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Each Monday for six weeks!(November 9 - December 14, 2026) 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Since time immemorial, humans have gathered in spiritual communities to sing and chant together. Community singing is, in essence, community building, opening us to our sense of shared humanity and to Spirit, Source, the Divine, whatever language you choose, through voicing a common purpose and intention together.
Join Leah Hokanson for a 6-week Contemporary Ecstatic Chanting series, offering an opportunity to come together each week in song, connection, and shared intention. The chants are “Diamond Chants,” original musical compositions written by Leah to be accessible to all, regardless of singing ability.
Playfully referred to as “ecstatic pop,” Diamond Chants blend the simplicity of the chant form, the wisdom and inspiration of ecstatic poetry, and the eclectic groove and tunefulness of popular music, including jazz, R&B, pop ballad, gospel, funk, and world music.
Lyrics are drawn from both original texts and wisdom teachings from many spiritual traditions, including luminaries and mystics such as Rumi, Hildegard of Bingen, Hafiz, Walt Whitman, Julian of Norwich, Kabir, Thomas Merton, and others.
We invite you to come as you are and experience the joy of singing in community over four weeks of connection, music, and shared expression.
To hear a variety of Diamond Chants recorded with a community choir, visit Leah Hokanson’s Bandcamp page.
Not able to commit all six weeks? Drop-in options are available!
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2371 Arbot Road, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, British Columbia V9R 6S9
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