Hum or chant for mental clarity

Last week we were paying attention the activity of The Itty Bitty S#*&&y Committee. As you probably noticed, it’s pretty pointless to try and shut it down; instead you can give it something to do! You know how sometimes you get some song stuck in your head? You just keep singing it in a loop, overriding other loops in your brain. But instead of a silly song you can choose a chant that actually means something to you, that helps you feel uplifted.  It can be anything you like – a line from a poem, a phrase, a quote, a mantra. It can be in any language you like, although you are more likely to focus if it’s NOT in your native language; otherwise it’s too easy to go on auto-pilot. Link the chant to your breath, repeat it for a while and before you know it the negative pattern that runs through your mind is replaced by something positive. My teacher says that chanting can be used as “digestive enzyme to metabolize our neurosis”. Through speech we process things, using mantra speeds up the process. So this week you will have two options to deal with your mental chatter: Hrdayam mayi chant (my favorite!) or bee humming breath. You can do it anywhere any time with or without the hand gestures.

HOW-TO:

And let us know how it goes!

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