Learn more about the Mantra Aum in a practice with Irina. Arising from stillness, maintained by steadiness and fading back into silence… Om represents the fact that everything constantly changes – from movement into stillness, from sound into silence the endless cycle of life…. The residue or energy we are left with once the breath and the sound fades away. When forming the sound, we move our tongue to the top of the mouth and bring our lips together to create a protracted humming noise. Shiva is often known as the ‘destroyer’ but also the force of culmination, completion, finalisation. This represents the sound of closing in and the beginning of the end and is associated with Shiva. From the ‘A’ sound, the lips begin to move together and the sound gradually moves forward, rolling along the upper palate and vibrating in the throat. It is associated with the Hindu God, Vishnu – the Preserver.
This sound signifies the steadiness that carries you along and the energy that preserves and sustains you and the world. Keep your tongue in the lower part of the mouth and part your lips, to create a feeling of openness. The sound originates in the belly, and vibrates in the upper chest. The Hindu tradition this associates the sound with Brahma – the Creator. It is said to symbolise the ‘conscious or waking state’. This sound represents the beginning – the creation of the universe and everything within it. The syllable is composed of the three sounds ‘A’, ‘U’ and ‘M’ – AUM.
OM is both a visual symbol and a sacred sound or mantra which can be heard and spoken.
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