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Chanting is known in many spiritual traditions, not just in yoga. The goal is not to be a Mastersinger, but to reach a meditative state through focus on the chanting and regular repetition of the chants or mantras.<\/span><\/p>\n Chanting also allows a special approach to the texts and the mantras handed down to us through the millennia.<\/span><\/p>\n Traditionally, in India, all the major texts (the Vedas, the Mahabharata, the Ramayana, and many others) as well as the mantras had to be learned by heart and were passed on orally from generation to generation, before and even after the introduction of scripture (around 250 B.C.) and the art of printing.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n If you participate in Mysore classes, you\u2019ve already had your first experience with chanting, as we chant the opening mantra of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga at the beginning of each session. In the Yoga Philosophy Circle, we also chant\u2014sometimes more, sometimes less, depending on the topic at hand.<\/p>\n Chanting takes center stage in the workshop “Discover the Power of Mantras.”<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wcm9kdWN0Iiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjI1MzA2OCJ9fQ==@” button_text=”Book Chanting workshop now” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”button_url” _module_preset=”40e19b23-ba4e-40ea-b915-363dc21be8af” hover_enabled=”0″ saved_tabs=”all” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_shop type=”product_category” include_categories=”580″ columns_number=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_shop][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ next_background_color=”#f9f9f9″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”2px|||||” bottom_divider_style=”none” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row module_id=”mantra” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text module_id=”mantracollection” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Here, you can find a collection of some of my favorite mantras. Hopefully, you will enjoy them as well:<\/span><\/p>\n The first mantra is one of the numerous mantras to Ganesha<\/a> (often recited in order to ask for support for a new project, thus a fitting start for this collection).<\/span><\/p>\n Then you will find the teacher-student mantra<\/a>,<\/span><\/p>\n the opening mantra<\/a>\u00a0for A\u1e63t\u0101\u1e45ga Viny\u0101sa Yoga,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n the closing mantra<\/a>\u00a0for A\u1e63t\u0101\u1e45ga Viny\u0101sa Yoga<\/strong><\/em>, which is also known as the\u00a0Ma\u1e45gala Mantra<\/em>, one of the many mantras to Sarasvati<\/a>, the goddess of learning,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n one of the mantras to the guru<\/em><\/a>,<\/span><\/p>\n one of the many morning mantra<\/a>s for starting the day off in a good way, and<\/p>\n the Pavam\u0101na Mantra<\/em><\/a>, also known as the asato m\u0101 <\/em>mantra<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Over the coming months, I intend to add more mantras.<\/span><\/p>\n For each of the mantras, you shall find a few lines on the origin and the background and\u00a0transliteration (e.g. the transfer letter by letter of the Devanagari writing into the latin writing, with the help of so-called diacritic characters). If you click on the individual lines,\u00a0<\/span>the text in Devanagari (e.g. the main scripture used today to write texts in Sanskrit) and Zo\u00eb Slatoff’s translation of the mantra into English will show. You will also for each line find the sound (as best as I am currently able to) in the traditional “call and response” technique. If you intend to learn the mantras, I recommend that you use this initially to have the sounds “diffuse” into your deeper memory.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Below that, there are two download buttons for PDFs. The first one contains the three versions of the mantra (transliteration, devanagari and English) and maybe some additional information, like help for pronunciation. The second one shows in addition\u00a0the translation of the individual words and the grammatical construction.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n On the right hand side, you can find three ways of chanting the mantra as mp3 files: the first one is just the recitation of text, the other two again follow the traditional “call and response” technique, now for the entire mantra, not just for one line. <\/span><\/p>\n The first version of call and response can be helpful to learn the respective text by heart \u2013 initially word by word are given and repeated, then the entire line, and finally the entire mantra (or verse, if we are talking about other texts). In the second version, each line is chanted once, and you repeat it.<\/span><\/p>\n You are welcome to download the mp3 files. When I learn a new verse or mantra, I switch the mp3 player on endless loop \u2013 also here<\/span>\u00a0the saying is true \u201crepetition is the mother of learning\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\nLearning to Chant<\/h3>\n
Mantra collection<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span><\/p>\nSupport for learning a mantra by heart<\/h3>\n