Re-regulate your nervous system in minutes

Feeling "jittery" or edgy? Hands fidgety or shaky, mind distracted, body a bit off balance? These may be signs of mental-emotional overwhelm. It can mean our nervous system has reached its stress tolerance threshold and has shifted into dysregulation.

A dysregulated nervous system is when our sympathetic nervous system is in overdrive, setting us into fight-flight mode 24/7. It's when our parasympathetic nervous system essentially turns off or can't turn on when it's supposed to, so the "calm after the storm" never lands, leaving us in a perpetual state of feeling "frazzled." This is an essential ingredient for chaos, both internal and external.

We can counteract dysregulation with something as simple as kundalini meditation, specifically. The meditative kriyas in the kundalini tradition involve movement of breath and body, which is essential when the nervous system is frazzled. This movement helps us move stuck energy and release excess energy caught up in the body—especially in the nervous system to support CNS balance.

Wahe Guru Kriya Meditation, for example, can help us re-regulate our nervous system, calm emotional turbulence, and shift out of old patterns that don't serve. Sat Kriya Meditation can help us calm emotion, open creativity and re-balance the body's energy to promote higher forms of expression. Subagh Kriya Meditation can help clear the body's field, balance energy flow, and build a capacity for prosperity in the broadest sense of the word. And Meditative Kriya for a Calm Heart can help us settle our energy and open our heart when feeling vulnerable, emotional, overwhelmed or stressed.

These are just a few of the meditative kriyas you find in my latest book, Kundalini Meditation: A comprehensive guide for beginners and beyond. These meditations can be done comfortably at home and can provide powerful benefits in just a few minutes of practice, especially when done with regularity. This is a gift you can give to yourself to feel better, calmer and clearer in the face of today's turbulence. Available in paperback and ebook. May you be well, happy and at peace.