Find Clarity Through Mantras

In this first lesson, we will talk about mantras and chanting as a practical wellbeing tool and their benefits. We will discuss how to do this practice without any prior interest or experience singing. We will also learn how the vibrations of mantras have a profound impact on our physical, mental and emotional health. Today's Mantra, the Kriya Mantra practice, is as a simple and quick way to achieve deep meditation.

Today, we will learn about and build the foundation steps of this practice. Together, we will come to understand it's structure and it's applicability in our everyday lives. We will then apply the first step of this practice by learning how to perform the 'Immersion,' through breathing and singing the OM sound.

We are ready to sing the first mantra together: 'Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya'. With this mantra we will ignite the connection with our inner being, with our conscience, and remove any interal obstacles in the way. We will begin to free ourselves from the negative patterns that are repeated in our mind.

Today we are going to sing the mantra 'Om Namah Shivaya'. When we are going through transformations, difficult moments of change, Om Namah Shivaya will help us to go through this transition peacefully and emerge with a feeling of wholeness.

These teachings are designed so that you can experience different mantras in these sessions and then use them freely when doing the practice at home. In this session we will sing a mantra that activates the vibration of the Teacher or Master inside of us, who guides us and gives us the correct answer at the right moment. Today's mantra is: 'Gurudeva Guru Om Namá Shivaya.'

This next mantra awakens or invokes the energy that allows us to move through obstacles, with strength. The image that the mantra brings to life is the Elephant; a symbol of strength and perseverence. The Sanskrit name of this energy is Ganesha, Ganesh, or Gana Pati. Today's mantra is: 'Gana Pati Om.'

Today we are going to immerse ourselves in one of the most popular mantras. The Maha Mantra 'Hare Krishna'. Together, we will sing: Hare Krishna Hare Krisha, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hara Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare". With this mantra, we will recognize and experience the divine within us all and celebrate it.

Today we will sing the mantra 'Jai Jai Radha Ramana Hari Bol.' This mantra awakens the energy of devotion. Devotion is a path that opens our hearts. Releasing demands, expectations, and giving ourselves truly as we are, with our skills and abilities. This mantra calls on our whole being, awakening the depths of our consciousness.

Today's mantra offers us profound connection with the energy of the Mother; the one who contains and protects us when we need a calm and safe place to be. The mantra says: 'Amba Ma, Kali Ma, Gauri Ma Chandi Ma, Om Devi Om.'

We have arrived at the end of the course, which much like the mantra, is also a beginning. We have explored the Kriya Mantra practice together and now you can choose to continue to deepen in it by using these sessions and practicing at home. All you need is 12 minutes a day to recover your energy and find a place of stillness and support within. In this final lesson, we will remain silent for the first part of the lesson. You will then begin to hear a closing mantra, also known as 'Savasana.' And in that state of silence, we can rest and relax. You have arrived home.