Ritual for Grief

Mantra with Sian
25 min · release - loss - shiva

What you’ll need

A note on pronunciation, it doesn’t have to be perfect, we do our best. Sian herself is not a sanskrit scholar, but she and we can endeavour to refine our pronunciation of the mantras as best as we can.

Sian has done her best to count through 108 beads on her mala, but it may happen that she has missed or added a mantra.

Maha Mrtyunjaya holds the highest place together with Gayatri as the supreme mantras for chanting, contemplation and meditation. Also known as the Death Conquering Mantra, it can be used to create a personal ritual after someone passes. Western culture has lost many of it’s traditional processes for grieving, so be able to practice or listen to a mantra like this can support us in difficult times.

You are welcome to:

• Sit with Sian and chant the mantra, taking time to rest and meditate after the 108 rounds is completed

• Continue to repeat the 108 rounds more than once (as many times as you need)

• Create a fire and after each round of mantra offer something to the fire (a thought, some paper from your journal) and as you do say the mantra SWAHA

• Have this mantra repeating in the background while you do other things.