Sound for Wellbeing with Nitya Mohan

Mantras, Music & Meditation

Workshop Overview:

This workshop series on Sound, Music & Mantras as a modality of health and integrated wellbeing is based on ancient teachings and wisdom, drawing from classical texts on yoga as well as validated scientific practices. These workshops offer unique perspectives and practices that combine traditional Yoga practices with Vedic mantras, simple sounds and music.

Sound is a timeless tool that allows us to connect with our body, breath and mind – to release stresses from the body, to deepen our breath and also work with our mind to create stable and healthy emotional patterns. Meant to be a transformative program, all areas of learning will be accompanied by theory as well as practice enabling students to integrate the wisdom into their daily life and teaching.

Open to practitioners of all ages, life stages and backgrounds - whether new to yoga or seasoned practitioners, this program is suitable for all yoga students and teachers and will offer a meaningful opportunity to work deeper on the integration of Yoga, Sound and Music. No prior Sound or Yoga experience required.

About the teacher:

Nitya Mohan, daughter of A. G. Mohan and Indra Mohan is been trained in yoga from a very young age. She has been the director of Svastha Yoga & Ayurveda teacher training programs in Singapore for the past 24 years and has trained hundreds of teachers. Trained in Yoga, Classical Indian music and Sanskrit, she is also a lifelong practitioner. She conducts seminars, workshops and yoga training internationally. She is an exponent of Vedic chanting, holds a degree in Music. She is a skilled, experienced and compassionate teacher and an exceptional singer hailed for her purity of voice.

Topics covered:

●       Why work with Sound

-        Understand the relevance of working with Sound - Anubandha catustayam

-        Explore how the Body, Breath, Mind are connected to and influenced by Sound

●       Sabdam, Adhyasam and Bhavam

-        Understand the deeper connections between Sound and meaning

-        Explore how our intentions and latent patterns colour our Sound and vice versa

●       Establish steadiness with Sound

-        Works with ways to still the mind through Ekatanam of tones

-        Explore the connections between breath, sound and mind

-        Understand how a steady mind leads to perfect speech

●       Understand the importance and role of Agni

-        Study the deeper spiritual significance of Agni from the Vedas

-        Appreciate the role of Agni in physical and mental health

-        Learn the mantra for meditation on Agni

●       Explore the ancient premise of inner and outer sounds of Nada

-        Understand the definition of Nada and how it is created

-        Explore the connection of Prana and Agni

-        Learn the ancient verse on Nada

-        Practice the proper production of Sound

●       Work on the Body with Sound

-        Learn to use Sound to lengthen breath

-        Practice integrating mantras in asana

-        Explore the different regions of pitches in the body

●       Explore working with tones and emotions

-        Ragarasabhava - Experiment working with different scales(ragas) and emotions

-        Explore the pentatonic and octatonic scale

-        Learn exercises for Vocal toning

●       Emotional wellbeing

-        Understand the 9 primary emotions - Navarasas

-        Explore their connections to the Klesas

-        Build on the positive emotions

-        Learn to chant part of the oldest beautiful Nasadiya Suktam 

●       Practice with the 5 mantra pathway

-        Learn 5 simple mantras for daily practice

-        Learn to string them a mantra pathway

-        Integrate them into your daily life 

●       Cognize the four stages of Vak or speech

-        Examine the stages of thought and speech from inner to outer expression

-        Develop gradual awareness over transition of thought to speech

-        Get introduced to the Sabda shastras - classical literature on Sound 

●       Learn Vedic Chanting for awareness

-        Understand the ultimate purpose of Apramadam

-        Explore the intricacies of Padam, Kramam, Jatai and Ghanam in a chant

●       Explore the connection of your Voice and your Self-identity

-        Explore how Music and the brain are connected

-        Appreciate how Sound and hormones are innately connected

-        Learn to use Sound for stress release