Here's a powerful meditation that will help move you through anger.
It is an opportunity to release from the body any anger that's sitting inside of you,
And it's very simple,
Straightforward,
Not necessarily easy,
But simple and straightforward using breath and a mudra,
A hand position.
But first,
My name is Salima,
Yoga therapist,
And I am the lead instructor for Yoga Vision's Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training Program.
Let's prepare now for this meditation,
And the way to do that is just to give your body a little shake.
Shake your hands,
Shake your wrists,
Shake your shoulders,
And allow yourself to really settle in so that you can sit with a relaxed body as you sit for this meditation.
Take a chair,
Take the side of your bed,
Take a floor,
Take a seat on your couch,
All is good as long as you can maintain a tall straight spine,
Everything works great.
So as you take your seat now,
Bring your hands in front of you and close down all of your fingers,
With the exception of your index finger,
Your pointer finger.
Use your thumb,
Your thumbs to hold down the middle finger,
Ring finger,
And baby finger of each side,
And extend this all the way out to the sides with your index fingers pointed up.
So it's if you're keeping the walls up on the sides of your body using your fingers.
And here,
Stick out your chest,
Tall straight spine,
Gently close your eyes,
And inhale through the mouth,
And exhale through the nose.
And when you inhale through the mouth,
It's through an O shape,
So form your lips into a shape of an O,
Close your mouth and exhale nose.
Inhale mouth,
Exhale nose,
Inhale forecount,
And exhale through the nose.
Continue just like that,
Inhaling through the mouth and exhaling through the nose.
Now it's very likely that your shoulders will start to hurt,
They'll start to burn,
You'll want to drop out of the position.
Do your best to hold yourself steady,
You can always push your body up against the wall so that you have a little extra support.
And this is part of developing your nervous system so that you can hold through,
Symbolically,
You can hold through challenging situations.
Now,
If it really hurts,
And it's not a good idea for you today,
Drop your arms down just a little bit and keep your elbows by your sides,
Keep your index fingers pointed up and your thumb holding down the other fingers,
And continue,
Inhale and inhale through the mouth,
And exhale through the nose.
Inhaling mouth,
Exhaling nose,
Doing your best to keep your arms stretched out,
Or relaxing them down by your sides with the fingers pointed upwards,
So that you can draw in prana,
Energy,
Your fingers act like an antenna to bring in wisdom.
And as you're cultivating wisdom,
You will know how to manage this anger,
And you will also know how to release it.
Just a few more rounds here,
Taking breaks when you need to,
And then extending your fingers back out again,
Back up again.
Last three breaths,
Last three breaths,
Inhaling through the mouth,
Close the mouth,
Exhale nose,
Inhale mouth,
Exhale nose,
Inhale and exhale.
Hold yourself steady,
And gently relax your hands all the way down to your knees,
And take a moment to feel the release,
Feel the safe discharge of energy,
So that you can go back to whatever life is putting out in front of you.
You can feel your experience,
You can sense your body,
And then you can now release.
Press your palms together at the center of your chest,
Take a moment and drop your forehead down to your fingertips,
Bowing in reverence to yourself for your decision to sit,
To concentrate,
And to release inner anger.
My name is Salima,
Yoga therapist.
Thank you so much for joining in today.
See you next time.
