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I had an awesome “Ah-ha!” moment this week! I finally understand what people are talking about when they say that, “Chanting cleans the mind.”

I realized that I could replace the broken record of pain I was spinning and replace it with a song or chant of joy. Ah ha! That’s what they mean! Chanting gives us a chance to replace our unproductive thought loops with something productive! Got it!

You can choose any song or chant or phrase that you like. It doesn’t have to be spiritual or religious – though there are lots of those to choose from if you like! – it can be a pop song! I’ve been singing the line, “You are so beautiful to me.” in my head for years without realizing that I was doing something great for myself. Now I’ll do it on purpose when I want to change a loop.

Pick something that you like that has the feeling or the emotion that you want, and sing or chant it in your head. Don’t worry about how well you sing or how it sounds, because no one will hear it but you! And you’ll be much happier with your uplifting words than the painful ones that were looping around in there before.

Try it out and let me know what you think.

If you’re in Hong Kong, you can chant with Cristina Rodenbeck at her group sessions. Lucky you! You can find her at Manipura Wellness.

She suggested some great chants in English, which you can find on Spotify or Youtube. There are more spiritual and as we like to say are vibration lifting. :)
Here are two: Ancient Mother and Waves of the Sea both by Sacred Earth.