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Narada chants in a Yoga Vidya satsang the Gayatri mantra. To sing along you can find the text for this exceptional mantra in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook under No. 610:

Om Bhūr Bhuvah Swah
Tat Savitur Varenyam
Bhargo Devasya Dhīmahi
Dhiyo Yo Nah Prachodayāt

Notes to the Gayatri Mantra can be found on the websites of Yoga Vidya under the headings: Gayatri Mantra

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Katyayani sings the ramachandra kirtan. The ramachandra is a Rama Rama kirtan for devotion of rama, the seventh inkarnation of God Vishnu. Rama shows exemplarily how to lead an ideal life in this world.
Mantra chanting opens your heart – sing along and feel your heart! Sing-along you will find the text in the Kirtan Songbook as No. 200 or here:
Rāmachandra Raghu-Vīra
Rāmachandra Rana-Dhīra
Rāmachandra Raghu-Nāthā
Rāmachandra Jagannāthā
Rāmachandra Raghu Rāmā
Rāmachandra Param Dhāmā
Rāmachandra Mama Bandho
Rāmachandra Daya Sindho

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Managers of Yoga Vidya Coop Centers sing together the mantra Jay Mata Kali in a satsang at Yoga Vidya Bad Meinberg, Germany. You find this bhajan in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook under the number 321:

Jaya Mātā Kālī
Jaya Mātā Durge
Kāli Durge Namo Namah

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Ramashakti sings in a saturday evening satsang at Yoga Vidya Bad Meinberg, Germany, the mantra Tumi Bhaja, which you find in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook under number 208:

Tumi Bhaja Re Mana
Tumi Japa Re Mana
Om Shrī Rām Jaya Rām
Japa Re Mana

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Mahadev leads the Maha Mantra: Hare Krishna Hare Rama kirtan chanting during a satsang at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg, Germany. To sing along you can find the maha mantra in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook as number 2. Things to know about the Maha Mantra can be found in German in the Yoga Wiki: Mahamantra.

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Spring Groove sings the mantra Jay Jay Ma Durga Kali and is accompanied by fellow musicians. Jay Jay Ma Durga Kali is sung very soulful by Spring. This piece was recorded during a concert in the morning at the 9. Yoga Vidya Musikfestival.

More from and about Spring Groove on her website springgroove.com.

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Ramashakti sings during a saturday evening satsang the mantra Kali Durga Namo Namah. Kali stands for the transformation transforming devine energy in you. To sing along you find the text for this bhajan in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook as number 305:

Kālī Durge Namo Namah
Kālī Durge Namo Namah
Umā Pārvatī Ānanda Māyi
Kālī Durge Namo Namah
Mā Kālī Durge Namo Namah
Kālī Durge Namo Namah
(Kālī Durge Namo Namah
Kālī Durge Namo Namah
Rāja Rājeshwari Ānanda Mā
Tripura Sundari Ānanda Mā
Māhā Shakti Ānanda Mā
Mā Kālī Durge Namo Namah
Kālī Durge Namo Namah)

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Shakti from Yoga Vidya Speyer sings the mantra Deva Deva Sivanandaduring a saturday evening satsang at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg, Germany. You find the text in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook as number 353. Here is the complete text to sing along:

Deva Deva Sivānanda
Dīna Bandhu Pāhimām
Chandravadana Mandahāsa
Premarūpa Rakshamām

Madhura Gītā Gānalola
Jnānarūpa Pāhimām
Samastaloka Pūjitāya
Mohanānga Rakshamām

Divya Gangā Tīravāsa
Dāna Shīla Pāhimām
Pāpaharana Punya Shīla
Paramapurusha Rakshamām

Bhaktaloka Hridayavāsa
Swāminātha Pāhimām
Chitswarūpa Chidānanda
Namah Shivāya Rakshamām

Sadguru Jay Sivananda
Sadguru Jay Pahimam
Sadguru Jay Sivananda
Sadguru Jay Rakshamam

