Jai Uttal’s Kirtan Camp in Costa Rica
With Guest Teacher Visvambhar Sheth 
From July 26th to August 2nd 2025

Welcome to Jai’s ever-growing Bhakti family! We invite you to experience Jai’s legacy of music and devotion, and explore the deep rivers of emotion that flow within all of our hearts. 

At Kirtan Camp you will enjoy good company while dedicating hours to singing kirtan and to learning deeply about the ancient practices of Kirtan and Bhakti (Love).

In the beautiful setting of Blue Spirit in Costa Rica we will be surrounded and inspired by the ever blooming landscape of the tropical jungle and the sweet, warm waters of the nurturing, ever changing ocean. With delicious food and delightful new friends, this is the perfect environment to go inward and expand outward in song, celebration and invocation.

This retreat is for those who wish to enhance their Yoga teaching with chanting and for those who simply wish to immerse themselves in the vast ocean of Bhakti.

In this week-long immersion we will share some of the many tools that we use in our Bhakti practices. Our hope is that everyone will leave this retreat with the inner experience and knowledge that we are all able to dive into this world of devotion and sing and share our hearts with others.

Subjects to be covered:
Kirtan – As the essential practice of Bhakti Yoga, Kirtan will be the main focus of this training.
Bhakti Yoga – Understanding the path of Bhakti as a journey of surrender and offering of one’s entire being to  the Divine will.
Mantras – Experiencing the invocational power of the ancient Sanskrit syllables and names in ecstatic song and silent prayer.
Gods and Goddesses – An exploration of the energies embodied by the different deities of Hinduism.
Ramayana – Studying and reciting the multi-leveled epic adventures of Ram, Sita and Hanuman; and contemplating how this story relates to our daily lives.
Saints – Reflecting upon the lives of some of the saints of modern India, particularly Neem Karoli Baba.
Vocal Training – Opening our voices, connecting with our emotions. and learning to love the sound that comes from our bodies.
Rhythm – Beginning to understand the basic rhythms associated with Kirtan.

Come to Kirtan Camp and fill your well of love and inner peace. 
See you there!

“Kirtan is the calling, the crying, the reaching across infinite space —
 digging into the heart’s deepest well to touch and be touched  by the Divine Presence.”
 – Jai Uttal