Tuesday Meditation with Kirtan at Hollywood Temple

This Tuesday evening meditation with kirtan is a three-hour group sitting at the Self-Realization Fellowship Hollywood Temple in Los Angeles, California. It is held in the Kriya Yoga tradition of Self-Realization Fellowship and is open to newer and experienced meditators alike. It is one of a series of Tuesday gatherings the temple holds through the Christmas season.

What to Expect

The evening begins at 7:00 p.m. with a group practice of the Energization Exercises outdoors, just outside the temple. From there the group moves inside for meditation that flows into kirtan, devotional chanting, running until 10:00 p.m.

You do not need to commit to the full three hours. The doors reopen at 8:00 p.m. and again at 9:00 p.m., so people can arrive late or leave partway through without disturbing the sitting. Those who stay the whole evening experience the full arc, from the movement and focus of the Energization Exercises through silent meditation to the sound of chanting.

The series begins on the first of December and continues on Tuesdays through the Christmas season. This particular evening is one session in that run.

The Setting

The meditation takes place in the temple of the Self-Realization Fellowship Hollywood Temple, a place dedicated to group meditation and the teachings of Kriya Yoga. The Energization Exercises are practiced outside the temple, so the evening opens in the open air before entering the quiet of the sanctuary.

Before You Go

No prerequisites are listed for this session, and the temple welcomes both newer and experienced meditators to its group gatherings. If this will be your first group meditation at Hollywood Temple, the temple provides Group Meditation Guidelines, which are worth reading beforehand.

Included in the evening are the group meditation with kirtan inside the temple and the group practice of the Energization Exercises outside at 7:00 p.m. Arriving by 7:00 p.m. lets you take part in the exercises; if you come at 8:00 or 9:00 p.m., you will enter when the doors reopen and join the meditation already in progress.