Significance and benifits of 'OM" chanting


Significane and benefits of ‘OM” chanting
The sacred word’OM’  evolving on its own is believed to be the primal sound of the universe that comprises of all the sounds within itself. It has been proven to provide a certain degree of peace and purification to the mind and soul. From sages to yoga practitioners to monks, everyone chants this Sanskrit word for various benefits. The OM mantra has astounding benefits that can heal the stress accumulation in the minds of people living in this ultra modern and busy life. Chanting “OM”- 
1.      Helps Reduce Stress
Medical studies have found that chanting OM with concentration enables you to reduce the adrenaline levels that in turn helps in reducing the stress levels. Since chanting OM segregates you from the world and the associated tensions, you tend to find peace without the distraction and you feel pious and serene. Whenever, you feel upset or depressed, find a suitable place to meditate and chant OM so that you get a chance to peek into yourself and your ideologies.
2.      Improves Concentration
Since you detach yourself from the world while chanting OM, you start diverting yourself from every matter that bothers your mind. When you continue chanting for a while, then your mind is focused only on that sacred Sanskrit word. You will gradually be for attentive towards things and your level of concentration will improve.
3.      Sets Your Mood Right
If you are feeling tired or exhausted or just unable to put your mind to work, then all you need to do is make a practice of chanting OM in the very first hour after you wake up. It is said to improve your endorphins that make you feel refreshed and relaxed. Not only it rejuvenates yourself, but also balances the hormonal secretions, that play a major role in causing mood swings. Your mood will be set right in the starting of the day itself and this will ensure that your interpersonal relationships improve.
4.      Strengthens Spinal Cord
OM is also popularly spelled as AUM, where the first alphabet A creates a certain kind of vibration during chanting. As per many researches, it has been found that this vibration significantly impacts the spinal cord. If a person regularly chants OM, then there are increased chances that the efficiency of the spinal cord will improve.
5.      Helps In Detoxifying Your Body
Meditation helps in reducing stress, anxiety and worrying issues and chanting OM while meditating further helps in detoxifying the body. It helps in regularisation of the blood circulation and provides more oxygen to the body. The constant deep breathing process along with the vibrations helps in getting rid of toxins. Thereby, many people believe that chanting OM restores youthfulness internally and externally.
6.      Takes Care Of Your Heart & Digestive System
Besides regulating the flow of blood to different parts of the body, chanting OM also aids in controlling the blood pressure. Due to the disconnection with world and various worries, your heart beat and respiration process normalises. This makes your heart more efficient in its working. Moreover, due to the OM vibrations and deep breathing, your digestion system gets stronger.
7.      Helps In Getting You Enough Sleep
It is mainly the stress and busy lifestyle that has taken a toll on the health of people. Working in shifts has distorted the sleep pattern of people. But people who meditate and chant OM before sleeping can enjoy sleep with a peaceful mind. Your sleep patterns will gradually regularise and the quality of sleep will also enhance.
8.      Enables You To Have Control Over Your Feelings
Due to anxiety or worry, many times we are unable to control our anger, frustration, irritation, sadness or disappointment. We may give outrageous reactions which we may repent later. Chanting OM will improve your self consciousness and will strengthen your mind. You will be able to analyse situations in a better manner and will react after some logical reasoning. You will become empathetic towards others and your thought process will improve.

9.      Helps You In Getting Rid Of Negativity
Our minds have become accustomed to attracting negative things in a way that we imagine negative consequences at first for any given situation. Even the law of attraction mentions that when we think more of negative things, we send negative vibes to the universe which is sent back to us in negative forms. But when you chant OM, you start concentrating on yourself and your soul that drives away the negativity and helps you in interacting with positive people only. You automatically start distinguishing between negative and positive things.


Om Chanting Benefits
·         Chanting of the Om Mantra purifies the environment around us and creates positive vibrations.
·         Our concentration increases when  we chant this universal hymn.
·         Om chanting gives us better immunity and self-healing power.
·         It improves our concentration and helps our focus.
·         The Om chanting produces a vibration and sound which is felt through our vocal cords and sinuses. The vibrations open up the sinuses to clear the airways.
·         It can place us in a meditational state which gives us deep relaxation.
·         The Om not only benefits the person who is chanting it but also to the people around them, wherever its vibrations flow.
·         The Om Mantra has cardiovascular benefits – by relaxing our mind and body, our blood pressure will decrease and our heart will beat with regular rhythm.
·         Om chanting actually improves our voice by giving strength to our vocal cords and the muscles around it. This is very helpful during old age.
·         It is said that rubbing our hands together while om chanting and putting those charged hands on different parts of body heals or activates those body parts.
·         Through chanting and meditation, we can have better control over our emotions, thus allowing us to see situations with a clear and rational mind.
·         Regular chanting of this Mantra will take us on a spiritual journey to greater happiness and positivity, but only if it is done daily for a longer period of time. Mantras are not an overnight fix to our problems – we must have patience and learn the correct techniques.
·         When the OM Mantra is chanted in a group, the effects are amplified and this will produce immense positive vibrations which charge up the entire vicinity.
·         It has been our experience that Om can even help cleanse our skin. The massive levels of internal positive energy and a cleansed aura that come from chanting the Om Mantra regularly will be reflected externally with a sunny glow on our face and body.
·         Our spinal cord is strengthened through the vibrations caused by sound of Aaaa. As this sound is generated from abdomen, it helps to strengthen the supporting muscles of the spinal cord.
·         The sound uuu is created by vocal cords which benefit the thyroid glands and the throat.
·         If you’re looking at the spiritual eye while chanting, your eyesight will start improving.


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