private harmonium lessons
Welcome to Private Harmonium Lessons
Our private harmonium lessons are offered by 3 outstanding teachers: Sat Tara and Sangat Dhyan Kaur, who teach in English, and Amrit Neer Gyan who teaches in German. Our teachers will work hard to cater the lessons to your learning interests and abilities.
We offer 1 hour lessons that focus on how to play the harmonium, how to sing and understand musical notation, how to keep a rhythm, how to open your voice, how to pronounce and understand the Gurmukhi words in each mantra, a basic understanding of the history of each mantra, and support tools and teachings to experience confidence, devotion, and meditative awareness in your kirtan practice.
All students from all backgrounds and abilities are welcome. No musical experience is necessary.
The 1-to-1 setting works well for people who wish to set their own pace, and who want more focused attention and time from a teacher than what a group class can provide.
Please allow for 30-60 minutes of practice time each day while taking the course for maximum benefit.
You will need access to a harmonium, which can be ordered through our school on the Shop page.
We look forward to working with you!
4 Private Sessions with Sat Tara
200$Valid for 2 years- 1 to 1 Tutoring w/ Sat Tara
4 Private Sessions w/ Sangat Dhyan Kaur
200$Valid for one year- 1 to 1 Tutoring w/ Sangat Dhyan Kaur
4 Private Sessions w/ Amrit Neer Gyan
320$Valid for 2 years- 1 to 1 Tutoring in English or German with Amrit Neer Gyan
Beginner Harmonium Course w/ Sat Tara
997$Beginner Harmonium; 3 Mantras in 12 Sessions with Sat Tara- Learn Harmonium, Pronunciation, & Meaning
- Learn Mantras Aad Guray, Chattar Chakkar, & Mool Mantra
- Perfect for Beginners or Experienced Musicians
- Up to Twelve Private 1 Hour Sessions with Sat Tara
- Set Your Own Schedule
- Go At Your Own Pace
- Written and Recorded Materials Included
- Each Session is Recorded and Downloadable
BH Course - German or English
997$Beginner Harmonium; 3 Mantras in 12 Sessions with Amrit- Learn Harmonium, Pronunciation & Meaning
- Learn Mantras Aad Guray, Chattar Chakkar, & Mool Mantra
- Perfect for Beginners or Experienced Musicians
- Up to Twelve Private 1 Hour Sessions with Amrit Neer Gyan
- Set Your Own Schedule
- Go At Your Own Pace
- Written and Recorded Materials Included
- Each Session is Recorded and Downloadable
Intermediate H. Course w/ Sat Tara
997$Intermediate Harmonium; 3 Mantras in 12 Sessions w/ Sat Tara- Available only to previous Beginner Harmonium Students
- Learn Harmonium, Pronunciation & Meaning
- Learn the So-i Sunandarhee Mantra
- Learn the Rakhay Rakhanahaar Mantra
- Learn the Raa Maa Daa Saa Mantra
- Up to Twelve Private 1 Hour Sessions with Sat Tara
- Set Your Own Schedule
- Go At Your Own Pace
- Written and Recorded Materials Included
- Each Session is Recorded and Downloadable
teacher bios
Sat Tara
English Harmonium Teacher
Sat Tara came to Harmonium Teaching and Mantra after completion of the KYTT in 2012. This way of life, focusing on Meditation, Yoga and healing through sound has been an anchor for her after experiencing a life altering event in Peru 2010.
Kundalini Yoga is a technology that has helped her in her personal growth. She has utilized different modalities of healing to integrate life's experiences. Mantra and Kundalini Yoga have been the most primary supports for integration, self development and reflection.
Sat Tara has a passion for teaching and is committed to share the skills that have supported her growth. She has worked closely with Snatam since 2015 while teaching children harmonium classes weekly, supporting 3 years of Shabad Guru hosted in a 10 day intensive at Millis Massachusetts at Guru Ram Das Ashram, assisted in curriculum development and has also played in Gurdwara, Summer Solstice and community settings alongside Snatam.
When teaching in person and online, Sat Tara demonstrates patience, love and a steady focus on achievement to assist individuals to connect to their voice, to their hearts and to teach the skills that will allow for participants to have a home practice.
Sangat Dhyan Kaur
English Harmonium Teacher
Sangat Dhyan Kaur is an American Sikh who has been studying and learning Gurmukhi and gurbani kirtan, Sikh devotional music, for the last 7 years, while living at the Millis Ashram in Massachusetts, and now in Amritsar, India. During her time at the Ashram, she fell in love with the Sikh tradition and began studying gurbani kirtan and learning Gurmukhi. She has since studied with many different teachers and has played music for yoga classes, and Gurdwara, and Solstice events alongside Snatam Kaur.
In 2019 she decided to move her entire life to Amritsar, India where she has fully immersed herself in the study of gurbani kirtan, Gurmukhi, Punjabi, and meditation. She feels deeply connected to the Sikh tradition, and is excited to share her knowledge and her love of sacred sound with you. Whether singing, reading, or speaking gurbani your heart will experience a beautiful vibration that will help to awaken you to the truth of who you are.
Her peaceful and meditative nature will help you to feel relaxed and comfortable while learning, and her knowledge and experience with devotional music, and the Gurmukhi script, will support you in deepening your practice and your own learning experience.
Amrit Neer Gyan
German Harmonium Teacher
Amrit Neer Gyan Kaur is a KY teacher and a student of Naad Yoga and Shabd Guru. She has always enjoyed singing, playing instruments and being musically creative. She played in a Big Band, sang in choirs and for over ten years was taught classical piano. Chanting her first Mantra in a KY class in 2015, she immediately felt the power and healing quality of this kind of music, and her journey into the world of the Yoga of Sound began. Since 2020, Amrit Neer Gyan has been studying Mantra, Shabd Guru and harmonium with Snatam and Prabhu Nam Khalsa, and learning Gurmukhi to connect even deeper with the Shabd Guru. Amrit Neer Gyan loves sharing the joy and gratitude she finds in her practice in regular offerings of Kirtan and in her teaching.
"Chanting and playing the harmonium takes me into a state of deep inner peace and love. In these moments, I just am –connected with my truest inner self and with the wisdom of the universal sound current that carries me. To me, this is true bliss.“