THE COURAGE TO CHANT

MANTRAS
THE COURAGE TO CHANT
I started at a Charter School which is like a public school in that no sect or religious beliefs can be inferred. However, the school is a progressive school and open to free thought, other cultures, other ways of life, other belief systems. The fact that the principal asked for yoga spoke for itself.
THE ADI MANTRA
It means the First Mantra. The mantra that opens every Kundalini class. I call on the Great Divine Wisdom, the Divine Teacher.
I have never taught a yoga class, from kindergartners to adults, where I did not use the Adi Mantra. I call on the Highest Wisdom Inside Myself; I call upon the Highest Teacher Within Me. I bow to my Highest Voice and Self. These are ways to get the message across without going into the issue of God. The children understand the voice in their body that tells them the right thing to do. They immediately nod their heads if asked about the Voice. Whether they call it their Conscience, their Angel vs Devil, their Heart or their Mind, they hear it and know what you are talking about.
In the community center, the ballet troupe are 95% Mexican American and Catholic. In the St. James afterschool program, they are Christian, but open to yoga. The Adi Mantra is for all religions and all people and it can be framed and described as such.