Dr Gemma Perry

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.

24/05/2026

Starting tomorrow!

Sound and the Subtle Body *8-weeks of mantras, breath, movement and meditation* is starting next week!
It’s maximum 15 per group and we still have 3 spots left on Tuesday and some on Monday too!

Each week is a 45-min online session including
• 5 min Gentle movement
• Mantra chanting (subtle body focus this term!)
• Writing prompts and reflections
• Q & A / chat

Designed to help you:
• Connect & practice with a like minded community
• Improve your intuition (this term specifically focuses on this!)
• Deepen your meditation practice
• Improve self awareness
• Reduce stress & enhance focus
• Assist with overall wellbeing

Two weekly time options:
Monday 9am AEST 25 May

Sunday evening 24 May in the Americas
• 4pm PDT (LA/Vancouver)
• 5pm MDT/CST (Denver/Mexico city)
• 6pm CDT
• 7pm EDT (NY/Toronto)
• 5pm Mexico City

Tuesday 5:30pm AEST evening AU/NZ,
morning UK & Asia
• 5:30pm ARST (Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane)
• 7:30pm NZST (Auckland)
• 8:30am BST (London)

🧘 Small group max 15

🕉️ Please get in touch with any questions!

https://www.drgemmaperry.com.au/onlinechanting

Programs include short introductory courses (such as the 3-week Mantra Mini), in-depth 8-week courses, and occasional free community classes.

21/05/2026

It’s my party and I’ll chant if I want to.

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20/05/2026

Sound and the Subtle Body *8-weeks of mantras, breath, movement and meditation* is starting next week!
It’s maximum 15 per group and we still have 4 spots left on Tuesday and some on Monday too!

Each week is a 45-min online session including
• 5 min Gentle movement
• Mantra chanting (subtle body focus this term!)
• Writing prompts and reflections
• Q & A / chat

Designed to help you:
• Connect & practice with a like minded community
• Improve your intuition (this term specifically focuses on this!)
• Deepen your meditation practice
• Improve self awareness
• Reduce stress & enhance focus
• Assist with overall wellbeing

Two weekly time options:
🌏 Monday 9am AEST 25 May | Sunday evening 24 May in the Americas
• 4pm PDT (LA/Vancouver)
• 5pm MDT/CST (Denver/Mexico city)
• 6pm CDT
• 7pm EDT (NY/Toronto)
• 5pm Mexico City

🌏 Tuesday 5:30pm AEST | evening AU/NZ, morning UK & Asia
• 5:30pm ARST (Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane)
• 7:30pm NZST (Auckland)
• 8:30am BST (London)
· 3:30pm SGT (Singapore)

🧘 Small group max 15

Link in bio and my stories to book :)

YAY! Hope to see you there!

🕉️ Please get in touch with any questions!

14/05/2026

"Mantra comes from our soul, not our mouth"
_Sri Sakthi Amma

And that's the vibe we are looking for while chanting!

13/05/2026

🫁 Can chanting help you breathe better? We tested it.

📊 Our research examines how chanting and relaxation influence perceived breathing and mood.

🕺 So if a bunch of strangers can jump online for 10 minutes and get these benefits , maybe you can too?

🧘‍♀️ Join us for a free 45 minute online community session on Sunday-Monday 🙂
Depending on your Timezone!
🇦🇺 Monday 9am AEST
🇨🇦 Sunday 4pm PDT
🇺🇸 Sunday 7pm EDT

The session is officially a ‘taster’ for the 8-week online mantra course, but I am so happy for people to just jump in to the free session! I would love to share mantra with you 🕉️

Register - https://tinyurl.com/freemantra

❔🙋‍♀️Please let me know if you have any questions. Hope to chant with you soon.

11/05/2026

After 10+ years with my head buried in science journals, research studies, and writing… I am resurfacing into the world. Hello!

Over the past decade, I have been researching mantra, chanting, meditation, and sound-based practices, and we now have 9 peer-reviewed papers published, with 3 more currently being written.

Our studies have explored areas including neuroscience, the nervous system, breathing, stress regulation, attention, emotional regulation, and altered states of consciousness.

This year, my focus is getting all of this science to you in ways that are practical, grounded, and accessible.

I know I am not the only person that would love to see sound practices recognised in clinics, healthcare, schools, workplaces, yoga spaces, and everyday life, where people can experience what the science is showing us.

If you are curious, you can head to my website to:
ॐ - try one of the evidence-based practices for yourself
ॐ - access the free guided practice, short e-book, and writing reflections I’ve put together
ॐ - join the waitlist for the practitioner training launching later this year

The practitioner training is designed for yoga teachers, yoga therapists, psychologists, occupational therapists, health professionals, and anyone wanting a grounded understanding of mantra and sound-based practices through both science and lived practice.
You can go on the waitlist here, and will be the first to know when enrolments open as well as have access to earlybird pricing! https://www.drgemmaperry.com.au/training

It feels really meaningful to share the science of mantra with you.

Thank you for being here, and I would love to know what you would like to know about the science of sound and mantra?

07/05/2026

Free Online Session
Join me for an online mantra session!
North America — Sunday evening 17 May
Australia — Monday 18 May, 9am AEST
• 4pm PDT (LA / Vancouver)
• 5pm MDT (Denver) / CST (Mexico City)
• 6pm CDT (Chicago)
• 7pm EDT (NY / Toronto)

We’ll start with a 5-minute gentle movement warm-up, then move into a guided chanting practice to support focus and emotional regulation.
We’ll finish with a short discussion and reflection so you leave with a clear intention and a practice you can carry into your daily life.

What to expect:
🧘 5 min movement warm-up (simple, accessible, no equipment)
🎶 Guided chanting / sound meditation (you stay on mute)
💬 Q&A / Discussion

Beginners welcome or advanced Yogis wanting a reset or community practice. Great for busy minds, stressed nervous systems, and anyone wanting to establish or deepen their meditation practice.
No experience needed. Open to everyone.
Dress code: comfy!

Register @ https://www.drgemmaperry.com.au/event-details/free-online-mantra-session-monday-18-may-9am-aest-sunday-17-may-7pm-edt-new-york-toronto

06/05/2026

What vocal mantra actually does to your nervous system…
ॐ When you chant Om or hum, the vibration in your throat directly stimulates the vagus nerve, the longest nerve in your body.
ॐ The vagus nerve plays a role in regulating your heart rate, digestion and breathing.
ॐ Stimulating the vagus nerve through humming or chanting om activates your parasympathetic nervous system shifting your body from stress to restoration.
ॐ This is how vocal chanting works differently to mindfulness.
ॐ Yes you are mindful too, but you are also directly impacting your nervous system.
ॐ And even if your mind wanders, which it does ;)
ॐ You and your nervous system still get the benefits from creating the sound.

ॐ Try it? Ommmmmmmm … and head over to my website to get your free mantra reset and evidence-based Om chanting recording!