Yoga
Ashtanga Vinyasa Opening Mantra
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Prayer circle
P
Priya
Bengaluru
May I feel good in my body, fulfilled in life, and grateful and successful on my journey, free of hard feelings.
S
Santiago
Rio de Janeiro
I have been ill for years and have begun sleeping again after months without rest. Grateful for these small miracles, I ask for full healing.
D
Divya
Visakhapatnam
Please hold my daughter in prayer. She bottles up her emotions and suffers silently.
N
Nikhil
Indore
I pray for a good job for myself and a good placement for my daughter, and for health and prosperity for everyone.
I
Indira
San Jose
My husband and I have searched for work for a long time in a new country. Praying for jobs to open for both of us.
The chant
ॐ वन्दे गुरुणां चरणारविन्दे
संदर्शित स्वात्म सुखाव बोधे
निः श्रेयसे जंगलिकायमाने
संसार हालाहल मोहशान्त्यै
आबाहु पुरुषाकारं
शङ्खचक्राषि धारिणं
सहस्र शिरसं श्वेतं
प्रणमामि पतञ्जलिम्
ॐ
Why it works
- Invokes divine grace and removes obstacles to spiritual progress by honoring the eternal guru lineage and Patanjali's wisdom tradition.
- Cultivates deep devotion (bhakti) and surrender, essential counterbalances to ego-driven effort that transform yoga into a spiritual path.
- Clarifies spiritual intention and purifies mental fluctuations before practice by creating a sacred container aligned with Self-realization.
- Awakens discrimination (viveka) and protects from the delusion of samsara by strengthening awareness of the eternal Self beyond conditioned existence.
- Harmonizes individual practice with the collective wisdom of the yoga lineage, connecting personal effort to generations of realized masters.
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