The Power of "OM"
The Power of Chanting The Mantra "OM" !!!
Om... is considered to be one of the most important sounds in all the universe and has been chanted for thousands of years. It’s believed continious practice leads to profound enlightenment. But there are more than just a few benefits to this powerful, ancient practice…there are many that affect us and our environment in different ways.
Here’s how.
Om Chanting Benefits:
- Chanting of the Om Mantra purifies the environment around you and creates positive vibrations.
- Your concentration increases when you chant this universal hymn.
- Om chanting gives you better immunity and self-healing power.
- It improves your concentration and helps you focus.
- The Om chanting produces a vibration and sound which is felt through your vocal cords and sinuses. The vibrations open up the sinuses to clear the airways.
- It can place you in a meditational state which gives you deep relaxation.
- The Om not only benefits the person who is chanting it but also to the people around them, wherever its vibrations flow.
- The Om Mantra has cardiovascular benefits – by relaxing our mind and body, our blood pressure will decrease and our heart will beat with regular rhythm.
- Om chanting actually improves your voice by giving strength to your vocal cords and the muscles around it. This is very helpful during old age.
- It is said that rubbing your hands together while om chanting and putting those charged hands on different parts of body heals or activates those body parts.
- Through chanting and meditation, you can have better control over your emotions, thus allowing you to see situations with a clear and rational mind.
- Regular chanting of this Mantra will take you on a spiritual journey to greater happiness and positivity, but only if it is done daily for a longer period of time. Mantras are not an overnight fix to your problems – you must have patience and learn the correct techniques.
- When the OM Mantra is chanted in a group, the effects are amplified and this will produce immense positive vibrations which charge up the entire vicinity.
- It has been our experience that Om can even help cleanse your skin. The massive levels of internal positive energy and a cleansed aura that come from chanting the Om Mantra regularly will be reflected externally with a sunny glow on your face and body.
- Your spinal cord is strengthened through the vibrations caused by sound of Aaaa. As this sound is generated from abdomen, it helps to strengthen the supporting muscles of the spinal cord.
- The sound uuu is created by vocal cords which benefit the thyroid glands and the throat.
- If you’re looking at the spiritual eye while chanting, your eyesight will start improving.
Om... is a very simple sound with a complex meaning. It is the whole universe coalesced into a single word, representing the union of mind, body, and spirit that is at the heart of Yoga.
What Is Om?
Om is a Sanskrit word and ancient mantra often used in many practices and faiths. It is sometimes chanted three times at the start and at the finish of a yoga session. It may also be spelled "aum."
The Power of Om
In the tradition, the sound of om is said to contain the entire universe. It is the first sound from the beginning of time and it also encompasses the present and the future. As such, its importance and power are difficult to overstate. In the chakra system, it is connected to Ajna chakra, the third eye, which represents intuition and self-knowledge.
Om is also a seed syllable used as a building block for many other mantras during meditation. For example, om namah shivaya means "I honor the divinity within myself." Om shanti means "peace be with you" and is an alternative to saying goodbye.
While yoga is not a religion, om and om-containing mantras are commonly used in spiritual practices where they are afforded great respect. Being mindful of its religious and historical significance makes it easier to use the same respect when incorporating om into your daily life or yoga routine.
Namaste means "The Light Within Me, Recognizes The Light Within You" , "The Good WithIn Me, Recognizes The Good Within You"
Om in Yoga
In a yoga setting, the chanting of om at the beginning of class ushers practitioners into the time and space that is about to be spent on the mat or in meditation. Likewise, an om at the end of class signifies that your physical practice has ended and it is time to reenter society.
Chanting with a group of people also serves to unify the group and create a sense of community. As you feel the vibration of the chant and lose the sound of your own voice among those of your classmates, it's possible to feel at one with other people and even with the universe.
How to Pronounce 'Om'
Sometimes om is taught with a long o sound followed by a vibrating m. Others prefer to separate the a and u sounds, so it's more of an ah-oo-mm.
The Science of Om
Scientists have researched the effects on the brain of the vibrations created by chanting. A small 2011 study,3 as well as a 2018 follow-up,4 evaluated the effects of using om as a mantra by taking functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the brains of participants as they chanted om and also the sound "sss" as a control.
Promotes Relaxation
The 2018 study, which was published in the Asian Journal of Psychiatry, noted that om chanting is associated with an experience of relaxation, specifically citing beneficial changes in the autonomic nervous system (which regulates heart rate, blood pressure, metabolism, and other internal functions) and deactivation of limbic brain regions (an area that controls emotion, memories, and arousal).
Another recent study found that chanting om loudly for 30 minutes significantly increased theta brain waves, signaling deep relaxation. A 2019 study showed that it also changes delta waves, which are the same waves experienced when in a deep, dreamless sleep.
May Have Mental Health Benefits
Researchers also observed brain activity during the om periods similar to that created by vagus nerve stimulation, which is used to treat depression and epilepsy. Scientists concluded that chanting om may have potential in the treatment of major depressive disorder. Although these results are considered preliminary, they offer scientific support for the positive effects many people experience from chanting om.
The Om Symbol
The om symbol has become the unofficial logo of yoga. You see it on mats and T-shirts, painted on studio walls, and tattooed onto the bodies of some yogis.
It's such a ubiquitous image in the yoga world that it's easy to forget that its significance goes beyond proclaiming your love for all things yoga. The origin of the symbol is not known, but its three curves are thought to represent three states of consciousness:7
- Waking state
- Dream state
- Deep sleep
The dot in the om symbol signifies the fourth state of consciousness, which is when you are somewhere between the other three states.
Others suggest that the om symbol's three curves may have other representations, such as the three worlds (earth, atmosphere, heaven).
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