Loki, my family’s dog, was a grumpy old man any time I sang or played music, but when I chanted mantras, it was a completely different story. He sat down in front of me, like a stoic protector, aligning his energy with mine. The Listening Journal was created last year in the middle of a kundalini kriya, and this year, it refused to be made again until I started a kriya (I’m on day 25).
In honor of Loki, here are some of my favorite mantra recordings. I don’t do kundalini yoga with a teacher, I didn’t like the ethics in some of the online spaces. However, I do really love kriyas, the discipline, and especially the mantras, and so I do them once a year or so on my own.