What is a mantra? And how do you choose your mantra?
What is a mantra? A mantra is a word, sound, or phrase repeated to help you focus while meditating.
What is a mantra?
When using a mantra, it is believed that only positive intentions and actions will fill your mind and eliminate negativity.
A mantra can be as simple as the word "love," something you are grateful for, or a phrase like "om shanti, shanti, shanti, shanti" representing overall peace. You can also meditate on an affirmation, such as 'I accept myself.'
Many people are fortunate to be given a mantra by a teacher or guru.
However, you can choose a mantra for yourself based on what you need in life. When choosing a mantra, you should consider your inner motivations for practicing meditation.
Whether you are seeking positivity, health, happiness, self-love, or simply looking to find balance.
Here are some of our favorite modern mantras
- Endurance/Strength: "This too shall pass."
- Love: "I am love."
- A Calmer Mind: "Smile, breathe, and go slowly."
- Being Present: "Be here, now."
- Allowing the Universe to Guide You: "I am open to receiving universal gifts."
- Happiness: "Today, I choose joy."
- Letting Go: "Close your eyes, release your heart, let it go."
- Empowerment: "I am capable of wonderful things."
- Om Namah Shivaya: "I honor the divinity within me" to help with self-confidence.
- Om Hreem Shreem Shreem Hara Hara Hara Swaaha: This mantra will help you attract abundance into your life.
- The Gayatri Mantra: The Gayatri mantra (below) is the oldest prayer that encourages being guided by the universe, as it is divine.
- Om bhur buvah svah svah
- Tat savitur varemyam
- Bhargo devasya dhimahi dhimahi
- Dhiyo yonah prachodyat
- Shradda - Faith
- Bhakti - Devotion
- Shanti - Peace
- Prajna - Wisdom
- Santosa - Contentment
- Veda - Knowledge
- Ananda - Bliss
- Moksha - Liberation
- Dharma - Righteousness
- Prasada - Grace/clarity
