• Kevin Kortan

  • Chanting, Mantra, Holistic Voice, Voice Training, Yoga & Yoga Therapy

    Experience the healing power of sacred sound through mantra, chanting, holistic voice healing, and the practice of synchronizing breath, movement, and vocalization.

    Kevin's approach to the yoga of sound employs both contemporary and ancient technologies to support your uniqueness. There are many ways to enter into the stream of sacred sound, depending on where you are on your journey and what interests you.

  • I want to tell you how much I love chanting with you. You teach with such patience, softness, and grace. I truly love your voice!!

    – Lynne Altenburg

  • Praised as a “master of translation” and “an excellent teacher who makes his classes challenging for the experienced, yet understandable for the beginner,” Kevin enjoys working with people from all walks of life. Much of Kevin’s teaching is done one-on-one in private sessions, designing home practice in the time-honored tradition of adapting yoga for the individual. He is also well known for being a mentor teacher to people who are yoga teachers, yoga therapists, and dedicated students. His Yoga Therapy & Teaching practice is based in Minneapolis. 

    Kevin will guide you through the following ways:

    • Personalized Sacred Sound Practice
    • Mantra Meditation
    • Chanting For The Love Of It
    • Mantra In Motion
    • Sounding Sun Salutation - Learn the Sun Mantras!
    • The Foundations of Chanting Mantra in Sanskrit
    • Vedic Chanting
    • Yoga SÅ«tra Chanting

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  • I refer patients to Kevin because I know he will approach people with sensitivity, intelligence, and expert guidance. Those whom I have referred to Kevin have been ecstatic about the work he has done with them. Since the beginning of our collaboration, Kevin Kortan has been an indispensable part of my patient care regimens.

    Scott Gerson MD, Founder of the National Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine

  • Kevin Kortan – Training

     

    • C-IAYT, Certified as a Yoga Therapist by the International Association of Yoga Therapists
    • 800 Hour Yoga Therapist Training, YATNA – Yoga As Therapy North America E-RYT
    • 500® and YACEP®, Yoga Alliance
    • 800 Hour Preventive and Rehabilitative Therapist, PRTcm, Bateman Institute
    • 500 Hour Viniyoga Foundations Program for Teaching & Yoga Therapy, American Viniyoga Institute
    • 500 Hour Yoga Therapist and Teacher, YTT, Bateman Health SystemSM, Bateman Institute
    • 200 Hour Embodied Anatomy and Yoga, School for Body-Mind Centering®
    • 200 Hour Embodied Developmental Movement and Yoga, School for Body-Mind Centering®
    • Yoga Nidra Teacher Training Level 1, Richard Miller
    • Restorative Yoga Training with Cheri Clampett & Arturo Peal
    • Somatic Educator, Manhattan Feldenkrais® 4-Year Professional Training Program
    • Kalpana Shere-Wolfe, teacher of vedic chant, ongoing
    • Dolphi Wertenbaker M.D. private mentor, ongoing