Living Light: Sacred Chant & Yoga Workshop with Snatam Kaur

Light passing through stained glass doesn't stay a single beam. It scatters into a mosaic of color, much as a life is shaped by its joys, losses and changes. Living Light: Sacred Chant & Yoga Workshop with Snatam Kaur is a Sunday-afternoon gathering in Zurich built around that image. It is a space to sing, breathe, meditate and practice together, and to remember that the light keeps shining through us even in the moments when life feels broken into pieces.

Grammy-nominated devotional singer and teacher Snatam Kaur leads this yoga workshop at Theater Spirgarten, taking participants through yoga, breathwork, meditation, mantra and personal conversation. It is a chance to experience her not only on a concert stage but in a shared, hands-on practice, with live music from Ram Dass, Sukhmani and Bruno Justi.

If you are drawn to mantra and want to understand how a simple daily practice can quiet the mind and open the heart, this workshop offers a way in. You will leave with tools you can carry into ordinary days.

What to Expect

The afternoon runs for four hours and moves between movement, breath, sound and reflection. Snatam guides yoga and breathwork, introduces meditation and mantra, and makes room for conversation. Live music accompanies the practice throughout, so the chanting is supported by piano, clarinet, percussion, guitar and flutes.

The central teaching is gentle. Practice does not need to fix what feels fragmented. Returning to mantra and breath, again and again, can help the mind settle, soften resistance and bring you back to a steadiness that is always there. Together you explore how sacred sound can bring more compassion, courage and presence to your life, and how these teachings can become a living practice that supports you through every season.

About the Lineup

Snatam Kaur is a world-renowned, Grammy-nominated devotional singer, touring musician, teacher and author, known for her luminous voice and the depth of her music and teachings. For 25 years she has traveled the world sharing sacred chants and songs drawn from her own practice, helping audiences experience the transformative power of mantra. Her recorded work spans her first album, Prem (2001), to her 2024 release, Heartflow, and in 2026 she marks the milestone with the tour By Thy Grace: 25 Years of Mantra.

Ram Dass accompanies the workshop on piano, clarinet and vocals, adding melodic and harmonic color to the chanting and practice.

Sukhmani Rayat plays percussion, including tabla, and sings. She was born into a family rooted in the spiritual traditions of India, where Sikhism and meditation were part of daily life. She spent her formative years in Punjab, where she developed a deep connection to her heritage and its spiritual practices, and she now works as a teacher and musician.

Bruno Justi plays guitar and flutes and sings. He is a Brazilian artist, music producer, composer and guitarist, and co-creator of Music Cosmos Earth. In 2011 he left a career in marketing and business in São Paulo to study music in Los Angeles. His collaborations since then include work with EA Games, Disney, Yamaha, and Deva Premal & Miten.

Venue & Logistics

The workshop takes place at Theater Spirgarten, Lindenplatz 5, 8048 Zurich. Please bring a yoga mat, a water bottle and comfortable clothing you can practice yoga in. Children up to age six attend free without their own seat, and the workshop is recommended for ages twelve and up. Tickets are available through the official presale points, Ticketcorner and Coop City.