Global Chant
UPDATED NOVEMBER 2023
Global Chant is a network of chanting circles serving free spirits who consider themselves spiritual but not religious. Our mission is to use chanting as a vehicle for global transformation and healing. We are open to wisdom from all traditions without being linked to any one teaching or ideology. Our sacred chant collection includes chants from the Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Native American, Sikh, and Sufi traditions, and now we are moving increasingly towards chants with universal themes, such as: love, gratitude, and our connection with Nature.
Global Chant began in 1996 and continues to meet in Tucson, Arizona, every week in Tucson, serving over 500 members. We are under the umbrella of PlayHaven, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The simple format adopted in our circles includes:
Our typical session lasts about an hour. We maximize the time spent in chanting and meditation while minimizing the time spent in conversation. There are no lectures or sermons in Global Chant, and we do not promote any personal, financial, religious, or political agenda. The chanting circle is our sanctuary, which means that it is a place of safety, holiness, and healing.
The role of the Global Chant facilitator is to serve the healing mission of the group and to promote the welfare of the chanting circle and its members. If you are interested in starting your own chapter of Global Chant and serving as its facilitator, please e-mail [email protected]. We will be glad to send you information about how to get started. For a good introduction to the tasks and responsibilities of a Global Chant facilitator, please read, "The Chanting Circle," a passage from The Chanter's Guide: Sacred Chanting as a Shamanic Practice.
You can also download our current GC Chant Collection (Sixth Edition).
The musicians in your group will be interested in downloading GC Chords (Sixth Edition).
The following is a list of active Global Chant circles:
Tucson, AZ-
1) Central- Meets every Wednesday at Mitchell Park, 1100 E. Mitchell St. Times vary seasonally. Please contact Phil for more info.
2) Oro Valley- Meets the first and third Monday of every month, 6:30 pm, at the Oro Valley United Church of Christ, 1401 E. El Conquistador Way. Please contact Mark for more info.
3) World Chant- Formerly "Gentle GC," featuring mellower chanting with no drums or percussion. Meets every Sunday, 6 pm, St. James Methodist Church, 3255 N. Campbell Ave. Please contact Deborah for more info.
Global Chant is a network of chanting circles serving free spirits who consider themselves spiritual but not religious. Our mission is to use chanting as a vehicle for global transformation and healing. We are open to wisdom from all traditions without being linked to any one teaching or ideology. Our sacred chant collection includes chants from the Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Native American, Sikh, and Sufi traditions, and now we are moving increasingly towards chants with universal themes, such as: love, gratitude, and our connection with Nature.
Global Chant began in 1996 and continues to meet in Tucson, Arizona, every week in Tucson, serving over 500 members. We are under the umbrella of PlayHaven, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The simple format adopted in our circles includes:
- Intention-Setting. At the beginning of a session, each member dedicates the love, blessings, and healing energy that is to be generated in the circle. We may place the names of specific individuals in our “blessing bowl” to help focus our intention and direct our healing energy.
- Chanting. On average, we chant 5-8 sacred chants from each session. Words to the chants are provided to each member of the circle, along with percussion instruments to those who wish to play them. The chants serve to generate healing energy and to open each member of the circle to the flow of that energy.
- Healing Meditation. After the chanting is done, we have approximately 10 minutes that we spend in silence. During that time, members send out the energy that has been generated in the circle.
- Closing Affirmations. We close the circle by affirming our intention that the energy we generate as a group serve the spiritual needs of all beings--especially those to whom each of us has dedicated our own chanting.
Our typical session lasts about an hour. We maximize the time spent in chanting and meditation while minimizing the time spent in conversation. There are no lectures or sermons in Global Chant, and we do not promote any personal, financial, religious, or political agenda. The chanting circle is our sanctuary, which means that it is a place of safety, holiness, and healing.
The role of the Global Chant facilitator is to serve the healing mission of the group and to promote the welfare of the chanting circle and its members. If you are interested in starting your own chapter of Global Chant and serving as its facilitator, please e-mail [email protected]. We will be glad to send you information about how to get started. For a good introduction to the tasks and responsibilities of a Global Chant facilitator, please read, "The Chanting Circle," a passage from The Chanter's Guide: Sacred Chanting as a Shamanic Practice.
You can also download our current GC Chant Collection (Sixth Edition).
The musicians in your group will be interested in downloading GC Chords (Sixth Edition).
The following is a list of active Global Chant circles:
Tucson, AZ-
1) Central- Meets every Wednesday at Mitchell Park, 1100 E. Mitchell St. Times vary seasonally. Please contact Phil for more info.
2) Oro Valley- Meets the first and third Monday of every month, 6:30 pm, at the Oro Valley United Church of Christ, 1401 E. El Conquistador Way. Please contact Mark for more info.
3) World Chant- Formerly "Gentle GC," featuring mellower chanting with no drums or percussion. Meets every Sunday, 6 pm, St. James Methodist Church, 3255 N. Campbell Ave. Please contact Deborah for more info.
