I have chosen this book for September's book review because I have enjoyed reading about a differnt way to calm the mind, not really a differnt way, but a way to enhance my yoga practice.
The book is laid out in many chapters from What is Mantra? to Mantra Practice, Benefits of Using a Mantra, Mantra and Healing and Mantra and Daily Life to name a few. She has also included many different mantras along with the music to the chants. She ends with excerpts from writings from her guru and a question and answer section.
Near the end of August I wrote a few blogs about some of the chapters that you can check out too.
This excerpt is from the back cover:
Mantras: Words of Power is a comprehensive manual for those who seek to understand and experience the ancient spiritual practice of Mantras. Swami Sivanada Radha deals frankly and honestly with the most controversial aspects of spiritual life - Mantra, initiation, the relationship of guru and disciple, and the role the guru plays in one's spiritual life. The depth of her insight, based on twenty-five years of personal practice, illuminates these subjects with clarity and wisdom.
Swami Sivanada Radha is the founder and spiritual director of the Yasodhara Ashram, a yoga retreat and study centre located in Kootenay Bay, British Columbia, Canada. She received her training at the Sivananda Ashram in Rishikesh, India, and at the request of her guru, Swami Sivanada Saraswati, returned to the West in 1956 to help disseminate the Yogic teachings and practices.
Namaste.
Pamela Nelson
www.plnyoga.vpweb.com
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