Nature of Chant, Mantra, and Intentional Song

Sound and Energetic Alchemy to Wake Up, Balance, and Re-Align Your Whole Self

This information is taken from the extensive information on sound alchemy in my cutting edge book, Guidebook of Evolving Chakra Care.

These three modalities are quite instrumental in working with the chakras through the use of the voice. Though similar, each has a particular slant of energetic power and use in tending your own chakra garden. Building up an arsenal of examples from each makes a supremely balancing personal play list. This is the music of these new high frequency times, constant reminders of our design, our capabilities, and an expanded view of our Whole Self in action.

Look for the list of each to explore and use. They may be picked up at www.markstantonwelch.net at the store if you want to access my creations, or online at you tube or other streaming services.

Characteristics of Chants

Have been sung for thousands of years in cultures around the world
Are repetitious by design to help clear and focus the mind
Are often made up of powerful sounds or a statement of conscious, spiritual intention
Create a meditative, reflective mind state to relax and balance energetic bodies
Stir the spirit and activate the life force
Collective vibration amplified by chanting together in a group
Help to distract from negative, repetitive thought patterns
Can be sung together or in call and answer
Can open hearts, lift Spirits, bring inner peace, connect and unify people, align us with Spirit, ease suffering, give voice to deeper yearnings. Characteristics of Mantras (Sanskrit for “that which protects and purifies the mind”)
Are specific, sacred statements of spiritual intention from a particular tradition, typically Hinduism and Buddhism, often calling upon specific Deities for support
Like sound seeds planted in the mind which germinate a higher vibration to clear lower frequency interference
The sounds themselves are quite powerful and directly impact the chakras and energy bodies
Amplified and empowered by the number of times spoken in the past
Repeated a specific number of times for a specific time period in a specific rhythm
Can be done in the silence of the mind or spoken in a sing song manner
Traditionally spoken 108 times using mala beads as a counter
Can quickly alter a vibration to create the desired inner state through repetition and tone
In current times mantras are both spoken and sung Characteristics of Intentional Songs
Affirmative, repetitive songs created for specific purpose of raising vibration
Can reinforce thinking patterns to change a belief or affirm a way of being
Melodic, singable, and written to align with chakras to amplify the purpose
Can be used as a teaching tool to reinforce a concept
Will often enter mind randomly when specific message is needed
Typically short (4-5 lines)

Characteristics of Mantras (Sanskrit for “that which protects and purifies the mind”)

Are specific, sacred statements of spiritual intention from a particular tradition, typically Hinduism and Buddhism, often calling upon specific Deities for support
Like sound seeds planted in the mind which germinate a higher vibration to clear lower frequency interference
The sounds themselves are quite powerful and directly impact the chakras and energy bodies
Amplified and empowered by the number of times spoken in the past
Repeated a specific number of times for a specific time period in a specific rhythm
Can be done in the silence of the mind or spoken in a sing song manner
Traditionally spoken 108 times using mala beads as a counter
Can quickly alter a vibration to create the desired inner state through repetition and tone
In current times mantras are both spoken and sung

Characteristics of Chants

Have been sung for thousands of years in cultures around the world
Are repetitious by design to help clear and focus the mind
Are often made up of powerful sounds or a statement of conscious, spiritual intention
Create a meditative, reflective mind state to relax and balance energetic bodies
Stir the spirit and activate the life force
Collective vibration amplified by chanting together in a group
Help to distract from negative, repetitive thought patterns
Can be sung together or in call and answer
Can open hearts, lift Spirits, bring inner peace, connect and unify people, align us with Spirit, ease suffering, give voice to deeper yearnings.

A Powerful Assortment of Spoken Mantras
1. Hung vajra peh
(By the power of will, through the spoken word, I invoke the thunderbolt of my Mind. Capable of clearing any space of negativity, physical, emotional, or spiritual. To clear the Earth’s layer of consciousness of negative energy)

2. San san jo lu bah yao woo (Chinese healing mantra)

3. Om gum ganapatiyea namaha
(appeal to Ganesh to clear blockages on path to intentions. Om and salutations to the remover of obstacles for which Gum is the seed))

4 Om apadamapa hataram dataram sarva sampadam loka be ramam shree ramam booya booya namam yaham
(very powerful Sanskrit healing mantra. Oh, a most compassionate Rama. Please send your healing energy right here to the Earth, to the Earth. Salutations))

5. Om Shrim Maha Lakshmiya swaha
(To attain abundance in almost any form)

Sung Mantras
When the mantra is sung it focuses energy on specific chakras that follow the melody sequence. Sung mantras have been finding use in a group singing process called Kirtan.

