Every spiritual practitioner and yogi should have a reasonably good working knowledge of mantras and understand the full scope of their applications in yoga practice. Why? Because the study of mantras is as important to yoga as mathematics is to physics. Their basic units and their combinations thereof, their esoteric meanings, their efficacy as representations of energy, the varying placement of tongue positions in the mouth and their corresponding effects upon the chakras, their dynamics, their tones, their meters and their variations, together with the physiology and cosmology and philosophical depth of these amazing vehicles of consciousness, is integral to the yogi or any spiritual seeker’s quest for improved health and spiritual enlightenment.

During this course, you will be introduced to an expansive range of possibilities in mantra through exploring the Vedic, Tantric, Bhakti traditions of mantra, as well as Nada Yoga, the traditional term for the yoga of sound. You will understand the functional value of these specific types of mantra as an aid to your spiritual and yoga practice, both on and off the mat, as a viable support system to take on all the vagaries and challenges that come your way in life, and, as powerful tools that sculpt, configure and transform energy into refined states of consciousness. Mantras are the quintessential tools of our spiritual evolution, needed at present time more than ever before in human history. Proper knowledge of the art and application of mantra can make a substantial difference in your spiritual life, your health and your yoga practice.