Mantras: 11 powerful phrases to meditate and focus

It is true that meditation is one of the best ways to decant our thoughts, free our mind and find well-being for our life. However, it is not an easy task for many people. Fortunately there are mantras.

Mantras are sounds, words and phrases that we can repeat, and that by doing so help us to meditate, to concentrate on them and to develop different aspects of our life. Learn about them and practice these 11 powerful mantras that we suggest here.

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What are mantras

With all the arrival of traditional philosophies from east to west, mantras also enter our lifestyle as an option to meditate. Mantra is a word in Sanskrit, a language reserved in the East for spiritual life. Refers to those phonemes, syllables, sounds, words, and phrases that have spiritual power and psychological in us.

The etymology of the word mantra translates to man (mind) and tra (liberation) so we could literally say that mantras are repetitions of words, sounds, phrases and syllables for the liberation of the mind

. Therefore, mantras are powerful tools to find a higher state of consciousness, which favors our concentration and stimulates creativity.

The Hindus were the first to include mantras within their spiritual practices just like the Buddhists, who have used them for millennia as another form of meditation. Nowadays, branches of psychology recommend them, because through mantras we make a kind of Neuro-linguistic programming that helps us improve those aspects of our life in which we are working.

Mantras, powerful for easy meditation

Traditional meditation, in which we see people sitting in the lotus flower, concentrating on their breath and not moving an inch for long hours, is not the only way to meditate. There are people who can meditate while walking, while exercising and in many other ways.

What happens is that when we associate meditation only with the traditional method, many of us move away from it, because we have tried but it is difficult for us to concentrate for more than 5 minutes, as well as not moving or letting go of thoughts.

Luckily there are mantras, for help us meditate by listening to sounds or repeating certain phrases or words that keep our focus on them. The vibration that sounds produce help us to exercise concentration and it is easier for us to direct our attention to the words when we repeat them.

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11 powerful mantras to meditate and improve our life

Mantas are traditionally sung, but if this is not your thing, just repeating the words several times is enough. You just need to choose a moment in which you can dedicate a little time, a place where you feel comfortable and free to repeat the mantras; then choose the mantra you want to work with, take a few deep breaths and start chanting or saying them.

If it's your first time, there are thousands of youtube tutorials that teach you how to sing them and they don't take long. Also you can decide by simply listening carefully to the mantras chanted by other people. Below you will find a selection of powerful traditional mantras and more current ones.

1. Om

Om is a traditional powerful mantra that represents the sound of the universe. It is one of the most popular mantras to meditate and means union with the whole.

2. Om Ah Hum

This is a mantra that helps cleanse the energy of the place where you are. Its sound and vibration especially help you focus.

3. Om Shanti Shanti Shanti

This is another very popular mantra, which sometimes you may have sung in your yoga practice. By saying it you are speaking of peace and freedom for all beings in this world.

4. Life is a balance between holding and letting go

This is a powerful non-traditional mantra that you can use to meditate in those moments when you need to let go of something but you have not been able to do it.

5. I am the only one who can beat me

Another of the non-traditional mantras for those situations in which you have set a goal and you need to stay focused and do not let fear invade you to achieve it.

6. This too shall pass

Sometimes we find ourselves in difficult circumstances, difficult times that drain all our energy and seem to never end. This is a powerful mantra to know that everything will pass and not let yourself be overcome by the situation.

7. Om Parama Prema Rupaya Namaha

And for those who are in search of love, the vibration when repeating this mantra is powerful to invoke divine love. This mantra for love means "I honor you and I receive your presence in my life, manifested in the form of a lover / partner."

8. Om Tare Tuttare

This is a beautiful mantra that we helps us find our inner strength, it has to tear down the obstacles that we put ourselves internally and to foment the confidence in ourselves.

9. Tadyatha Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha

It is the quintessential powerful mantra for enlightenment and wisdom.. Repeat it as many times as you can, but keep in mind that they must be in groups of 3. That is, you can repeat them 3 times, or 6, or 9, and so on in groups of 3 as far as you like.

10. Release to illuminate

A mantra written by the coach and astrologer Mia Astral that repeating it helps us to concentrate and meditate on what we do not let go, but that we must let go so that there is light.

11. Your own mantras

As you will see, we made you a selection of powerful, Hindu, Buddhist, contemporary psychology and coaching mantras. But the truth is that you can also write your own mantras focused on what you need to work on and improve in your life.

These words or little phrases, whether yours or chosen by you but said by someone else, they take a special power when they repeat them as a mantra. Sometimes they don't even have a clear meaning but they still catch your eye, and can help you focus on a goal.

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