Lucas Strough

Texas, USA

Christopher Urban

Honesdale, Pa

Sue Spiers

United Kingdom

Denise

The Villages, FL

Mariana Carmencita Fresno

Rose-Marie Sorokin

Aylesford, UK

You will synchronize your breath with the mantra Om Nama Shivaya, using a six-count rhythm to create a state of balance and inner peace.

Pranayama

Spirituality

Stress & Anxiety

Movement

Yoga

Fear

English

Controlling your breath leads to greater calm and relaxation. When we bring our breath into an equal state, the effect is magnified. In this meditation, we are using the count of 6. Inhaling a six-count and exhaling a six-count. In this version, we are using the Mantra Om Namah Shivaya as a counting rhythm. Om Namah Shivaya is a salutation to Lord Shiva. The God of Destruction. Reciting this mantra can help us to destroy the ego and connect with our highest selves.

Sacred Practice: 6 Count Breath Using Mantra

 Come into a comfortable seat. If you're in a chair, uncross your legs and place your feet flat on the ground. If you're seated on a cushion or a pillow, cross your legs or straighten your legs, whatever is the most comfortable for you, the most easeful. Let your seat be restful and relaxed without any sensation or discomfort. And feel your seat, feel the seat that you've chosen, feel your connection to the earth. And with that connection rooting down, begin to lift up in the belly, in the center of the chest, the roof of the mouth and the crown of the head. Feeling as if you're rooting down in the seat and rising up with the crown, growing long and spacious in your torso. Send the heads of your arms back in space, softening the shoulders down the back and brightening the heart. Relax the jaw and the tongue in your mouth. Relax your cheeks and your brow. Soften the eyes and close your eyes. And bring your attention to your breath, noticing how it feels when you inhale, noticing how it feels when you exhale. This is the practice of controlling our breath. When we can control our breath, we can control our breath. When we can control our breath, we can control our minds. This pranayama practice is using the six count rhythm to measure your breath, bringing the inhalation and the exhalation to an even state. We'll use the mantra om nama shivaya. As you inhale, and om nama shivaya as you exhale, measuring your full inhale to the count and the rhythm of the mantra, and the full exhale to the count and the rhythm of the mantra. We'll begin with a long deep inhale and a long complete exhale. And begin to inhale om nama shivaya. Exhale, om nama shivaya. Ni ya, exhale om nama shivayaすsee evaporate Inhale om nama shivaya. Exhale om nama shivaya. Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Exhale Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Om Na Ma Shi Va Ya Inhale, nice deep breath. Hold the breath in for a moment. Exhale completely. Let your breath be natural. Control it, let it find its natural rhythm. Just being here in silence for a few minutes, noticing how you feel and bring your hands to your heart. Thank yourself for the time you've given yourself here. And we'll dedicate this practice to all beings everywhere, whether big or small, near or far, seen or unseen. May all beings be well. May all beings be happy. May all beings be free from suffering. Take another deep breath in and a complete breath out. Namaste. Thank you.