Mantra Meditation is a meditation technique that quickly calms the mind and brings you into the present moment with the use of sounds and vibrations. Meditating with a mantra gives you an anchor to return to whenever your thoughts, feelings or attention detour. It is great for those who find the silence of meditation difficult. This type of meditation uses a repetitive sound to clear the mind. It can be a word, phrase, or sound, such as the popular “OM.”

You can read about Om and the meaning behind some of the best yoga Mantras in our blog here

If you want to try some yoga mantras, please read the extra reading article below as well as our blog and understand the use of the sounds. We will be focussing on powerful repetition mantras initially for you try and feel the vibration of sound making through your body.

A mantra is a powerful sound or vibration that you can use to enter a deep state of meditation. I often use affirmations as mantras, too.

Silently repeating a mantra as you meditate is a quick way to enter into stillness and release your thoughts.

Press play and close your eyes.

Answer these questions in your Download worksheet below:

What was it like for you to focus on the words rather that the breath?

Was it easy to stay focused or did your mind wander?

In the moments when you were focused, did you recognize any truth or guidance coming through? Do you feel like you connected deeper?

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SAT NAM MEDITATION

SAT NAM - 'I AM TRUTH / TRUTH IS MY NAME / TRUTH IS MY ESSENCE'

Repetition mantra meditation using the Sanskrit 'Sam Nam' - this is a powerful and very popular meditation with mantra and is often used as a seed mantra - a one syllable sound that activates the chakras. Great things grown from it.

If you want to try different meditation with Sanskrit and words such as ‘Om’ - this is a beautiful one we can try together.

Sat Nam can be a way to find your intuition and both parts can be chanted on their own. ‘Sat’ can be also practiced 8 times longer than ‘Nam’, or even longer to feel the radiation in your body. This is a seed (Bij) mantra, and within this seed is contained all the knowledge of the fully grown tree. The seed is the identity of truth embodied in a dense form- the truth of your soul. Chanting this mantra balances the five elements (tattvas), awakens the soul and brings your destiny present. Try this at home with your practice or meditation and you can talk to your Kundalini teacher about your experience and guidance. It is normally chanted in a long fashion with the hands in prayer pose at the heart center after taking a deep inhale at the end of a Kundalini Yoga class. Truth is our identity. We are vibrating our existence.

How did using Mantra during meditation make you feel? Did it help you to connect to the sounds to switch off the mind quickly or did you still feel your mind full of thoughts and chatter? Reflect on the worksheet >