Each of the Seven Chakras has a sacred word or sound associated with it, known as a Bija Mantra, or "Seed" mantra. We can use these Mantras in Sound Healing to attune and balance the energies of the Chakras and restore them to their optimal vibration. By correcting the energetic frequency of the Chakras, their dormant potential is released.
When chanting the Bija Mantras of the Seven Chakras, we connect with their corresponding Five Elements. This connection is created by the placement of the tongue in the mouth while vibrating the Bija Mantras. The Five Elements are assigned to the first five Chakras (the root chakra is earth; the sacral chakra is water; the solar plexus chakra is fire; the heart chakra is air; and the throat chakra is space). At the same time, Ajna (the third eye chakra) represents the duality of the masculine (Pingala) and feminine (Ida) forces in nature, Yin and Yang, while Sahasrara represents the totality and Oneness of all the Chakras.
However, these seven are not the only Bija Mantras that exist. Each of the 50 letters of the Sanskrit alphabet has its own Bija Mantra. Accordingly, the 50 Sanskrit letters are linked to the first six chakras, whose petals number 50 in total — a number also found in the Thousand-Petaled Lotus of the Sahasrara. According to the yogic scriptures, when a Sanskrit letter is intoned as a mantra, it opens the corresponding petal of the chakra to which it is linked.
Bija Mantras have been used in yogic practices and meditation for thousands of years because of their spiritual effects on our emotional and mental states of Being. They may be intoned — vibrated silently or chanted aloud — or meditated upon on their own, or added at the beginning of longer mantras to increase their energetic power. These primal mantras have no direct translation, unlike other parts of a mantra. Yet their intense vibrational qualities make them a powerful instrument for accessing higher levels of consciousness.
The text I am sharing with you is an excerpt from "Serpent Rising: The Kundalini Compendium" by Neven Paar.
Piyush Mittal
Nirmala Institute of Yoga and Ayurveda
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Piyush Mittal
· Founder of the InstituteTeacher of Integral Yoga, expert in traditional Ayurveda, and practitioner of Marma point therapy. For years he has combined authentic, source knowledge from India with a modern understanding of health and human development.
