kirtan & song circle songs and lyrics

our intention of sharing these songs are for our weekly song circles. we ask that you honor and acknowledge the artists who created them and give credit when sharing. if you’d like a song to be added, please email lauren@flow-together.com.

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  • jaya seeyaa raama, jai jai hanumaan

    jaya seeyaa raama, jai jai hanumaan

    hare raama raama raama

    seetaa raama raama raama

    meaning: glorifies hanuman alongside rama and sita: "victory to sita-rama, victory to hanuman." hanuman represents devotion, strength, and selfless service.

  • hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare

    hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare

  • Om Bhur Bhuvaḥ Suvaha
    Tat-savitur Vareñyaṃ
    Bhargo Devasya Dheemahi
    Dhiyo Yonaḥ Prachodayāt

    Meaning: We meditate on that most adored Supreme Lord, the creator, whose effulgence (divine light) illumines all realms (physical, mental, and spiritual). May this divine light illumine our intellect.

    Word meaning:

    • Om: The primeval sound

    • Bhur: the physical body/physical realm

    • Bhuvah: the life force/the mental realm

    • Suvah: the soul/spiritual realm

    • Tat: That (God)

    • Savitur: the Sun, Creator (source of all life)

    • Vareñyam: adore

    • Bhargo: effulgence (divine light)

    • Devasya: supreme Lord

    • Dheemahi: meditate

    • Dhiyo: the intellect

    • Yo: May this light

    • Nah: our

    • Prachodayāt: illumine/inspire.

  • gopala gopala devaki nandana gopala (x2)

    devakinandana gopala devakinandana gopala (x2)

    meaning: praises krishna as "gopala" (the cowherd) and the beloved son of devaki, his mother. it celebrates krishna's divine playfulness and his birth story.

  • drone bm

    intro - lead
    bm
    govinda jaya jaya 

        a                dm bm
    gopala jaya jaya

    bm
    radha-ramana hari 

      f#m        bm
    govinda jaya jaya (x2)

    bm                      a
    govinda jaya jaya 

                           bm
    gopala jaya jaya (x2)

    call & response begins

    bm                           f#m
    radha-ramana hari 

                            bm
    govinda jaya jaya (x4) 

    bm                      e
    govinda jaya jaya 

                            bm
    gopala jaya jaya (x4)

    bm                             f#m
    sri radha-ramana hari 

                     bm
    govinda jaya jaya

                                 f#m
    radha-ramana hari 

                   bm
    govinda jaya jaya

    bm           a             e              d 
    govinda! govinda! govinda! govinda! (x2)

    call & response part 2

    bm                      a
    govinda jaya jaya 

                           bm
    gopala jaya jaya (x2)

                                 f#m
    radha-ramana hari 

                   bm
    govinda jaya jaya (x2)

    bm                             f#m
    sri radha-ramana hari 

                     bm
    govinda jaya jaya (x2)

    bm           a             e              d 
    govinda! govinda! govinda! govinda! (x3)

    meaning: glorifies krishna as govinda and gopala (cowherd), and radha-ramana (beloved of radha). it celebrates the loving relationship between krishna and his devotees.

  • i am safe

    i am safe to relate

    i relate to my power

    my power is love

    love is my truth

    truth from above

    above is the source of infinite love

    bija seed mantra

    lam vam ram yam hum om ah

  • am           f     c     g

    hey, hey ma, durga

    am           f     c g

    hey, hey ma, kali

    rotates between am, f, c, g

    jaya jagedambe ma (x8)

    repeat as many times as desired

    meaning: invokes the divine mother as durga and kali, declaring "victory to mother of the universe." the english verses are an affirmation of embodying the goddess's qualities — fierce, patient, compassionate, equanimous.

  • may i be empty, a hollow reed, may i be free
    free of my knowing, falling or flowing,
    into your sea
    hari om, hari om, hari om

  • i am a radiant being of light and healing
    i feel peace, i am safe, i heal from a whole place

  • I wanna lay my bones down
    In the water
    I wanna lay my body down
    On the earth (x2)

    Lean in lean in
    Lean into the River (x4)

    Hum with the rain
    Come sing again
    Hum with the rain (x4)

  • jaya bhagavan

  • jaya siya rama jaya siya ram
    jaya siya ram jaya siya ram
    jaya siya ram jaya siya ram

    sita ram sita ram
    sita ram sita ram
    sita ram sita ram
    sita ram sita ram

  • jaya mata kali jaya mata durgae

    jaya mata kali jaya mata durgae

    kali durgae namo namah

    kali durgae namo namah

  • Om bhūr bhuvah svah

    tat savitur vareṇyam

    bhargo devasya dhīmahi

    dhiyo yo nah pracodayāt (x2)

    I feel Light, guiding our way home

    I see Light, essence of my soul

    I am light, in my heart I know

    We are light, together we are whole

    Om Arkaya Namaha, Arkaya

    Om Arkaya Namaha (x2)

  • Loosen, loosen, baby

    You don't have to carry

    The weight of the world in your muscles and bones

    Let go, let go, let go

    Loosen, loosen, baby

    You don't have to carry

    Holy breath, and holy name

    Will you ease, will you ease this pain

    Holy breath, and holy name

    Will you ease, will you ease this pain

    Holy breath (Loosen, loosen, baby)

    And holy name (You don't have to carry)

    Will you ease (The weight of the world in your muscles and bones)

    Will you ease this pain (Let go, let go, let go)

    The weight of the world in your muscles and bones

    Let go, let go, let go

  • om gam ganapataye namaha (x4)

    ganesha sharanam

    ganesha sharanam

  • ong namo gurudev namo

    ong namo gurudev namo

    ong namo gurudev namo gurudev namo gurudeva

    ong namo gurudev namo gurudev namo gurudeva

    meaning: "i bow to the divine teacher, the divine wisdom within." used to tune in and connect with one's inner guidance.

  • gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi swaha

    meaning: "gone, gone, gone beyond, gone completely beyond — awakening, so be it." it celebrates the wisdom of crossing over to enlightenment together.

  • i know we've been prepared for these times
    i know
    in my bones
    in my blood, in my belly
    i can feel
    we are ready
    we are ready, we are ready
    i feel it in my bones and blood and belly
    ready
    we are ready
    i feel it in my bones and blood and belly

  • Om A-eem Saraswati Namaha Om

    Om A-eem Saraswati Namaha Om

    Om A-eem Saraswati Namaha

    Saraswati Nama—aah Om

  • 🌙 Selene  

    Sung in unison or Call and Echo

    Luminous One — Dm

    witness me softly… — Dm

    Moon of compassion, — Bb

    fill my heart with light. — Dm


    Chorus:

    Seh-leh-neh… — Bb

    Seh-leh-neh… — Dm

    X2

    Soft is the turning…

    deep is the listening…

    where the night teaches…

    in vibrations of light…

    Chorus

    Breath of quiet grace…

    gently touching shadows…

    softly revealing…

    passages of light…

    Chorus


  • hare krishna hare krishna
    krishna krishna hare hare
    hare rama hare rama
    rama rama hare hare

    govinda jaya jaya gopala jaya jaya
    govinda jaya jaya gopala jaya jaya
    radha ramani hari govinda hare
    govinda jaya jaya gopala jaya jaya
    govinda jaya jaya gopala jaya jaya
    radha ramani hari govinda hare

  • am                                     f

    shiva shiva shiva shambho 

    g                           am

    shiva shiva shiva sham-bho


    am                       f

    mahadeva shambho

    g                 am

    mahadeva shambho

    meaning: praises shiva as "shambho" (the benevolent one) and "mahadeva" (great god). it's a chant of surrender to shiva, the destroyer of illusion and granter of liberation.

  • Nama shivaya para purnam

    shivohum shivohum

  • Oh, Glorious Father
    You bless me with Your light
    Oh, Glorious Father
    You bless me with Your light
    In the center of my soul
    You bless me with Your light
    In the center of my soul
    You bless me with Your light

    Oh, Sacred Mother
    You bless me with Your strength
    Oh, Sacred Mother
    You bless me with Your strength
    In the center of my soul
    You bless me with Your strength
    In the center of my soul
    You bless me with Your strength

    Oh, Holy Child
    You bless me with Your love
    Oh, Holy Child
    You bless me with Your love
    In the center of my soul
    You bless me with Your love
    In the center of my soul
    You bless me with Your love

  • You don’t have to know the way
    the way knows the way
    You don’t have to plan the way
    Trust the way, feel your way
    The way knows
    The way knows
    The way knows the way

  • Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey-eh
    Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey-eh

    Am          Dm        F
    Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey-eh (x2)

    Am

    This body is love
    This body is love

                            Dm

    I’m grateful to breathe
                             F
    I’m grateful to be

                           Am

    This body is love (x2)

    I am worthy
    I am whole
    I am held
    I am home
    My song
    True sight
    Sacred birthright
    Guiding me home

  • We are weaving our lives 

    We are weaving our hearts and our minds 

    We are weaving the bright and dark threads 

     

    Of our journeys through 

    We are weaving our lives 

    We are weaving a blanket of light 

    We are weaving a basket to hold 

    All that’s true

  • Everyone, oh, everyone of these people are ours

    Just like we are theirs

    We belong to them and they belong to us

    oh

    everyone oh everyone oh everyone of these people are ours

  • We rise
    Humbly hearted
    Rise
    Won't be divided
    Rise
    With spirit to guide us
    Rise

    In hope
    In prayer
    We find ourselves here
    In hope
    In prayer
    We're right here (x2)

    We rise
    All of the children
    Rise
    Elders with wisdom
    Rise
    Ancestors surround us
    Rise

    In hope
    In prayer
    We find ourselves here
    In hope
    In prayer
    We're right here (x2)

    We rise
    Up from the wreckage
    Rise
    With tears and with courage
    Rise
    Fighting for life
    We rise

  • om hare om x4

    om radhe om x4

    om krishna om x4

    om sita om x4

    om rama om x4

    om durga om x4

    om kali om x4

    om tare om x4

    om hare om x4

    • Hare: The divine feminine energy of God that unleashes supreme spiritual joy and love.

    • Radhe: The eternal goddess of supreme devotion, representing the soul's intense love for the divine.

    • Krishna: The all-attractive supreme deity of love, compassion, and ultimate spiritual wisdom.

    • Sita: The embodiment of perfect virtue, loyalty, grace, and inner strength under all conditions.

    • Rama: The ideal king and manifestation of righteousness, truth, and impeccable moral duty.

    • Durga: The invincible warrior goddess who protects humanity by destroying evil and obstacles.

    • Kali: The fierce cosmic mother representing time, radical transformation, and the destruction of the ego.

    • Tare (Tara): The compassionate goddess of liberation who swiftly rescues seekers from fear and suffering.