Gillian Florence 57 Posted June 16, 2020 Does anyone practice mantra meditation or Kirtan? I would love to know what your favourite mantras or songs are. One of my favourites is this Devi prayer: https://mindfulnessexercises.com/namaste-devi-prayer-spiritual-music/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rbryanpeterson@gmail.com 3 Posted July 11, 2020 This is something I've been interested in exploring. When I was a catholic, I found the rosary to be something that appealed to me. The repetitive prayer enabled my mind to somewhat disengage and and there was more of a deeper level conscious focus on each mystery. I've been curious about mantra meditations for the same reason. I have a couple of malas that I use and have recently started doing a daily gratitude mantra. I found this: https://healingbrave.com/blogs/all/sanskrit-mantras-for-meditation-gratitude and go through each of them, using the English rather than Sanskrit. Don't know if that's a formal way of doing it, it seems to be working for me. I'd be interested in exploring others forms. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gillian Florence 57 Posted July 13, 2020 Great resource! I find mantra repetition really grounding as well. Formal or not, if it works it works When I studied Hatha yoga, we had Kirtan every Friday. Prior to that I was more or less unfamiliar with chanting (I had done a workshop on it once many years prior). But in any case, I felt that when surrendered to, the practice was incredibly powerful. I'll share a link to the yoga school I studied with. They hold online Kirtan now on Fridays - https://www.facebook.com/LoveEvolveAwaken/ I also really love the music of Krishna Das. I'll often play it in the background while cooking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
