See also Janet Stone’s Standing Vinyasa Flow Video 5. “They don’t have to be long or complicated to explore the different ways in which your mouth can move.” “To feel comfortable, I recommend finding someone who chants, whose chants feel accessible and simple enough to repeat again and again,” she says. But you can practice chanting like you practice asana. “So, first, I would say to go easy on yourself, the calling out alone is enough.” She mentions that a saying from the Bhakti tradition goes, “thinking we have to have exactly correct pronunciation to be heard by God / the divine is like thinking that a baby must cry in just the right pronunciation to be heard by its mother.” 4. “Sanskrit is an ancient and sacred language, science, art, that carries meaning in every single syllable and yet, we’re us, most of us born in the West and adopting this practice out of a desire to connect with something vital and alive within,” she says. You don’t have to get the words right.ĭo you get hung up on the often awkward-feeling sounds or phrasing of Sanskrit chants? (We do.) Stone says that’s also common. And yet, just as quickly that half second passed, as she heard the sound of her own voice and began judging the experience again. For a moment I stopped looking at the difference between the me’s and the them’s. ” She calls that experience samavesha, or the power to be immersed in something and have that something immersed in you. It felt like I was immersed in some heart space I didn’t recognize. “My first kirtan experience I was practically drowning in tabla powder, flowy shirts, swaying people, closed eyes, and indecipherable words-and yet for at least a half a second, I had no judgments of these weirdos,” she says. You’re not the only one uncomfortable with the group sing-along.
See also Janet Stone’s Seated and Floor-Based Flow 2.
Both practices come from the bhakti yoga tradition, often defined as the yoga of devotion. This brings greater concentration to the moment, to lessen our attention on the continuous stream of habituated thoughts and to fall in love with NOW.” The mantra (or chant) is either a word or phrase to be repeated in japa meditation or sung in kirtan, or kirtana, songs. “So mantra is an instrument to train the mind. First, (and confusingly) “ chant” is often used interchangeably with “mantra.” “ Man is the root of the Sanskrit word for mind and tra is the root of the word instrument,” Stone says. Turns out, that word is multitasker in yoga lingo, frequently used in a few different ways. 6 Things for Newbies To Know About Chanting + Kirtan 1.“Chant(ing)” actually has multiple meanings. Her album can get you started on your own at home or in bringing kirtan into the yoga classes you’re teaching (no solos required).
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Whether you want to learn more about how to fit it into your practice or why to bother with Sanskrit at all, Janet Stone has answers. If your yoga background hasn’t ventured into the group singing realm, you likely have questions. See also Lead with Your Heart: How to Practice Bhakti Yoga The class was such a success that Drez is hosting another chanting workshop “Dreaming in Sanskrit” with partner, vocalist Marti Nikko at the next event in San Diego this month.
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