This episode explains the importance of having a gratitude practice. In the United States, the annual holiday of Thanksgiving, is a time when many people express gratitude. It's nice to count your blessings on Thanksgiving but being thankful every day can alter the quality of life in positive ways.
Certified Sanskrit Mantra Instructor, Parashakti Jill Jardine, shares Sanskrit Mantras for Gratitude. To be effective, Sanskrit Mantras, should be transmitted through a mantra lineage with proper pronunciation and correct cadence. Parashakti Jill was initiated in the mantra lineage of Namadeva Archarya, Thomas Ashley-Farrand, who received Guru Diksha in Sanskrit Mantra from Guru Rama Mata.
Gratitude is an expression of appreciation for what one has. It is a recognition of value independent of monetary worth. Studies show that specific areas of the brain are involved in experiencing and expressing gratitude.
There are many benefits of expressing gratitude including stress reduction, less insomnia, strong immunity, healthier relationships and better performance academically and professionally. Gratitude boosts your mental and physical health.
Gratitude is a practice of noticing the goodness in life and affirming what we have received. It's important to express thanks to people who have helped us. People who have a habit of expressing gratitude experience improved sleep patterns, boosted immune system, more joy and pleasure, feeling more optimistic and less lonely and isolated. They also notice improved emotional regulation, increased feelings of happiness and positive moods and hope for the future. Studies have shown that gratitude reduces stress, burn-out and symptoms of post-traumatic stress-disorder and have increased resilience.
Parashakti Jill shares Sanskrit Mantras to foster more gratitude in your life.
SANSKRIT MANTRAS FOR GRATITUDE:
1) OM VARADAYA NAMAHA (Ohm-Vara-die-ah Na-ma-ha):
Ganesha mantra to remove obstacles to feeling more gratitude in one's life.
2) OM SHRIM KLIM MAHA LAKSHMIYEI NAMAHA:
(Ohm Shreem Kleem Ma-ha Laaksh-mee-yay Na-ma-ha):
Mantra thanking Divine Mother, Lakshmi, Goddess of Prosperity and wealth and to attract more abundance.
3) OM SRI DHANVANTRE NAMAHA: (Ohm Shree Don-von-tray Na-ma-ha)
To the Celestial Healer, Dhanvantre. Thanking the celestial healer for health and well-being. Invoking the celestial healer, Dhanvantre for healing and the proper pathways or practitioners to heal an issue in one's body.
4) OM GURU OM: (Ohm Gu-ru Ohm)
Thanking and honoring one's teachers or gurus. Also, invokes the inner guru, and celestial guru and outer teacher.
5) AHAM PREMA: (Ah-hum Pray-ma)
Translates to "I am Divine Love." Thanking the Divine for more blessings of love in your life, including self-love, divine love, and inter personal love.
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