Contemporary Ecstatic Chanting (6 Week Series)
With Leah Hokanson
November 9 - December 14, 2026
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? Below are the Drop-in options available!
Click HERE to register for November 9th – View Room
Click HERE to register for November 16th – View Room
Click HERE to register for November 23rd – Chapel
Click HERE to register for November 30th – Chapel
Click HERE to register for December 7th – Chapel
Click HERE to register for December 14th – Chapel
Teacher
Leah is a lifelong adventurer of music, sound and listening—as a group facilitator, community choir leader, pianist, improviser, singer/songwriter and certified sound healing practitioner. She is co-founder (with Lynette Jackson) of Sound, Belonging & Wholeness, offering programs that explore vocal sounding and intentional listening as portals to Presence, healing and transformation. She also directs the Song Keepers Women’s Choir (Gabriola) and is Music Director at the First Unitarian Fellowship of Nanaimo. She’s worked with many esteemed vocal artists and sound healing pioneers, including Chloé Goodchild, Jill Purce, Rhiannon, and Karina Schelde. Leah holds a master’s degree in piano performance and…
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