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Sacred Activism vs. Personal SÄdhanÄ: Finding Balance, Avoiding Burnout
How do we show up for a world in crisis without burning out or bypassing our own healing?
This heartfelt dialogue between Anandra and Kathy Bolte explores the delicate, often confusing dance between sacred activism and personal sÄdhanÄ. With gentle honesty and lived wisdom, they reflect on how to stay spiritually rooted while remaining compassionately engaged in a turbulent world.
This isnāt about finding perfect answersāitās about listening deeply, honoring your inner rhythms, and discovering that activism can take many forms. Sometimes it's a sound bath. Sometimes ...
Tips for Leading a Great Chant Experience
Leading people into a meditative, prayerful experience of sound and mantra is a skill that anyone can acquire. We'll share a couple of key tips that will help increase the chances of your participants to experience a "magic moment" with the mantra.
- Start with something personal.Ā
Take 1 minute to let people know why you're offering the event. If you have something personal or vulnerable to share, even better, as it'll start the heart connection even before you start singing. For example...Ā "My daughter is on military duty in Afghanistan right now, and I wanted to gat...
Top 30 Sound Yoga Therapy Professional Offerings
This year marks a milestone:Ā 10 yearsĀ since the first cohort of Heart of Sound teacher trainees gathered to immerse themselves in the transformative practice of nÄda yoga and mantra-based healing.
Since then, hundreds of graduates have carried the essence of this lineage-rooted, heart-centered training into the worldāinto yoga studios, trauma recovery centers, hospitals, cancer wards, classrooms, and homes.
And in this tenth year, our current trainees are showing us just how far the ripple has reached.
As part of their final practicum, each student designs and deliv...
Sound Healing Trauma With Voice and Mantra of Christine Masonās Journey
Christine Mason paints a picture of resilience through sound, voice, and mantra
Christine is the founder of Rosebud Woman. She has a deep interest in women's wellness and the liberation of all people. She hosts a weekly podcast, The Rose Woman, and writes weekly letters on love power and womanhood to more than 30,000 people. As a yogi, bhakta, tantrika and mystic Christian, Christine draws on ancient wisdom, while working with current modalities including neuroscience informed collective trauma healing. She's authored seven books, and is the co-founder of Sundari, an...
Sanskrit Wisdom and Ancient Practices for Modern Times with Dr. Katy Jane
Dr. Katy Jane elucidates the bridge between traditional practices and modern relevance.Ā Dr. Katy Jane is a Sanskrit scholar, Vedic astrologer, and spiritual guide known for making ancient wisdom accessible and relevant to modern seekers.
Our conversation with Sanskrit and Vedic Astrology expert elucidates the bridge between traditional practices and modern relevance. "Sanskrit is a technology for awakening consciousness. It is designed for us to tune into it, so the sounds can awaken our natural intelligence." -Dr. Katy Jane
AnandraĀ had the great privilege to have ta...
Sound Yoga Therapy vs. KÄ«rtan: Whatās the Difference?
A lot of folks assume I'm a performing kÄ«rtan musician like so many others out there... however I'd like to be clear that while I love kÄ«rtan and enjoy singing with people very much, my true and deepest love (and the thing I'm most experienced with) is being a sound yoga therapist leading a chant experience.Ā
KÄ«rtan vs. Sound Yoga Therapy: 4 differences
There are many differences between performing kÄ«rtan musicians and sound yoga therapists leading a chant experienceĀ here are four main distinctions.
What a Sound Yoga Therapist does:
- Prioritizes the participant's ...
KÄ«rtan Chanting and the Brain: Mirror Neurons and Direct Sensory Experience
KÄ«rtan is a call-and-response musical form that's unique!
I have been musing about this lately, and recently wrote a short piece about this I thought I'd share on my blog. :)
With call and response mantra chanting, participants in the chant experience get to enjoy both: ā
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Listening to a leader sing or chant a mantra (and often accompanied by wonderfully skilled musicians in the kÄ«rtan band!) ā
This activates the mirror neurons or what I connect to the "guru principle", giving the participant a sense of aspirational elation when observing someone do something that's...
10 Years of Heart of Sound: Raising the Bar for Sound Yoga Therapy Worldwide
This year marks a milestone:Ā 10 yearsĀ since the first cohort of Heart of Sound teacher trainees gathered to immerse themselves in the transformative practice ofĀ nÄda yoga and mantra-based healing in Rishikesh, India!
Since then, hundreds of graduates have carried the essence of this lineage-rooted, heart-centered training into the worldāinto yoga studios, trauma recovery centers, refugee camps, hospitals, cancer wards, classrooms, and homes.
And in this tenth year, we want to give a shoutout to the diversity and ingenuity of our trainees! It's inspiring and humbling ...
AUM Chanting Personality Type Quiz: What kind of OM chanter are you?
What Happens When a Group OM is Being Led?
Whether you're attending a yoga class, joining a kÄ«rtan chant session, or receiving sound healing, there's often that beautiful, shared moment when a group OM is chanted together. For some, itās a moment of blissful resonance. For others, it can be surprisingly awkward or uncomfortable ā even if you love the idea of chanting.
As someone who has spent decades immersed in the practice and teaching of sacred sound, Iāve witnessed all kinds of responses to this one simple syllable. Hereās a little breakdown I put together ā see ...
Benefits of Daily Mantra Meditation (Self-Care through Sound Healing Yoga)
Evidence-Based Benefits of Mantra Chanting
In our fast-paced, high-stress world, ancient practices are making a profound comebackāand for good reason. One such practice, mantra chanting, is emerging as a powerful tool for wellness, backed not only by thousands of years of tradition but also by cutting-edge neuroscience.
Whether youāre a seasoned yogi or just beginning to explore the power of sound, mantra meditation offers a unique, holistic approach to healing and transformation. Hereās a closer look at the evidence-based benefits of chanting:
