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In this 40-day course, you will learn the power of healing through chanting practice. Benefits of chanting include: healing from grief and loss, physically and metaphorically "getting your voice," overcoming fear and anxiety, feeling more grounded, experiencing balance and stability, learning to trust, and anchoring in self confidence.
If you are new to chanting, or you've been chanting a while and want to challenge yourself with a 40-day set, this is the course for you. I will give brief instruction and focus each day, but the majority of the challenge is the chanting itself. We will use the Heart Chakra Mantra: Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya (Love is Practice) repeated 108 times each day for 40 days. If you desire to use another chant, feel free to listen to the beginning instruction each day and to track your progress, and then back out and listen to another chant in my library. I only recommend not beginning with the Crown or Moon Chakra chant as those are longer and require more practice if you're a beginner. Let's begin.
Heidi began chanting in 2009 out of necessity during a very difficult period of grief. She discovered the power of mantra, of chanting in repetition, and the deep power of doing this practice for a 40-day cycle. Mantra is a quantum technology that helps to move stuck energy out of the body. As grief is stored in the lungs, any chanting practice will help move grief, but with the added bonus of attention and intention in your practice, you can receive incredible benefits beyond that. She began with no experience doing a 40-day cycle, and so can you. It may seem intimidating, but as you get going, the benefits are so immense that you will want to continue. We will start with the basics and dive deeper as we move through the course. ...
Lezione 1
Diving In
The chant we are using is Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice. I have discovered that direct experience is the best teacher, so in Day 1, we're diving right into practice. As we go, I'll include instruction each day before we begin, and end with questions that invite you to reflect on your experience.
Lezione 2
Discomforts That Arise
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice. It is very common as you engage in any new practice for resistance and discomfort to arise. This is mental and physical strength training, and as such all the resistance that arises when we engage in an exercise program will also arise here. Just begin to notice them. What messages are coming up? It's more important to notice those that to do this perfectly. It will get more intense, and then it will flush out as you stick with it.
Lezione 3
How To Sit
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
The first discomfort that will likely come up is how to sit and the physical discomforts that arise. So let's dispel and address this one first and then we can move on to all else that will likely arise and start working on the jewels present in this practice.
Lezione 4
Creating Sacred Space
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
In order to root this practice into your system and best set yourself up for success, a sacred container is necessary to protect the flow and magic of what you're doing to allow it to unfold naturally. Today we'll talk about creating space in your home, and/or your calendar to make sure you're set up for success.
Lezione 5
Mala Beads & Crystals
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
In Day 5 we'll go over the use of mala beads and crystals that can enhance your practice and help occupy the mind so you can drop deeper into practice. These are not required at all, but can help with repeated practice.
Lezione 6
Essential Oils
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
In day 6 we'll talk out the last tool that is my favorite to use with chanting essential oils. Our sense of smell is the fastest sense that reaches the brain. With regular practice, when we use essential oils before practice it signals to our brain what we're doing next so the body can calm and we can drop in even deeper.
Lezione 7
Voice
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
Engaging in a practice like this can be wildly awkward, especially if singing is not your thing. Today we'll talk about the practice I had to engage in order to get comfortable with it. If it's uncomfortable, don't worry, you're not alone!
Lezione 8
Communication Skills
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
A surprising result of this practice is unleveled communication skills. Today we'll talk about how this practice can help you tune into yourself, your emotions and your needs, and therefore make it easier to communication your needs, once you know what they are.
Lezione 9
Hearing Your Own Voice
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
Hearing your own voice can be challenging, especially if you didn't feel like you had a voice in previous times. Maybe you're not use to calling upon your voice, physically or metaphorically, and that can bring up a lot of emotion as well. Notice what's happening physically and emotionally as you dive further into this practice. We'll talk more about emotions that rise as we go. For now just notice what you notice and if anything is arising.
The book referenced is The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk.
Lezione 10
Letting It Be Awkward
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
Chanting practice, especially in the beginning, can be incredibly awkward. If you're feeling that, you're not alone. We often spend intentional time silencing ourselves, or trying to stay beneath the radar, and engaging in a practice like this where you can be see and heard can be uncomfortable. Just let it be that way and it will shift over time.
Lezione 11
Where Does Voice Live?
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
Today we're talking about where voice lives in the body. Do you feel it in the throat, chest, somewhere else? Do you notice stuck or stagnant energy, and pay attention to how this shows up differently each day of practice, and how it changes over time.
Lezione 12
Tuning the Body, Frequency & Intention
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
Today we're talking about tuning the body, frequency and intention, how those things overlap, and how you can start paying attention to the different aspects that come up during practice from day to day. The power of attention and intention is introduced here as tools to deeper your commitment and further your practice.
Lezione 13
Getting Into A Rhythm
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasedevaya = Love is Practice.
Today we're talking about rhythm. Notice where rhythm is showing up in your body and where it is not. Start noticing how everything I've already mentioned overlaps with one another.
