTIONS - don't hesitate to contact us (Geeti & Gyan) via email: [email protected]

Or contact Geeti on 0418 407 984.

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