Hum Meditation

Welcome to the Sacred Hum
More than just a passive musical experience
This album is designed to invite you into a daily practice
To enhance your connection to the divine through mindful awareness
This session is a five minute mantra exercise
Initiating divine connection through the simplicity of humming
So let's start by intentionally calming the mind and the body
Into a settled rhythm of deep breathing

Inhale slowly, straightening the spine and neck
While letting the shoulders drop
As you exhale, relax your jaw and gently shaped your mouth
As if you are about to say the letter M
Next, we'll execute a few rounds of audible and silent breath cycles
An audible breath cycle is accomplished by breathing
And purposely adding or amplifying the sound of air
As it flows through your air passages

You can even control the intensity by slightly constricting
Or relaxing the muscles along your respiratory tract
Now, do three cycles of audible breathing
Slowly inhaling and exhaling while directing your attention
To the sound and feeling of the air current within the breath

Very good
A silent breath cycle is the very opposite
The goal is to purposely allow the breath
To continue flowing while relaxing your respiratory tract
To the point that you do not create any audible friction
But allow the breath to come and go silently
Ghostly, and as still is possible
Sitting in the stillness and silence
Take your time and do three silent breath cycles

Very good
Now, while sitting in this created state
We begin the sacred hum
By inhaling deeply and as you exhale with each hum
Allow your lips to barely touch
So that the humming sound you create
Will reverberate through muscle and bone
To the point of acute vibration and resonance

Allow yourself to get lost within the hum
To feel the ebb and flow of spirit force
Soul force
And body force all aligning
And coming into attunement

Now for this closing hum
Allow the intensity of the hum to vibrate to the point
That you feel it in your teeth and in your nasal passages
You will allow the hum to go as long as your breath can take it
An extended hum that rides along the full span of your breath
Don't worry about the rhythm
Just allow the hum to ride all the way through
'Til your breath is gone