Kirtan Retreat 6 - 9 Nov 2025
Empower yourself with new skills, build confidence and have fun singing or leading kirtan and playing harmonium, manjira and drum!
🌸 Kirtan Retreat | 6 – 9 November 2025 | Swami’s Retreat Centre, NSW
Join us for 4 soul-nourishing days of singing, learning, and joyful connection in nature!
🎶 Early Bird Prices available til 6 October — save up to $100
🏡 Accommodation options: Twin or Single Room, Glamping, Camping
🍽️ All meals included (vegan/vegetarian)
🎹 For beginners & intermediate kirtan lovers — learn voice, harmonium, rhythm & more
💛 Limited spaces — book early to secure your spot!
👉 Early Bird Prices (til 6 October) from $877 (Camping) to $1447 (Single Room)
👉 Or secure your place with a $447 DEPOSIT and pay the balance by 1 Oct
What you'll experience
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Vocal confidence & expression for Kirtan
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Basic or intermediate harmonium playing techniques and song accompaniment
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Manjira & drum (dholak / djembe) rhythm skills for holding a groove
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The art of call & response and holding sacred space
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Building your kirtan repertoire and co-leading with others
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Nāda Yoga, Bhakti philosophy & the heart behind the practice
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Lots of chanting, connection, practice, fun & play!
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Daily vocal toning meditation practice to refine your voice
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Daily hatha yoga practice to relax and enliven the body
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Yoga Nidra sound healings to rest and reset
You’ll 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!
Kirtan Retreat - Provisional Timetable*
BEGINS: Thursday 6 November, 3.30pm
ENDS: Sunday 9 November, 2.30pm
ADDRESS:
Swami’s Yoga Retreat, 183 Pitt Town Rd, Kenthurst NSW 2156
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
*Subject to Change
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Want to come with a friend, partner, or family member?
Any dietary requirements or health conditions you’d like us to know about?
Want to share your previous experience with music or kirtan?
You’ll 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.
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 availability - book soon to secure your spot!
All prices in AUD.
TWIN ENSUITE ROOM: $997 SEB / $1097 EB / $1197 FP
SINGLE ENSUITE ROOM: $1347 SEB / $1447 EB / $1547 FP
GLAMPING - TWIN: $897 SEB / $997 EB / $1097 FP
GLAMPING - SINGLE: $1097 SEB / $1197 EB / $1297 FP
CAMPING (1 PERSON): $777 SEB / $877 EB / $997 FP
ALTERNATIVELY, PAY $447 DEPOSIT NOW, AND THE BALANCE LATER (by 1 October 2025).
All meals (vegan / vegetarian) INCLUDED in this price.
Pay the amount in full + 1.25% booking fees on Humanitix.
FULL TERMS & CONDITIONS OF THE RETREAT
❗️IMPORTANT: By booking, you agree to our retreat Terms and Conditions:
CANCELLATION POLICY
- 28 days or more before retreat, full refund minus $447 non-refundable deposit.
- Between 28 and 14 days, full refund minus $447 non-refundable deposit, minus 25% admin fee of total cost paid.
- Less than 14 days – no refund.
- Credit offered for extreme circumstances.
- You are welcome to transfer your booking to another person if you're unable to attend. Please notify us in writing. In this case, we will refund you in full, minus a $50 admin fee, once we have received full payment from the person taking your place.
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% off some Heart of Sound courses.
More info:
ANY QUESTIONS?
Don't hesitate to contact us (Geeti & Gyan) via email:
Or contact Geeti on 0418 407 984.
Be your true self!
This is a wonderful opportunity to deepen our connection to ourselves, to nature and to each other through the healing power of sound, music, movement, and group sharing.
Be guided by Geeti and Gyan’s open-hearted and inclusive facilitation, which will allow you to relax, let go of stress and anxiety, and open to uninhibited, authentic, and embodied expression.
Sing your soul!
Open your voice and heart with kirtan, the group singing of mantras, and connect with your inner joy and bliss.
There is the option to share a song or kirtan with the group for the Open Mic Night, with warm encouragement and musical support provided by Geeti & Gyan.
Plus the last night's big finale, where groups share a kirtan they've been working on together!
💛 Here's what people say about retreating with Geeti & Gyan 💛
Devi Jai
“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.”
Carol
”Just with heartfelt love I would like to thank you both for the most informative, organised, passionately delivered Retreat, at Swami’s 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."
Toonie
"I have found my voice… Totally recommend Geeti & Gyan’s 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!"
Sue
“I came to Geeti and Gyan's Yoga of Sound Retreat with an open mind and returned home feeling totally uplifted. I loved every minute.”
Lisa
”It was beautifully organised whilst creating a true spirit of freedom. Their laughter and generosity shone throughout… The music was divine - such beauty. The open mic night was extraordinary."
Roland Leggat
"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."
I AM A COMPLETE BEGINNER! CAN I STILL COME?
Most certainly!
The practises 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:
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Yoga Teachers / Therapists wanting to supplement your practices and classes with singing, leading or supporting Kirtan.
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Kirtan & chanting artists / enthusiasts or sound healers / practitioners who wish to feel more empowered to play kirtan for themselves and with others.
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Singers who wish to become more refined, technically sound and soulfully connected with music.
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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.
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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.
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Only 55 mins drive from Sydney city centre.
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Feel held by surrounding natural native bush.
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Plenty of nature walks.
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Outdoor swimming pool.
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Spa - jacuzzi + steam room, plus a gym.
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Comfortable accommodation to suit a range of budgets + needs - single/twin ensuite rooms, glamping + camping.
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Nourishing, fresh, delicious vegetarian meals, which can be tailored to your individual needs.
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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 Nāda 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.
Chetana
“Beautiful, rich, nurturing experience. Geeti & Gyan bring lightness, joy and fun to the teachings and whole experience. While still delivering a depth to the teaching accessible to all.”
Ruth
”Thank you for creating a nourishing, enlightening, empowering yet rejuvenating weekend, Geeti & Gyan. I'm leaving feeling a deeper connection to my heart space, and to the ancient wisdom practices. Feeling so inspired to continue building a relationship with my voice, with sound, and using my voice as a healing tool."
Ally
"The way in which Gyan and Geeti share and offer these treasured and ancient teachings with open hearts, devotion and compassion is truly transformative."
What is Kirtan?
Ancient sonic medicine
Kirtan is continuous praise of what we naturally revere. It’s a coming together to sing & connect on a soul level. It’s an outpouring of the heart which can connect us to our innate peace, joy & bliss.
A heart & sound based yogic practice
Kirtan often combines potent Sanskrit vibrational sounds called mantra with melody & rhythm to help bypass the mind, access a deep & nourishing stillness, & bring us into a relaxed, balanced & vibrant state of being.
Universal language of the heart
'All religions, all this singing, one song. The differences are just illusion and vanity. The sun’s light looks a little different on this wall than it does on that wall, and a lot different on this other one, but it’s still one light' - Rumi.
Kirtan can be practised by everyone, regardless of age or experience. No musical experience is required, just a heart willing to sing, share and receive.
Kirtan embraces all peoples, religions, castes & creeds. It is only a religious practice if you wish it to be, on your terms. Kirtan is the universal language of the heart.
‘Sometimes I can’t believe how joyful, blissful and even ecstatic I can feel during and after kirtan. Feelings, I’ve come to realise, which are symptomatic of our natural state of being free from suffering' - Gyan.