Easy routine for taming your Monkey Mind.
It is 11:00 pm and you just laid your head onto your pillow after an exhausting day. This is usually the time when the monkey mind starts messing with you. You begin to twist and turn and your monkey mind says to you, “hey, why aren’t you relaxing, you have to get up early to go to work?” Then you start thinking and start worrying about all of the things you need to do tomorrow. What if my alarm doesn’t go off on time? Did I pick out the right outfit to wear tomorrow or should I pick out another? Did I forget anything in my presentation with my boss? Will my job be on the line? You get the picture, this is your monkey mind going APE!
The above scenario is only one example. Monkey mind can speak to you about anything any time. We call it monkey mind because the mind acts like a monkey jumping from one branch to another without any focus, never allowing you to relax. Over a period of time the monkey mind can create depression, anxiety and loads of stress! Stress is the number one cause of most diseases.
Here is a shore routine I do just before I go to sleep, it helps me to have a good night’s sleep and it allows me to wake up feeling refreshed. Just before bed I rub a couple of drops of lavender oil on my temples. Then I begin to breathe in slowly through my nostrils to the count of four, hold for the count of four, exhale slowly through my mouth for the count of four and slowly breathe in again for a count of four. I do this four times.
Now, that I am beginning to relax I hold the following hand mudra for five minutes. What is a hand mudra you ask?
Hand mudras are also called sacred hand gestures. Mudras have been used for thousands of years in many different traditions as a way of awakening the divine within. Mudras are used as tools to free up energy and redirect it to areas of the body that need healing. Usually when a trauma occurs, whether it is physical, emotional, mental or spiritual trauma, some part of the nervous system switches off. It is similar to how a circuit breaker in a fuse box, automatically shuts off when it detects damage caused by excess current from an overload or short circuit Hand mudras are our circuit breakers. When the circuits of our nervous system are turned on again, energy begins to flow again between the body and the brain where the communication line have been broken. Once the communication line is back on track the body has a way of rejuvenating again. I use this hand gesture just before I go to sleep. This hand mudra is called Kalesvara.
First bring the pads of your middle fingers together, then bring the joints of the index fingers together. Now, bring the pads of your thumbs together in the direction of your chest.
Say good night Monkey Mind!
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Linda
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