Dr Gemma Perry

11/06/2026

The full article I wrote for International Association of Yoga Therapists on the therapeutic applications of mantra for yoga therapists, is now available. You can go to the link to download it along with the mantra reset (a 10 min evidence based practice) or I will be sending you the article in my newsletter this week if you are already subscribed :)

Find some science by us, some science by others and how mantra works across stress, anxiety, trauma as well as enhancing social connection and inducing altered states of consciousness.

💟 I loved writing this piece and hope you get something from reading it.



To get your copy of the article and mantra reset go to:
https://drgemmaperry.myflodesk.com/mantra

09/06/2026

🤯 I am an expert on feeling anxious, disconnected and overwhelmed! Are you? Many of us are.

🕉️ The practice that I use is mantra and we have found in almost all of our scientific studies that people feel more connected, they feel part of something bigger, they feel unity with others, when they chant and sound together in groups, or even alone. We find people report being higher in altruism (kindness), and experience altered states such as ego dissolution and mystical experiences whereby they feel connected to others or nature or the universe! 💫

🧘‍♀️ Like many, I came to yoga practices through making shapes with my body as the modern world of yoga has emphasised this aspect, but my yoga practice these days looks very different and includes philosophy (a lot!), mythology, fire ceremony, chanting, pranayama (breath), did I mention chanting? 🕉️🕉️🕉️ 😉

07/06/2026

07/06/2026

Join us tomorrow The College of Sound Healing for a discussion on mantra for mental health and yes, we will of course do some practices!

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https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mantra-for-mental-health-the-art-science-of-chanting-tickets-1984036099382?aff=oddtdtcreator

06/06/2026

Happening tomorrow !

10am BST or 7pm AEST

Looking forward to sharing some science of mantra, science of sound and a couple of practices.

Please message for booking link or head over to to register.

04/06/2026

This is the first in person course I am sharing since I arrived on the Gold Coast 3 years ago. It will be a beautiful 6 week winter retreat amongst the gorgeous bush of Tallebudgera

We will do some movement, chanting, silent mantra meditation practice, breathing, visualisation and some yoga nidra!
This course is focused on the subtle body according to the ta***ic yoga tradition and you will take away a lifelong practice that you can take with you everywhere and anywhere.

These practices have changed and continue to change my life. The science I have conducted over the last 10 years on these practices shows us that these practices are changing lots of lives through decreased stress, enhanced focus, increased self compassion, altered states of consciousness and neurological changes.

My passion is sharing these practices with you.

Please get in touch with any questions. Otherwise, you can direct message me and I will send you the link to register for the course.

03/06/2026

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Mantra isn’t just an ancient spiritual tool. It’s a contemplative practice that trains your attention, suppresses the brain’s default mode network (goodbye, rumination!), and helps you feel more connected to yourself and others.

Cannot wait to kick off our 6- week mantra meditation course starting in just 2 weeks.

It’s the first in person course I am sharing since I arrived on the Gold Coast 3 years ago. It will be a beautiful 6 week winter retreat amongst the gorgeous bush of Tallebudgera.

We will move, chant, listen, chat, breath, relax and you will take away a lifelong practice that you can take with you everywhere and anywhere.

Maximum 12 people so it’s beautiful and intimate.

These practices have changed and continue to change my life. My passion is sharing them with you.

Please get in touch with any questions.

Starts Thursday 18 June, 6–7pm at The Movement Shala, Tallebudgera 🌿

$159 | Gold Coast | All welcome

Link to register in bio 🕉️

02/06/2026

Cannot wait to kick off our 6- week mantra meditation course The Movement Shala starting in just 2 weeks.

It’s the first in person course I am sharing since I arrived on the Gold Coast 3 years ago. It will be a beautiful 6 week winter retreat amongst the gorgeous bush of Tallebudgera.

We will move, chant, listen, chat, breath, relax and you will take away a lifelong practice that you can take with you everywhere and anywhere.

Maximum 12 people so it’s beautiful and intimate.

These practices have changed and continue to change my life. My passion is sharing them with you.

Please get in touch with any questions.

More details and to register:
https://www.themovementshala.com.au/offerings/mantra-meditation-6-week-course

29/05/2026

Surrender, a concept I’ve been getting familiar with this week, amongst the struggles of letting go of what I thought was going to happen, and being present with what is actually happening. You know, when the universe has other plans!

Across spiritual traditions, surrender has never meant giving up. In yoga, it’s Ishvara Pranidhana, offering your actions to something greater than yourself. In Buddhism, it’s releasing attachment to outcome and accepting the way things are. In Sufism, it’s the taming or even dissolving of the ego.

🕉️ In mantra practice, surrender can be practiced and eventually embodied. Each repetition is a small letting go, a small act of devotion, a little shift towards offering yourself and your actions up to universal consciousness, to nature, to life.

We don’t chant to arrive somewhere. We chant to realise that we are indeed already here.

Om Namo Narayani

25/05/2026

🕉️ The word 'mantra' gets thrown around a lot in the modern world but is an English affirmation actually a mantra? And do they even work?

🧠 Positive affirmations can actually backfire if you don’t believe them. When people with low self esteem say something they don’t fully believe in, then their mind will push back and reinforce the opposite!

🕉️ Mantra works differently. It doesn’t ask your ego to agree. It bypasses the mental chatter and points to the unseen rather than the material world.

🧘‍♀️ This is something to be mindful of when making your sankalpa (resolve) for your yoga practice. You really need to feel your sankalpa in all the right places, not just say words.