Amanda

Washington D.C., DC, USA

Gemma

Marianne

Philadelphia

Melissa

Jeff

Ohio, USA

Marcus

Kalyani McKnight

CO, USA

Stephen Lefebvre

Western North Carolina, NC, USA

Sarah Kemp

Lincolnshire, UK

Anna

Malmö, Sweden

Autumn

Rhymma

Eileen

San Diego, California, USA

Regina

Lisa Simpson

Derby, United Kingdom

Susan

Rachele Pupilli

Auckland, New Zealand

Ashee Kanhye

Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius

Cassandra Bitterwolf

St. Thomas, USVI

Use an 8-count mantra to regulate your breath, calm your mind, and cultivate deep inner stability.

Recovery & Healing

Pranayama

Spirituality

Healing

Movement

Yoga

English

Welcome to the Sacred Practice of pranayama. 

Controlling your breath leads to greater calm and relaxation. When we bring our breath into an equal state, the effect is magnified. Here we will inhale an eight-count and exhale an eight-count. To count, we use the Kundalini Mantra RA (sun)  MA (moon)  DA (earth)  SA (personal infinity)  SA SAY (total infinity) SO HUNG (I am that vibration). This is a healing mantra that taps into the energies of the sun, moon, earth and infinity to bring about deep healing on every level of our being.

8 Count Breath Using Mantra

 Come into a comfortable seat. If you're in a chair, uncross your legs and place your feet flat on the ground. If you're seated on a cushion or a pillow, cross your legs or straighten your legs, whatever is the most comfortable for you, the most easeful. Let your seat be restful and relaxed without any sensation or discomfort. And feel your seat, feel the seat that you've chosen, feel your connection to the earth. And with that connection rooting down, begin to lift up in the belly, in the center of the chest, the roof of the mouth and the crown of the head. Feeling as if you're rooting down in the seat and rising up with the crown, growing long and spacious in your torso. Send the heads of your arms back in space, softening the shoulders down the back and brightening the heart. Relax the jaw and the tongue in your mouth. Relax your cheeks and your brow. Soften the eyes and close your eyes. And bring your attention to your breath, noticing how it feels when you inhale, noticing how it feels when you exhale. This is the practice of controlling our breath. When we can control our breath, we can control our breath. When we can control our breath, we can control our minds. This Pranayama meditation measures your breath to the count of eight. We're bringing our breath into an even state, inhaling to the count of eight and exhaling to the count of eight. The mantra that we will use to set this rhythm, is to say, Ra Ma Da Sa Sa Se So Hung. So as you inhale, Ra Ma Da Sa Sa Se So Hung. Se So Hung, exhale, Ra Ma Da Sa Sa Se So Hung. This is a very long, deep, slow breath. Might take some practice, do your best. Then we'll begin. Take a nice deep breath in through the nose, and complete breath out. Then we begin with an inhale, Ra Ma Da Sa Sa Se So Hung, exhale, Ra Ma Da Sa Sa Se So Hung, in, Ra Ma Da Sa Sa Se So Hung, in, Ra Ma Da Sa Sa Se So Hung, So Hung, X Ra Ma Da Sa Sa Se So Hung, Ra Ma Da Sa Sa Se So Hung, Sa Sa Se So Hung, Ra Ma Da Sa Sa Se So Hung, Ra Ma Da Sa Sa Se So Hung, Ra Ma Da Sa Sa Se So Hung, Ra Ma Da Sa Sa Se So Hung, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung, Ra, Ma, Da, Sa, Sa, Se, So, Hung. Inhale, nice deep breath. Hold the breath in for a moment. Exhale completely. Let your breath be natural. Not controlling it, just let it find its natural rhythm. Just being here in silence for a few minutes, noticing how you feel. And bring your hands to your heart. Thank yourself for the time you've given yourself here. And we'll dedicate this practice to all beings everywhere, whether big or small, near or far, seen or unseen. May all beings be well. May all beings be happy. May all beings be free from suffering. Take another deep breath in and a complete breath out. Namaste. Thank you.