Meditation Mantras to Calm Your Mind and Spirit

We have brought you a collection of 5 meditation mantras. This collection of mantras will help you calm your mind, body, and spirit as well as help them all work in sync with each other.

We have all tried quick meditation without the mantras.

Let’s now try Mantra meditation. You can choose any of these 5 meditation mantras that better suit your purpose.

We’ll explain these mantras so that you can understand the meaning of these mantras instead of saying them for the sake of it. But before that let’s learn how to do mantra meditation.

# Mantra Meditation:

Prerequisites:

First, let’s start by understanding what you expect out of mantra meditation. Is it to relieve stress or to boost your immune system or to lower your blood pressure? Or is it solely for healing your spirit and letting go of harmful things?

See once you figure out what you are after then you’ll realize which mantra to pick of the lot.

Now, it can be just one mantra or more. It depends on your needs.

Mantra Meditation Steps:

Step 1:

Find a peaceful and calm place to perform the meditation. A place where people won’t disturb you.

Step 2:

Sit with your legs crossed in a comfortable position with your eyes closed and your knees below your hips level. This will ensure that your spine remains straight during meditation.

Step 3:

We have been always told to concentrate on your breath and to take a deep breath in and to let the breathe out.

Unlike other yoga practices and meditation here you don’t have to control your breaths.

Breathe naturally and try to focus on your natural breathes.

This might be the toughest of the part of mantra meditation because we can’t help but control breathing once we become aware of it. So, the mantra that you have to follow here is to keep trying till you succeed.

Step 4:

Here you have the luxury of choice with the mantra as well as how you chant it. Now, chant the mantra you have chosen as you see fit.

There is no time limit, and you can switch to meditation without mantra at any point if you feel like it. Continue meditating as long as you want.

# Meditation Mantras:

Mantra 1: Om.

Meaning:

It basically means, “it is, will be or to become.” Om will always exist whether it’s the past, in the present or in the future.

In the same manner, it also represents birth, death, and rebirth.

There’s a story behind how the mantra “om” came into being. It came from Hindu mythology.

Brahma was just one at the beginning of the time before the lifeforms were created. He said, “I am one, but may I become many?” It was that very thought that created vibrations, these vibrations then settled into a sound. That sound is om.

Why Om?

It takes you deeper into your mind and makes you aware of yourself on the spiritual level.

It is a source of positive vibes which manipulates the environment around you to give you positive vibrations.

Saying the mantra, open ups your sinuses which in turn clears the airways.

Emotional stability is the most sought-after benefit of Om. Emotional stability helps you make rational life choices.

Other benefits include improved voice, low blood pressure, normal heart rhythm, and not to forget the skin cleanse that brings the glow to your face.

Mantra 2: Shanti Mantra.

Om Dyau Shanti Rantariksha Gwam
ShantiPrithvi Shanti Rapah
Shanti Roshadhayah Shanti Vanas Patayah
Shanti Vishwed Devah Shanti Brahma
Sarvag Wam
Shanti Shanti Reva Shanti Sa Ma Shanti Redhi
Om Shanti Shanti Shanti

Meaning:

We have selected the most common of the Shanti mantras to present you. People are known to use “Om Shanti Shanti Shanti” just to calm themselves. You can always use the entire mantra.

The mantra is peace incarnate. You pray to the lord to let there be peace everywhere.

Why Shanti Mantra?

Amazing tool for anger management as it relieves tension and therefore takes care of any stress you might have been feeling.

We all have had a hard time ignoring the outside noises when meditating. This mantra will help you ignore those noises with ease.

This mantra will connect you to your spiritual self as you pray to the lord for peace. It’s about developing yourself. It appeals to your empathy and gives you an understanding of the real meaning of humanity.

It will keep you on your toes, help you figure out the right from the wrong and motivate you to take actions against the wrong.

Mantra 3: Gayatri mantra.

Om bhur bhuvah svah
tat savitur varenyam
bhargo devasya dhimahi
dhiyo yo nah prachodayat

Meaning:

Gayatri mantra is known as a very important ritual in the Upanishad and also as the poem of the divine in the Bhagavad Gita.

It is an ancient and sacred mantra which is known as the hymn to the sun god. The sun god gives us plenty and this is our hymn to give something to Him in return.

We also ask the god to enlighten us with knowledge and wisdom we are always in the need of.

And finally, we thank the sun god for everything that we have because of him. Specifically for the life and for the divine.

Why Gayatri Mantra?

Boosts the immune system, improved breathing, improved nerve function, get rids of bodily toxins and also reduces the chances of asthma symptoms.

Like all the other mantras this one also helps keep depression and stress at bay. All these mantras promote positive vibrations and hence are effective in keeping you stress-free and giving you a better life quality.

The meaning of Gayatri mantra itself tells us why you should choose Gayatri mantra. Because when you show gratitude and give back instead of always taking things you become a better person.

When we chant the Gayatri mantra it is not just for our peace but it is so that everyone would have peace.

Mantra 4: Ganesh Maha Mantra.

Om gam ganapataye namah
vakra-tunda maha-kaya surya-koti-sama-prabha
nirvighnam kuru me deva sarva-karyeshu sarva-da

Meaning:

This one has a simple meaning and it also accompanies with a simple reason as to why you should choose to chant this mantra.

It means that lord Ganesha will help you achieve what you need instead of what you want. It will give you means to achieve it or show you an alternate way. You are the one who has to take the final steps.

Why Ganesh Maha Mantra?

It clears all the obstacles in your life. Spiritual obstacles that hold you back as it releases any blocked energy.

Mantra 5: Siri Gaitri Mantra.

Ra Ma Da Sa Sa Say So Hung.

Meaning:

This mantra has 7 words let’s understand the meaning of each one.

Ra: Energy source. It means the sun and connects us to it.

Ma: It means the moon and makes us open to new ideas.

Da: Gives us roots, grounds us to the earth.

Sa: You will notice that this word has been repeated twice in the mantra. Each repetition has its own meaning. The first one is about rising up and meeting the universe and the second one is coming back to the ground. It is releasing your energy out and then pulling the infinite universe energy into you. The infinite energy that is free of any personal feeling you might have.

Say: This one is the embodiment of personal

So: It defines merger or union while keeping your own unique identity.

Hung: It means infinite, vibrating and real.

Why Siri Gaitri Mantra?

This is an all-powerful healing mantra that takes you on a journey towards infinity, where you finally grasp the meaning of finite and infinite and this brings you back to your final destination that is the peace, the purity you are on the lookout for.

What you need to understand that you’ll need to chant these mantras regularly and for that, you have to meditate regularly. Be patient the changes will soon make themselves known to you. Being in a hurry to see the change is just the opposite of what we are trying to achieve with Mantra meditation.