It is the core mantra from which many kundalini yoga mantras come from. Mul mantra means the вЂroot mantraвЂ™ and were the first words uttered by Guru Nanak during his enlightenment. The creator is truth in the beginning, through all ages until the present. Fearless, peaceful, eternal, unborn, and self-realized. Translates roughly to: 'The creator is truth. Mul MantraД®K ONG KAR, SAT NAM, KARTA PURKH, NIRBHAO, NIRVAIRДЄKAL MOORT, AJUNI SAI BHANG, GUR PRASAD, JAPДЄD SUCH, JUGAD SUCHIHE SUCH, NANAK HOSI BHEE SUCH Read: 5 Powerful Mantras and Their Sacred Meanings 3. It is said that when chanted 31 times it clears past, present and future. Yogi Bhajan, the Sikh yogi who brought Kundalini yoga to the West, recommended chanting this mantra before travel. It provides a protective field around the person and can be chanted at any time. This mantra is used to call on oneвЂ™s higher self and to find clarity in any given situation. It is usually chanted three times after the Adi Mantra. Known as the Mangala Charn Mantra, this mantra can be chanted for protection and, in some cases, for guidance.

Translates roughly to: 'I bow to the primal Guru, I bow to the wisdom, I bow to the truth, I bow to the great unseen.' Read: Kindle Your Kundalini With This Divinely Energizing Style of Yoga 2. It is a powerful reminder that we are each our own teacher.

This mantra is usually chanted before beginning practice to help plug into the many years of kundalini practice. It brings about energy clearing and deepening of intuition by clearing the negative energy in and around a person.

The Adi mantra is said to connect one to the 'golden chain,' the community of kundalini yoga teachers and students from the past to the present. Translates roughly to: 'I bow to teacher within'

Kundalini mantra ong namo guru dev namo