Experience Mindful Meditation through Chanting

Posted on October 31, 2024 by Yvonne Cattermole

In the New Year, there is a monthly Hub Meditation Café with chanting. The focus will be Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, the definitive text for the practice of yoga. We will start from at Chapter 1, perhaps you remember the first sutra:

YS1.1: atha yogānuśāsanam
‘Here begins the authoritative instruction on yoga’

A few chanting gems:

chanting is an experience of mindfulness without distraction, an exercise in listening and being alert
the breath control required enhances wellbeing and settles the body
the consistent tone has a calming, meditative quality
it is a method of self-study and awareness (svādhyāya)
the use of sound frees us up to allow prāna (energy or life force) to circulate freely – this is one of the many fruits of yoga

You do not have to have chanted before. I am a practitioner rather than an expert or chant teacher. You do not need to be able to hold the perfect note. I will guide the group and I am sure we will all gain from the sangha (community) that forms. Chant sheets will be provided and recordings will be sent out after each café