I will never ever forget the very first time i heard opening mantra in my first Ashtanga class. I was very excited for my first Ashtanga lesson as everybody was saying it is not an easy thing. But when i was chanting i started to smile and that was like someone pouring a kind of waterish, fairy tailish sparkling dust upon my head. And in the end i was full with energy
Abaahu (wide shouldered) purushaakaaram ( the one in the form of a person: representing Vishnu Bhagavan); Shankha ( conch) , chakra (the disc) dhaarenam (the one who wore/ possesses) : the one who has broad shoulders and has Shankam and Chakram in both his hands.
Just want to say how very much I like this rendition. It is because it is being sung with a beautiful rhythm rather than recited as lifeless prose. Some people have criticized the pronunciations. But it sounds so very beautiful and for me is the way I wish to learn.
Wow, it all started with me looking for calm music to accompany my supper and a glass of wine after a long day of working. I went from nature yoga music, to yoga lessons in the nature and then finally this beautiful mesmerizing mantra. Now I'm on replay, chanting along with you and feeling blissful, thank you!
Hearing the first time. Man, it’s difficult. But looks like it gets easier eventually like everything else you keep working on. Can’t wait to come back later when I can sing it out loud just as smoothly as you do. Thank you for the inspiration! 😊 🙏🏽
Pranamami pathaanjalim : here refers to Pathaanjali as such Guru who is through his yoga representing and has become a representation of none other than God through his Yoga Shakthi. It also represents that Shiva and Shakthi have this intertwined in that representation of yogic energy.
Sahasrara ( the crown Chakra among the 7 chakras) sirathaaam ( upon the head) Shwetam (here the meaning can be ‘White’ which means it is the union of the 7 colors, or the 7 points of energies at the crown chakra; it can also mean, which I believe the foremost, to be ‘true wisdom/ Aathma Gnyanam). Gnyana devatha/ goddess is Saraswathi devi who is thus depicted in White.
Actually, it's not all Shakara's staff. The first 2 lines are from the Yogataravali. But the other ones are not. The original yogataravali says: "There are in the world 125.000 absorptions spoken of by Shiva. We regard ONLY samadhi on the Nada to be the worthiest". And then it goes on praising the meditation on the Nada, i.e. the anahata sound. Pretty much like tibetan yoga inner tantra meditation.
Thank You for sharing. It is lovely. Would you perhaps have a visual or could you tell me where to find a picture of this divine serpent in the form of a man with a conch shell, wheel and sword? Or would you know where I could fine more information to dive deeper into this mantra? Thank you.
are these mantras specific to different yoga styles? if you have the knowledge, would you be so kind to advise , post for example Hatha, Vinjasa yoga ones? That would be awesome thank you so much
Yes..in Hinduism u describe different gods and speciality through mantra chanting..same for different yoga philosophies..here he is chanting about guru(teacher).. om Shanti...namah sivay
The pauses, prosody and phrasing are all errored. I am sorry to say that but it is. The first line should be : Vande Gurunaam charanaaravindham ( meaning is : Pranamam to Guru’s lotus feet)
Translation by Tim Miller I respectfully bow to the lotus feet of my teacher, who teaches the knowledge of the Self that awakens us to great happiness, who is the Jungle Physician and dispeller of the poison of conditioned existence. Taking the form of a man up to the hands, holding a conch, a discus, and a sword and having a thousand heads of white light, Patanjali, I bow to you.
Thank you Joey! Where did you learn the pronunciation? I mean, some lines don't sound like how they're written at all, and it's not like there are any Sanskrit courses out there since it's a dead language, so... How do you learn to pronounce it? =)
Vande Gurunam Charanarvinde= I bow to the Gurus feet which are like lotus Sandarshitswatmasukhavbodhe= Who show us our true self and awaken the happiness (within us) ; the one who can show you the true peaceful athma that you really are. Nishreyase Janglikaymane= who upon thinking of bestows good upon us, the one who is like a mani= gem / Pearl. Samsaara = cycle of existence Haaalahala ( it is not halahala) = deadly poison Moaha =means an illusion shantaye= will subside the anguish to provide peace. Samsaara Haala hala moaha shaanthye: This stance means: He is the one who can pacify and ease you out of this poisonous bonds of illusion of samsaara. The illusion is that we are the real person representing relationships with things and people and this physical world where as we are pure souls, energy bodies taking up the shape of the cup we are poured into. But the mind learns patterns quickly through observations, experiences and belief systems rather than passing through time imparting from within, we collect from out and engrave something into realities, that are not always real but relative.
