Grief Yoga - Quieting the Mind

In this one-minute "Quieting the Mind" session, you will use intentional breath and sound to quickly soothe an anxious internal state. This powerful Grief Yoga® technique calms the nervous system and restores mental clarity, making it an ideal portable tool for managing anticipatory grief or the uncertainty of non-death loss. Use this practice whenever you need a moment of peace to quiet stressful thoughts.

Transcript

One of the things that I use to help quiet my mind, If sometimes my mind is kind of racing with thoughts, Is I do the word shh. So let's do that within our breath, Almost like it's reminding us to quiet our mind, But almost like that shh can be like a river, Like a running stream. Inhale through the nose, Then exhale out the mouth, Shh, And again inhale through the nose, And exhale, Shh, Good, It's already deepening the breath, Again inhale through the nose, And exhale, Shh.