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    Vedic Trilogy

    Las tres versiones védicas del Sahana vavatu, Asatoma y las palabras finales de Lokah samastah sukinoh bhavantu se cantan juntos para marcar el comienzo o el fin de un ciclo. Lokah samastah es una bendición para todos que todos los seres vivientes vivan en paz y alegría. Puedes usar esta trilogía para comenzar or terminar tus clases, práctica personal o meditación.

    White Tara

    Om tare tuttare
    Ture mama ayuh
    Punye jñana pustim kuru svaha

    Las Taras del Budismo son las Boddhisattvas femeninas que representan las virtudes del Buddha. Cada energía Tara tiene la capacidad de liberarnos del sufrimiento. La Tara Blanca es un símbolo de la compasión y nos brinda protección. Este mantra llama a la liberación de la enfermedad y la lucha para poder tener una vida larga y fructífera. Le cantamos a la Tara Blanca para pedir sanación. Ella nos pide sanar a través del mérito y la sabiduría, la meditación y la reflexión.

    Gayatri

    Om bhur bhuva svaha
    Tat savitur varenyam
    Bhargo devasya dhimahi
    Dhiyoyo nah Prachodayat

    La madre de los Vedas, como se le dice a este mantra, es una plegaria a la luz divina del sol. Es
    una ofrenda de meditación y gratitud, y un pedido para que se ilumine el intelecto. El Gayatri se
    debe cantar al amanecer o cuando el sol está alto en el cielo.

    Asatoma

    Asatoma sat gamaya
    Tamasoma jyotir gamaya
    Mrityor ma amritam gamaya

    En el idioma del Sánscrito, cada palabra es una vibración con múltiples significados. La palabra sat se refiere a la verdad, en muchos niveles. Este mantra pide un movimiento desde la no-verdad hacia la verdad, desde la oscuridad hacia la luz, desde la ignorancia hacia la sabiduría. Mas allá de este significado, cantamos el Asatoma para entender nuestra propia naturaleza, para aceptar que nuestro ser individual es parte de una gran conciencia colectiva que está en constante flujo y cambio.

    Tryambakam

    Tryambakam yajamahe
    Sughandhim pushti vardanam
    Urvaru kamiva bandhanan
    Mrityor mukshiya ma amritat

    Este mantra, llamado también el Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra, es muy poderoso. Es un mukti mantra—un canto para liberarse de la muerte. Sus versos son del Rig Veda. Cuando cantamos el Tryambakam llamamos a la energía de Shiva para que nos conceda la transformación hacia la sanación profunda. Este mantra se puede recitar al hacer rituales de sanación, ya sea con medicinas o terapias de cualquier tipo. Trae calma para enfrentar miedos, especialmente miedos asociados a la enfermedad y la muerte.

    Om mani padme hum

    Sahana vavatu
    Sahana bhunaktu
    Saha viryam karavavahai
    Tejasvi navaditamastu
    Ma vidvishavahai

    Uno de los antiguos Shanti Mantras (plegarias para la paz), el Sahana viene del Taittiriya Upanishad. Confiere la gracia en el camino del aprendizaje. Pide por el entendimiento entre alumno y maestro, por la paz en la palabra y la conducta, y la protección para todos. Yo comienzo muchas de mis clases e iniciativas con este verso sagrado. Usa sus mágicas sílabas para comenzar tus propias clases y lanzar nuevas colaboraciones.

    Om mani padme hum

    Om namah shivaya gurave
    Satchitananda murtaye
    Nisprapanchaya shantaya
    Niralambaya tejase

    Esta hermosa plegaria proviene de un texto medieval en Sánscrito llamado Niralamba Upanishad. Es utilizado en el Anusara Yoga para comenzar cada clase. Es una ofrenda a la gracia y un llamado a la Divinidad en el viaje hacia la iluminación. Canta o recita estos versos para sentir la apertura del corazón y conectar con las personas en tu vida.

    Shiva Pashupataye

    Om namah shivaya
    Pashupataye namaha
    Om gam ganapataye

    Shiva es nuestro despertar a todo lo que existe adentro, afuero y entre nosotros. Es la consciencia que abraza a todo y todos—hasta los seres que existen en el afuera, en esa parte oscura de nuestro mundo o sociedad. Uno de sus avatares es Pashupataye, protector de los animales. Esta canción es una celebración y una bendición para nuestros amados animales.

    Om Ganesha

    Om ganapataye namaha
    Om ganesha
    Gam ganesha
    Om ganesha jai

    Ganesha es la energía del elefante. Es el hijo de Shiva y Parvati, las sagradas energías del Masculino y Femenino, y corporiza la sabiduría raíz que provee estabilidad y apoyo. Le cantamos a Ganesha para que nos ayude en los momentos de enredo, para abrir caminos y darnos fuerza. Nos concede fortuna, prosperidad y éxitos.