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Yoga Siddhi sings in a very groovig way the mantra Govinda Jaya Jaya together with Juergen and other yoga friends. The recording is from a saturday evening satsang at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg, Germany. You can find the text for this bhajan in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook as No. 157:

Govinda Jaya Jaya
Gopāla Jaya Jaya
Rādhā Ramana Hari
Govinda Jaya Jaya

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Hatha Yoga Pradipika Guru Parampara recitation with Sukadev and participants of a seminar on Yoga Hatha Yoga Pradipika. There are verses from the Hatha Yoga Pradipika recites all the names of hatha yoga gurus. The recitation of these verses is recommended in particular at the beginning of an intensive practice of pranayama, mudra, bandha and other hatha yoga practices such as asanas, kriyas and meditation. The full text of the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, if you would like to recite the text, too, you can find the text of the Hatha Yoga Pradipika Guru Parampara Stotram in the Yoga Vidya yoga wiki.

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Spring Groove, sings the mantra Krishna Govinda together with other musicians at the 9. Musikfestival at Yoga Vidya Bad Meinberg, Germany. Would you like to sing along but you need the text for this mantra, then you’ll find it in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook as No. 151:

Krishna Govinda Govinda Gopālā
Krishna Murāri Manohara Nandalālā

More from and about Spring Groove on her website springgroove.com.

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Sacinananda Swami sings the mantra Jaya Sita Ram and is accompanied by some fellow musicians. Dive with Sacinananda Swami into the cosmos of sound. Jay Ram Sita Ram Jay Sita Ram. More about Sacinananda Swami on his website www.sacinandanaswami.com

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Spring Groove gave with fellow musicians at the 9. Yoga Vidya Musikfestival a morning concert. Here you can listen a recording from this morning concert, in fact: Om Namah Shivaya.

You can find the text for this mantra in the Yoga Vidya Kirtanheft as No. 2.

More about Spring on her website springgroove.com.

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A group of yoga aspirants sing the mantra Shiva Shiva Shiva Shambho to the worship of the divine Shiva. By listening and singing along you can feel joy and lightness. You’ll find text for this bhajan in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook as No. 261:

Shiva Shiva Shiva Shambho
Mahadeva Shambho

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Vani Devi and Ute sing during a satsang at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg the Ganesha Gayatri mantra. You’ll find the text in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook (16. Edition) under No. 613:

Om Tatpurushaya Vidmahe
Vakratundaya Dhimahi
Tanno Danti Prachodayat.

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Janajanmadi Das sing in a Satsang at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg, Germany together with participants of an Ayurvedic health consultant training the Gayatri Mantra, which you can find in the Yoga Vidya Kirtanheft as No. 610. Janajanmadi Das was trained at the Seva Academy for Ayurveda specialists, completed in addition trainings te become a Prana healer, yoga teacher and Vastu consultant, and practices since 20 years various yoga systems. He gives seminars at Yoga Vidya.

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Radhika and Juergen sing during a staturday evening satsang the Maha Mantra. You’ll find it in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook under No. 2 – as part of the Jaya Ganesha:

Hare Rāma Hare Rāma
Rāma Rāma Hare Hare
Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa
Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare

Jürgen is a staff member at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg and Radhika is the founder and director of Amara Yoga. She regularly gives seminars at the Yoga Vidya Ashrams.Click here: for seminars with Radhika and click here: for seminars with Juergen.

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Shila, a little girl, sings the mantra Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha and accompanied her singing with a guitar. You can find the text in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook under the number 550.

In the Yoga Vidya ashram in Bad Meinberg live a lot childrenn and teens. And of course we always get a visit from parents with their children. More (in German) about Yoga for Kids

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Yoga Siddhi and Amba sing in a very groovy way, the last verse of the Gajananam during a Yoga Vidya satsang. The divine mother Narayani would like to serve all beings. She is the female aspect of Vishnu. You can find the text for this Kirtan in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook as No. 603:

Om Sarva Mangala Mangalya
Shive Sarvartha Sadhike
Sharanye Tryambake Gauri
Narayani Namostute