@@GregorizZ Sanskrit is beautiful and one of the most ancient languages known to man.... Sanskrit mantras are believed to have vibrations which give positive vibes.... Incorrect pronunciation of the mantras defeats the purpose..... Watch Gaia Sanskrit channel for correct pronunciation by a foreigner....
Yoga (union) transcends all language. Creating distinctions like correct/incorrect and positive/negative is essentially the opposite of union, and a distraction from the actual practice. Thanks for the link, I'll make sure to watch the video. Have a nice day :)
@@GregorizZ I am from India.... Now I was not referring to yoga.... But from what I know Americans have commercialised yog... Practises that were perfected for thousands of years cannot be just modified at will..... The yoga poses have to be exactly as described in the scriptures.... Poses or asanas are just one of the eight steps in ashtanga yog.....
que brodio !!! ponen las letras encima del logo de la publicidad, como siempre anteponiendo el poder de la publicidad ante el valor del aprendizaje y conocimiento.
I will never ever forget the very first time i heard opening mantra in my first Ashtanga class. I was very excited for my first Ashtanga lesson as everybody was saying it is not an easy thing. But when i was chanting i started to smile and that was like someone pouring a kind of waterish, fairy tailish sparkling dust upon my head. And in the end i was full with energy
same! so powerful :)
Lmaooo
Omg me too!!!
Om vande gurunam charanaravinde
sandarshita svatma sukhava bodhe
nih shreyase jañgalikiyamane
samsara halahala mohashantyai
abahu purushakaram
shankhachakrasi dharinam
sahasra shirasam svetam
pranamami patañjalim Om
Excellent, this is the actual verses, not what the person in this video recited. That recitation is totally inaccurate.
Abaahu (wide shouldered) purushaakaaram ( the one in the form of a person: representing Vishnu Bhagavan); Shankha ( conch) , chakra (the disc) dhaarenam (the one who wore/ possesses) : the one who has broad shoulders and has Shankam and Chakram in both his hands.
Just want to say how very much I like this rendition. It is because it is being sung with a beautiful rhythm rather than recited as lifeless prose.
Some people have criticized the pronunciations. But it sounds so very beautiful and for me is the way I wish to learn.
Thankyou Dick Damian
Asthanga
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I could listen to this all day. xxoo
I love this, and also love your happy calm presence Joey, especially now.
Fabulous! Better Sanskrit then even my elder relatives! Joey is my Ashtanga Yoga teacher in Leeds - best teacher by miles!
Thanks Joey for cutting through the fog of my illusion with your clear teaching of this opening chant. Om. Namaste.
Wow, it all started with me looking for calm music to accompany my supper and a glass of wine after a long day of working. I went from nature yoga music, to yoga lessons in the nature and then finally this beautiful mesmerizing mantra. Now I'm on replay, chanting along with you and feeling blissful, thank you!
Hearing the first time. Man, it’s difficult. But looks like it gets easier eventually like everything else you keep working on. Can’t wait to come back later when I can sing it out loud just as smoothly as you do. Thank you for the inspiration! 😊 🙏🏽
Thank you so much for this wonderful resource
Thank you, it’s so beautiful. I have to write it out phonetically, still working on it
Thank you this is the next chant I will memorize.
2nd line: Sanndarshitha (with the darshanam/ vision of which) svathama ( my athma) sukhaava bhode (has reached/ is at happy abode).
I feel it so strong in my whole body. Thanks for teaching the right way to recite the mantra. I found it powerful.
You are singing it so beautiful!
Beautiful music. Very inspiring, thanks
Such a beautiful soul. Thank you.
