Mantra basically means ‘to free the mind’. Mantras have been used for thousands of years in various cultures, although, if used in a Sacred Sound session, I will use Sanskrit or Tibetan. There are absolutely thousands of mantras and in many cases there is no literal translation into English. However, this has absolutely no bearing on the effect of the mantra as Sanskrit is about energy and not the literal meaning of the words.

In Thomas Ashley-Farrands’ book “Healing Mantras” he states that “mantra is a mental tool that can release us from our conditioned mental habits and from the bondage of any pre-determined life circumstances”. Mantras, like other aspects of Sacred Sound therapy, affect the chakras, the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual self.

There are seed mantras, which consist of one word, there is one for each of the chakras, except the crown chakra as it is inaudible. There are longer mantras and ones that contain one or more of the seed sounds within them. There are mantras to help with all kinds of issues e.g. relationships, obstacles, abundance, the ego etc.