1. Om dum durgayeh namaha
(for protection and safety)

2. Om Ashweena tejasha chakshuhu
(Om and salutations to the Aswini devatas who heal the eyes and keep them bright.for clear vision, literal and etheric)

3. Om ram ramaya namaha namaha
(clears the solar current, down right side, and lunar current (left side) energy paths of bod. Powerful mantra for the solar plexus chakra))

4. Shanti prashanti sarva krodha upashamanti swaha
(for the elimination of anger)

5. Om Sri Dhanvantre Namaha
(Salutations to the being and power of the Celestial Physician. Chant while concentrating on any condition. 12,500 times)

A Powerful Assortment of Spoken Mantras
1. Hung vajra peh
(By the power of will, through the spoken word, I invoke the thunderbolt of my Mind. Capable of clearing any space of negativity, physical, emotional, or spiritual. To clear the Earth’s layer of consciousness of negative energy)

2. San san jo lu bah yao woo (Chinese healing mantra)

3. Om gum ganapatiyea namaha
(appeal to Ganesh to clear blockages on path to intentions. Om and salutations to the remover of obstacles for which Gum is the seed)

4 Om apadamapa hataram dataram sarva sampadam loka be ramam shree ramam booya booya namam yaham
(very powerful Sanskrit healing mantra. Oh, a most compassionate Rama. Please send your healing energy right here to the Earth, to the Earth. Salutations)

5. Om Shrim Maha Lakshmiya swaha
(To attain abundance in almost any form)

Sung Mantras
When the mantra is sung it focuses energy on specific chakras that follow the melody sequence. Sung mantras have been finding use in a group singing process called Kirtan.

1. Om dum durgayeh namaha
(for protection and safety)

2. Om Ashweena tejasha chakshuhu
(Om and salutations to the Aswini devatas who heal the eyes and keep them bright.for clear vision, literal and etheric)

3. Om ram ramaya namaha namaha
(clears the solar current, down right side, and lunar current (left side) energy paths of bod. Powerful mantra for the solar plexus chakra)

4. Shanti prashanti sarva krodha upashamanti swaha
(for the elimination of anger)

5. Om Sri Dhanvantre Namaha
(Salutations to the being and power of the Celestial Physician. Chant while concentrating on any condition. 12,500 times)

Native American Chants
Particularly powerful and useful for returning self awareness and personal focus to the physical body as well as solidifying the Earth connection.

1. Apache Power Chant Em

Hinamaya hinamaya hinamay Chee Chi Yo (2X)

Hinamay chee chi yo hinna may chee chi yo (2x)

Hinna hinna hey ya hinna hinna hey yo (2x)

Hey Hey Hey Ungua (Chumash greeting song) Em E

Hey hey hey hey hey ungua (6x)

Hey ungua hey ungua hey ungua hey ungua

2. Kuake Lano Lano Mahote Cm

Kuake Kuake Lano Lano Mahote Hey ya no hey ya no hey ya no ah

Let me be one with the infinite Sun forever and ever and ever (2x)

3. The Earth Is Our Mother Cm

The Earth is our Mother we must take care of her (2x) Cm

Hey yunga ho yunga hey yung yung (2x)

Her sacred ground we walk upon with every step we take (2x) Cm

Hey yunga ho yunga hey yung yung (2x)

4. Mother I Feel You Under My Feet Em

Mother I feel you under my feet:

Mother I hear your heart beat (2x) Hey ya hey, hey ya hey, hey ya ho (2x) Mother I hear you in the river's song:

Eternal waters flowing on and on (2x)

Hey ya hey, hey ya hey, hey ya ho (2x)

Father I see you when the eagle flies:

Spirit gonna take us high and higher

Hey ya hey, hey ya hey, hey ya ho (2x)

5. Blessed Be Em

Blessed be the Earth and all her creatures

Blessed be the Earth and all her land

Blessed be the air, the sky, and water,

Blessed be each woman, child and man

A Powerful Assortment of
Intentional Songs
by Mark Stanton Welch

(All of these songs are available as single song downloads at my web site store: )

Search the title and you can listen to a sample as well as purchase and download. The letter(s) after each song title below refers to the major or minor key it is written in, and thus, the chakra it can support. Refer to each chakra for the correct pitch)

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