The Benefits of Chanting Sanskrit Mantra
Chanting Sanskrit mantra is a powerful practice.
I began chanting mantra as a core personal practice 8 years ago and right from the start, I could feel a difference. It has been a steady support system through leaving a 30 year relationship, a major health scare, a surgery, financial difficulties, living on my own for the first time in my life after my daughters went to college, and many other obstacles over the years. On a day-to-day level, I have less anxiety and a much easier time dealing with challenging people and situations.
Over the past few years, I have had the opportunity to hold regular 40-day meditation groups utilizing Sanskrit chanting as an anchor. I have witnessed over and over again the profound effects that focused application of this practice has on participants.
As a meditation tool, it is gives the mind something to focus on that is not just "quieting the mind". This makes it much easier to attain a meditative state. Japa (repetition of a mantra), is a technology of retraining neural pathways to be more present.
As a healing modality, the vibration of Sanskrit mantras relax the nervous system, bringing it into the parasympathetic state. Research has shown innumerable health benefits from chanting including; lowering blood pressure, improving the immune system, as well as triggering the release of endorphins, serotonin, dopamine and melatonin, which are the chemicals that help you feel happier.
As a devotional practice, mantras serve as a key to opening a connection with a deep part of ourselves, where we can access both our own intuition and the wisdom and support of universal intelligence. Using a mantra regularly in your personal practice can make enormous transformations in both your inner and outer worlds.
A REGULAR CHANTING PRACTICE CAN:
-Improve breathing and lung capacity
-Improve heart health
-Stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system
-Calm and anchor the mind
-Retrain thought patterns
-Improve concentration
-Improve memory
-Clear emotional blocks
-Relieve stress
If you are interested in learning more about this beautiful and ancient practice, there are lots of different ways we can work together.. Contact me for individual and group opportunities.