Nachon libi Elohim,
Ashira va’azamra af k’vodi

My Heart is steadfast, Oh God;
I will sing and chant even with my soul. (Psalm 108:2)
[Click (or tap) to see the entire Psalm 108 in Hebrew and English (JPS 1985).]

When my heart becomes steady, firm in its commitment, resolute in its love, unwavering in its loyalty to the Unity of Being… then the music of my soul can soar. When my song is anchored in the steadfast heart, each note expresses and magnifies my love. The energy of the heart unlocks the fullness of my soul’s glory.

To hear the various parts of the chant, use the audio players. To download a part, right-click a note and save (or download) the linked MP3 file.

• A Steadfast Heart 1
• A Steadfast Heart 2
• A Steadfast Heart 3
• A Steadfast Heart Mix

To download the PDF file for this chant, click A Steadfast Heart PDF. For the musical notation, click one of the musical notations for A Steadfast Heart Music: A minor, B minor, or B-flat minor.

NOTE: The provided MP3 versions are in B-flat minor.

L’cha yom af-l’cha laila

Yours is the day; Yours is the night.
Yours is the dark and Yours is the light,
I am Yours and You are mine;
where ever I look it is You I find. (Psalm 74:16)

There is a love inside me that is almost unbearable. It makes no sense, and I often just shut it down, bottle it up or let this force of love simmer within me. Sometimes, when I find a way to express this love fully, I let it out as a great wave of devotion and service. It is such a relief. When I came across this line in Psalm 74, I felt so grateful to have found a vehicle for this inner force of surrender to the One. The relief comes from releasing the illusion of control, letting go into the widest, wildest embrace, and dissolving the excruciating tension of Duality.

(To magnify the surrendering force of this practice I add bowing. In the downward motion, I give myself over and empty; and in the upward motion, I receive the gift that has been waiting for me.)

To hear the various parts of the chant, use the audio players. To download a part, right-click a note and save (or download) the linked MP3 file.

• Yours (underchant)
• Yours (overchant)
• Yours Mix

To download the PDF file for this chant, click Yours PDF.

Ana Yah hoshiyah na, Ana Yah hatzliycha na

Please God, grant us new Life; please God, make us successful! (Psalm 118:25)
[Click (or tap) to see the entire Psalm 118 in Hebrew and English (JPS 1985).]

This Psalm, the concluding Psalm of Hallel, overflowing with extravagant praise and gratefulness, sends us our own strength. From here we call to God. Our calling is from a stance of fullness, calm confidence and the celebration of the ongoing Divine flow of abundance, justice and truth.

Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch translates “hoshiyah” not as save us, or deliver us… but grant new Life. “Y’shuah,” he says, is “undimmed vigor of one’s own life and existence; Yud-Shin-Ayin is the true, genuine YESH.” (is-ness) So, from the fullness of celebration we ask that this joy might invigorate our existence and then open us to the source of prosperity. As we receive the force of new life, we ask that it be channeled in ways that help us succeed, manifesting our highest dreams and most passionate purpose.

To hear the chant, use the audio player. To download the chant, right-click the note and save (or download) the linked MP3 file.

• Please God

To download the PDF file for this chant, click Please God! PDF.

Im l’vavi asicha, va’yichapais ruchi

With my heart, I meditate (converse) and my spirit searches. (Psalm 77:7)
[Click (or tap) to see the entire Psalm 77 in Hebrew and English (JPS 1985).]

There are three phases of this Heart meditation, all meant to awaken the heart as a vehicle of exploration and perception.

1st Phase (with sound and concentration)

1. Chant Im l’vavi asicha 3X with complete focused gentle attention to the “back door of the heart.”
2. As you chant va’yichapais ruchi, release and send the inner power that has accumulated in the heart out into the Universe. Let that spirit fly out and explore.
3. The 2nd time you chant va’yichapais ruchi, allow that spirit to return and find its home within your heart.

2nd phase (with sound and movement)

1. Turn head to the left, and as you chant Im l’vavi, circle down and around to the right. As you chant asicha circle down and around back to the left. Repeat 3X.
2. As you chant, va’yichapais ruchi, bow to the center, finding your depths.
3. The second time you chant, va’yichapais ruchi, lift yourself up into the fullness of your heart.

3rd Phase (silent chanting with breath concentration)

1. Im l’vavi, on the exhale, asicha in the inhale, spiraling in to the heart. Repeat 3X
2. On the exhale, va’yichapais ruchi, sending the breath out to search, taste and explore.
3. On the inhale, va’yichapais ruchi, letting the breath return with information, subtleties and richness.

To hear the various parts of the chant, use the audio players. To download a part, right-click a note and save (or download) the linked MP3 file.

• Heart Meditation 1
• Heart Meditation 2
• Heart Meditation Mix

To download the PDF file for this chant, click Heart Meditation PDF. For the musical notation, click Heart Meditation Music.