Sivani Mata

Sivani Mata Francis is a London-based student of bhakti yoga who has been sharing kirtan since 2009, when she began a monthly offering of chanting in London that continues today at The Study Society, Colet House. Her gatherings, shared under the name Music as Medicine, weave kirtan, prayersong, poetry, sound and silence into a co-created dive into the heart, singing mainly in Sanskrit with the mood of Bhakti — the mood of love — at the centre. She has released four kirtan albums, including I AM, Surrender, Shakti Live and Jasmine Garden, and her extended renditions of chants like the Hanumān Chālīsā have found listeners worldwide. Alongside kirtan she offers women's yoga circles, yoga nidra and other explorations rooted in a devotional relationship with the Earth.