[Natalia Alvarez Gonzalez]

Elisa’s answer really resonated with how i feel now about mantras specially, but at the begining I was quite lost on how to “choose” them.

With pranayama what worked the most for me best, specially at the begining of entering a deep practice of yoga (beyond asanas), was to learn about the benefits of the techniques and practice one at a time to get to feel the effects myself,and also take notes of them in my yoga journal. I really liked how Samten recommended this technique in the pranayama and meditations videos through the course, and it has been very useful.

Once i had practiced for some time I could really feel which pranayama was more adecuate for each moment. Now I just follow my intuition in my practice.

With the mantras, kind of the same. I would find a mantra, some in the videos here, in classes, and also listening to indian mantras on Spotify and then feel the connection to them. If I felt something special I would research it and then practice only that one for a while.

I believe for me the key is to really connect to the feeling and repeated practice.

Looking forward to read more tips and experiences on this fascinating topic.

Thank you for bringing it up 🙂

Wishing you a beautiful day!