OM...AUM
Sit tall. Connect & surrender to the earth. Softly close your eyes. Watch your breath.
Breathe it in...breathe it out
Breathe it in through your heart centre, anahata, in the centre of your chest
this primal sound, filled with love, bringing you strength, warmth, healing, patience
let it gift you that which you need most in this moment
Breathe it out
this sacred sound, filled with compassion, imbuing you with tranquillity, carrying your love, good will, cleansing you of tension, anxiety, any stress or strain let go and carried away on waves of sound, leaving behind a deepening sense of calm & well being with each utterance
let it carry to others that which you most wish for them in this moment
Inhale OM...Exhale OM...silent or joyful, quiet or loud let the sound fill your being
Breathe
Monday, 6 February 2012
Sunday, 5 February 2012
Meditation for abundance
On those days when there just doesn't seem to be enough of anything and all is doom & gloom it's not a bad idea to think on the old adage "Count your blessings". Try this simple meditation:
Sit comfortably on a chair, or kneeling, or cross legged. Take a moment to connect to the earth & ground yourself through you feet, your sitting bones, the root of your spine. Inhale & take your breath up your spine, let your in breath remind you to lift your crown skywards and lengthen your spine, feel taller, feel grounded at your tailbone and light through the rest of your spine. Exhale and bring your breath back down your spine and through the root of your spine into the earth. Watch your natural breathing rhythm & be aware of each inhalation and each exhalation. After a moment or two, begin to gently deepen & slow your breath, no force or strain, simply breathe as slowly & as deeply as is comfortable. If you feel any discomfort, allow your breath to find its own rhythm again.
As you breathe begin to work through the alphabet and name someone or something in your life for which you are grateful. Try to let it be the first thing that springs to mind.
Here is mine for today...
A - apples (not least for good old fashioned scrumpy ;D)
B - Bill
C - cold but sunny days
D - Donna
E - elephant song (I love elephants)
F - friends & family
G - good food
H - happy dancing
I - India...home of yoga!
J - Joe
K - Kissing my gorgeous husband (I'll pass you the bucket in a moment...)
L - Lee
M - my amazing Mum
N - Noor
O - orange juice in the morning
P - pebbles with holes in them
Q - questions that small children ask
R - roses, the old fashioned scented kind that conjure up my great grandad Jack
S - snowflakes
T - Thursdays
U - Uttanasana
V - Virasana
W - water
X - xylophones!
Y - Yoga
Z - zooplankton
When you get to the end of the list you should feel like you have an abundance of good things in your life. Enjoy!
Sit comfortably on a chair, or kneeling, or cross legged. Take a moment to connect to the earth & ground yourself through you feet, your sitting bones, the root of your spine. Inhale & take your breath up your spine, let your in breath remind you to lift your crown skywards and lengthen your spine, feel taller, feel grounded at your tailbone and light through the rest of your spine. Exhale and bring your breath back down your spine and through the root of your spine into the earth. Watch your natural breathing rhythm & be aware of each inhalation and each exhalation. After a moment or two, begin to gently deepen & slow your breath, no force or strain, simply breathe as slowly & as deeply as is comfortable. If you feel any discomfort, allow your breath to find its own rhythm again.
As you breathe begin to work through the alphabet and name someone or something in your life for which you are grateful. Try to let it be the first thing that springs to mind.
Here is mine for today...
A - apples (not least for good old fashioned scrumpy ;D)
B - Bill
C - cold but sunny days
D - Donna
E - elephant song (I love elephants)
F - friends & family
G - good food
H - happy dancing
I - India...home of yoga!
J - Joe
K - Kissing my gorgeous husband (I'll pass you the bucket in a moment...)
L - Lee
M - my amazing Mum
N - Noor
O - orange juice in the morning
P - pebbles with holes in them
Q - questions that small children ask
R - roses, the old fashioned scented kind that conjure up my great grandad Jack
S - snowflakes
T - Thursdays
U - Uttanasana
V - Virasana
W - water
X - xylophones!
Y - Yoga
Z - zooplankton
When you get to the end of the list you should feel like you have an abundance of good things in your life. Enjoy!
Friday, 3 February 2012
Join in a bun dance...
Scott Noelle does a great parenting piece on abundance. It lifts my spirits when it lands in my inbox as a Daily Groove message. And today has given me an abundance of hope, peace & timely reminders. A note on abundance then...
There is plenty to go around. All that money lost in the banking crisis...it didn't disappear, it's out there somewhere, it is in someone's pocket or bank account. There was no mysterious *PooooF*. It didn't simply vanish in a puff of smoke. Naive I may well be but I do wonder if some of those bonuses shouldn't find their way into coffers that will benefit those most in need.
Closer to home, if you need it, it will be there. Perhaps not quite what you imagined or in the quantity you hoped. But ask, it will come your way. Just remember that when you have some to spare (be it cash, time,food, insert your surplus of choice) a little can go a long way ~ so pass it on.
Ask yourself what you want. Ask yourself what you really need. Then trust that what you really, truly, honestly need is what you will get.
Breathe
Long, deep in breath...long slow out breath...
You have all the time in the world & if you're managing to read this, then you probably have all you really need.
Me... today, I'm grateful for my family, my friends & the abundance of yoga teachers in Southsea. I might not always get what I want. But I truly have plenty of everything I really need.
There is plenty to go around. All that money lost in the banking crisis...it didn't disappear, it's out there somewhere, it is in someone's pocket or bank account. There was no mysterious *PooooF*. It didn't simply vanish in a puff of smoke. Naive I may well be but I do wonder if some of those bonuses shouldn't find their way into coffers that will benefit those most in need.
Closer to home, if you need it, it will be there. Perhaps not quite what you imagined or in the quantity you hoped. But ask, it will come your way. Just remember that when you have some to spare (be it cash, time,food, insert your surplus of choice) a little can go a long way ~ so pass it on.
Ask yourself what you want. Ask yourself what you really need. Then trust that what you really, truly, honestly need is what you will get.
Breathe
Long, deep in breath...long slow out breath...
You have all the time in the world & if you're managing to read this, then you probably have all you really need.
Me... today, I'm grateful for my family, my friends & the abundance of yoga teachers in Southsea. I might not always get what I want. But I truly have plenty of everything I really need.
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