Hi, guys.
It's Bex here.
Welcome to another video in my series, "You Have Four Minutes for Meditation."
Today I'm coming to you from sunny, windy, and wonderful Aruba, and I'm giving you a
meditation on patience.
Patient (or rather impatient) is a word that we can use to describe a whole myriad of feelings.
It can be frustration.
It can be anger, anticipation, anxiety, and even disappointment.
I'm going to give you a mantra meditation you can do whenever you're feeling frustrated
or disappointed with the current situation, or maybe another person, or even anxious about
something that is forthcoming.
Let's begin.
I want you to start by finding your easy seat.
This could be on a pillow, outside in your favorite environment, or on your bed -- wherever
you feel comfortable.
Sit up nice and tall by inhaling your shoulders up to your ears, and exhaling your shoulder
blades down your spine.
Make sure your chin is parallel to the floor.
The top of your head is reaching towards the sky, and you may close your eyes to remove
all distractions around you.
Your hands can be placed downturned on your knees or upturned to receive the energy around
you.
This is the time to start paying attention to your breath.
If you're feeling especially anxious, frustrated or impatient, your breath may be quick.
That's okay.
This is just the time to observe.
During this mantra meditation, I'll be giving you sets of four words, and with each word,
you'll connect your fingertips to your thumb -- the pointer finger first, then the middle,
ring, and then pinky -- as you say the four words.
Having patience is also about being here now.
All peace is found in the now.
So start with, "I am here now."
Inhale...I am here now...I am in control ... I am in control.
These words may be said out loud or silently to yourself.
Both are effective.
"I am here now...I am in control...I am with myself...I am with myself."
The focus is on the control that you have and the power that you have over your own
decisions, your own choices, to react in one way or another.
"I have many choices...I have many choices...I choose love always...I choose love always."
With every inhale, you collect your thoughts, sitting up nice and tall.
Exhales allow you to release.
One more time through: Inhale...I am here now...I am in control...I
am with myself...I have many choices...I choose love always...My power is infinite...I
choose love now."
Take one last beautiful inhale and exhale with me.
Hummmmm...
And that's it.
Go ahead and open your eyes.
You've completed your patience meditation.
That's all it takes.
Remember, frustration with yourself, a situation, an individual, when things aren't going your
way, even when you're excited about things to come, remember to bring yourself back to
now.
Know that all you have is now.
The power is in the now.
The power is in the choice that you make to choose happiness, to choose love, to choose
kindness for yourself, choose compassion for others.
That's when patience will abound.
If you have questions or requests for any other meditations, let me know.
I love hearing from you guys.
I can't wait to see you in another BexLife video.
See you soon!
Thank you to the Manchebo Beach Resort and Spa in Aruba for providing the location for
this meditation video.
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