![]() ![]() ![]() She was delighted to learn that she could receive more then one serving of Gurprashad, a sweet and delicious sacred treat served in every Sikh temple. She spent many hours listening to the sacred music, and remembers freely exploring the beautiful inner sanctum of the Golden Temple. The Golden Temple in India, one of the most revered Sikh places of worship in the world, holds a special place in Snatam’s heart and memory. Bhai Hari Singh’s entire family embraced Snatam like a granddaughter and a lifelong relationship ensued. This was a momentous event on many levels. At age six, she traveled to India and met Bhai Hari Singh, her mother’s kirtan (devotional music) teacher. Her mother recalls that the young Snatam would often sing about events happening in her daily life. Snatam took easily to this musical environment, and her first creative expression was with her voice. Her mother sang devotional songs of the Sikh faith every day. Her father was a great improvisationalist and loved to play the flute, piano, and tablas. Music was a part of her life every day, either at school or at home. “I chose the violin because it sounded pretty,” she says. Here she got to explore her creative side, including playing the violin. Moving again at age five, Snatam attended a Waldorf School in Sacramento, California. “I loved to get up in the morning and sing with my parents,” she says. Snatam would usually be asleep at her parent’s side for the first part of the practice, but when the music for chanting began, she would wake up. Her parents always brought her to morning sadhana, the early morning spiritual practice consisting of yoga, meditation, and chanting. When Snatam was two, she and her family moved to Long Beach, California. One day, before she was even two, Snatam began to chatter away in the middle of class Yogi Bhajan stopped speaking, looked over at her and said, “You’ll have your turn soon to teach, little one.” Indeed, Snatam has fulfilled this forecast, teaching yoga, chants, and meditation to both children and adults. Snatam heard Yogi Bhajan’s teachings at her parents’ side and a close relationship developed between the venerated teacher and the very young pupil. Soon after her birth in 1972, in the beautiful mountain town of Trinidad, Colorado, Snatam’s parents turned to the teachings and lifestyle of the Sikh tradition and became students of the renowned Kundalini yoga master, Yogi Bhajan. The sincerity and depth of commitment that this artist brings to her music is firmly rooted in a life of devotion. These themes have expressed themselves in a variety of ways throughout her life, and are particularly present in her music. Snatam Kaur personifies the meaning of her name: universal, nucleus, and friend to all. ![]()
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