“Ardas Bhaee Amar Das Guru, Amar Das Guru, Ardas Bhaee, Ram Das Guru, The words mean “I honor (or bow to) the Infinite Wisdom, I honor the teacher within.” The mantra is chanted three times. This mantra-used to “Tune In”-opens every Kundalini yoga class. There is even a “Meditation to Prevent Freaking Out!” Some examples include: healing, anger, fear, depression, victory, prosperity and peace. (Spelling varies a bit, from source to source.) There are dozens and dozens more-in Kundalini yoga there seems to be a mantra or meditation for just about everything. If one practices mantra with an open heart, the sense of peace that can be experienced is quite extraordinary.īelow is a sampling of oft-used mantras one may hear at a Kundalini yoga class. I soon learned that voice has nothing to do with it-chanting is about devotion. When I first began chanting mantras I was worried that my voice wasn’t good enough. I never imagined I could love chanting, and yet, I’ve found the practice to be calming and personal-even when I’m chanting with dozens of other yogis. I’ve chanted dozens of 40-day sets (most for 11 minutes each, but some for longer time periods), sometimes (but not always) in the amrit vela-the two-and-a-half hours before dawn, which is when committed Kundalini practitioners do their morning sadhana, or spiritual practice. Since that first Kundalini class six years ago, I’ve fallen in love with the sounds and the meanings behind the Gurmukhi mantras I learned in class and later in teacher training. In a way I had-I had entered the world of mantra, and soon I would discover that this “sound current” would speak to my heart in a profound way. The words-in Gurmukhi,from Northern India-sounded so unfamiliar that I felt as if I’d entered another world.
The first time I heard a Kundalini yoga mantra I was stunned.
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