What is a mantra meditation?

Mantra is a word, phase, or sound that is repeated during meditation that can help our mind and body stay focused.

According to Cleveland Clinic, “meditation is a practice that involves focusing or clearing your mind using a combination of mental and physical techniques.”

When you combine mantra and meditation together, one can use a mantra repeatedly while practicing meditation to help mind and body focus on being present, mindfulness, or clearing the mind. 

What is sound healing? 

Sound healing is an ancient practice that uses a combination of sound healing instruments such as crystal singing bowls, gongs, drums, and more. The vibrations created by sound healing instruments manifest a form of massage & healing into our mind, body, soul and spirit. 

What are the benefits of sound healing? 

The benefits of sound healing supports us at a physical, mental, emotional and spiritual level. It can help release trapped emotions, reduce stress, quiet the mind, and overall manifest an vibrational massage through your mind, body, soul and spirit. 

What is a sound bath? 

Sound bath incorporates sound healing where participants lay on their backs while a sound healing practitioner facilitates the session. 

What is the connection between meditation & sound healing? 

In meditation it involves using our breath, a mantra or observing our thoughts without judgment or attachment, and in sound healing the focus is on specific sounds or vibrations produced by instruments like singing bowls or gongs.  

Our mind shifts away from everyday patterns of thinking and into deep relaxation, heightened creativity and can bring spiritual experiences.  

Both practices are effective tools to bring relaxation and reduce stress in our lives. The soothing sounds and vibrations provided by sound healing can help calm our nerves, whereas meditation techniques involving mindfulness can help us become more aware of triggers of our stress and help us to better manage them. 

The connection between the mind and body is alive. In sound healing, the vibrations can impact our body at the cellular level promoting healing and balance, whereas in meditation it can bring awareness to help reduce muscle tension or improve immune function.   

Our mental clarity can be heighten to new levels, especially by quieting the mind and reducing the mental chatter, we can notice improvements in our concentration and experiences.

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