Siri Gaitri Mantra

Siri Gaitri Mantra for Mind-Body Wellness

Summer 1973

This practice includes the Siri Gaitri Mantra, known for its ability to promote healing and heighten awareness. It is considered a rare and powerful tool, capturing the radiant healing energy of the universe. 

The eight sounds of the mantra stimulate the flow of Kundalini energy through the central channel of your spine and chakras, leading to a potential metabolic shift within the body. The mantra also promotes brainwave balance, activating the Neutral Mind through the sounds affecting the left and right hemispheres.

Each sound carries a specific meaning:

  • RA: Represents the sun’s energy – strong, bright, and purifying.
  • MA: Represents the moon’s energy – receptive, cool, and nurturing.
  • DA: Represents the earth’s energy – grounding, secure, and the foundation for action.
  • SA: Represents the vast and impersonal Infinity.
  • SAY: Represents the totality of personal experience, a sacred connection.
  • SO: Represents the personal sense of merging and identity.
  • HUNG: Represents the ever-vibrating and real Infinite.

The mantra’s structure creates a powerful energetic cycle:

  • The first half expands your awareness towards the Infinite.
  • The second half brings that expanded awareness back down, weaving the etheric with the earthly.
  • This cycle promotes the experience of oneness and connection between the finite and the Infinite.

Mastering the Siri Gaitri mantra can lead to profound healing and heightened awareness.

Illustration of George meditating with the Siri Giatri Mantra

Posture & Mudra: 

Sit in Easy Pose (Sukhasana) with a light Neck Lock (Jalandhara Bandha). Place your elbows comfortably against the rib cage. Extend your forearms up and outwards at a 45-degree angle from your body. Keep your palms flat and facing upwards, wrists pulled back slightly and fingers together, separating your thumbs. Focus on keeping the palms flat throughout.

Breath & Mantra: 

Chant the Siri Gaitri Mantra “RA MA DA SA, SA SAY SO HUNG”.

  • As you chant, powerfully draw your navel point in and up on the sound “HUNG.” “HUNG” is a short or clipped sound.
  • Chant the entire mantra on one breath. Then, inhale deeply and repeat.
  • Focus on pronouncing each sound clearly, feeling the vibrations resonate within your mouth and sinuses. Allow your mind to connect with the qualities associated with each sound.

Suggested recording: Ra Ma Da Sa Sa Se So Hung by Mata Mandir Singh from the album The Yoga Of Sound (Self Healing).

Other musical option:

Duration: 

Chant powerfully for 11 to 31 minutes, gradually increasing the time as you become more comfortable with the practice.

Ending: 

  1. Inhale deeply and hold your breath. During this hold, offer a silent prayer for healing. Visualize the person you wish to heal (including yourself) as completely healthy, radiant, and strong. Imagine them enveloped in a healing white light.
  2. Exhale deeply and inhale again. Hold your breath and offer another silent prayer.
  3. With arms raised high, vigorously shake out your hands and fingers.

Access Level
Public
Lineage
Kundalini
Does this practice have mantras?
No
What is the time range for this practice?
11 Minutes or Less
12-31 Minutes
Teacher
Yogi Bhajan