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.