1-Week Mantra Magic Challenge - Remove Obstacles with Ganesha
Period: July 8 - 15, 2023
“Meditation and life are not separate.
Meditation simply helps us to see and understand life more clearly. ”
- Headspace, meditation app
Just for one week, we will be immersing in the practice of mantra through meditation, chanting and fun daily exercises.
Mantra is a Sanskrit word that means “tool of the mind and a sacred formula”. As we repeat the same mantra over and over, we can harmonize our energy with the same frequency.
In this one-week mantra magic challenge, we will learn the mantra to remove obstacles in our lives, represented by the energy of Lord Ganesha. In the two Saturday workshops, we will practice the mantra in meditation and kirtan together as a group, and we will also have a chance to share our experience. In the other weekdays, we will be practicing the japa (repetition of the mantra) as our daily meditation practice. There will also be simple daily exercises that invite you to delve deeper into the energy of the mantra, such as journaling, and setting intention.
Ganesha is the elephant-headed deity who is the lord of removal of obstacles and represents wisdom. As we chant the mantra in his name, we are bringing forth these divine qualities that are already within us into our lives.
If you want to learn and experience the magic of mantra in your daily life, this one-week challenge is for you.
This challenge is designed for any beginners who want to experience the power of mantra meditation at the comfort of their own home, and to integrate a spiritual practice into their daily life.
You do not need any experience of yoga or meditation to join. All you need is an open mind and an open heart.
All sessions will be recorded for replay afterwards, and you will have 3-month access to all the recordings in our course page. If you are unable to join any of the sessions live, you can still participate in a different time zone and share your experience in our private Facebook group.
The two Saturday workshops will be facilitated over Zoom, and the daily japa practice on the other weekdays will take place over Facebook live in our private Facebook group.
The daily immersion exercise will be posted in our private Facebook group, and you are invited to share your experience there. All exercises are optional. The purpose of these exercises is to help you delve deeper into the mantra magic experience.
Your participation is key to the success of this 1-week mantra magic challenge. We highly recommend following the daily practice at the same pace as the group as much as possible
For those who prefer not to use Facebook, you can still follow the challenge in the course page.
2 x 90-min Workshop Dates & Time: July 7 & 15, 2023 (Sat) at 4 - 5.30pm Thailand time on Zoom (convert to your time zone here)
6 x 20-min Daily japa practice times: July 8 - 14, 2023 (Sun to Fri) at 9 - 9.20am Thailand time on Facebook live (convert to your time zone here)
July 7, 2023 (Sat) Day 1 |
July 8 - 14, 2023 (Sun - Fri): Day 2 - 7 |
July 15, 2023 (Sat): Day 8 |
- Introduction & welcome - Setting intention - Learn the mantra + practice japa meditation together - Kirtan (chanting) - Group sharing |
- Japa practice and meditation together (15 mins) - Daily immersion exercise invitation (5 mins) |
- Welcome & check-in - Practice japa meditation together - Kirtan (chanting) - Group sharing - Closing |
Note: Recording of all the sessions will be shared in this course page
Feel more grounded and connected to your inner self
Gain more clarity on where you are in your path
Be more open to allowing and receiving rather than pushing to make things happen
Kickstart a daily meditation practice at home
Build inner strength with a deeper trust in the flow of life
Feel more spiritual support in your life
Tania Ho
Online Workshop on Zoom: July 8 & 15, 2023 (Sat)
Join Private Facebook Group community for Daily Japa Practice & Discussion
Preparation for Challenge
July 8 23 workshop Part 1: Intro and explanation of mantra
July 8 23 workshop Part 2: Japa meditation and sharing
July 8 23 Workshop Part 3: What is Kirtan?
Day 1: "Soul" Work (homework - optional)
July 8 23 Workshop Part 4: Kirtan
Facebook live japa meditation practice
Day 2: Soul Work
Facebook live japa meditation practice
Day 3: Soul Work
Facebook live japa meditation practice
Day 4: Soul Work
Facebook live japa meditation practice
Day 5 Soul Work
Facebook live japa practice
Day 6 Soul Work
Facebook live japa practice
Day 7 Soul Work
Moving Forward - What happens next?
Free Recorded Audio for Japa practice
Questionnaire form
Resources
July 15 23 Workshop Part 1: Intro and explanation of Aum
July 25 23 Workshop Part 2: Rolling Aum chant + Japa practice
July 15 23 Workshop Part 3: Moving Forward - How to continue your practice
July 15 23 Workshop Part 4: Kirtan
Your participation is key to experiencing the power of a mantra practice in your daily life. We highly recommend following the daily practice at the same pace as the group as much as possible.
Daily japa practice and meditation with mantra and mudra
Chanting and singing (kirtan)
Listen to stories related to the meaning of the mantra
Daily immersion exercises, such as journaling, setting intention
Sharing your experience with the group in a safe space
The challenge is fully refundable until July 7, 2023, one day before our 1-week mantra magic challenge begins. When the challenge begins on July 8, 2023, all payment is non-refundable.
All participants will have three-month access to the private Facebook group and all the content posted in the course page. All videos will be made downloadable.
This challenge is designed for any beginners who want to experience the power of mantra meditation at the comfort of their own home, and to integrate a spiritual practice into their daily life.
This challenge is absolutely suitable for beginners! In fact it is designed FOR beginners, so you do not need any experience of yoga or meditation to join. All you need is an open mind and an open heart.
This depends on your beliefs and views. However, we do not perform any worshipping rites to the deities in this challenge. Remember this is only a challenge for you to explore something new. What we do is to simply invite the energies of what these deities represent into our lives to help and support us. For example, Ganesha is the lord for removing obstacles. As we open our hearts to chant Ganesha’s name, we are aligning ourselves with this frequency of removing obstacles. This quality of wisdom is already within us, and this practice helps to put a spotlight on it. The Divine (or call it as Universe, Source, Creator, God, Goddess, Nature, Spirit, or the Intelligence surrounding us), is formless. It can be difficult to grasp what Divine really means without a form. I believe the Divine manifests into different forms. Each form is like an ice cream flavor. If I were to describe how ice cream tastes like to someone who never has ice cream before, words are limiting. Only when the person actually takes a bite into the ice cream, would that person understand how it tastes. And there are so many ice cream flavors! The energy and qualities of each deity, saint, spiritual teacher, angel, Goddess and God are like different ice cream flavors. Some will prefer to stick with vanilla. Some like to eat a sundae with multiple ice cream flavors. There is no wrong way to enjoy. And the practice of mantra as part of Bhakti Yoga provides us a way to connect with the Divine directly in our own way.
We recommend preparing a journal for your daily immersion exercise and self-reflection. You can bring your mala bead for the japa practice but it is optional. Other than that, all you need is stable internet and accounts on Facebook and Zoom to access the sessions. You can also access all the recordings over our course page here. Your participation is key to the success of this 1-week mantra magic challenge. So we highly recommend following the daily practice at the same pace as the group as much as possible.
All participants will have three-month access to the private Facebook group and all the content posted in the course page. All videos will be made downloadable.
Absolutely yes! For those who do not prefer to use Facebook, you can still follow the challenge in the course page. However please note that the group discussion will take place in the private Facebook group page.
The challenge is fully refundable until July 7, 2023, one day before our 1-week mantra magic challenge begins. When the challenge begins on July 8, 2023, all payment is non-refundable.
For any assistance and support, please send an email to Tania and our team at [email protected]
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