Hey guys.
It’s Bex here and welcome to another video in my series You Have Four Minutes for Meditation.
Today’s meditation is for negativity and drama.
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Now let’s get started with your meditation.
I’m practicing my meditation outside today.
So you’re going to hear some sounds of nature, like wind, birds, chirping, even frogs.
But that’s OK, because some of today’s meditation is nature-themed.
I want you to find your comfortable seat and that could be on a pillow on the floor, on
your couch, in bed, whatever works for you.
If you want to sit in a reclined position, that’s fine.
But make sure that you’re not so relaxed that you fall asleep.
You can achieve the perfect meditation posture by inhaling your shoulders up to your ears
like so and exhaling your shoulder blades down along your spine.
The crown of your head should be pointed toward the sky and your chin should be parallel to
the floor.
Today’s meditation is one for protection.
So let’s keep our hands downturned on our knees or our thighs.
Now close your eyes and start to pay attention to your breath as it is in this moment.
Allow your inhales to flow easily through your nostrils and your exhales to release
any tension in your body.
Feel your breath travel in through your nostrils, down your throat, into your chest and your
belly, relaxing in your seat and looping up again.
As you exhale, allow your belly to collapse, your lungs to empty of air.
Feel the warm breath passing through your throats and out again through your nostrils
or your mouth.
Your breathing is easy and relaxed and you’re doing nothing to change it.
Everything is easy in this moment.
As we go about our days, so many things get in the way of us feeling relaxed and at peace.
A lot of times, this source of tension or stress comes from other people, their negativity
or their own troubles that are going on in their lives.
It’s important that we don’t absorb other people’s negativity, other people’s problems.
But how do we do that?
As you inhale and exhale easily, listen to these words.
This is happening around me, not to me.
It’s important to know that peace can be found even in the midst of chaos.
We’re never forced to participate in the drama that surrounds us.
Allow it to happen around you, but not to you.
Allow the sounds of wind to serve you in your practice today.
You are steady in your seat and while the wind is blowing all around you, you are not
affected.
You are rooted in your practice.
Your thoughts are your own.
You cannot be carried away.
Now imagine yourself in a hurricane.
Imagine what a hurricane looks like from a satellite, swirling winds, swirling clouds,
a ball of energy.
Imagine yourself in the eye of the hurricane, the quiet place in the center of the storm.
There’s only the sound of swirling wind.
You can see things floating in front of you, being carried by the wind, but you are rooted
in the center, in a state of complete peace and calm.
Nothing is touching you.
Everything is easy and quiet and peaceful in this place.
You are at the center of the storm.
You are at the center of the drama.
But you’re just observing.
Nothing can hurt you in this place.
You are completely safe and calm and at peace.
Continue with your easy inhales and exhales.
Just like the swirling wind carries the leaves and debris, your thoughts float in and float
out of your attention.
This is happening around me, not to me.
Recall these words in that mantra throughout the day as things start to affect you, as
negativity creeps in, as other people start to bring their drama to you and your space.
This is happening around me, not to me.
Repeat those words either silently or whisper them aloud to yourself, to remind you that
peace can be achieved in the midst of chaos, that no outside thing can take away your mental
health or clarity.
You are in control of your thoughts and the way you process information.
Peace is your natural state.
Continue with your easy inhales and exhales and when you’re ready to seal your practice,
repeat to yourself, “Om shanti, shanti, shanti.”
Om, peace, peace, peace.
Then you may open your eyes and go about your day.
I will seal my practice with you now.
[Chants] Om, shanti, shanti, shanti.