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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.”

As usual, no need for big preparations. Choose your most comfortable position. The ground is not very even here, but hopefully you can still relax. Say goodbye to the mobile phones for a moment, and try to feel comfortable. Close your eyes, and take a few deep inhalations and exhalations, and relax your whole body. Let go of any mental efforts, and try to fill your mind with the experience of your body lying on the ground. The weight of the body is held by the earth. And the quality of the Mother Earth is to take all the tensions out of your body. With each exhalation, the whole body is sinking down to the earth. And slowly, breath by breath, we start to experience physical, mental, and emotional relaxation. Feel and relax your face muscles. Specially relax your eyebrows after a lot of Cittākāśa Dhāraṇā concentration. Relax and feel your jaws. As we relax our jaws, we let go of any concerns. Then we come to the shoulders, and by relaxing your shoulders, release any kind of sense of responsibilities; just let go. As the shoulders are relaxing, our collarbones begin to release. And the chest opens to the breath. And here you can pause for a moment, just to feel the inner movement of your breath. No need to interfere in the natural flow of the breath. Only be aware of how the belly is rising and falling, and the chest is expanding and contracting. Legs are heavy, and feet fall to the sides. If any thoughts appear, just let them come and let them go. 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. Feel the air touching the skin. Feel your breath. Take deeper inhalations and exhalations. And slowly begin to move your fingers, your toes, your whole body gradually. And let it develop into a stretch, stretch your whole body eventually. After the stretch, you can open your eyes. See the beautiful blue sky. And when you’re ready to come up to sitting, please do so.

This text is transcribed and grammar corrected by AI. If in doubt what was actually said in the recording, use the transcript to double click the desired cue. This will position the recording in most cases just before the sentence is uttered.

The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:

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