


It is usually chanted three times after the Adi Mantra. Known as the Mangala Charn Mantra, this mantra can be chanted for protection and, in some cases, for guidance.

Translates roughly to: "I bow to the primal Guru, I bow to the wisdom, I bow to the truth, I bow to the great unseen." Read: Kindle Your Kundalini With This Divinely Energizing Style of Yoga 2. It is a powerful reminder that we are each our own teacher. This mantra is usually chanted before beginning practice to help plug into the many years of kundalini practice. It brings about energy clearing and deepening of intuition by clearing the negative energy in and around a person. The Adi mantra is said to connect one to the "golden chain," the community of kundalini yoga teachers and students from the past to the present. You can read more about the Adi Mantra, the Golden Chain and ‘tuning in’ in this article on the Spirit Voyage website.Translates roughly to: "I bow to teacher within" The Golden Chain is a way of describing the energetic link that exists between a teacher, their teacher, their teacher’s teacher and so on back into history. The connection to Divine wisdom is also known as connecting to the Golden Chain.
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So when we chant the full mantra Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo, we are making a conscious connection to Divine wisdom and knowledge, and trusting in its guidance. Guru Dev Namo calls on the subtle wisdom to guide you. Guru means wisdom or teacher, as in a source of knowledge.ĭev means subtle, etheric, divine or belonging to the realms of God. Ong Namo calls on your consciousness to become subtle and receptive to its higher resources. Namo means to bow, or call on, with respect and receptivity. It has the connotation of energy and activity, involvement without attachment and generates the Shakti life force.

Ong is the creative energy of the total cosmos and consciousness of the Creator as experienced in the creation. Lets take a closer look at the parts of the mantra and what they mean. It is the voucher of the Divine Shakti, the kundalini.”Ī simple translation of the Adi Mantra is “I bow to the Creative Wisdom, I bow to the Divine Teacher within” or as I like to say in class “I bow to all that is, I bow to the Divine Wisdom at the centre of my heart” It is a call which can penetrate through any maya and manifest God and Guru, the Supreme Consciousness. By tuning in we are able to move past the ego self to experience the true essence of the teachings of Kundalini Yoga. Most importantly it connects us to our own inner teacher. It is used to create an energetic link to the teachings and the teachers who have come before us. You will experience this at Siri Shakti Yoga Sound classes too. Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo, the Adi Mantra, is chanted three times at the start of every Kundalini Yoga class. What was this mantra being chanted and what did it mean? I love to use my voice, so it was important for me to learn more. One of the big differences was the ‘tuning in’ at the beginning of the class. A friend had been encouraging me to try Kundalini Yoga but they hadn’t given much detail about what to expect. I’d been practicing Hatha Yoga for some years. When I attended my first Kundalini Yoga class, back in 2009, I had no idea what to expect. Kundalini Yoga, also known as the Yoga of Awareness, is a complete practice that uses breath, movement and rhythm to bring you into a space of inner peace and calm.
