If your mind never switches off and you’ve tried to ‘manifest’ something and ended up feeling more tense, impatient, or like you’re doing it wrong, this is for you. Manifesting isn’t only about vision boards, affirmations, or trying harder. It’s also about the state you’re in while you’re asking for change.
After teaching Reiki for over a decade, I’ve seen how difficult many people find it simply to slow their minds. When your mind is busy and your body is stressed, it can be harder to notice guidance, recognise opportunities, or take the right action at the right time. Meditation helps you shift your state first, so you can meet your dream from a calmer, clearer place.
One simple mantra that many people love for this is:
“Aham Prema Pravahah”
It’s a heart-led mantra that helps you settle, soften and reconnect with a feeling of love and peace – a beautiful place to create from. Manifesting is not about wishing harder. It is about making decisions from a calmer state, choosing love more often than fear. To feel that the universe is working for you.
Manifesting is Energy
Modern life often rewards constant doing. Multitasking can feel like a badge of honour, especially for women who are constantly told they are excellent multitaskers. We are led to believe that it is possible to remain calm whilst making the tea, putting on a clothes wash, answering the phone and mentally planning tomorrow, all at the same time.
But how can you have peace when your mind is in four places?
How can you receive guidance when you’re never truly still?
How can you recognise a new path forward if you don’t give your nervous system a moment to breathe?
It is no wonder that, over more than a decade of running a Reiki healing business, so many clients came to me with anxiety, sadness, stress, overwhelm and exhaustion.
I remember one lady sitting in front of me saying she just didn’t feel like herself with her aura no longer sparkling and the rays of light looking dimmed from her heart. She was exhausted carrying the demands of the household, her family and her work, all within the constraints of family finances. Her self-care had been pushed down the priority list. Overtime, she had given up all the things she loved because taking time for herself felt selfish and unjustifiable.
Co-create with the Universe
We often think manifesting means doing more. But real creation is a rhythm. It’s knowing when to take action, and it’s also knowing when to soften, receive and co-create with the universe.
Sometimes, the next step appears when you stop trying to make it appear. The guidance can come when you create space. Meditation doesn’t replace action. It helps you act from alignment rather than pressure, and that can change everything.
Aham Prema Pravahah Mantra
Where the words come from: These words come from Sanskrit, a classical language of India used for centuries in spiritual texts, chanting, yoga and meditation. You’ll often see Sanskrit mantras written in slightly different ways in English letters. That’s normal, because there isn’t only one perfect way to translate ancient sounds into modern spelling. You may see:
- Aham Prema Pravahah
- Aham Prema Pravaha
- Aham Prema Pravāhah / Pravāhaḥ
They’re all pointing to the same mantra.
What it means: It has a beautifully simple, heart-based meaning: ‘I am a flow of love.’
Aham = ‘I am’
Prema = ‘love’
Pravahah = ‘flow / stream’
Rather than repeating words to ‘get’ something, you’re stepping into a frequency of love, openness and steadiness. From that state, it can feel easier to receive insight, recognise the next step, and take action without forcing.
How to say it (simple pronunciation): Say it slowly, like a gentle wave: uh-HUM PRAY-muh pruh-VAA-huh
You can whisper it, chant it out loud, or repeat it silently in your mind.
The Benefit of Aham Prema Pravahah Mantra Meditation
Mantra is a Sanskrit word, meaning “mind vehicle”. It gives your mind one steady focus point. When the inner noise softens, clarity has room to land. When clarity lands, action becomes simpler, calmer, and more aligned. The brain likes to focus on one thing at a time. Few people can think of nothing or experience complete silence when they have so much happening in their day-to-day lives.
We have around 60 to 80,000 thoughts a day, so meditating does not literally switch them off. The aim is simply to create a bigger gap between the thoughts. By repeating a mantra, there are fewer opportunities for the thoughts to arise. If they do and your mind wanders, you simply go back to repeating the mantra.
Question: Do you need to do anything special?
No. You can do this on the sofa, in bed or whenever you have a few quiet minutes. That said, in many traditions people count mantra repetitions using prayer beads (often called mala beads). It’s simply a tool to help you stay focused and keep track.
Question: Why 108 repetitions?
A traditional mala has 108 beads, and a common practice is to repeat the mantra 108 times. Practically, it’s long enough to feel a shift and short enough to do at home.
No beads? No problem. You can repeat for a few minutes and stop when you feel complete. If you find you really enjoy this meditation, you could thread 108 beads onto a string to help you count.
A Simple 108 Repetition Meditation for Manifesting
- Get yourself comfy and, for the next 15–20 minutes, let your to-do list wait.
- Bring to mind what you want to grow in your life right now. Not the whole life plan, just one clear desire. Imagine it as a tiny seed and gently place that seed in the centre of your heart.
- Now begin repeating the mantra:
Aham Prema Pravahah (uh-HUM PRAY-muh pruh-VAA-huh) - As you chant, picture the mantra like warm sunlight and fresh water for that seed. With every repetition, it helps the seed take root, strengthen, and begin to grow.
- Let the feeling of love ripple out from your heart, moving through your chest, your shoulders, your belly, your arms, your legs, all the way to your fingertips and toes.
- Hold your intention gently. No forcing. No chasing. Just steady, loving focus.
- Imagine your whole body becoming a calm, peaceful space for your desire to grow, held in a soft field of loving energy.
- When you finish your repetitions, sit in silence for one minute and ask:
‘What is one small next step I’m being guided to take?’ - Write down whatever comes, even if it’s tiny, because guidance often arrives as quiet nudges, not loud instructions.
Aham Prema Pravahah – a reminder for your heart
You don’t have to force your dream into being. You can co-create with the universe and have faith in the rhythm of action and receiving. Let the flow of the universe support you as you get there. Aham Prema Pravahah is a flow of love, a return to peace and a beautiful place to manifest from.
Want Extra Support with Self-Care and Self-Healing?
If you feel you want more support in self-care and self-healing, Reiki might be what you are looking for. You can learn Reiki in a day and it’s a calm and soothing life skill. Beginners’ Reiki, or Reiki Level 1, allows you to use it on yourself and your loved ones. It is perfect for busy modern lives and complements meditation.
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I have been teaching Reiki for over a decade and am a leading Reiki teacher for Cheshire. I am also a North West Reiki expert, featured in the media on Reiki and other spiritual topics.
I am really passionate about teaching Reiki as it is such a valuable life skill to have. My Reiki training is approved and accredited by the IPHM. You will receive Reiki training and achieve a recognised Reiki qualification. You don’t have to have been “school smart” to learn it, as it is down to me, the teacher, to teach it. It is about taking the anxiety and worries about whether you can “get it” so you enjoy the day.
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Together, let’s manifest a calmer, more loving state of being.
Julia
Executive Training Provider for the IPHM
Proud Member of the UK Reiki Federation at Reiki Master Teacher Level.
