The Mantra Yoga Guide: An Essential Guide to Inner Peace and Personal Transformation

By Dr. Sandra White

USING SOUND AFFIRMATIONS FOR PERSONAL POWER, CREATIVITY, AND HEALING

Mantra yoga is a meditation practice that focuses on chanting sacred syllables along with conscious breathing and a meditative focus to quiet the mind, cultivate spiritual energy, and create states of enlightenment. The practice of chanting a mantra is considered one of the easiest yet powerful forms of meditation. Mantra yoga is the ancient science of sound vibration. It is based on the belief that everything we do involves energy; our thoughts, words, actions and emotions are all part of a larger energetic field called prana, or life force.

As we think or do something, we send out a wave of energy into the world. When we repeat a mantra over and over again, we focus that energy inward, allowing us to tap into our deeper selves and gain greater mastery over our minds. In mantra yoga, the practitioner chants a particular mantra repeatedly to create a meditative state. Chanting these sacred sounds helps focus the mind on the meaning and vibration of the words. As a practitioner's awareness revolves around the repetition of the sacred sound, its pronunciation and its meaning, a psychic energy is cultivated, which can be used for spiritual purposes and to connect with the divine.

By focusing on the repetition of sound vibrations, our attention and focus draw inwards to achieve the difficult state of pratyahara. When practitioners are completely focused on the sound of the mantra, they're immersed in the experience of being present in the moment. This allows practitioners to go deep into a meditative state in which they have no awareness of anything else around them. Easily creating a state of pratyahara allows yogis to enter deeper and deeper states of consciousness without being distracted by external stimuli.

The main practices of mantra yoga are japa, kirtan, and community chanting. The meditation technique of mindfully reciting mantras is called japa, or mantra meditation. Kirtan is a devotional practice that involves call and response singing of mantras set to music. While an individual kirtan may vary, the practice typically involves a leader who chants and a group of people who repeat their chants. Community chanting is often part of a ceremony or used in the invocation or closing of a yoga practice. Mantras can be spoken aloud, softly whispered, or said silently in the mind.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BLB3CHR7
• ISBN13: 9798358528581
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"