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Calming Trauma with Mantra Sound Bath: Nurturing Resilience after Calamity
Join Anandra and our special guest, Cameron, for a super relaxing and awesome sound-based yoga session with Bansuri Flute! We live-streamed this experience all the way from the beautiful island of Kaua'i.
Don't worry if you're new to this. Beginners are totally welcome! You can either rest and receive the soothing vibes or join in and chant along if you feel like it. We really hope you have a fantastic time during this 20-30 minute guided mantra meditation experience!
We crafted the theme for this month's FREE online event as a Mantra Sound Bath...
Easy 5-minute Mantra Meditation for Disasters, Non-Religious Prayer
Why Prayer Helps During Disasters (Even if You're NOT Religious!)
- In the sense that prayer keeps a situation close to our heart and in our thoughts, it's very useful.
- Listening in, in a state of prayer, can help us feel connected to those affected.
- It can inspire us to use our resources to help, in ways we hadn't thought of before we spent that time in prayer.
- It can give us a sense of agency that we're at least doing something, when we otherwise feel helpless.
Here's a very simple 5-minute mantras for peace chanting meditation we recorded on Kaua'i a few years...
Prep Outshines Prayer! Top 15 Ways to Support Hawaii's Climate Disaster Victims
I was in Māui the day before the fires. Michele and I led a couple of truly magical, perfect chant events that weekend... and then the hurricane winds started in so strongly it was difficult to walk on the streets. Scary, but our HOS family is relatively unscathed and far from the damage.
I've been up close and personal with extreme weather in India for decades, so the acceleration of climate change is no surprise. Someone (often several simultaneously) from our global family of chant lovers is dealing with a climate crisis almost constantly. I feel empathy...
