Today's society is production-focused, fast-paced and immediate-oriented. This is not the path to a steady, quiet mind or inner peace. When our mind stays hyper-focused and hyper-busy until we sleep, we feel stressed, tense and distracted, unable to settle, uncomfortable when alone. This is a sign our sympathetic nervous system (the one that bolts us into action) is stuck in overdrive and our parasympathetic nervous system (the one that calms us down) is stuck in "underdrive."
Living in mental-emotional overdrive keeps us from connecting to our core self, which means we can't access our truth, power or purpose. This is a set up for ongoing struggle and suffering, for exhaustion, for feeling defeated, deflated or lost—like we're spinning our wheels, doing our best and getting nowhere.
That's where a mindfulness practice such as meditation comes in. If we don't build in a way to connect with the deepest part of ourselves, we lose the most significant, true and powerful part of who we are. It's through rebuilding the connection with our deepest self that we rise above the default fears, pains and closures that throw us out of balance and into reaction. It's by strengthening the relationship we have with our truest self that we set ourselves into right action.
You may think, "Meditation doesn't work for me. I can't sit still, I don't have time, my mind is too busy" or whatever. That's right—most of us can't sit still, don't have time and have a mind that is just too busy. We live in a society that perpetuates mental-emotional over-stimulation and nervous system overload. That's the problem!
Yet we can change this. The yogi masters say it takes 40 days to change old habits, so take on a mindfulness practice for 40 days without missing one single day and decide for yourself. This can be as simple as sitting in easy pose with your hands resting on the knees in gyan mudra and chanting the universal sound of Om aloud, once per breath for 3 minutes. [NOTE: If you don't know what easy pose or gyan mudra are, see my Meditation Primer below.] The sound of Om is a great choice since it contains the frequency of the soul, the self within, the ultimate reality, the entirety of the universe, truth, the divine, the supreme spirit, the cosmic principles and knowledge.
Living in mental-emotional overdrive keeps us from connecting to our core self, which means we can't access our truth, power or purpose. This is a set up for ongoing struggle and suffering, for exhaustion, for feeling defeated, deflated or lost—like we're spinning our wheels, doing our best and getting nowhere.
That's where a mindfulness practice such as meditation comes in. If we don't build in a way to connect with the deepest part of ourselves, we lose the most significant, true and powerful part of who we are. It's through rebuilding the connection with our deepest self that we rise above the default fears, pains and closures that throw us out of balance and into reaction. It's by strengthening the relationship we have with our truest self that we set ourselves into right action.
You may think, "Meditation doesn't work for me. I can't sit still, I don't have time, my mind is too busy" or whatever. That's right—most of us can't sit still, don't have time and have a mind that is just too busy. We live in a society that perpetuates mental-emotional over-stimulation and nervous system overload. That's the problem!
Yet we can change this. The yogi masters say it takes 40 days to change old habits, so take on a mindfulness practice for 40 days without missing one single day and decide for yourself. This can be as simple as sitting in easy pose with your hands resting on the knees in gyan mudra and chanting the universal sound of Om aloud, once per breath for 3 minutes. [NOTE: If you don't know what easy pose or gyan mudra are, see my Meditation Primer below.] The sound of Om is a great choice since it contains the frequency of the soul, the self within, the ultimate reality, the entirety of the universe, truth, the divine, the supreme spirit, the cosmic principles and knowledge.
I really want you to give this a go, so to make it even easier for you to get started, here is something I share with clients—a Meditation Primer that clearly explains the whats, whys and hows of meditation as a path to fulfillment. Download it for free today (with ZERO strings attached) and start your own 40-day challenge. If you struggle and resist the first week or two, you're on the right track so don't give up! Message or email me with questions or just to share your experience.
Kundalini yoga has been a regular practice of mine since 2000. I took my first class just over a year into my healing journey from a high-impact, head-on collision. I know from experience the incredible difference it makes on all levels of being, how it brings clarity, confidence and peace inside, and settles me into my truth and core self. I know it is essential to living a life of strength, purpose and personal power because I see it reflected in my life every day.
This was not the case before. If you don't try, you will never know the powerful difference a simple practice can make in your life. If you want guidance on exactly what to do that will help you the most, email me and let's connect.
This was not the case before. If you don't try, you will never know the powerful difference a simple practice can make in your life. If you want guidance on exactly what to do that will help you the most, email me and let's connect.