Sat Guray Nameh Mantra Meditation
This mantra translates as a call to true wisdom and is part of a longer mantra commonly used in Kundalini Yoga to open a session. I hope it brings you protection and a sense of safety and ease. Namaste.
Transcript
The following practice is led by Sonia Lockyer,
Host of the Wellbeing Ritual Club.
So good morning everybody.
It is time to do a mantra meditation.
So if you like working with mala beads,
Then have the mala beads.
You know that you don't need them.
They're not entirely necessary.
They are a lovely accessory to have and they do help you kind of ground and stay anchored during the practice.
Or at least that's what I find.
So yeah,
If you like mala beads,
Then grab them now and you start the process with the queen bead.
And then each time you repeat the mantra,
You just slide your fingers to the next bead.
And we're going to take 20 minutes to do probably more than one circuit of a mala.
A mala is usually 108 beads.
And there's actually not that much difference between a mala and a rosary other than tradition and intention.
But they come from the same root,
Which is a tradition of women practicing whenever they can around being a householder and a carer and holding the sky up for all people and all beings.
So I love them because they don't mean that you have to be putting time aside to have this phenomenal spiritual practice.
It's like I can do this whilst I'm queuing or I can do this whilst I'm doing the multitude of other things you need to do.
And that for me is a helpful type of practice.
Okay,
So our theme this month is feeling safe.
So I'm going to take a mantra,
A part of a mantra from a really lovely Kundalini practice.
And the words are sat-gure-name.
Sat-gure-name.
So if you wanted to write that down,
It's spelled S-A-T.
Then G-U-R-A-Y.
Then N-A-M-E-H.
Sat-gure-name.
And it translates as I call upon true wisdom.
So for me,
It's everything right now.
Calling upon true wisdom.
There are some really beautiful songs of this mantra in its form.
This is just one of the lines.
And I'll put them in our members area.
I'm going to put one song in our circle of love section so that you can play it today if you want to.
Really beautiful.
Sat-gure-name.
I call in true wisdom.
Okay,
So we just repeat that mantra silently in our heads.
Maybe with the beads,
Maybe not.
And as with all meditation practices,
We acknowledge there's three clear stages.
The stage where you begin and you're on track and you know what you're doing.
You're all in.
The stage where you notice you've gone off and thinking about other things.
And then the stage where you come back to the practice.
And all three stages are as important as one another.
So falling off track and drifting down rabbit holes is a part of the practice.
Never think that you're getting it wrong because you're not.
Just smile,
Bring yourself back.
And we'll see how this next 20 minutes goes.
So let's find a comfortable position,
Ideally with your spine straight.
You can of course lie down if that is easier.
You don't want to be struggling to stay with your spine straight.
And if you become uncomfortable,
You can change position.
You might choose to have your eyes open,
In which case just soften your gaze.
Let it become a lateral landscape gaze.
Or you might drop your eyelids.
You'll feel one way is more instinctive than the other.
Noticing your breath.
How it's moving through you.
And what its cadence is.
Perhaps just that simple act of noticing the breath is enough to slow it down.
To allow it to lengthen.
So I sometimes struggle with breath.
I have asthma.
Sometimes I start my practice,
My count is something like three or four.
It's very short.
And I can gently start to nudge it without any force over towards a count of five or six.
If I stay relaxed.
If I keep a smile.
I don't get determined with myself.
See how that feels for you.
What kind of length your breath wants to take.
And how willing it is to expand as you practice.
Bring some movement into the body.
Start by circling the head.
Dropping ear to shoulder.
And gentle exhale as the chin rocks down towards the chest.
All the way across the other side.
Head to shoulder.
And then travelling up and over.
Switching directions.
And coming to centre.
Slowly,
Gently finding the circles in your shoulders.
To help you to feel more spacious.
More open.
And depending how your body feels,
Perhaps the shoulders move into elbow circles.
If you have space,
Full arm extensions.
And then circling the heart.
If you're lying down and you can't circle the heart,
Then take a moment to circle your hands.
Maybe your feet.
Switching directions.
And coming to stillness.
Sat gray namaste.
Twenty minutes.
Let the breath and the mantra roll through you as you silently repeat it.
Letting it find its own rhythm.
Letting it flow its own way.
And observing.
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Sat grey namay.
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Noticing how it is that you feel.
Taking your awareness to your face,
Softening the muscles of the face.
Noticing the sounds.
Noticing the feeling of the in-breath and the out-breath through the nostrils.
Choosing to listen to the true wisdom of the body.
More often throughout our day ahead.
And staying open to all the ways that wisdom lands.
Be that a felt sense,
A synchronicity,
A book that jumps out from the bookcase.
A comment from a friend,
Or just a deep knowing.
Bringing your hands to your heart center,
Dropping forehead to fingertips.
As ever,
Offering the fruits of our practice to all beings so that as we practice our personal well-being ritual,
We nourish and nurture the collective well-being.
Namaste.
Namaste.
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Namaste.
Namaste.
