I hope everyone is ok! The winds were howling last night as Typhoon Ulysses came in. Staying hopeful in these times can be a challenge, to say the least. I try to stay grateful and find opportunities to help.
So first, thank you to all who joined the 11:11 meditation last Wednesday. We were able to raise PHP19,075 to help Zonta provide psychological therapy for sexually-abused and exploited children.
And I am also grateful for this message from one of the students who said that the meditations in class helped her stay calm:
Meditation can help you keep a stable base so that you can stay neutral under stress or during calamities and can offer help to others.
As we’re all watching the storm and anxious for it to pass, I’m sharing this chanting meditation to keep nerves from being shattered under stress or sudden shock:
Sit in Easy Pose (or in a chair). Relax the arms down with the elbows bent. Draw your forearms in toward each other, your hands in front about an inch above the navel. Place the palms up, and rest the right hand in the palm of the left hand. Thumb tips together, pull the thumbs toward the body. Focus your eyes on the tip of the nose, deeply inhale and completely exhale as you chant the mantra three times in one breath. Use the tip of the tongue to pronounce each word exactly, and chant in a monotone: (The rhythm must also be exact.)
SAT NAAM SAT NAAM SAT NAAM SAT NAAM SAT NAAM SAT NAAM WHA-HAY GUROO
Do this for 11 minutes to 31 minutes. To end the meditation, inhale and completely exhale five times. Then deeply inhale, hold the breath and stretch the arms up over the head as high as possible. Stretch with every ounce that you can muster. Exhale and relax down. Repeat twice.
However you’re feeling now and whatever situation you’re in, may the meditation above help you.
Take care always.
In loving service,
Rosan
