Mantras are words or sounds repeated to aid concentration in mediation. Sanskrit mantras are energy based sounds that vibrate throughout the body, and chanting these sacred sounds of power can bring us to a higher level of consciousness.
Gayatri mantra is one of the oldest and most powerful of Sanskrit mantras. It is said to contain the seed sounds of all the other mantras known. It is believed that by chanting this mantra, and firmly establishing it in the mind while you carry on with your life by doing the work that is ordained for you, your life will be full of happiness. It also represents the pure light, and it calls to the sun behind the sun.
On the path of student and teacher of yoga, I became aware of the naad or nada yoga. The Gayatri mantra chose me, and I practiced it daily, hundreds of times for years. My sound healing studies and ceremony work were growing simultaneously when I was unexpectedly gifted with the merging of this mantra and my favorite crystal singing bowl. Singing with crystal was born, and at the same time my throat chakra was in the first stages of liberation.
lyrics
Om bhur bhuvaha svaha
Tat savitur varenyam
Bhargo devasya dhimahi
Dhiyo yonah prachodayat
credits
from The Pearl Within,
released April 20, 2017
Lea Garnier - voice, crystal singing bowls and crystal pyramid