    Om mani padme hum

    Este mantra es el más importante del Budismo. Sus seis sílabas contienen el dharma completo de las enseñanzas del Buddha: la naturaleza del sufrimiento y como hacer para atravesarlo. El significado raíz se puede traducir como “la joya del loto”. Cantarlo es hacer el viaje de la flor de loto, desde el fango debajo de la Tierra hasta la belleza de su florecer en el Cielo. Elegí este mantra para encauzar la música de este álbum porque sus sonidos transmiten pureza, sabiduría y paz. Canta om mani padme hum y siente este mantra como un barco que te transporta a través de las tribulaciones de la mente.

    Intro to Mantras

    Mantras are healing sounds that have the power to clean, change and elevate energy. There are mantras for activation and transformation as well as relaxation and liberation, to start and end cycles. We will study some of the most popular mantras of yoga. We’ll play with the sounds and look at the different ways to use mantra: song, recitation, whisper and silence.

    Shiva Workshop

    This is a deep practice of Shiva-inspired asanas, mudras, meditations and mantras; a complete yoga practice that traces the evolution of life. The dancing Shiva represents creation, nutrition and dissolution.
    This is a workshop to connect with the cycle of life, to bring equilibrium and harmony and recover our power and understanding. Through the symbol of Shiva Nataraj, we search for the grace and strength within yoga

    Yoga Ritual

    Yoga began as a ritual and in this special series of classes and workshops we return to those origins.
      The goal of these classes is to transform each of your practices and classes into healing rituals.
    The Vinyasa Flow style is based on synchronizing movement with breath. We expand that concept so that your vinyasas synchronize with the movement of the Earth, the cosmos and all of the cycles of life.
    Every movement, every asana, every sequence and every breath is part of
    a sacred ritual of connection that goes inwards as well as outwards.
    You will learn how to create a ritual of your Vinyasa Flow practice through interlacing the five elements, the vayus (winds of energy that run through the body), the philosophy of Tantra, the sacred music of mantras, altars and meditation.

    Breathe Write Sing

    In this holistic and creative workshop we will cleanse the different strata of our self through yoga, writing and the singing of Hindu mantras. We use the techniques of yoga to unblock our physical body; writing to delve into the inner world and mantras to balance our energy, clean our karma and awaken our inspiration.

    Songs to the Goddesses

    The mantras to the goddesses invoke the essential powers of life itself. When we sing them we can work through situations, moments and processes of life and heal them on very deep levels.
    We will sing to the powerful Hindu goddesses: Durga, Kali, Lakshmi and Sarasvati; and to the Tibetan Taras—invoking the energies of creation, nutrition, fertility, abundance, creativity, compassion, illumination and dissolution. Through song we will travel through the arc of life’s energies.

    Shanti Mantras

    Over millennia people from all cultures have come together to sing songs of peace. Through the centuries, these songs traveled the world and were made more powerful through repetition. Today we use many of these songs in our classes and meditations. In this workshop you’ll learn some of the most important peace mantras—or Shanti Mantras—of the Hindu pantheon as well as from Tibetan traditions.

    Intro to Mantras

    Mantras are healing sounds that have the power to clean, change and elevate energy. There are mantras for activation and transformation as well as relaxation and liberation, to start and end cycles. We will study some of the most popular mantras of yoga. We’ll play with the sounds and look at the different ways to use mantra: song, recitation, whisper and silence.

    Shiva Workshop

    This is a deep practice of Shiva-inspired asanas, mudras, meditations and mantras; a complete yoga practice that traces the evolution of life. The dancing Shiva represents creation, nutrition and dissolution.
    This is a workshop to connect with the cycle of life, to bring equilibrium and harmony and recover our power and understanding. Through the symbol of Shiva Nataraj, we search for the grace and strength within yoga

    Chakra Cleanse

    This is a half-day class where we journey through the seven major chakras to open and heal our energy. This is a classic yoga workshop that utilizes breath, pranayama, asana, meditation, visualization and mantra to work with each of the chakras. Regular chakra cleanses help to maintain our psychological, physical and emotional health. Beyond this, it is an essential practice for every serious yoga practitioner.

    Yoga Ritual

    Yoga began as a ritual and in this special series of classes and workshops we return to those origins.
      The goal of these classes is to transform each of your practices and classes into healing rituals.
    The Vinyasa Flow style is based on synchronizing movement with breath. We expand that concept so that your vinyasas synchronize with the movement of the Earth, the cosmos and all of the cycles of life.
    Every movement, every asana, every sequence and every breath is part of
    a sacred ritual of connection that goes inwards as well as outwards.
    You will learn how to create a ritual of your Vinyasa Flow practice through interlacing the five elements, the vayus (winds of energy that run through the body), the philosophy of Tantra, the sacred music of mantras, altars and meditation.

