Breathing Meditation To Control Emotions - Emotional Mind

By recognizing and identifying emotions as they arise during meditation, you may learn how your thoughts can spiral you into an agitated emotional state.

Benefits of this meditation: Reveals which emotions dominate your mind. Helps you extract yourself from negative emotions. Promotes the ability to focus and concentrate in moments of emotional stress.

When? Try this meditation for one week. Notice if you become more aware of your emotions in your day-to-day life.

Transcript

When meditating on the breath,

Emotions as much as thoughts and external distractions can pull you off track.

Labeling them helps shed light on your emotional patterns.

Emotions such as joy,

Sadness,

Jealousy,

Anger,

Resentment,

Pride and depression are triggered by external realities and also by your thoughts.

There is nothing wrong with having emotions,

But problems occur if you allow them to take over your life.

Becoming aware of how your thoughts generate your emotions will help you understand where you are stuck emotionally.

To prepare for this meditation,

Take extra care to ensure that your meditation space is as silent and as comfortable as possible.

And then review any emotions you are aware of as you sit down to meditate.

Sit cross-legged on a cushion with your bottom slightly raised.

If you can't sit cross-legged,

Sit on a chair.

Keep your back straight,

Your shoulders level,

And relax,

And your shin parallel to the floor.

Close your eyes,

Inhale and exhale.

Begin being aware of where you are.

Begin being aware of your body and release any tension that you have in your body,

In your neck,

Your mouth.

Just release it as you exhale.

Breathe normally through your nose,

Using your abdomen rather than your chest.

Check your posture and keep relaxing any part of your body that you feel is tense.

Keep focusing in your breath in each inhale and exhale.

Notice what emotions arise when a thought occurs.

Stable the emotion,

Such as happiness or fear,

And return to your focus on your breath.

As you meditate,

Accept any emotion that arises.

Begin to notice how emotions can be as ephemeral as your thoughts.

Meditate in this way for one week.

Notice if you become more aware of your emotions in your day-to-day life.

See if it becomes easier to accept your emotions and perhaps not be as carried away by them.

Now go ahead and open your eyes and before you move,

Before you do anything,

I want you to please look around at the place that you are located.

Be conscious of what you have,

Who you are.

Namaste.