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Guided Relaxation into Inner Peace and Self-Awareness
Guided relaxation opens the door to inner peace and self-awareness without needing elaborate preparation.
Assume a comfortable posture even on uneven ground. Close the eyes and take a few deep breaths to release the body. Surrender mental effort and sense the body's weight held by the earth. With each exhalation the body sinks into the earth, drawing out tension. Relax the face muscles and eyebrows, soften the jaw to let go of concerns. Release the shoulders and the sense of responsibility. As the shoulders drop, the collarbones release and the chest opens to the breath. Pause to feel the inner movement of the breath without interference. Observe the belly rise and fall, the chest expand and contract. Notice the legs heavy and the feet fall to the sides. Allow thoughts to come and go freely. Feel the air touch the skin. Then take deeper inhalations and exhalations. Begin to move the fingers and toes, gradually the whole body. Let the movement become a stretch, then open the eyes to see the sky. When ready, come to sitting.
“The quality of the Mother Earth is to take all the tensions out of your body.”
“Feeling your inner peace, the relaxation of the whole body, and the contact with the earth, bringing to your conscious mind the thoughts about the self, the true, inner, pure, unborn, everlasting Self.”
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The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:
- Yoga in Daily Life - The System
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2000. ISBN 978-3-85052-000-3 - The Hidden Power in Humans - Chakras and Kundalini
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2004. ISBN 978-3-85052-197-0 - Lila Amrit - The Divine Life of Sri Mahaprabhuji
Paramhans Swami Madhavananda. Int. Sri Deep Madhavananda Ashram Fellowship, Vienna, 1998. ISBN 3-85052-104-4