Thank You 🙏 work in progress ❤
thank you for this blessing of a gift. best wishes from canada
merci
beautiful thanks
it's so peaceful. Thank you so much, Namaste...
I love it! Thank you 🙏
Pranamami pathaanjalim : here refers to Pathaanjali as such Guru who is through his yoga representing and has become a representation of none other than God through his Yoga Shakthi. It also represents that Shiva and Shakthi have this intertwined in that representation of yogic energy.
Beautiful.
Glad to hear ....your amazing voice... NAMASKAR🙏
Thank you thank you thank you! Everyone learns a different way and this is perfect!!
I see them now so that is great thank you
Thank you this is really helpful.
Thank you so much! I've been using your recording to learn the prayer. I love it.
Thank you for the video posting.
lovely energy, Joey.
muchísimas gracias! muy lindo y gracioso
0:36 thanks for teaching!(;
Thank you very much for your help.
Here because of Katya
Lovely, thank you☺️ !.
Thanks for posting this ... Much clearer now.
Thanks so much! If it can help anyone wanting to learn this, I played with playback speed function in settings (first super slow at a quarter speed 🙂)
Sahasrara ( the crown Chakra among the 7 chakras) sirathaaam ( upon the head) Shwetam (here the meaning can be ‘White’ which means it is the union of the 7 colors, or the 7 points of energies at the crown chakra; it can also mean, which I believe the foremost, to be ‘true wisdom/ Aathma Gnyanam). Gnyana devatha/ goddess is Saraswathi devi who is thus depicted in White.
Thank you. I love your voice it's helping me to learn.
I believe there are more then 1 error during the spelling. but the voice is very profound and reach the heart
Beautiful
Beautifully done. Thank you!!
great thank you.
This was just what I needed to perfect opening mantra. Wonderful format with visual and auditory cues! Thank you!
Thank you for this ❣
This is so powerful and healing!
Thank you!
Beautiful. Thank you.
Thanks
Love this!! Thank you!
This is so helpful!!! Thank you so much!!
Bellissimo!
very helpful for learning!
Thank You.. *Love*
Love this!! 💗
me gustó mucho!!!!!!;;
Actually, it's not all Shakara's staff. The first 2 lines are from the Yogataravali. But the other ones are not. The original yogataravali says: "There are in the world 125.000 absorptions spoken of by Shiva. We regard ONLY samadhi on the Nada to be the worthiest". And then it goes on praising the meditation on the Nada, i.e. the anahata sound. Pretty much like tibetan yoga inner tantra meditation.
What a wonderful vibrations😻
beautiful ! glad to hear it :)
Lo diciamo anche noi all inizio di yoga..🧘🙏🌱
Why you do that? What benefits?
❤
West Indian style !
i was scared he’s gonna butcher the sanskrit pronunciation but this was really nice and most of the pronunciations were on point
Podría ser recibir la traducción en español
In the end he eats a small fly
where in the video ?
Lmaooo 2:08
Thanks for video , great 👍 fly or not, very helpful 🕉
Ashtanga Opening Mantra
Ashtanga Opening Mantra
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Anyone who want to listen to a beautiful Opening mantra listen to the 20 first seconds of : Black bullet ending 1
Thank You for sharing. It is lovely. Would you perhaps have a visual or could you tell me where to find a picture of this divine serpent in the form of a man with a conch shell, wheel and sword? Or would you know where I could fine more information to dive deeper into this mantra? Thank you.
What is the meaning/translation of the chant?
are these mantras specific to different yoga styles? if you have the knowledge, would you be so kind to advise , post for example Hatha, Vinjasa yoga ones? That would be awesome thank you so much
FlatEarth Photography yes of course. in Kundalini we have many , the ones used in each class are Sat nam./ Om namo guru dev namo
Yes..in Hinduism u describe different gods and speciality through mantra chanting..same for different yoga philosophies..here he is chanting about guru(teacher).. om Shanti...namah sivay
Very good thank you, I did noticed you have a little spelling error on: SAHASRA SHIRASAM SVETAM, the H is missing!
