Yoga Teacher Trainees will learn to chant mantra with their meaning, rules, regulation and time and learn the art of merging themselves in strong flow of energy of mantra. We practice yogic mantras in the beginning and ending of yoga and meditation classes. Also we teach how to use mantra to purify and balance the chakras and give you techniques of Mantra Dhyana.
Mantra
tasya vâcakaï prañavaï
|| patanjali yoga sutra || I/27||
Isvara is represented by a sound, om.
taj-japas tad-artha-bhâvanam
|| patanjali yoga sutra || I/28||
Through repetition its meaning becomes clear.
At the beginning of creation mahaprana (suprime) manifested and sound also come into being with the first movement of cosmic energy the first sound manifested which was “ om ” this transcendental sound also called “nada”.the higest level of the medium of energy or prana and nada in the process of creation ,sound is one of the ,best vehicles for the transmission of prana shakti.
Mantra are cosmic sounds , sounds that vibrate at particular frequency in each dimension of the personality and with a particular psychic center .Normally one hears sound only within a certain range.beyond or better of that range change the frequency and sound cannot be heard,however ,in the causal state of consciousness one become more sensitive and begins to hear and see many things ,what one hears are mantra and what one sees are yantras.
śrūyate prathamābhyāse nādo nānā-vidho mahān |
tato|abhyāse vardhamāne śrūyate sūkṣhma-sūkṣhmakaḥ|| Hatha yoga pradipika ||4/84||
In the beginning, the sounds heard are of great variety and very loud; but, as the practice increases, they become more and more subtle.
Sound is a form of energy that has frequency , pitch ,volume and tone as well as substle qualities .the pranas are the orientation of pranic flows or emphasized ,so that the mind and perception changes. when you start flowing in the energy of mantra fully inwardly and outwardly u start getting perfection and results of that mantra.
tāvadākāśa-sangkalpo yāvachchabdaḥ pravartate |
niḥśabdaṃ tat-paraṃ brahma paramāteti ghīyate
|| hatha yoga pradipika ||4/ 101 ||
So long as the sounds continue, there is the idea of âkâśa. When they disappear, then it is called Para Brahma, Paramâtmana.
- Om mantra
- Gayatri mantra
- Ganesh mantra
- Kalayna mantra
- Moksha mantra
- Shakti mantra
- Poorna mantra (finishing mantra)