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Power of Mantra, Service, and Divine Inspiration with Sadhvi Bagavathi Saraswati

Sādhvi Bhagavati Sarasvati, Ph.D., is a spiritual leader, educator, and advocate for peace and empowerment. As Director of the Divine Shakti Foundation, co-director of Parmarth Niketan in Rishikesh, and a devoted monk in the Sanyas order, she has spent over 22 years living by the sacred Ganges, blending spiritual practice with compassionate service.

In her work, Sadhviji emphasizes the transformative power of mantra meditation:

“The mantras don’t only impact the one chanting them, they actually impact the world
we are putting out that energy, that frequency, that p...

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Travel Hack Genius: How to Fly FREE Forevermore!

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You may or may not know that I'm a super nerdy travel hacking geek in addition to being a mantra nerd! My sister and I got smart about it last year and got 1,000,000 bonus miles between us, just by spending what we normally would on our lives and businesses.

How to Travel Hack (get 10X rewards per $1 consistently)

If you'd rather watch a video than read, here's me giving you the rundown on how to do it: 

Maybe you've got money flowing in abundance (yay you!) but if you're like most people (like me anyway!) and want to do your favorite things but have to ...

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The Sound Approach I was Looking for 27+ Years Didn’t Exist

Honestly, I developed the Heart of Sound training because it was what I was looking for my whole life, but never found. I studied music since I was 10 and went to India seeking “enlightenment” when I was 19... 

After my father died when I was 29, I realized how short life can be, and I dove back into my deepest love: MANTRA

I spent my 30’s largely in India, studying intensely. I found teachers who held pieces of the Sanskrit, mantra, and nāda yoga puzzle, but no one who embodied the whole-being, embodied mystic approach that made my heart sing. 

I spent over a decad...

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Sanskrit Mantras, Sound & Subtle Activism with Anand Mehrotra

Founder of Sattva Yoga, Anand Mehrotra, offers a profound exploration of the quantum unified field, the ancient power of Sanskrit sound, and how mantra becomes a potent form of subtle activism. As he reminds us,

 “There is immense power in human beings coming together with a shared intention, whether in the same dimensional space-time or stretched out in space.”

Born and raised in the sacred city of Rishikesh, Anand’s spiritual journey began in childhood under the guidance of his Guru, leading him to deep states of insight and self-realization. His early years we...

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Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu Peace Mantra

May all the beings in all the worlds be happy!

Now that we’ve taken some time to get cozy with the sound of the simple practice and settle into our intention, we’ll take the next few days to learn the main mantra for our medium (and extended) variations of the practice.*

 

If you're new to mantra, just listen a few times and try to form the sounds in your mouth.

Lokāង Samastāង Sukhino Bhavantu

Are you ready for some nerdy, thrilling Sanskrit fun?
If you're inspired to learn the precise letter-by-letter Sanskrit pronunciation, then sign up for our FREE Online Global...

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Inclusive Yoga and Conscious Service with Seane Korn

Yoga teacher and social justice activist Seane Korn speaks on the power of collective action to transform the world we inhabit. Through her decades-long practice, she has cultivated the ability to stay present, grounded, and compassionate even in the face of injustice:

“I realized that I had developed through the practice of yoga skills that when I would get triggered, and I still get triggered, but in the moment when I feel the impulse of the injustice move through my body—which is personal—when I feel the rage, I am able to resource, feel my feet on the ground, br...

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Shanti Mantra Tutorial: All About Úāntiáž„, the Sanskrit word for Peace

A detailed look at Úāntiáž„ and the sound of peace.

What is the sound you naturally make to calm an agitated child or animal? What is the sound of the ocean from a distance, or the sound of leaves in the forest? Shhhhh


What is the sound you make when you slip into a warm bathtub at the end of the day?
What is the sound you make when you arrive home after a long journey? Aaaaaah


  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This hissing sound, followed by a long Ā sound, is the root sound of peace in Sanskrit. It’s a special language for mantra because the sound of the word is it’s...

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Sound Yoga Therapy and 10 Perimenopause & Menopause Symptoms

The perimenopause journey can feel like a wave of unpredictability — emotionally, mentally, and physically. Yet, through the gentle and transformative practice of sound medicine, you can discover a surprising sense of clarity and empowerment.

The main benefit of sound medicine for this perimenopause period is this:

The ability to identify what is a real concern and what is unnecessary looping of an inflated or irrelevant issue.

In other words, sound therapy helps you hear yourself more clearly — distinguishing between what truly needs your attention and what’s s...

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What is Kīrtan Chanting and Why is it SO Popular as a Global Phenomenon?

Georgia Wyss Filmmaker of MANTRA, the movie, speaks on the global phenomenon of kīrtan, what hooked her, and what the next evolution of mantra might be.

“As a society we have lost the tradition of singing together and singing together is 
 when we are breathing together in one rhythm. It’s just such a beautiful phenomenon.”

Georgia Wyss the director and co-producer of the film, Mantra: Sounds into Silence, which illuminates how mantra is both a meditative practice, and also as a growing musical “movement” through kīrtan. With a 20 year history in film, she co-found...

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Top 10 Icky Things You Will NOT Get at a Heart of Sound Chant Retreat
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Recently, around the lunch table with our group of wise, embodied, mature souls on chant retreat, we had a lot of laughs about what a Heart of Sound retreat is NOT


Nowadays one must be quite discerning about which retreat you choose to attend, since there are SO MANY. I’ve even seen inexperienced facilitators plan retreats in locations they’ve never been to, with content/themes they don’t even know themselves!

A retreat deep into the Heart of Sound is a life-changing experience wrung from over 25 years of retreat & pilgrimage leading experience. Pure sound medicine,...

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