Chanting Discoveries At The Yoga Ashram

If your not sure about chanting as a form of meditation or a spiritual practice but think you want to know more, the ashram is a great place to learn and discover more if you are yogically or spiritually inclined.

What is the ashram?  The ashram is a location where people live and study the spiritual path of yoga and typically an ashram is open to guests staying for breaks or courses.

All the various aspects of yoga are studied at the ashram.  You will find much more than simply asana practice such as yoga philosophy, karma yoga, meditation as well as mantra chanting.

At the yoga ashram you can find many different types of chanting practices.  So the ashram is a great place for you to learn about the various chanting practices.

On the ashram the day usually starts pretty early at around 6.00am with group meditation.  The group meditation session is called satsang and often involves mantra chanting.  There is usually the longer forms of vedic mantras that are chanted to start the day and there may be Om chanting meditation also.

Also you may have the time to work on your own particular mantra chanting meditation practice.  This is where you have a particular mantra used for your chanting practice.  For a mantra chanting practice you may or may not be initiated into the particular mantra tradition.

During ritual moments mantras are also chanted.  With some of the rituals you are free to join in and participate in the chanting.

During the day there are specific moments which are accompanied with the chanting of mantras. 

You will find that at the start of asana and meditation sessions there will be the chanting of particular mantras.  Also at the end of the sessions, the chanting of particular mantras also takes place.  There can even be the chanting of mantras before eating.

So the yoga ashram is an ideal place to learn about the many types of chanting practices within the yogic tradition.  If the tradition of yoga resonates with you, find an ashram that you feel drawn and attracted to.  This can be the start of a wonderful discovery into the world of chanting.

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