Lezione 14
The Release of Energy
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
Today we're talking about the release of energy and emotions that start to come up as you engage in this practice. perhaps you're sleepy, energized, and what to do with that.
Lezione 15
Allowing Emotions
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
Now we're getting into the heart of the emotions that come up. This practice is about so much more than just chanting. It really is a witnessing practice, and a way back home to communing and creating dialog with yourself.
Lezione 16
Resistance
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
By now, you're probably noticing resistance. The further you go down the path, the louder the voice to quit will get. This is a re-patterning practice. Every day you show up loosens the grip on the old way. Keep going and ignore the voice that says you really should be doing something better with your time.
Lezione 17
The Energy Of Emotions
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
Today we're talking about the energy of emotions as a way to take you deeper into loosing the identification with emotions as seeing them as something that moves through you, rather than something you ARE. This incorporates meditation and yoga nidra tools that are all embedded in this practice as they all overlap.
Lezione 18
Byproducts Of Chanting
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
As energy is moving with chanting practice, byproducts of that energy movement come in the form of yawning, belching, sweating and crying. These are all normal as part of practice.
Lezione 19
Following Your Heart Song
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
Today we're talking about following your heart song as we tune into a level of devotional practice that shows up the further you go. Dropping attention into the heart will help you tune into it and ease the pain and tension that come up.
Lezione 20
Half Way There!
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
If you've made it this far, 20 whole days, then you can make it 20 more. You already know you can do this. Feel so proud of your accomplishment. I'll see you on the other side of the summit.
Lezione 21
Overwhelm
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
Overwhelm is a totally normal part of this practice. As we sit, allowing the emotions to bubble, overwhelm may come as all the emotions start to percolate and we don't know how with our conscious mind to process them. The beauty is, you don't have to. Just let them wash over you and they will do their magic on their own. You will know when you know, and that will be the perfect time.
Lezione 22
Anger
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
Anger is an emotion that can have huge impacts, both in experience and in healing. Allowing yourself to let it rise can offer space for deep transformation on the other side.
Lezione 23
The Go Free Yourself Meditation
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
Today we discuss this sacred practice that came to me organically during chanting as anger began to rise and I needed to release the valve and liberate myself from holding on to it.
Lezione 24
Giving Yourself Permission
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
Today we're continuing with feeling the feels from the "go free yourself meditation" and giving yourself permission to let it rip and release yourself from the burden of holding onto emotions that are not serving you.
Lezione 25
Getting Your Voice
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
Today we're diving into the theme of getting your voice and how opening up to deeper emotions can also allow for deeper wisdom, compassion and healing to present itself.
Lezione 26
The Process Of Healing
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
Today we're talking about the process of healing and the deep value in the practice you are engaging. It is not a small task and deserves deep honor and reverence.
Lezione 27
Grief
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
Today we're talking about grief, the emotion that can sit side-by-side with anger. Even if you don't come to this practice with grief, it may surprisingly show up as grief is stored in the lungs.
Lezione 28
Boredom
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
Boredom is a common experience in chanting as well. When engaging in something new, our mind and body resist the unfamiliar and pull our attention to anything other than this! All emotions are completely allowed, even boredom.
Lezione 29
Agitation
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
Last but not least, agitation. There are many other emotions that may be coming up for you, but these are the ones I've struggled with. Allow whatever comes for you to come. As we near the end, the mind is going may get really busy wanting to keep you from the finish line. Allowing that to be in the drivers seat will help you reach the finish line.
Lezione 30
Deep Alchemy
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
Now is then the magic really begins to happen and energy starts to sing. Between 30-40 days a shift happens that opens us up to deeper versions of ourselves and a lightness comes in. Be so proud of what you've done so far. The best is yet to come.
Lezione 31
Irritation, Impatience & ADHD
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
Touching back in on agitation and irritation as it relates to other tasks that we struggle to push through, and how it relates to my experience of ADHD.
Lezione 32
What Are You Noticing?
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
Today we're tuning into what changes you're noticing. Is there a shift energetically, emotionally, physically, spiritually? This can have a profound impact, but even more so if you notice the shift yourself. That's what will keep you coming back.
Lezione 33
The Quantum Field
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
We finally dive into the quantum field and bring in some mind-blowing statistics to amplify your practice and keep you going. You are 99.9999999999999% energy, and only .00000000000001% matter.
Lezione 34
Manifestation
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
Now that you are aware of the quantum field, focusing on it with intention can bring powerful manifestation into play. Of course, we are where we are at any given moment, so it's ok to have all the emotions we've discussed, but as those clear out and become less intense, we can also turn to love, joy and gratitude to amplify our practice.
Lezione 35
Why 108?
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
Now that we are nearly done, why 108? What is the purpose? There is evidence of this number across multiple traditions, disciplines and practices. 108 in numerology is also 1+8=9 and 9 is the number of completion, so we are chanting in the vibration of "it is already done."
