Why chant? - Yasmin Boland
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Over the past two days I have written about chanting here and here.

Today I want to explore the question of …

Why do we chant?

I Googled it and came up with this answer from the Times of India.

Mantras directly affect your mind and science has proved it. Chanting of mantras brings peace in your mind. When you recite mantras your mind releases the stress and your body will automatically start to relax. In one of the scientific research, the effect of mantras experienced on various mediators. In this study, the scientist noticed that chanting ‘OM’ has increased mental awareness and reduction in heart rate.

When you are going through STUFF, chanting is a way to connect with the Divine. And in connecting with the Divine we connect with our Higher Self which knows that

  • we are all connected to all life everywhere
  • everything will be ok in the end and if it’s not ok, it’s not the end
  • everything happens for a reason
  • the Universe is on our side
  • this too shall pass

I am a massive believer in using the following methods to get me through pretty much anything

1. Chanting

Even just a simple Ommm repeated over and over for 5 minutes will do. As I explained here, Om is a way to let the Universe know you are getting in touch and open to receiving help. It’s like Dialling The Divine. Om Namo Narayani and Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha are my favourites.

2. Tapping

I was introduced to tapping by my lovely friend Annamaria Aicher in Paris who is an expert. We have done quite a few sessions together. I also use the Tapping Solution app from my fellow Hay House authors Nick and Jessica Ortner.

3. Meditations

Once I have done my chanting and my tapping, I sit silently. This is a technique I adopted intuitively but the power of which was backed up by William Bloom when I spoke to him on my radio show earlier this year. He suggests we follow any practises which go beyond sitting silently with … sitting silently.

We are all on a journey. Our souls have signed up for STUFF to go through. I am still releasing things that happen decades ago and more recently.

Right now we are in the waning cycle of the Moon so it’s the time to shed.

What are you shedding? Let it go!


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