What does it mean?
I just summoned a demon but that's okay he's super chill
The pauses, prosody and phrasing are all errored. I am sorry to say that but it is.
The first line should be : Vande Gurunaam charanaaravindham ( meaning is : Pranamam to Guru’s lotus feet)
I feel uncomfortable doing this feel like the room is looking at me cold sweat
0:35
What is the meaning of this words...is difficult to repeat something that you have no idea about meaning.
Translation by Tim Miller
I respectfully bow to the lotus feet of my teacher, who teaches the knowledge of the Self that awakens us to great happiness, who is the Jungle Physician and dispeller of the poison of conditioned existence. Taking the form of a man up to the hands, holding a conch, a discus, and a sword and having a thousand heads of white light, Patanjali, I bow to you.
Thank you Joey! Where did you learn the pronunciation? I mean, some lines don't sound like how they're written at all, and it's not like there are any Sanskrit courses out there since it's a dead language, so... How do you learn to pronounce it? =)
Yes
you learn from listening to someone who knows
@@wildes.Erdenkind I will look into that. Thanks!
I really appreciate the effort of chanting mantras. But this is not a Mantra. This is a Shloka.
Vande Gurunam Charanarvinde= I bow to the Gurus feet which are like lotus
Sandarshitswatmasukhavbodhe= Who show us our true self and awaken the happiness (within us) ; the one who can show you the true peaceful athma that you really are.
Nishreyase Janglikaymane= who upon thinking of bestows good upon us, the one who is like a mani= gem / Pearl.
Samsaara = cycle of existence
Haaalahala ( it is not halahala) = deadly poison
Moaha =means an illusion
shantaye= will subside the anguish to provide peace.
Samsaara Haala hala moaha shaanthye: This stance means: He is the one who can pacify and ease you out of this poisonous bonds of illusion of samsaara.
The illusion is that we are the real person representing relationships with things and people and this physical world where as we are pure souls, energy bodies taking up the shape of the cup we are poured into. But the mind learns patterns quickly through observations, experiences and belief systems rather than passing through time imparting from within, we collect from out and engrave something into realities, that are not always real but relative.
This is not how Pattabhi recited it. And why did you added an R in jangalikayamane?
Predrag Nikolić he also said "Sandra shita" instead of "sandarshita". Indeed, how so? I wonder myself...
Amazing!!! Do you have Snapchat???
Do I have permission to use this mantra for a piece of music that I'm working on??
aaron winter no
the m is pronounced as an n in the gurunam ... so your pronunciation is a bit off?
It would be really helpful if you had actual written words please
I just can't remember beyond first sentence , how many times do I need to repeat to get it.
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usually 17 times.
Nice Joey. Pronunciation needs to be worked on. Take the help of a scholar👍
: )
Aap galat uchcharan kar rahe hain,aapko nhi pata ki iske nuksan ho sakte hain
phonogram, fake
Pronunciation is no where near original....
I think you might be missing the point...
@@GregorizZ Sanskrit is beautiful and one of the most ancient languages known to man.... Sanskrit mantras are believed to have vibrations which give positive vibes.... Incorrect pronunciation of the mantras defeats the purpose..... Watch Gaia Sanskrit channel for correct pronunciation by a foreigner....
Channel link: ua-cam.com/video/uDd3iupKUyI/v-deo.html
Yoga (union) transcends all language. Creating distinctions like correct/incorrect and positive/negative is essentially the opposite of union, and a distraction from the actual practice.
Thanks for the link, I'll make sure to watch the video. Have a nice day :)
@@GregorizZ I am from India.... Now I was not referring to yoga.... But from what I know Americans have commercialised yog... Practises that were perfected for thousands of years cannot be just modified at will..... The yoga poses have to be exactly as described in the scriptures.... Poses or asanas are just one of the eight steps in ashtanga yog.....
que brodio !!! ponen las letras encima del logo de la publicidad, como siempre anteponiendo el poder de la publicidad ante el valor del aprendizaje y conocimiento.
Merci beaucoup !