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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.
Lokāḥ Samastāḥ Sukhino Bhavantu
Are you ready for some nerdy, thrilling Sanskrit fun?
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Shanti Mantra Tutorial: All About Śāntiḥ, the Sanskrit word for Peace
A detailed look at Śāntiḥ 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...
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...
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...
Mantras for Peace and Healing Through Ayurveda with Laura Plumb
Bridging Ayurveda and Jyotish into the modern life, she speaks about the connection of mantra to the elements and tissues in the body.
“There are a lot of people who aren’t sure how to handle the world as it is today. So look, there is a possibility that we can awaken spontaneous peace in the world but at the very least we can create peace within and that peace will resonate out. That peace will bring more peace to more people. At least in your family and in your neighborhood. I think all of us can use that. I think the world needs that.”- Laura Plumb
As a graduate...
Mantra for Addiction Recovery and Inner Peace with Kia Miller & Tommy Rosen
Addiction is often described as a cycle of negative thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. For many, breaking free from this cycle feels impossible. Yet, ancient wisdom offers a simple but powerful tool—mantra practice. By consciously repeating sacred sounds or affirmations, we can shift from destructive thought patterns into states of peace, connection, and healing.
In this conversation, Tommy Rosen and Kia Miller share their personal insights on how mantra transforms addictive patterns, expands consciousness, and restores a sense of meaning and unity.
About Tommy Rosen...
Sacred Activism vs. Personal Sādhanā: Finding Balance, Avoiding Burnout
How do we show up for a world in crisis without burning out or bypassing our own healing?
This heartfelt dialogue between Anandra and Kathy Bolte explores the delicate, often confusing dance between sacred activism and personal sādhanā. With gentle honesty and lived wisdom, they reflect on how to stay spiritually rooted while remaining compassionately engaged in a turbulent world.
This isn’t about finding perfect answers—it’s about listening deeply, honoring your inner rhythms, and discovering that activism can take many forms. Sometimes it's a sound bath. Sometimes ...
Top 30 Sound Yoga Therapy Professional Offerings
This year marks a milestone: 10 years since the first cohort of Heart of Sound teacher trainees gathered to immerse themselves in the transformative practice of nāda yoga and mantra-based healing.
Since then, hundreds of graduates have carried the essence of this lineage-rooted, heart-centered training into the world—into yoga studios, trauma recovery centers, hospitals, cancer wards, classrooms, and homes.
And in this tenth year, our current trainees are showing us just how far the ripple has reached.
As part of their final practicum, each student designs and deliv...
Sound Yoga Therapy vs. Kīrtan: What’s the Difference?
A lot of folks assume I'm a performing kīrtan musician like so many others out there... however I'd like to be clear that while I love kīrtan and enjoy singing with people very much, my true and deepest love (and the thing I'm most experienced with) is being a sound yoga therapist leading a chant experience.
Kīrtan vs. Sound Yoga Therapy: 4 differences
There are many differences between performing kīrtan musicians and sound yoga therapists leading a chant experience here are four main distinctions.
What a Sound Yoga Therapist does:
- Prioritizes the participant's ...
Kīrtan Chanting and the Brain: Mirror Neurons and Direct Sensory Experience
Kīrtan is a call-and-response musical form that's unique!
I have been musing about this lately, and recently wrote a short piece about this I thought I'd share on my blog. :)
With call and response mantra chanting, participants in the chant experience get to enjoy both:
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Listening to a leader sing or chant a mantra (and often accompanied by wonderfully skilled musicians in the kīrtan band!)
This activates the mirror neurons or what I connect to the "guru principle", giving the participant a sense of aspirational elation when observing someone do something that's...
