Have you ever felt like you're being bombarded with thoughts and you're unable to focus?
This unsteady,
Swirling state might lead to feeling anxious or stressed out.
You might crave copious amounts of activity which leads to taking action just for action's sake.
And after all of that activity,
Your mind still feels unclear.
Emotionally you might experience competitiveness,
Egoism,
Arrogance,
Or jealousy.
In yogic terms,
This is referred to as rajasic energy.
Some of the key features of rajas,
One of the three gunas or filters of the mind,
Are active,
Agitate,
Restless,
And moving.
In this guided meditation,
We use awareness of the breath to center ourselves before exploring the qualities of the mind space.
Then we encourage the contents of the mind to settle,
Thereby allowing your body-mind to find a state of calm.
At the end of our time together,
You'll hear a bell.
Feel free to stay seated or begin to stir when you're ready.
Let's begin.
Take a moment to find a comfortable seat.
Close your eyes and deepen your breath.
Take each breath slower than the previous one.
Allow them to feel smooth.
Encourage them to be quiet.
Bring your awareness to your pelvis.
Feel the sitting bones press against your seat.
Slowly travel up along your spine to the crown of your head.
Feel yourself root down through the pelvis and press up through the crown to lengthen your spine.
Bring your chin parallel with the floor.
Now bring your attention to your mind.
With a sense of curiosity,
Examine how it feels in this moment by noticing what thoughts are there.
What's the pace of your thoughts?
Possibly bombarded,
Fast,
Slow,
Intermittent.
What's the energetic quality of your thoughts?
Spacey,
Focused,
Restless,
Swirly,
Calm.
What's the tone of your thoughts?
Apologetic,
Chatty,
Demeaning,
Encouraging,
Humorous,
Optimistic.
What or whom are your thoughts directed at?
Self,
Child,
Peer,
Colleague,
Parent,
Partner,
Pet,
Or something else.
What timeframe are your thoughts in?
Past,
Future,
Or possibly in the present?
Now let all of that go.
Visualize a snow globe full of snowflakes.
When the snow globe is turned upside down,
The snowflakes swirl.
If the snow globe is left undisturbed,
The snowflakes start to drift down.
They eventually settle at the base again.
Bring your awareness back to the pelvis,
Up the length of your spine,
And to the crown of your head.
Your pelvis is the base of the snow globe.
Your mind is the globe.
Your thoughts are the snowflakes.
Picture each snowflake,
Each thought,
Drifting down.
Down to the base.
Down to your pelvis.
One by one,
They settle.
Until all of your thoughts are resting at the base of your pelvis,
Settling there.
If they stir,
Encourage them to settle again.
Down to the base.
Down to the base of your pelvis.
One by one,
They find stillness at the base of your pelvis.
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