
Tuning in helps you to quiet your mind and align. For example we chant it when ever we are starting our car and to create a zone of protection around the four corners of the vehicle, from left, to back, to right and finally in front. Begin every Kundalini Yoga and Meditation practice by chanting the mantra: ONG NAMO, GURU DEV NAMO. We also do use Mangala Charan Mantra for protection. (Shiva Singh Khalsa) We would not typically use it to tune in to a general yoga class although it may be appropriate when starting a workshop. Before a set of Kundalini Yoga we chant the Adi Mantra, Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo, three times. Inhale again, suspending the breath for 15 seconds and squeezing the elbows.

The difference is, Ong and Om, when Om cannot be chanted, cannot be spoken, it is written in the Puran but it can be experienced. I bow to you, Ong Namo, Oh creative total self. Guru means who brings light into darkness.

Note: Mangala Charan Mantra at Winter Solstice in the early 70's YogiJi sent the then teacher from Toronto to a meeting we were having and told us Yogiji wanted us to include Mangala Charan Mantra after we chanted Adi Mantra at morning Sadhana to protect him from all the "negativity" we were processing. Inhale and suspend the breath for 15 seconds while maintaining the posture and squeezing the spine. Oh transcendental, transparent, Guru Dev is transparent. Although not inappropriate before tuning in for a general Kundalini Yoga class it is always included when tuning in for Sadhana. Mangala Charan Mantra can also be included after Adi Mantra when tuning in to a Kundalini Yoga class or personal practice. 11 Recitations of the Pauris of Jap Ji (Meditation of the Soul) All Albums of Snatam Kaur >. Source of Strength: Meditations for Transformation. To clear the clouds of doubt and opens us to guidance and protection. White, Deva Premal, Krishna Das, Manose, Ramesh Kannan & Todd Boston) - Single.

Hands are held in Prayer Pose, Palms together at the the center of the chest with the fingers slightly away from the thumbs, whose sides firmly touch the sternum. Tune in before every chant, or kriya or mudra This mantra means I bow, or salutations to the divine teacher. Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo, Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo, Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo Instructions Ong namo guru dev namo (Sanskrit: ) is an important mantra used often in Kundalini yoga.
