My lineage always emphasised the importance of chanting. I love to chant. I do not chant as much today in the form of chanting sessions. But I have chants going on at home while cooking or sitting with computer, to be chanted along to....
It is important to nurture the devotion to the source with chants for aspirants on the path. It opens the heart. Invokes Grace.
Chanting increases Ojas, and is good for yoga development and health too.