ASHTANGA YOGA BASICS
ASHTANGA YOGA CHANTS
OPENING MANTRA
ॐ
vande gurūṇām caraṇāravinde
sandarśita svātmasukhāvabodhe
niḥśreyase jāṅgalikāyamāne
saṁsāra hālāhala mohaśāntyai
ābāhu puruṣākāraṃ
śaṅkhacakrāsi dhāriṇam
sahasra śirasaṃ śvetaṃ
praṇamāmi patañjalim
ॐ
CLOSING MANTRA
ॐ
svasti prajābhyaḥ paripālayantāṃ
nyāyena mārgeṇa mahīṃ mahīśāḥ
gobrāhmaṇe bhyaḥ śubhamastu nityaṃ
lokāḥ samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu
ॐ
śānti śānti śāntiḥ
K. Pattabhi Jois
Beate & Chris
Sharath Jois
Beate & Chris
The Ashtanga Yoga Opening Mantra is sung in two variants: in Call-n-Respond mode or in shared mode.
In Call-n-Respond mode, the teacher sings the Opening Mantra OMs. The group joins the OM. Afterwards, the teacher sings part of the opening mantra, which the group then sings.
In the common mode, the teacher also sings the opening mantra by singing the OM and the group enters the mantra with the OM. The mantra is then sung together. At AYRF we sing in common mode.
ASHTANGA YOGA FUNDAMENTALS
5x Sun Salutation A – Surya Namaskara A
5x Sun Salutation B – Surya Namaskara B
Ashtanga Yoga Fundamentals Sequence
(without twists, Chris)
Ashtanga Yoga Fundamentals Sequence
(with twists, Beate)
Ashtanga Yoga PDFs
– Surya Namaskara A & B
– Fundamentals Sequence
– Primary Series
– Second Series
– Third Series
– Finishing Sequence
– Primary Series
– Intermediate Series
Thanks to Ronald Steiner and Anna Rossow for allowing me to use their PDFs.
Ashtanga Yoga Soundfiles
– Asanas of Surya Namaskara A & B
– Asanas of the Fundamentals Sequence
– Asanas of the Primary Series
– Asanas of the Finishing Sequence
– Drishtis (Gazing points)
– Digits 1 – 28
Questions about the PDFs or the audio files? yoga@ayrf.de
MEANING OF A-U-M / OM / ॐ
A-U-M, stands for the trinity (three-unit) of states of consciousness: Waking state, dream state & deep sleep. But it also stands for the three deities Brahman (Creator), Shiva (Destroyer) & Vishnu (Sustainer). ॐ always includes a fourth state of consciousness: the experience of perfect unity (enlightenment).