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MANTRA

“Mantra awakens a higher intelligence within us… Each mantra puts the mind into a certain pose in which it can become a conduit for a higher flow of energy and grace.” (Dr. David Frawley)

Mantra is both a foundational and ultimate tool of the yogis. It is medicine, it is a form of devotion, it is a tool for manifestation and transformation. Ultimately, it offers us a path to transcendence. There are a number of ‘open’ mantras that anyone can practice, as well as ‘closed’ mantras that are only taught and shared with purpose and care through initiation. Some mantras are meant to be done aloud, while others are only done silently during meditation. A unique and highly potent approach to mantra is group mantra practice - a technique handed down to us by the sages to help us maneuver most gracefully through these dangerous and uncertain times.

Inner Mountain Institute is delighted to share the power of mantra for individual as well as group practice.

SRI SUKTA

The Sri Sukta is a collection of 16 mantras that invoke Sri – the Source of all that is beautiful, auspicious and good, the most beautiful resplendent One. This revealed practice makes our mind a conduit for a ceaseless flow of thriving on all levels. Gifted to us by the sages to call upon in our darkest hour, it opens us to grace, filling us with compassion, gratitude, nurturance and abundance - precisely the qualities needed RIGHT NOW to heal our own minds and hearts, as well as the world around us. This is a group practice, being done now all over the world. Anyone who is interested can learn it and join in this collective effort to shift the collective consciousness towards a more compassionate and harmonious world.

On-demand course available here:

(Scroll down for more details on the Sri Sukta)

OPEN MANTRAS

For those just wanting to dip their toes in the mantric water, here are three very powerful open mantras. Anyone who practices these with dedication will benefit from them:

MEDITATION

According to Patanjali, ‘complete mastery over the roaming tendencies of the mind (vrittis) is yoga.” (Yoga Sutra 1:2) Implied in this statement is that the more we let our mind control us, the more we suffer. You see, the mind is constantly moving, drawing our attention one way and then another, leading us into fear and anxiety, worry and regret, anger, negativity, and sorrow. Through meditation we learn to free ourselves from the magnetic pull of this constantly shifting mind, to bypass the mind and connect with a field of consciousness that is beyond the mind. Mental distractions then fall away, and in the profound stillness and silence, we begin to see clearly our birthright – the inner light of the Self that is the unchanging essence of our being. This inner luminosity frees us from the stresses of the world. It links us to the eternal, provides inner guidance, motivates our growth, and is the source of our deepest peace and most profound joy.

Ultimately, we move inward through meditation to free ourselves from the suffering of the world, so we can then re-enter the world, transformed and empowered. 

SRI SUKTA RESOURCES

Here you will find tools for working with the Sri Sukta. This sublime practice is the perfect mantra practice for the times we are facing. A collection of 16 mantras, the Sri Sukta is traditionally reserved only for a select few adepts. It is now being made available to any interested seeker as part of a group practice going on right now, designed to shift collective consciousness in the world. It invokes the feminine energies of healing, nurturance and abundance, compassion and unconditional love. Even just learning and practicing verse 9 3X daily brings you into the group practice, as it combats the inflammation that currently saturates our collective consciousness. Give it a try!

For more information on the Sukta and its practice, here is a beautiful resource: https://shop.himalayaninstitute.org/products/sri-sukta-1

I have taught this sukta to many students, and have developed some learning tools along with a recorded on-demand course. If you are interested in this 9 week course, or have any other questions regarding this practice, please e-mail me at: mary@maryjohnstoncoursey.com

Here is the Mantra done once through slowly, beginning with a prayer to the seer of the practice:

Each verse below is done first as a call response, phrase by phrase (split), then each verse is done three times through slowly (whole).