Transform Your Consciousness &
Realize Your Dreams and Goals
Through a Daily Ritual
The Gayatri Mantra is one of the most important and powerful of all Vedic mantras, even today. Since ancient times, average people as well as spiritual seekers, saints and sages have chanted it to call upon its sublime energy in order to realize their material and spiritual dreams.
Also know as Vedmata or Savitri, the proper and correct invocation of The Goddess Gayatri has remarkable effects on your emotional and physical well-being.
In this course you will learn the proper way to do a beautiful ritual or puja around the Gayatri Mantra. This practice is called Sandhya Upasana which roughly translated means "worship in the morning time".
you learn how to:
- Chant & intone the mantras correctly
- understand the deep, mystical meanings
- Learn the Mudras & gestures for the ritual
- Gain wisdom & insight into how mantra really works
- Cultivate good practice & study techniques
- Embody the ritual so it flows through you with fluidity & grace
- Learn practical techniques to make the practice work for you
Important Course Information
In this interactive course you will learn the mantras, mudras or gestures, meanings as well as the proper order for this ritual to Gayatri. Additionally, you will gain understanding into why the ritual is done in a particular order.
Once mastered, this ritual practice of Sandhya Upasana can completed within 10 minutes or may be done slowly to whatever length of time you'd like.
Each Module represents one component of the ritual and will be presented over the course of one month per module. This will allow you plenty of time to learn each part of the ritual and the mantras without feeling rushed or falling behind.
Every module contains audio, video & documents to completely learn and understand every aspect.
Live group Zoom sessions are included for each module. Your attendance for the zoom sessions is not required and sessions will be recorded and stored in the course content for you to view at your leisure.
The duration of the course will be approximately 8 months.
By the end of the course, with your full focus, you will be able to do this practice with ease.
We offer a 14 day money back guarantee from the beginning date of the course.
Course Curriculum
9 full months of modules
Over 50 videos & audios
Monthly interactive Live Group & zoom sessions
One full year of access to all content
Optional private coaching session available
Community of other students
You will learn over 10 sanskrit prayers / mantras and their deep mystical meaning and significance. You will learn the various hand gestures and mudras as well as the proper procedure for the ceremony. You will learn to create you own "puja or ritual book".
And as a bonus you will learn a form of the Gayatri that is chanted with hand gestures and mudras for each syllable of the Gayatri Mantra which in itself is very powerful!
And you will be in a community of others whom are learning along with you!
Course Curriculum Introduction Videos
Feel free to listen and watch these introductory sections about this course.
- An Introduction to This Section (7:19)
- 3 Practices to Facilitate Absorption (5:04)
- The Silent Mind Practice (4:02)
- The Protective Circle Practice (6:27)
- The Sacred Movement Practice (10:17)
- A Talk About Approaching Our Spiritual Life (8:53)
- The Joys & Pitfalls of Living a Spiritual Life (21:05)
- On Ritual & Mantra (17:29)
- Introduction for Learning The Gayatri Mantra (9:36)
- Learning The Three Maha Vyāhṛtiḥs (13:52)
- Learning to Speak The Gāyatri Mantra (Part 1) (12:11)
- Learning to Speak the Gāyatri Mantra (Part 2) (10:37)
- The Meaning of The Gayatri Mantra (11:05)
- A Short Lesson on Tones Used in Vedic Chanting (17:12)
- Learn to Chant the Gayatri Mantra (14:37)
- Downloadable PDFs for Gayatri Mantra
- Private Coaching Sessions Available. Learn more here!
- Vyahritiḥ (Sacred Utterances) Introduction (6:41)
- Learn to Speak The Vyahritih Mantras (video & downloadable audio) (2:47)
- PDF for the Vyahritih Mantras
- The Secret Mystical Syllables for The Vyahrtis Introduction (6:47)
- Speaking the Vyahrti's with the Secret Syllable (3:12)
- Pranayama & The Vyahritih Mantras (14:46)
- Learn to Chant The Vyahritih Mantras (6:09)
- Understanding The Vyahritih Practice & Meaning (16:28)
- Introduction to this Section (17:33)
- Learn to Speak the Marjanam Prayers (5:43)
- Line #1: āpo hiṣtha mayo bhuvah meaning (12:59)
- Line #2: tāna ūrje dadhātana meaning (4:13)
- Line #3: mane ranāya chaṣase (3:50)
- Line #4: yovaḥ śiva tamo rasaḥ (3:52)
- Line #5: tasya bhājayate hanaḥ (3:17)
- Line #6: uśa ti rivamā taraḥ (2:54)
- Line #7: tasmā aram gamā mavaḥ (4:41)
- Line #8: yasya kshayā ya jin vatha (2:49)
- Line #9: āpo jana yāthā ca naḥ (3:36)
- Line #10:“Om Bhur Bhuva Suvaha” as Positional Vectors
- Gestures & Mudras with Water for Marjanam (5:25)
- Learn to Chant the Marjanam Prayers (3:27)
- Simple English Translation of Marjanam Mantras
- A Word About Becoming An Enlightened Mantra Practitioner (6:30)
- Introduction To Gayatri Japa Sadhana (4:06)
- Gayatri Kavacham (The Armor of The Gayatri Mantra)! (7:47)
- Gayatri Nyasa (5:09)
- Gayatri Japa Practice Sheet
- Complete Gayatri Japa Practice (Spoken) (2:59)
- Chanting The Kavacham & Gayatri Nyasa Mantras (14:31)
- The Meaning of The Kavacham & Gayatri Nyasa (9:22)
- Private Coaching Sessions Available. Learn more here!
Meet Your Teacher & Guide, David Shiva Das
Shiva Das began his spiritual journey when he first stepped onto a yoga mat in 1995. Since then he has spent many, many hours teaching and practicing asana along with deep introspection.
Since those early auspicious days, Shiva Das has studied mantra, meditation, sacred rituals of India, chanting and leading kirtan in the sacred traditions of Bhakti Yoga.
Shiva Das has studied with several well respected teachers including Mark Whitwell, Bhagavan Das & Russill Paul.
Shiva Das is a sincere & authentic yoga teacher who has led thousands of classes since 2001 and teaches sanskrit mantra to yoga teachers and devoted spiritual practitioners. Additionally he has led many talks & workshops on spiritual practices, chanting and leadership.
Shiva Das has learned the challenges associated with deep spiritual practice as well as the difficulties of learning sanskrit prayer and mantra while living in the ordinary world.
Furthermore, Shiva Das understands the roadblocks and pitfalls of developing a fruitful spiritual practice.
Now Shiva Das invites you to use him as a bridge to avoid the deep crevices along the way and to assist you in gaining real understanding and true benefit from a spiritual practice like Gayatri Puja / Sandhya Upasana
Coaching Sessions With Shiva Das
You may find it valuable to schedule some one-on-one coaching session with me in order to enhance your experience of the Gayatri Puja Course.
Please contact me if you are interested in personal coaching or mentoring around this program and I will arrange for a special discount for you as a member.
Additional Courses to Enhance your Experience
You may be interested in other courses which we have available as well. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
