More about the Mantras
OM
SI VA YA NA MA
YA NA VA SI MA
MA VA YA NA SI
SI YA NA MA VA
VA SI MA YA NA
OM..
Memorizing this mantra is a challenge. It will focus your mind to do it. When I did it it took several days. I was at the same time creating a melody for it to go with the singing bowls. to do this I looked at is as connected to the chakras. However there are only 5 syllables. SI is then the crown and inner eye, both are linked to the higher self. The feeling of the sound VA connects to the power of communication, the throat area. YA is in expression of positive outgoing energy, like YA!, yes, and it seems to be good for the heart. NA is no, more about power, the third chakra area. MA is definitely the root, the mother, the earth, the base. It depends on how you want to look at things where you put the second chakra, with power or with root. so, when I made the song for this mantra, I in general made a scale with SI the highest note and MA the lowest.
It may make it easier to learn if you notice the repeat patterns. First two lines end with MA. After that the first syllable of the subsequent line is the last syllable of the previous one. YA-NA is in every line. Go through it and move your hand to the centers as you say the syllables. See the flow of it, it is like an exercise moving the energies around, and it seems to have a purpose.
Usually you hear the mantra OM Namah SiVAYA. However, as has been pointed out to me by Dirk this is backwards, and gives the earth or root energy first, physical before spiritual. So better to start with SI and spirit and bring it down into the physical. We are here to bring heaven to earth..
It is said by some that the mantra of SI VA YA NA MA, as given here, was given by the masters to "call in the masters". I would rather say to call in your higher self. Remember the OM at the beginning and the end. There then will be two OM's in between each set, as you repeat the mantra.