Lezione 36
Seed Syllables
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
Today we're talking about seed syllables as vowels, that without, language would fall apart. Sanskrit leans heavily on vowels and each vowel hits differently in the body. Today we explore a different mantra to give you direct experience of how this shows up in your own mouth and body.
Lezione 37
Vowels & Chakras
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
Today we're looking at the connection between vowels and chakras, and the associated body parts or organs. Play around with this connection and see what you notice.
Lezione 38
Ease & Flow
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
As we near the end of our practice, we discuss ease and flow, that hopefully have started to show up for you. With consecutive practice, more and more will open up. If it's not there yet, hang in! I find the last 10 days of a 40-day cycle to be the juiciest spots of the practice where energy really opens up and starts to flow.
Lezione 39
Almost There!
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
Finally days are here! We touch in today with the byproducts of practice that may be showing up for you as we round the corner to completion. Curious to hear your experience in the classroom.
Lezione 40
Completion!
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya = Love is Practice.
You made it! It's time to honor your journey and congratulate yourself. This is a major accomplishment of time, of motivation, of commitment, of dedication, of witness and holding space for yourself. Be so proud of yourself. I hope this activates a desire to continue and shed more and more layers of whatever is ready to go. Much love.
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Robin
January 14, 2026
Heidi is a great teacher. She haves us little tidbits of knowledge to help us understand the chanting and urged us own the whole way. I truly felt connected even though it wasn’t in person. I will definitely take another one of her courses ! Namaste ! Much gratitude to you Heidi for putting yourself out there for us.
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Michael
December 31, 2025
Really great course. Fantastic teacher. 100% recommend
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Holger
November 6, 2025
This was such an amazing journey. I started because of a surgery that prevented me from doing my asana practice. It was a journey of emotions, frustration, joy and sadness. Today, day 40 is was smiling, jawing, rocking along to my own beat and at the end I had a grood laugh that turned into crying. I have learned so much about myself and I can definitely feel its changed my view on the world around me and so others as well. Thank you Heidi for creating this incredible journey for us all....
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Amy
October 9, 2025
This has been an amazing course. I feel different. I feel I have obtained a skill that will deepen my relationship with myself in ways that will con🌿tinue to astonish me for the rest of my life. Thank you and God bless 🌺
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ani
September 1, 2025
this was genuinely transformative experience and i’m really grateful to have access to this! i had tried several other methods of learning to chant and nothing was as helpful and straightforward and simple as this. i’m off to do another 40 days!
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Valerie
July 15, 2025
I absolutely loved the course. I went through all stages that Heidi described and it felt so good to have her on the side every day. Highly recommended 🌼🌼🌼 Special thanks to Heidi 🙏
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Glenn
May 23, 2025
Thank you thank you 🙏🙏
I enjoy the 40 days
Have you thought of doing another 40 days with a different chant?
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Mary
May 10, 2025
Such a pure delight to my body mind hesrt and soul!! Thank You Heidi bless your precious heart and lige!!! Love 💕m
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Michelle
April 20, 2025
I can’t say enough about this course. Such an amazing experience.
I have learned so much about myself, its helped me with my grief.
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Lee
April 14, 2025
This was my first introduction to chanting and I learned so much. Proud that I did the full 40 days. I will continue. Definitely some shifts. Thank you!
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Richelle
March 3, 2025
I've now done this multiple times with different chants. It's always a learning experience! Thank you!
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wudan
February 17, 2025
Amazing and transformative. After having finished 40 days, I feel more like myself now. Feels like coming home.
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Valerie
February 14, 2025
Really interesting personal challenge, with great support throughout.
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Janice
February 8, 2025
Wonderful! Insightful intros before each day chant. Great encouragement and lovely voice🙏❤️
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Poppy
January 20, 2025
It was a practice that will stick with me forever. I feel less judgemental about myself. I feel more confident when communicating with other people. I feel like I can look at my emotions instead of being it. I want to keep going and work on all my chakras! Thank you Heidi and I look forward to your next class!! 🙏✌️🦋
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Kara
November 12, 2024
This was such a beautiful journey into the depths of my heart to find compassion for all the limiting beliefs I've held. My voice has become more powerful through this process. I am so deeply grateful for this course and would recommend it to anyone who is curious about chanting. Heidi is a wealth of honest and vulnerable teaching throughout the course. Embrace the magic 💜✨
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Samantha
October 30, 2024
Really enjoyed this and the commitment to the 40 days.
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Nan
July 21, 2024
Wonderful guidance! I’m inspired to go on to another mantra for another 40 days.
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Alexis
May 28, 2024
Heidi is an amazing teacher and human! She is so sweet, thoughtful and encouraging. Just like this course. She made it easy to want to show up to practice. I’m grateful for this course and to have taken it and finished all 40 days!
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Christina
February 14, 2024
Absolutely incredible. I will return to this practice many times! Thank you!
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