Healing with the Siri Gaitri Mantra p

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Healing with the Siri Gaitri Mantra p.1

 

The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan ©2008

Sit in an Easy Pose, with a light jalandhar bandh.

Mudra: Have the elbows tucked comfortably against the 

ribs. Extend the forearms out at a 45-degree angle out 

from the center of the body. The palms are flat, facing up, 

the wrists pulled back, fingers together, and thumbs 

spread. Consciously keep the palms flat during the

meditation.

Mantra: The mantra consists of eight basic sounds:

RAA MAA DAA SAA, SAA SAY SO HUNG

Pull in the Navel Point powerfully on SO and HUNG. 

Note that HUNG is not long and drawn out. Clip it off 

forcefully as you pull in the navel. Chant one complete 

cycle of the entire mantra, and then inhale deeply and 

repeat. To chant this mantra properly, remember to move 

the mouth fully with each sound. Feel the resonance in 

the mouth and the sinus areas. Let your mind concentrate 

on the qualities that are evoked by the combination of 

sounds.

Time: Chant powerfully for 11-31 minutes.

To End: Inhale deeply and hold the breath as you offer a 

healing prayer, visualizing the person you wish to heal 

(including yourself) as being totally healthy, radiant, and 

strong. Imagine the person completely engulfed in 

healing white light, completely healed. Then exhale and 

inhale deeply again, hold the breath and offer your prayer. 

Then, lift your arms up high and vigorously shake out 

your hands and fingers.

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Healing with the Siri Gaitri Mantra p.2

The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan ©2008

Comments: Certain mantras are to be cherished like the 

most rare and beautiful gem. The Siri Gaitri Mantra (this 

is also a Siri Mantra and a Sushmuna Mantra) is just such 

a find. It is unique, and it captures the radiant healing 

energy of the Cosmos as a gem captures the light of the 

sun. Like a gem it can be put into many settings for 

different purposes and occasions. When Yogi Bhajan 

shared this technology he gave a series of meditations 

that use the inner dynamics of this mantra. If you master 

any of these practices you will be rewarded with healing 

and awareness. The mantra is called a Sushmuna Mantra. 

It has eight sounds that stimulate the kundalini to flow in 

the central channel of the spine and in the chakras. As this 

happens there is usually a huge metabolic adjustment to 

the new level of energy in the body. The brain is also 

involved. The sounds balance the five zones of the left 

and right hemispheres of the brain to activate the Neutral 

Mind. The mantra uses a sound current. The sounds 

create a juxtaposition of energies. RAA means the energy 

of the Sun: strong, bright, and hot. It energizes and 

purifies. MAA is the energy of the Moon. It is a quality of 

receptivity, coolness, and nurturing. DAA is the energy of 

Earth. It is secure, personal, and the ground of action. 

SAA is the impersonal Infinity. The cosmos in all of its 

open dimensions and totality is SAA. Then the mantra 

repeats the sound; this repetition is a turning point. The 

first part of the mantra is ascending and expands into the 

Infinite. The second part of the mantra pivots those 

qualities of the highest and most subtle ether, and brings 

them back down. It interweaves the ether with the earth! 

SAA is the impersonal Infinity. Then comes SAY, which 

is the totality of experience and is personal. It is the 

feeling of a sacred "Thou." It is the embodiment of SAA. 

SO is the personal sense of merger and Identity. HUNG is 

the Infinite, vibrating and real. The two qualities together 

(SO and HUNG) mean, "I am Thou." As you chant this 

mantra you complete a cycle of energy and go through a 

circuit of the chakras. You grow toward the Infinite, then 

you convert the linkage of finite and Infinite at SAA. 

Then you revert back to an embodiment and blend of 

purity.