Meditation for Stress Relief

Stress Management Technique

Shadb Kriya works by combining the powerful stress reducing ability of yoga breathing exercises and known relaxation benefits of mantra meditation into one great technique. The end result is that if you are suffering from anxiety, stress, insomnia, excessive worrying, negative thinking, etc, this meditation technique demands an opportunity to help cure you of these disruptive ailments.

In the article Easy Meditation Technique for Total Stress Relief, I presented this technique but I do think a video demonstration is particularly helpful as there are many dimensions to this technique. Shabd Kriya utilizes hand mudras, eye mudras, yoga pranayama as well as mantra meditation to help attack stress from all angles. And how to combine all this correctly is what I show in this video.

In order to extract all the stress reducing benefits of this meditation, it is recommended you do this technique for a minimum of 11 minutes. If you can build up to 31 minutes that is even better and if you are particularly interested in treating insomnia with this technique, then you want to practice this meditation before sleep.

The breathing pattern used in this meditation is 4/16/2 (4 counts to inhale, 16 counts to hold breath in and just 2 counts on exhalation). To help you maintain this count, keep the mind away from endless thinking and derive the benefits of mantra (sound vibrations), the mantras Sa Ta Na Ma and Wahey Guru are also used.

This particular techniques comes from the school of Kundalini Yoga and will become part of the following free collections here on Mastery of Meditation and Yoga:

Free Online Kundalini Yoga Meditations

Free Online Meditation Videos

In addition all my meditation and yoga videos are hosted in my YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/anmolmehtacom). This is particularly useful if you have trouble viewing the video directly from my website.

For Yoga and Meditation Certification Program Students:

For students enrolled in the Online Yoga Instructor Certification Program or the Online Meditation Teacher’s Training Program this is a wonderful meditation to end your classes with. Done prior to the ending relaxation period this meditation will really give the students a taste of what complete stress relief feels like. Also, they will certainly appreciate being taught this technique, for all of us at some points in our life have to confront stress and need good stress management techniques to help us get through those times.

Seventh Chakra Meditation YouTube Video Contents:

The video gives an overview of Shabd Kriya for Stress Relief.
It gives a step-by-step demonstration of the hand positions, breathing and mantras used for this meditation.
It guides you through practicing the technique and gives you a sense of the timing required to do it correctly.
It discusses the benefits of this meditation, along with other practice tips and cautions.