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Mantra Therapy First Aid Kit: Sound Therapy Survival Skills Everyone Should Know!
Just the other day a student in the most outrageously horrible situation I've ever heard (worse than a TV drama!) called to GUSH about how the Heart of Sound skills had changed their life and made it possible for them to navigate it with awareness, responsiveness, and grace.
In contrast, I've also seen situations devolve into unnecessarily tragic outcomes because people didn't have these simple sound survival skills that we teach in the Sound Yoga Training Course.
This Mantra Therapy First Aid: Masterclass is my effort to distill the MOST...
Why Are Mantras Chanted 108 Times?
Have you ever wondered why mantras are traditionally repeated 108 times? In all of my years of teaching Sanskrit mantra meditation to beginners and at workshops & festivals all over the world, this is one of my most common frequently asked questions. Normally, I just say that "it's traditional" because to delve into all of the reasons why mantras are changed 108 times is kinda nerdy, and to some people, kinda woo-woo! (And I like to keep things fact-based, evidence-based, and rational when I'm working with the therapeutic power of sound and mantra.)
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The Science Behind Om Chanting with Dr. Hemant Bhargav, Chief Scientist at NIMHANS
Ever wonder happens in your brain when you're chanting OM?
Watch the video below! Chief Scientist for India's National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Dr. Hemant Bhargav, explores the fascinating intersection of ancient wisdom and modern neuroscience in his research on the effects of chanting Aum.
“What we observed was that when the subjects chanted Aum, there was a deactivation of the limbic system of the brain, particularly in the amygdala. We know that the amygdala is the primal area of the brain, which is associated with emotions like fear...
A mantra and nada yoga chant retreat on Kaua'i is for you if…
Calling all chant lovers!
We’re gathering on Kaua’i, my home island of 27 years, to retreat into the Heart of Sound.
This retreat is for you if:
you feel like you’ve lost touch with what it feels like to be perfectly tuned and in a good rhythmic flow
you want to reconnect with your love of sound, music, mantra and singing for your pleasure (not for anyone else)
there’s a dissonant gap between your potential and the life you’re living, and you want to bring it into harmony
you crave a space and time for yourself to listen deeply to your...
The more you know, the more you know you don’t know…
The more you know, the more you know you don’t know…
Is there any realm in which this is not true?
People.
The longer you know someone, the more you realize that you have no idea what is really going on for them deep inside. They hold multitudes of mysteries, complex trauma, perceptual, differences, patterns, and habits built on foundations that you can never understand fully, because you have not lived at yourself.
Mantra.
Are used to think that learning how to chant, more mantras, sing more songs, do more complex, and longer chance meant that I...
Free Mantra Chant Leader Training
Anyone else feeling the need to amp up the peace channel?
Mantras for Peace chant events are an amazing way to bring community together and focus our hearts and voices on peace.
Calling all mantra lovers and aspiring CHANT LEADERS!
We'd love to support YOU to lead a chant circle in your area. And our free Host Your Own Chant Event mini-training has a full kit to support you to offer a peace mantra chant event in your community (in person or online):
- a free online training
- pronunciation videos
- harmonium 101 videos
- Mp3 files of mantra
- Sample chant event plan /...
