Yoga Prayers and Shanti Patha:

Prayers:

We shall start our yoga practice with a Prayer to help us tune with the Divine within and overcome the mental obstacles during our practices......

ॐ संगच्छध्वं संवदध्वं सं वो मनांसि जानताम्।
देवा भागं यथा पूर्वे सञ्जानाना उपासते।।

Oṃ Saṃgacchadhvaṃ saṃvadadhvaṃ saṃ vo manāṃsi jānatām।
devā bhāgaṃ yathā pūrve sañjānānā upāsate।।

(May you move in harmony, speak in one voice; let your minds be in agreement; just as the ancient gods shared their portion of sacrifice.)

 ॐ सह नववतु । सह नौ भुनक्तु । सह वीर्यं करवावहै।

तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु । मा विद्विषावहै।।

ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः॥

 Om Sahanā Vavatu, Sahanau Bhunaktu, Saha Vīryam Karavā Vahai।

Tejasvi nā Vadhī Tamastu, Mā Vidviṣhā Vahai।।
Om Shānti Shānti Shāntihi।।

(May He protect us both, May He nourish us both, May we both work together with great energy, May our study be enlighten and fruitful, May we never hate each other.  Om Shānti Shānti Shāntihi।।)

योगेन चित्तस्य पदेन वाचां ।
मलं शरीरस्य च वैद्यकेन ॥
योऽपाकरोत्तमं प्रवरं मुनीनां ।
पतञ्जलिं प्राञ्जलिरानतोऽस्मि ॥

Yogena Cittasya Padena Vācām |
Malam Śharīrasya Ca Vaidyakena ||
Yo’pākarottam Pravaram Munīnām |
Patañjalim Prāñjalirānato’smi ||

(I bow down with my folded hands together to the eminent sage Patanjali, who removed the impurities of the mind through Yoga, of the speech by Grammar, and of the body by Āyurveda.)

Śantih Pātha:

ॐ सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः।

सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः।

सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु।

मा कश्चित् दुःख भाग्भवेत्॥

ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः॥

Om, Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinaḥ

Sarve Santu Nirāmayāḥ।

Sarve Bhadrāṇi Paśyantu

Mā Kashchit Duḥkha Bhāgbhavet।

Oṁ Shāntiḥ, Shāntiḥ, Shāntiḥ।।

(May we all be happy, May we all be healthy and free from illness, May we all be prosperous, May no one ever suffer in any way. Oṁ Shāntiḥ, Shāntiḥ, Shāntiḥ।।)