The Top 10 Benefits of Chanting Healing Mantras - PART 1
“Ashana, I am feeling a deep call to step into something new, to change my life from the inside out. I feel like sound is calling me. It’s almost like my soul is pushing me towards healing sound. Where do I begin?”
“Chanting the sacred mantra “Om Apadamapa” while playing crystal singing bowls in the serene mountains of Sedona! You can pre-save this track by clicking on the album art below!
I cannot even begin to tell you how many times I hear this question. And there is certainly no right answer because every person has a path that is uniquely theirs. And the blessing is that now there are so many tools we can use to help us on our way.
My first experiences of healing music all came through mantra and sacred vocal music. Long before I ever touched a crystal singing bowl or even knew what they were, I was chanting and singing sacred music and mantra from many of the world’s great spiritual traditions. I grew up singing in churches and through the years, I have sung and chanted in cathedrals, temples, sweat lodges, gurdwaras and synagogues. I have led tens of thousands of people in online chanting and I chant daily to connect with and feel my soul.
I love recommending celestial music with mantra. It’s a beautiful and gentle place that turns prayer into sound. It lifts our spirits. It’s comforting. It’s also powerful and profound. Mantras are sounds, words and vibrations that allow us to access expanded states of consciousness where we can sense and feel the essence of our own divinity and our connection to Source.
I want to share with you my Top Ten Benefits to inspire and motivate you to begin incorporating a simple mantra practice into your life.
Let’s start with 3 reasons to start chanting… how mantra connects us to our soul, awakens passion and harmonizes the body.
1. Sacred Sound helps you connect you to soul
We are complex beings. Our bodies are of the physical world. Our minds help us connect to our intelligence, and the thinking, mental world. Our hearts connect us to our feelings and our soul. And our soul to Spirit, Source energy, Divine Intelligence, God/Goddess. These realms are meant to be harmonious, to exist synergistically. I find in my work that more often than not, soul and spirit are neglected because we are often so focused on our day-to-day physical realities, as we respond and react to what is happening in the physical world. When we take some time to shift our focus, from outer to inner, new dimensions of awareness become tangible, and more alive to us. Chanting mantra is truly an unmatched way to connect us to our souls. You’ll know this is happening when, as you are chanting, you begin to sense an increase in peacefulness or joy.
2. Awakens your passion
One way our souls speak to us is through our passion. The soul’s voice is constantly calling us to pay attention to what brings us deep joy. Enthusiasm. Inspiration. Passion gives us the energy to take our soul’s vision and dream and put feet on it. Passion makes us feel alive and vibrant. Passion is the prod that encourages us to explore and share our gifts with the world. Passion is a friend and lover of joy. Have you lost touch with your passion? Chanting mantras can infuse your day with renewed passion. And when you turbocharge those mantras with the healing sound of crystal sound bowls, you have mantras on steroids to help you connect to your passions or even discover new ones.
3. Harmonizes your body
There is a beautiful quote from sound healing expert Eileen Day-McCusick that I particularly love. She writes: "We as humans are not just one frequency - we are a symphony orchestra of many frequencies and it is the harmony or dissonance of our inner music that determines our health."
The beauty of creating authentic, conscious sound is a healing for us, from the inside out. When we are out of alignment, out of tune with ourselves and the world around us, the simple act of chanting mantra can help us find our way home.
The word “mantra” comes from the Sanskrit, and means “that which protects.” Chanting specific mantras can help us recalibrate our physiognomy on a cellular level. Extensive research has been done over the years demonstrating that chanting can help reduce chronic pain by increasing the body’s ability to produce natural painkillers, lowers heart rate and blood pressure, reduces anxiety, supports respiration and circulation, and so much more. Imagine! So many healing benefits from such a simple practice that is uplifting and heart opening!!!
The mantra “Om Apadamapa” has been chanted for hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years. Consider this: everytime you chant you can tap into the healing energies generated by the millions and millions of people that have chanted long before you. That’s some pretty powerful energy to call upon for healing yourself, your loved ones and for the earth.
So there you go, 3 beautiful benefits of Chanting Mantra.
There are infinitely more “benefits,” and now you get to experience them for yourself! In my next blog post, I will share 3 more life-changing benefits of chanting mantra you will not want to miss! Stay tuned and be the first to find out by clicking here to subscribe to my “SOUND WISDOM” Blog.
If you are being called to explore mantra music more, I have something FOR YOU!
Celestial Alignment for Healing, my upcoming labor of love, featuring new healing music, is coming SOON! The first single is a powerful mantra for healing ourselves and the earth. Get ready to chant because you are going to LOVE it!! “Om Apadamapa” is dropping August 4th.
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Happy chanting!
