Calm The Mind: A Gentle Practice

Stress is an inevitable part of the human experience. This calming technique involves softening the tension out of your forehead which often arises while having a stressful thought. It is a gentle reminder that although we can’t always control all life’s circumstances or the thoughts that pop into the mind, we have the power to use awareness as a tool to calm the mind and potentially prevent a reaction to a stressor. This mantra/affirmation duo is offered as well: I soften, I release.

Transcript

Today I would like to offer you a technique to use whenever you are having a stressful thought.

We'll begin by bringing awareness to the forehead,

Focusing your mind's eye right at the center of your forehead,

And sending your breath directly to the space on your forehead.

With every breath,

Try to see if you can relax the space,

Letting go of any tension,

Trying to make this spot on your forehead the most softened spot on your body right now,

Relaxing it more and more with each breath.

On your next inhale,

Say in your mind,

I soften.

And on your next exhale,

Say in your mind,

I release.

I soften,

I release,

I soften,

I release,

All the while relaxing your forehead more and more with each passing breath.

And bring to your awareness something in your life that has caused you stress in the recent times,

In recent times,

A stressful thought that you had maybe earlier today or yesterday.

Think about how that made you feel.

Now bring your awareness back to that point on your forehead,

And as you've thought about that thing that stressed you out,

Have you maybe tensed your forehead a little bit?

If so,

Repeat that mantra.

As you breathe,

I soften,

I release,

And keep saying that to yourself until you get your forehead back to how soft it was before you had that thought,

Before you thought about your stressor.

See,

We may not be able to control the things that stress us out necessarily,

But once those thoughts pop into our minds or once those situations come into our reality,

We have the power to internally calm ourselves down,

Bring our awareness to something that we can actually control,

The softness of our forehead.

And by doing this,

By relieving that tension,

By calming our system down,

It may create just enough space to maybe make you not react in the way that you normally would to that stressor.

It may keep you just a little bit more calm,

And the more you practice this,

The easier it becomes.

I hope that this helps,

And thank you for joining me.

I hope to have you back for the next one.

Namaste.

Reviews

Used this at the end of a busy day for a meditation session with my class - people who have Disabilities and Mental Health Conditions. We all found it very relaxing and helpful thank you 🙂

Made me so relaxed will use this more

I loved this practice! Thank you.

Lovely, thank you. I will be back. Namaste💕

Very relaxing and very helpful in reduce I Ng my stress level. Thank you for sharing 🙏

I never realized how focusing on relaxing my forehead could be so calming. Thank you 🙏🏽

I soften, I release. Great technique for dealing with stressful situations … thank you! 😊

Great voice, effective and I can’t wait to see what else you have to share with us. I do feel relief this morning. Thank you.

Thank you for your soothing presence.

Very soothing and beautiful!

Just what I needed this morning. Thank you for this beautiful meditation. Namaste

Thank you for a very useful guide to relieving stressful situations Alyssa 🙏🏾☀️

I found this meditation after journaling about my intention to soften today. Universe led me to this at the perfect time. I was blown away. To soften my thoughts and actions, to be softer with myself and others, to ease and thin the hard cocoon I created for protection against the known and unknown. Thank you for sharing.

Lovel ✨️💜🌹🕯🕊⚘️
Thank you so kindly✨️
Namaste🙏🏽✨️🤍🌻

Your voice is so soft and soothing and your tempo is perfectly paced. This helped me break down the situations that were causing me grief and stress into one word to focus on when trying to remain calm in such triggering situations. So, basically when I hear one word I immediately think of your meditation and the words to help me remain calm. One of your meditations is on my morning playlist that I listen to daily. I will be adding this one as well. I'd love to see more!

Your voice is so relaxing that it almost doesn’t matter what you were saying but what you were saying is also very helpful so thank you so much!

I soften.. I release. I'm going to recite those mantras throughout the day, specifically during stressful moments.

A short but really nice practise for calming the mind, this was really perfect for me today thank you 🥰

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I soften
I release