We call in Saraswati, the goddess of creativity and language. You can also use this mantra when you feel confused or alone and want to connect to the infinite wisdom of your true self or spirit. It is used to tune in to the self-knowledge within. This mantra was important in the teachings of Yogi Bhajan, an Indian spiritual teacher who brought the practice of Kundalini Yoga to the West. It is commonly translated in English as I bow to the Creative Wisdom, I bow to the Divine Teacher within. Known as the Adi Mantra, this Gurmukhi mantra is traditionally sung or chanted to invoke divine wisdom before a Kundalini Yoga practice. You can begin by exploring these nine ancient mantras to calm your nervous system, raise your energetic vibration, and honor the teachings of Eastern spiritual wisdom. You can easily find online sources of video and audio recordings of Sanskrit and Gurmukhi mantra chants played at various tempos and performed in different musical styles. In fact, listening to the tones and vibrations of the chants can be as powerful as singing them. Your mantra practice could also include silently repeating a mantra during meditation, mindfully writing or drawing a mantra in its original language, writing out the translations that speak to your heart, or listening to recordings of mantra chants. Chanting, singing, and humming, especially with a group, have been scientifically shown to calm the nervous system, improve mood and regulate stress responses, and positively change the brain. ![]() Vocal vibrations are powerful healing tools. A traditional practice is to chant a mantra. There are a variety of ways to create a personal mantra practice that is uniquely yours. Weaving Mantras into Your Daily Spiritual Practice In the absence of such guidance, you can rest on the assurance that part of the magic of these ancient languages is that their power does not depend on you being able to pronounce the words perfectly or read the original form the power is in the intention behind the words and your own interpretation and experience of the sounds. Though it would be valuable and inspiring to study with devoted Sanskrit and Gurmukhi scholars, it may not be feasible or likely for you to do. Gurmukhi is also the language of the sacred literature of the Sikhs. Gurmukhi, which means “from the mouth of the guru,” was standardized by Sri Guru Angad Sahib Ji, a Sikh spiritual leader, in the 16 th century. Other powerful mantras are in Gurmukhi, which is the script used to write the Punjabi language in India. Sanskrit is one of the oldest languages in the world and is the language of many of India’s spiritual texts, including the Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda, and Atharva Veda. Some of the most powerful mantras are in Sanskrit, an Indo-Aryan language that dates back to approximately 1,500–200 BCE. And how about saying something over and over again that has a positive message? Repeating ancient mantras out loud, silently in your mind, or as part of a mala meditation can be a powerful addition to your daily well-being practices. It allows us to relax into our infinite self.Have you ever gotten a song stuck in your head? You know how it repeats again and again? If you are going to have something repeating in your mind, it may as well be something that you have chosen intentionally. ![]() So imagine what chanting this mantra every day, just three times, can do! Day by day, accumulatively, it opens our receptivity, it nourishes our intuition, it offers us a moment’s respite from the endless dialogue of the lower minds. ![]() It brings us into a receptive state of consciousness, tuning us in to the intuitive messages from our body and mind. It links the finite ‘me’ with infinity.īy chanting ‘Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo’ at the start of our kundalini yoga practice, we invite our ego, our ‘lower mind’ to acquiesce, allowing our higher self, our intuition, our neutral mind and innate wisdom to take the wheel and guide us through our yoga and meditation. It connects us with the realm of Buddha/ Christ/ Guru Nanak consciousness. ‘Adi’ means ‘primal’ or ‘first’, and this mantra tunes us in to the wisdom of all those who have practised before us our teachers, our teachers’ teachers and the consciousness that holds them all. It was an extended version of how we open the space for our everyday kundalini yoga practice, and it was GLORIOUS! ![]() The first meditation we practiced at White Tantra in London last weekend was 31 minutes of chanting the Adi Mantra – Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo – sitting in easy pose with eyes closed and hands in prayer mudra.
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