Try It
Sit and breathe. Straighten your spine and open your palms gently, allowing the pointer fingertip and thumb tip to rest together. Relax and gently roll your eyes up to the midpoint between and just above your eyebrows. Welcome to your yoga practice! In Kundalini Yoga, we always start with the “Adi Mantra” three or more times…

Ong Namo Guroo Dayv Namo
I bow to the subtle divine, I call on the teacher within.

A Bij Mantra is a seed mantra; the seed of sound is planted in the subconscious and practitioner watches it grow. The seed contains all of the knowledge of the full tree in its condensed form; it is the identity of truth contained. Try chanting in a monotone voice for three or more minutes. Some examples are:

Sat Nam, widely used and often translated as “Truth is my identity”. It awakens the souls and balances the five elements as it gives you your destiny.

Wahe Guru is known as the Gurmantra, and it triggers the destiny. It expresses the infinity and ecstasy of dwelling in god and is often translated as “I am in ecstasy when I experience the Indescribable Wisdom” or “Wow! God is great!”

Har is the sound of the creative infinity, one of the aspects of G-d. It will move you through blocks.

An Ashtang Mantra has eight beats, and the rhythm of the Kundalini and its movement responds to this beat.

Ek Ong Kar Sat Nam Siri Wahe Guru is the call of the soul as it corresponds to the body’s 8 centers. These are the code sounds to connect you, the creature, with your creator. It is very powerful for awakening the Kundalini energy and suspending the mind in bliss as it creates a responsive relationship between you and universal creative energy.

Ra Ma Da Sa Sa Say So Hung is known as the “Siri Gaitri Mantra” and attunes the self with the universe. It is a mantra for healing, it brings balance, and it combines the earth and ether elements as the Kundalini flows through the central channel of the spine.

Some other favorite mantras for anytime you might want to connect in.

Gobinday Mukunday Udaaray Apaaray Hariung Kariung Nirnaamay Akaamay eliminates karmic blocks and errors from the past as it purifies the magnetic field, brings compassion and patience, and facilitates easier relaxation and meditation. It also helps to cleanse the subconscious mind and balance the hemispheres of the brain.

Wahe Guru Wahe Guru Wahe Guru Wahe Jio.
From Aquarian Sadhana (the morning practice), singing to the soul.

Humee Hum Brahm Hum.
We are we, we are G-d

Aadays Tisai Aadays Aad Aneel Anaad Anaahat Jug-jug Ayko Vays
This is also taken from the morning prayers.

There are many different ways to apply these mantras while sitting in meditation, walking down the street, or commuting to work. To learn more about these techniques and to insure proper pronunciation, please contact a 3HO Certified Kundalini Yoga Instructor.

At the end of your practice: “The Long Time Sun Song”:

May the long time sun shine upon you, all love surround you
And the pure light within you, guide your way on.

Sat Nam

We are an organic symphony composed of rhythmic systems. The breath, the pulse, and the gentle throb of the cerebrospinal fluid constitute some of the rhythms of the body. These pulsations can be affected by the practice of yoga, most notably through the process of mantra meditation, accomplished through the stimulation of the hypothalamus and other brain centers.

The hypothalamus is connected to the pituitary gland, which is the master gland of the body; it has an intimate relationship with the functioning and secretion of the thyroid, the adrenals, and the reproductive glands. The hypothalamus regulates vital functions in the body, triggering the urge to eat, drink, digest, sleep, sex, and feel. It affects the mood, and our mood often creates the atmosphere for action. Every action and thought we have has a vast series of reactions attached to it. One powerful way to release negative programming and thought forms is to connect into the orchestral atmosphere of your body through sound, or mantra.

Sound is a form of energy. Energy is composed of different frequencies which vibrate at different speeds. Some vibrations are lighter or higher than others. Mantras are coded sound vibrations that can change our frequency. ³Man² means mind and ³tra² is the heat of life, the tapa of transcendence. By using mantra it is possible to transcend the limitations of the mind. When we feel heavy and chant a high frequency, we mind that our mood lifts to meet the frequency of that which we project. The mantras we use in Kundalini Yoga have a predictable and definite affect on the chakras and the human psyche. They bring us into a state of focused awareness, invoking the powers contained in the syllables we vibrate. We can change our level of consciousness by changing the chemistry of the brain. We become what we vibrate, so vibrate the Naad and become your highest self!