When you say OM, what do you feel? Calm?<\/p>\n
Do you feel a pull?<\/p>\n
Say it 10 more times… Now what?<\/p>\n
Everything in the universe is vibrating energy. Your body, plants, trees, celestial objects and light are, at their most fundamental level, all composed of energy.<\/p>\n
When you chant Om<\/a>, you are creating vibrating sound energy, thus tuning in to your inner Self<\/a>. The sound, Om represents is the same as you, and the universe around you.<\/p>\n Om is believed to be the sound of universal creation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Here we'll take a look at what Om means and why it's so often chanted in yoga<\/a>.<\/p>\n The significance of Om is difficult to grasp and explain. It is a mantra<\/a> with such great symbolism and power that you need to allow yourself time to really meditate<\/a> on its meaning.<\/p>\n But how do you go about this? Begin by simply chanting<\/a> Om repeatedly, with awareness<\/a>, and the appreciation will come. It is through the repeated chanting of Om that you move into a meditative state and begin to engage with Om on a level deeper than that of the intellectual mind<\/a>. Only once you experience Om in this way can you begin to appreciate its sacred power.<\/p>\n As Swami Vivekananda<\/a> explains:<\/p>\n “Om represents the whole phenomena of sound-producing. As such, it must be the natural symbol, the matrix of all the various sounds. It denotes the whole range and possibility of all the words that can be made.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n When you chant Om, you are chanting sounds that are the root of all verbal communication between humans. Om is composed of three Sanskrit<\/a> letters, aa-au-ma<\/em>, or A-U-M, which sound like awe-oo-mmm<\/em> when chanted.<\/p>\n All articulated speech and language sounds are created in the space between the back of the throat and the lips. When chanting A-U-M, you will find the A sound is created at the back of the throat, the U rolling forward into the upper palate, and the M with the lips.<\/p>\nWhat Is OM?<\/h2>\n
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A-U-MMM<\/h3>\n