Learn to Meditate with Musical Mantra Meditation

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A meditation practice using musical mantra, described as a way to quiet the mind and open the heart.

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Learn to meditate through sacred musical mantra meditation: a joyful, uplifting practice to quiet the mind and open the heart. Learn to Meditate with Musical Mantra Meditation Did you know meditation doesn’t have to be silent? Join us Friday nights at Bhakti Chakora Ashram for an uplifting introduction to musical mantra meditation, or kirtan, an ancient yogic practice using sacred sound, live music, and call-and-response chanting to focus the mind, open the heart, and reconnect with something deeper. We'll begin by teaching you the mantra, how to follow along by clapping or simple shakers, different mantra melodies, and the meaning of the mantra. We'll begin playing and singing the mantra music together, gently and meditatively, allowing time to settle into the song. Over time the energy of the kirtan often builds into more joy, soul and expression through expressive singing, clapping and dance. The meditation is accompanied with live instruments: harmonium, drummings and karthals, which are traditional in Indian mantra meditation music. The beauty of this practice is that the mantra music is designed to fill your mind, pushing out overthinking, stress or anxiety- and then open the heart. You’re welcome to sing, listen, move, sit quietly, close your eyes, or simply experience the atmosphere. No meditation experience, musical ability, or previous knowledge of yoga philosophy is necessary. Come as you are.

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