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Summer Solstice Kirtan: Awaken the Heart Through Song

  • True Nature Peace Garden 100 N 3rd St Carbondale United States (map)

Sunday, June 21  |  5 PM - 6:45 PM
True Nature Peace Garden

Join us for a heart-opening evening of Kirtan to celebrate the Summer Solstice - a time of light, expansion, and awakening.

Chant, connect, and open your heart through music, mantra, and community.

Kirtan is a form of devotional, call-and-response chanting that invites you to use your voice as a pathway into presence, connection, and joy. No experience is needed. You are welcome exactly as you are—whether you sing loudly, softly, or simply sit and receive.

Through mantra, rhythm, and shared energy, we’ll move together into a space where music becomes meditation and community becomes ceremony.

This offering honors both the rising, expressive energy of Shakti and the grounding, steady presence of Shiva—creating a balanced experience of movement and stillness, sound and silence.

During this experience, you can expect:

  • Guided call-and-response chanting (Sanskrit and English)

  • Live music with harmonium, rhythm, and voice

  • A welcoming, inclusive environment for all levels

  • Space for both expression and deep inner stillness

You’ll walk away with:

  • A sense of connection—to yourself, others, and something greater

  • A more open, energized heart

  • A simple and powerful practice you can return to anytime

This is more than a musical event—it’s a shared experience of presence, devotion, and community.


Mindy Arbuckle is a Ritual Artist, Sacred Guide, and musician devoted to helping others reconnect with their inner wisdom through embodied spiritual practice. With over 20 years of experience teaching yoga, meditation, and mantra, she weaves together music, movement, and ritual to create experiences that are both grounded and deeply transformative.

Through her devotional music and kirtan offerings, Mindy blends Sanskrit mantra with accessible, heart-centered guidance—inviting participants into a space of connection, expression, and presence.

She is the creator of the SOULutions Community and author of Shakti SOULutions: A Sacred Journey Through the Goddesses Within.

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At True Nature and Connection is the Medicine Foundation, we strive to create intentional, nourishing spaces and experiences for community connection and personal growth. To support a respectful and easeful experience for all, please view our Etiquette and Refund Policies, also listed below.

If you have any questions, you may contact Megan Miller, Director of Education and Programming at megan@connectionisthemedicine.com

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This programming is brought to you through the Connection is the Medicine Foundation, a non-profit foundation dedicated to co-creating opportunities for people to connect – with self, community, and the natural world – so they can discover meaning, purpose, and happiness in service of our shared consciousness. We envision a world where connection is embodied as a core value that nurtures wholeness within and between us all.

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