Hello and welcome.
Today we'll be practicing an OM meditation for anxiety relief.
We'll begin this practice by chanting the sound OM externally and then I'll invite you to begin to chant silently,
Endeavoring to feel the same vibrations of the OM sound as you do so.
This practice,
Especially when we're in an activated state,
Is beneficial twofold.
The repetition of the sound,
The bija OM,
Helps to still an overactive mind.
And when we are chanting out loud,
The vibrational quality of us chanting OM helps to stimulate the vagus nerve,
Strengthening our vagal tone,
Which will help us more readily move from more activated state into a rest and digest state,
The parasympathetic nervous system.
And so to begin,
Simply find a seat,
A chair on a couch,
Anywhere where you can have a nice long spine.
And if sitting doesn't feel comfortable in this moment,
Feel free to stand.
I think that could work great too.
And then begin to draw your eyes either to a close or a soft gaze on the lap,
A table,
Or the floor in front of you wherever you are.
And take this first moment just to arrive.
And when I say arrive,
I mean to also allow your energy to settle.
Allow your entire being to just settle in this moment.
And in yogic philosophy,
We have all these different layers of our self,
Our physical body,
Our energetic body,
Mental,
Emotional,
And so on.
And on each of these layers,
And in this moment,
Notice what you notice.
Maybe it's the physical body,
The lower back,
Even the shoulders,
Especially if you've been working.
Maybe it's energy flowing through the body.
Maybe it's the mind,
Maybe it's some emotions.
And whatever you notice,
I invite you to just fully allow it to be.
Even if it's slightly uncomfortable,
You can even find any like little wiggles just to allow yourself to settle into it.
The discomfort is okay.
And then begin to draw awareness to your breath.
Just notice how it's moving in and out of the body.
Notice how even when we draw awareness to the breath,
It starts to naturally lengthen.
And then on your next inhale breath,
Take a deep inhale through the nose.
And exhale,
Sigh out of the mouth.
And take two more like that to arrive.
Inhale through the nose.
Exhale,
Sigh out of the mouth.
One more like this.
Inhale.
And exhale a sigh.
Good.
And we'll begin to move into our practice.
So we'll start to find these homes out loud.
And they'll be rolling homes.
So as soon as one breath finishes,
Begin the next.
Take a deep inhale in.
Ah.
And now I invite you to continue to chant Om internally.
Feeling the same vibrational quality as you do so.
Begin to let that practice go for now.
Let the omen go.
And take a moment just to rest within this space.
If you feel called,
If it feels aligned,
Even invite in an affirmation.
Maybe one that readily comes to you in this moment.
There may be just a reminder,
An invitation.
I am okay.
I am okay.
In this moment.
And just rest in this space.
Or with that affirmation.
One more moment.
If you feel called to sit for a longer period of time,
Or begin a meditation practice,
I invite you to do so.
Otherwise,
Draw the hands to heart center.
Now the head to the hands,
The heart.
Thanking yourself for this practice,
For your practice.
Namaste
