Sounds of the Chakras [Abridged, Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Harish Johari (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 16, 2004

A companion to Harish Johari’s book Chakras: Energy Centers of Transformation, this CD provides the authentic sounds for meditation on each of the chakras. While Johari’s book gives phonetic guidelines for intoning the appropriate bija sounds, learning the correct pronunciation requires a knowledgeable teacher and guide. In Sounds of the Chakras, Johari presents the entire intonation cycle that should be practiced with each chakra meditation in a manner that students can follow with ease.

Editorial Reviews

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“Johari. . . has impeccable enunciation and he both educates and elevates listeners with this invaluable pronunciation guide for the 50 Sanskrit letters. . . . The sounds on this CD are so enthralling it’s easy to see why many people find recitation so powerfully transformative.”
(Richard Rosen, Yoga Journal, July/August 2005 )

About the Author

A true renaissance man, Harish Johari (1934-1999) was a distinguished North Indian musician, composer, poet, artist, gemologist, Tantric scholar, and author who held degrees in philosophy and literature. His books include Ayurvedic Massage, Tools for Tantra, Ayurvedic Healing Cuisine, Leela: The Game of Self-Knowledge, Numerology, Numerologia, The Healing Power of Gemstones, and Breath, Mind, and Consciousness. He has produced several audiocassettes, including Sounds of Tantra, Attunements for Day and Night, and Attunements for Dawn and Dusk.

Here is a hot link to a web site dedicated to Harish Johari's work that was set up by his students. http://www.sanatansociety.com/artists_authors/aa_harish_johari.htm

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Destiny Recordings; Abridged edition (March 16, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1594770018
• ISBN-13: 978-1594770012
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #99,239 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars awakens the chakras, April 9, 2004

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This cd is perfect for anyone who understands the chakras and is familiar with meditation. Respect it as a set of vocal tuning forks. It will greatly improve the effect of a chant meditation for the chakras. Reiki practioners may find this cd a compliment to their energy work.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sounds of the Chakras..., April 22, 2007

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Patrick D. Goonan "see profile for URL" (Livermore, CA) - See all my reviews
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I'm a meditation teacher with a background in shakti-kundalini yoga. While my primary area of interest is integral psychology, I am well versed in various traditions and did some some study in the kundalini yoga with Olga Louchakova M.D., Ph.D. who is Director of the shakti-kundalini association and a researcher in this area.

In this CD, Harish Johari demonstrates the correct pronunciation of the mantra that goes along with each chakra and each petal of each chakra. These are introduced systematically starting with the root chakra and working upwards.

This is a good CD to accompany Johari's very comprehensive Chakras: Energy Centers of Transformation. This will tell you as much as you want to know about any chakra, detailed information about yantras (mandalas used for chakra meditation) and tranformation practices. For Westerner's who would like a less detailed and more accessible introduction to working with chakras try Kundalini Awakening: A Gentle Guide to Chakra Activation and Spiritual Growth.

Harish Johari is widely respected and his written works are detailed and quite comprehensive. This CD is very good, although his voice wasn't recorded as clearly as I would have liked. This is the only reason why I gave this product a four rather than a five. It's not terrible, it just isn't completely up to modern standards and some of this may have to do with his voice itself. I think it would have been helpful to have at least two different people pronounce each of these sounds, perhaps a man and a woman for even more clarity.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Build Confidence, November 28, 2008

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Fernando Arias "Dweller on the Threshold" (New York City, NY) - See all my reviews
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I am in a Prana Yoga Teacher program that incorporates chanting with asana practice.

Before listening to Johari's CD, I was very sheepish about pronouncing the bija mantras. However, I was able to import the CD into mp3 format and have listened to the instructions and meditations over time.

Now I feel that I can completely connect with the vibratory power of the mantras and understand the legacy of the sanskrit alphabet as contained in the sounds of the chakras and their petals.

I strongly recommend this CD.