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Quiet Meditation Practice For Depression Posted: 12-04-07 02:47am
Taken from the "Yoga Journal"'s Daily
Insight Newsletter on December 1, 2007
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Why not take a meditation break right now,
wherever you're sitting? You don't need to
do anything special to set the stage for
your five-minute vacation—just sit
comfortably and move your focus inward.
This contemplation meditation is an
opportunity to focus your "thinking mind"
on the mystery of being.
Here's how to try it: Sit back in your
chair so that your back is completely
supported. Place your hands on your knees
with your palms facing up to open your
awareness, or facing down to calm the
mind. As you inhale, silently say so to
yourself and as you exhale, say hum. These
words mean "I am that"—in other words,
they are an affirmation of your
existence.
Once you've established the "so hum"
rhythm, begin to contemplate the source of
your breath: Where is your breath coming
from? Through visualization, contemplate
the five billion human beings and
countless creatures on Earth being fed by
the same tidal rhythm of the breath.
