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Wild Moon Bhaktas at Spirit United Church

On March 2, 2014, the Wild Moon Bhaktas were honored to be the guests of Spirit United Church in Minneapolis for their Sunday morning service. With our good friend, the talented Barbara Meyer performing with us, we led the congregation in some chants, and then told the story of “Fatima, the Spinner and the Tent” […]

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Rumi Celebration Images

Here are some images from our annual Rumi Celebration, featuring the Wild Moon Bhaktas, Hakim Bushnell of Light Upon Light Sufi Center and the Rev. Ted Tollefson. We begin the program with an invocation, chanting with the Wild Moon Bhaktas, and then the band provides back-up music for the poetry recitation. Audience members share their […]

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Testimonial: B. Garland, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Thank you so much for reaching out to me at the kirtan last night. I was in a very altered state and could hardly talk to you! I was simply thinking that I needed to drive my friends home safely. HA! I also had a mystical experience the month before at your kirtan. Words are […]

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Testimonial: Theresa Z. of Bloomington, Minnesota

“This is my favorite CD! I find it very spiritually uplifting, moving, exciting and enriching. I have always gotten that from your [Wild Moon Bhaktas’] Kirtans but wasn’t sure what to expect with the CD. I was looking forward to it but it even surpassed my expectations. While it is able to still transport me […]

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Testimonial: Joy Illikainen of Duluth, Minnesota

“The Wild Moon Bhaktas CD is one of my favorites! Their folk style and love of ancient poetry and texts are so exciting! Their music is mesmerizing and celebratory!! The obvious musical & vocal talent has the listener ecstatically clapping hands in one moment and then meditating on a devotional chant in the next. You […]

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Rumi Celebration

Let the Beauty We Love by Jelalludin Rumi (version by Coleman Barks) If you wake up in the morning / Empty and scared / Don’t go to the study and read / Pick up a musical instrument and play. / Let the beauty we love, be what we do / There are hundreds of ways […]

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November Event at Living Waters

The Wild Moon Bhaktas have been performing a regular chanting and kirtan event the second Saturday of the month at Living Waters Café / Center for Harmonious Living in Minnetonka, Minnesota for a couple of years now. It is a fine room, good for music; there is wholesome food and beverages right next door at […]

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More Bhakti-Fest Midwest

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Wild Moon Bhaktas at the 2013 Bhakti-Fest Midwest

The Wild Moon Bhaktas were excited to perform at Bhakti-Fest Midwest on Friday, July 5th, 2013. This was the second annual Midwest Fest held in Madison, Wisconsin. The Fest organizers put on an amazing three-day event featuring an array of kirtan groups and artists who performed on a wonderful stage under the blue summer skies […]

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2012 A Great Year for the Wild Moon Bhaktas

Welcome to the Wild Moon Bhaktas blog. 2012 was a great year for the group. We were busy bringing our music to a number of centers and spirit-places in the Twin Cities area. Yogis, sufis, seekers and friends on the spiritual path, and a host of others joined us to listen to our music and […]

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    • Saturday, April 26, 2025
      Wild Moon Bhaktas - an evening of chanting, kirtan & spiritual music
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      Tula Yoga, 99 Snelling Ave. North
      St. Paul, MN 55104
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      Great Mother Chant - an evening of world chants & songs to the Divine Feminine
      with the Wild Moon Bhaktas
      Special guest: Barbara Meyer, Minnesota songstress
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      St. Paul, MN 55104
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