This year it feels as if the Holidays are sweeping in faster than ever. It may be the fact that online offers for Christmas deals and sales have overrun my inbox or perhaps it’s that Christmas music has been playing for weeks… whatever the cause, I am so grateful for meditation in my life.

As I watch these force fields swirl through my mind and emotions I realize how powerful they are. They are like a super strong magnet trying to hook me into the stress and hype we lump into one word – commercialism.

Here’s how I use my meditation practice to neutralize those force-fields and keep my course set towards Nirvana not Drama.

  1. As soon as I notice my mind stressing or my body tensing I try to observe what I’m thinking or feeling.
    • sometimes the thoughts and feelings hide and at others they fight back.
  2. I mentally affirm that these are force fields washing through – they are not the real me.
    • neti, neti, neti!
  3. I take a slow deep breath and as I do I focus on drawing the breath deep into the cells of my being and even into the spaces between the cells
  4. As I hold the breath for a few counts I visualize and feel the breath neutralizing the magnetic force-fields that have infiltrated my mind and emotions.
  5. As I exhale I release the force fields and hold an awareness of the spaciousness between my cells being now filled with peace, relaxation and calm.
  6. Repeat as many times as needed. :)

If you are interested in a few more simple breathing techniques that you can use to hold your center through the season, check out my friend Elaina’s blog, Way of Being: Yoga as a Trans-formative Art

 

 

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