Are mantras and music helpful for children?
Relaxing the brain through mantra is one of the methods of increasing perception, but yantra is a more direct method because it is not a process of relaxation as mantra is. It is a process of awakening. Some systems use music to help children relax. This is not bad, but it creates a certain amount of inactivity. Most music makes the mind inactive, although some types of music make it expressive, and other types are very awakening for children. Visualisation of yantra is, however, a totally dynamic, activating method. When you practise awareness of the yantra, your mind is continually generating higher wave patterns, it is never regressing. Concentration on a particular yantra stimulates a similar archetype in the brain, which creates an awakening at a higher level. So our efforts should keep the process of awakening active in the brain. I know music and I like it, but it tends to make the mind inactive. Inactivity cannot be the objective of yoga, especially when the purpose is to awake
