remebering chatning hare rama, hare rama, rama rama, hare hare over & over again while entering the dining hall at the ashram, most participants I think was chanting along everyday, some didn't, also I think on depending on your energy level & mental status at the moment what you feel like doing.
one thing for me during this shorter stay at the ashram I had [8days] was that in the beginning the chanting was a bit to much, also since I am havent done that super much really, my teacher training had not much at all wich was the main difference between my and the Sivananda societys course, mine was a bit more focus on other things instead wich I today value a lot!
but I love listening to mantra signing and chanting just it was so much I felt the first two days or so.
 
started the day after meditation with 1hour or more in the morning satsang, then of course some before and after asana practice, and as i mentioned when entering the dining hall for lunch, then before & after next asana class, again in dining hall before evening meal and... a longer in the evening satsang again plus ending the evening with aarti of course..
puh...

but after a while I started to enjoy the chanting more & more, especially at the satsangs & the aarti, even if not religious sitting there chanting hindu gods names, and also here mohammed, buddha, jesus etc gives a certain feeling. mantra is more about the vibration also not just all about the gods. but... chanting is a part of the spiritual practice if doing yoga seriously, it is a part of Bhakti Yoga [Yoga of Devotion].
in the beginning I was mostly sitting and listening and started more & more enjoyed it [I never disliked it, just felt it was a bit TO much in the beginning] then in I started to sing along reading the folder of chanting that they hand out, and in the end of this trip I was singing along to most of the chants without the text-folder, it is more of repeating after the main singer says really...

anyway ha ha
this certain day after chanting when entering the dining hall we got served our meal on a banana leaf, I think this was christmas day probably. and also this day we got special treat with extra details in the food, but the also said not to eat to much of some parts since easy digestioned food is a big & importent part here.
I really like how something small like getting to eat on a banana leaf suddenly feels so special, I mean we are so spoiled in our ordinary materalistic life really..
also that day automaticly we didn't have to clean our plates ha ha, just folded the leaf in half and left it there and then the karma yogis who had dining hall duty picked them up and threw them away somewhere.
a man I met at the ashram who is also into some form of hypnosis, he took these pictures from that day.. so I hope mr K is fine with me borrowing them for my blog ha ha.