Intention
Focus & Meditation
Any mantra can be a meditation anchor. So Hum is especially loved because it moves with the breath itself — 'so' on the in-breath, 'hum' on the out-breath — becoming the most natural meditation there is.
Recommended mantras
So Hum
'I am that.' The natural mantra that moves with your breath.
Om Mani Padme Hum
The mantra of compassion — the jewel in the lotus.
Gayatri Mantra
The mother of the Vedas — a prayer for the illumination of the intellect.
Om Namah Shivaya
I bow to Shiva — the auspicious one, the pure awareness within.
All mantras for focus & meditation
Saraswati Mantra
A bow to Saraswati — the goddess of wisdom, learning, and clear speech.
Om (Aum)
The primordial sound — the seed from which every mantra arises.
Asato Ma Sad Gamaya
Lead me from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, from death to immortality.
Shema Yisrael
The central Jewish declaration of faith — a sacred proclamation of God's oneness recited twice daily for over three thousand years.
La ilaha illallah
There is no god but God — the central Sufi zikr of divine unity and the heart of Islamic remembrance.
Allah Hu
God — He, the Absolute. The breath-zikr in which the name of God dissolves into pure presence.
Ya Hayy Ya Qayyum
O Ever-Living, O Self-Sustaining — the Sufi zikr of vitality, healing, and renewal.