What is a Yantra?
What is a Yantra?
Yantras are geometric symbols that contain the specific energy of a planet or deity. Each Yantra imparts healing energy that you can harness in your life. Yantras come from Northern India around 2,000BC. They are from the tradition of Tantra which gave rise to Mantras (audible sounds used for healing) and Yantras; their visual counterpart. We are not “making them up” these sacred symbols come from the ancient ones, and therein lies their potency, they have been in continuous use in India and parts of southeast Asia for thousands of years, so we are harnessing their collective energy and learning to “commune” with them. As above, so below.
यन्त्र
A yantra is a meditation device, a focal point- it’s a map of you from the cosmic view
Use a yantra to focus your meditation: stare at the central point (the bindu), and return there every time you drift away
Yantra comes from root yam + suffix tra
Yam means to hold, restrain, extend, or keep orderly
-tra makes something an instrument
Yantra literally means device. So basically it means something to be used for meditation. You may have heard the tibetan word mandala, they are essentially the same. You could also call it its a medicine divice.
Different shapes form the yantra and represent a blue print of the cosmos. Shapes speak deeply to our psyche and allow subtle messages to be relayed to our brain, helping to integrate the hemispheres of the brain.
How to meditate with your yantra :
A yantra will be chosen from your chart for your daily practice (sādhana) to use
Find a comfortable seat with the yantra directly in front of you, slightly above eye level.
Every yantra is an embodiment of divinity (a goddess, god, or planet ). Hold the divinity in your mind as you maintain focus (dhāraṇā) on the yantra.
Each yantra has an associated mantra. You can repeat the mantra internally as you meditate with the yantra
( It’s super easy - you’ll have full instructions when we meet)
Here’s an example
In Vedic & Tantrik astrology, the Moon is called Chandra - and sometimes soma
It represents beauty, harmony, imagination, and the mind: and governs the ebb and flow of time in the lunar calendar
Depending on where it is placed in your chart you will come to understand the qualities of receptivity & flow by using it as a meditation focus
As you align more with your inner lunar energy you tap into the vast cosmic intelligence that supports your Life.
Your Chart will focus on a specific yantra, and learn how to meditate with it . See it as your home base.
This is the Moon Mantra chanted 9 times.
Om Caṃ Candrāya Namaḥ
Om cham chandraaya namaha