

Entrainment is a process through which independent systems interact with each other.

This is explained in part through the scientific process of entrainment. Repeating a mantra restructures the patterns of mind that filter and shape our experience. Since the body and mind are in motion, we can shift our experience through the sounds we create and the words that we speak. The science of mantra is rooted in the cosmology that the universe is made of sound, and all matter vibrates at a signature frequency. There are unlimited ways in which to weave mantras into your life. Teachers often play mantras throughout class, and practitioners might play them while they cook, drive, or even sleep. They can be chanted aloud, repeated mentally, or listened to. A posture might call for a mantra, and so might a breath exercise or meditation. Mantras can be in any language, though, including English. Although you will sometimes hear this language referred to as “Gurmukhi,” this technically refers to the script in which Sant Bhasha and other languages are written, not to the language itself. Sant Basha is the primary language used for the sacred writings of the Sikhs. Most Kundalini Yoga mantras are Sant Bhasha, a traditional poetic language of the Indian subcontinent that blends many different languages and dialects. Mantra is completely interwoven into Kundalini Yoga practice. Generally speaking, a mantra is a word or sound repeated to orient the mind in meditation and to shift the frequency of our thoughts, and thus our experience. Mantras can be as simple as one word phrases, and as complex and beautiful as those we find in ancient texts. Mantra is the applied use of sound to impact consciousness.