    Chakra Workshop

    My beloved Chakra Workshop is a profound journey through the history of your body.
    Since I started giving this workshop in 2013 each cycle of classes has given rise to potent healing circles.
    This is a seven-week workshop: one chakra per week. The seven classes include theory and practice and each class is devoted to one chakra.
    The chakras are energetic points in the body that contain memories and keys about our psychological, physical, emotional and spiritual health.
    We travel from the first chakra to the seventh to clean out old energy patterns, learn tools of self-healing and start to clear the body’s energy from to the root to the crown.

    Vedic Trilogy

    The three vedic versions of Sahana vavatu, Asatoma and the final words of Lokah samastah
    sukinoh bhavantu are sung together to mark the beginning or the ending of a cycle.

    Lokah samastah is a blessing for all living beings to live in peace and happiness. You may use this
    trilogy to begin or end your classes, personal practice or meditation.

    White Tara

    Om tare tuttare
    Ture mama ayuh
    Punye jñana pustim kuru svaha

    The Taras of Buddhisim are female Boddhisattvas that represent the virtues of the Buddha.
    Each Tara energy has the capacity to liberate us from suffering. The White Tara is a symbol of
    compassion and offers us protection. This mantra is a call for liberation from sickness and
    struggle in order to have a long and fruitful life. We sing to the White Tara to ask for healing.
    She asks us to heal through wisdom and merit, meditation and reflection.

    Gayatri

    Om bhur bhuva svaha
    Tat savitur varenyam
    Bhargo devasya dhimahi
    Dhiyoyo nah Prachodayat

    The mother of the Vedas, as this mantra is referred to, is a prayer to the divine light of the sun.
    It is a mantra offering of meditation and gratitude, and a prayer for the intellect to be
    illuminated. The Gayatri should be sung at sunrise or when the sun is high in the sky.

    Asatoma

    Asatoma sat gamaya
    Tamasoma jyotir gamaya
    Mrityor ma amritam gamaya

    In the Sanskrit language, each word is a vibration with multiple meanings. The word sat in this
    mantra refers to the truth, on several levels. The mantra calls for a movement from un-truth to
    truth, from darkness into light, from ignorance to knowledge. Beyond this meaning, we sing
    Asatoma to ask for help in understanding our true nature; to accept that our individual self is
    part of a much large collective consciousness that is in constant change and flux.

    Tryambakam

    Tryambakam yajamahe
    Sughandhim pushti vardanam
    Urvaru kamiva bandhanan
    Mrityor mukshiya ma amritat

    This mantra, also called the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra, is very powerful. It is a mukti mantra – a
    chant for liberation from death. Its verses are from the Rig Veda. When we chant the
    Tryambakam we call upon Shiva energy to provide transformation into deep healing.

    The mantra can be recited when performing a healing ritual, whether it be through medicine or
    therapy of any kind. The mantra can bring ease from fears of all kinds, especially from fears
    associated with sickness and death.

    Sahana Vavatu

    Sahana vavatu
    Sahana bhunaktu
    Saha viryam karavavahai
    Tejasvi navaditamastu
    Ma vidvishavahai

    One of the ancient Shanti Mantras (prayers for peace), the Sahana comes from the Taittiriya
    Upanishad. It bestows grace on the path of learning. It is a call for understanding between
    student and teacher, for peace in word and conduct, and protection for all. I begin many of my
    group classes and endeavors with this sacred verse. Use these magic syllables to begin your
    own classes and to launch new collaborations.

    Anusara Invocation

    Om namah shivaya gurave
    Satchitananda murtaye
    Nisprapanchaya shantaya
    Niralambaya tejase

    This beautiful verse is from a medieval Sanscrit text called the Niralamba Upanishad. It is used
    in Anusara Yoga to open each class. It is an offering to grace and a call to the divine in a journey
    towards illumination. Sing or chant these verses and feel the opening of the heart and to
    connect to the people in your life.

    Shiva Pashupataye

    Om namah shivaya
    Pashupataye namaha
    Om gam ganapataye

    Shiva is our awakening to all that exists inside, around and between us. He is the consciousness
    that embraces everything and everyone—even the beings that exist on the outside, in that
    darker part of our world or society. One of his avatars is Pashupataye, protector of animals. This
    song is a celebration and blessing for our beloved animals.

    Om Ganesha

    Om ganapataye namaha
    Om ganesha
    Gam ganesha
    Om ganesha jai

    Ganesha is the elephant energy. He is the son of Shiva and Parvati, the Sacred Masculine and
    Feminine energies, and as such he embodies a root wisdom that can provide stability and
    support throughout life. We sing to Ganesha to help us through the tangled moments of life, to
    open pathways and give us strength. He grants fortune, prosperity and success.

    Om mani padme hum

    This mantra is the most important in Buddhism.
    The six syllables contain the entire dharma of Buddha’s teachings: the nature of suffering and how to overcome suffering.
    It is said that if you chant this mantra it will carry you across the sea of suffering towards liberation.
    I chose this mantra to enclose the music on this album because the sounds transmit purity, wisdom and peace.
    Sing Om mani padme hum and feel mantra as a ship that carries you across the tribulations of the mind.