Alchemy of Love—Community Kīrtana
Mon, Feb 09
|Zoom
Join us—Natalie, Chrissie & Jenny Let's come together in community with the shared intention to alchemize the big feelings we have around the state of the world into something pure and formidable, the most profound force for positive change available to us human beings—love.
Time & Location
Feb 09, 2026, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM GMT+1
Zoom
Guests
About the event
Hosted by Natalie Backman, Chrissie Chung & Jenny Ní Ruiséil
Throughout history and all over the world people have gathered in community to sing. We sing to celebrate. We sing to mourn. We sing to process or grief and our rage. We sing in community to help us feel, viscerally, that we are not alone.
Science reveals the healing properties of singing. Singing acts as a powerful healing tool by reducing stress hormones, releasing neurotransmitters like endorphins and oxytocin, and stimulating the vagus nerve to promote relaxation. Singing—particularly in a setting oriented toward expression rather than performance—improves mental health, lowers blood pressure, strengthens the immune system, and increases pain thresholds, while the deep breathing singing stimulates improves lung capacity and oxygenation.
Many of us are seeing communities gather in song as a means for solidarity, resistance, assimilation and alchemy. Singing helps us to express powerful emotions when words alone feel…