Top 3 Meditations for Yoga Teachers Before Class
At Splendid Yoga, I define meditation as the practice of calming the fuck down. It’s absolutely magical. It’s how I live. Manage my ADHD. It’s even helped me build my business. Currently, teaching meditation earns me thousands in active and passive income through Insight Timer.
So, yea. I’d say it’s pretty fucking magical.
Maybe a monk or an overly-zealous influencer comes to mind when you think of meditation. The reality is, meditation is a practice to help calm your mind and body while connecting to a higher version of yourself. While meditation has become quite the buzzword on social media, it’s actually been around for thousands of years! From the Buddhist Monks to Oprah, the common practice of meditation has united billions across all walks of life, cultures, religions, and ethnicities. The bottom line: anyone can enjoy the benefits of meditating.
How Does Meditation Work?
Meditation is a tool to help calm you down, but how does the process work? The method is pretty simple in just five easy steps with some practice.
1.Find a Quiet Space
Find a quiet space with limited distractions. A calm, relaxed environment will help you concentrate.
2. Get Comfortable
Get into a comfortable position. You don’t want to break your focus to reposition yourself. You want to meditate sustainably for at least 5 minutes.
3. Clear Your Mind
Relax, release any tension, and clear your mind.
4. Observe
Observe your thoughts as they arise.
5. End
Come back to your physical state and gently open your eyes.
How Meditation Helps Anxiety
Meditation is one of the best natural ways to calm anxiety! When you meditate, you ground yourself in the present allowing the mind to increase self-awareness, reduce negative emotions, and gain a new perspective on stressful situations. Some research suggests that in addition to easing anxiety, meditation can also help manage tension headaches, sleep problems, depression, and more.
What Meditation Does to the Brain
The impact of meditation goes much deeper than just “feeling good.”
Bin He, a neuroengineer at Carnegie Mellon University, studied the powerful effects meditation has on the brain of Tibetan monks. Using electroencephalography, a tool to measure brain activity, He’s goal was to identify significant differences in brain activation within the study population.
“It seems the longer you do meditation, the better your brain will be at self-regulation,” said He. “You don’t have to consume as much energy at rest, and you can more easily get yourself into a more relaxed state.” He says meditation “helps us understand why meditation can help improve mood and reduce anxiety.”
Other studies have shown that meditation:
Changes brain structure
Reduces stress
Improves focus and memory
Slows aging
Reduces anxiety and depression
While meditation may seem a little “woo woo,” the science doesn’t lie!
Keep reading for the top 3 meditations for yoga teachers before class.
Teacher: Morgan Balavage
Time: 5 minutes
Feeling anxious and insecure? This will help. Muladhara chakra, or your surefootedness, is located at the based of your spine, a crimson orb hovering between your tailbone and your pubic symphysis. It’s your connection to your earthly self in that it’s your source of earthly energy; it keeps you grounded here in your body. The more grounded and surefooted you are, the more easily you are able to process all the stuff that happens around you without letting it send you into a tizzy.
2. Non-Judgement
Teacher: Annemaree Rowley
Time: 16 minutes
When you are truly mindful you watch your experiences and thoughts as they pass by you and through you. You do not dramatize. You do not judge. It’s rather likened to watching a movie, scene after scene passing before your eyes, you observe the story but do not become a part of the plot. All emotional distractions, disturbances and diversions are alleviated, revealing clarity and integrity of the situation or person. You are in the ‘present’ and become acutely aware of how your emotions evolve and as a result you recognize how you treat your relationships with those around you, the world in general and most importantly, yourself.
3. Resolving Self Doubt
Teacher: Oliver James Jenkin
Time: 21 minutes
A guided journey to witness, accept and transform our feelings of Self Doubt. I welcome you to let go of control, and let love in. I share my own experiences of how when I surrender, happiness follows. By welcoming in all those being who help support and resonate God's love; through this mediation and the power of your intent, we can become part of this effort also. We are being welcomed to really shine.
Fellow yoga teachers, I hope the above meditations bring you peace before your next class. Be sure to download the Insight Timer app and follow me for more!
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