Releasing Your Self Doubt with the Full Moon in Pisces
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PLEASE NOTE, WHILE IT IS GREAT TO DO THIS WITH THE FULL MOON, YOU CAN REALLY DO JUST THE MEDITATION OR THE ENTIRE EXERCISE ANYTIME...
As I always say, I am not an astrologist, but I deeply feel the energy of the moon cycles. While my meditation is a daily practice, I feel during the days leading up to, during and a little after the Full Moon I tend to get even quieter. I use these times to really allow myself to feel and honor what is coming up for me.
We are coming upon the Full Moon in Pisces, a sign that is very empathetic, emotional, generous, psychic, and creative. A Pisces Full Moon is deeply spiritual and asking you to go within. It is a time of change (thank Uranus for this), and if you allow yourself to get quiet, that change can have you finally letting go of things that are no longer serving you.
Full Moons, regardless of what sign they are in, have a focus on releasing and endings. They also bring light on the things that we have not been wanting to look at. These are the things that we might not want to acknowledge or accept about ourselves, some refer to this as the shadow. While it can be uncomfortable and painful, we need to allow our dark side to show itself to us. When we allow it to be seen and felt, we can release ourselves from the power and shame it might hold over us.
We have all been asked in many ways to slow down. We have lost the distractions that often keep us from being present with what comes up for us. We have been forced off the hamster wheel, and this is a powerful Full Moon to help us to change how we live. We no longer have to allow the trance of busyness to take us in a different direction than the life we want to live. You might find yourself questioning even more. Feeling the pull to go inward to understand yourself. In some ways, you might be “getting” all the things you have wanted, yet your inner voice of self-doubt has been mumbling louder than it has in the past.
We all have contradicting thoughts. We can completely believe in ourselves, at the same time we feel filled with self-doubt. We can be aware of the things we know, the good we do, and our abilities and feel confident in them. But, our minds can have conflicting thoughts. For me, I can feel the confidence and then within moments, I can spin into self-doubt. I can get caught up in comparison and self-judgment. So, how do we accept the parts of ourselves that we don't love? How can we work on them, while still honoring them?
My dedicated meditation practice has helped me really understand myself more. It allows those questions to be more of a curiosity than a downward spiral into darkness and depression. I am so deeply grateful for my practice and the effect it has on my anxiety and depression. Its' ability to help me move through my bouts of anxiety has been life-changing. Now, I can honor those moments and still turn them around with much less time and pain then I have before.
I have been practicing this meditation on and off for years, and it has been really helpful to quiet my mind. When I pay attention to my breath, it reminds me I am alive. As it moves through me, I can feel it nurturing and cleansing my body and my mind. Connecting with it, knowing it is my life force and that it has so many answers in it. It puts me in a state of compassion not only for others but for myself as well. It also helps to put me in action. When I acknowledge where I am feeling challenged, this meditation has been helpful in receiving clear action steps to move me out of the place of self-doubt. Steps that feel inflow and not in force.
I have made the recording below to guide you through it. This is a great meditation to use as your daily practice. It helps connect you with your breath daily, to remind you of who you are. As you listen, you will hear me read from a moving lecture from Yogi Bhajan and his eloquent words on the breath of life.
JOURNALING
When you are finished, pull out your journal and acknowledge the things that came up for you. What are the whispers that you have been trying to ignore? What would happen if you acknowledged them? Are there things that you could do that could lessen their power?
Take your time, feeling and releasing what you are tired of carrying around with you. Acknowledging what you truly want and finding things, no matter how small, that you could do to move past them. Allow yourself to be guided. You can listen to this playlist
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START BY TUNING IN (This is all on the recording above)
Posture: Sit in Easy Pose with the palms of both hands and fingers are completely touching. The outer edge of the mound of the thumb is pressed into the sternum.
Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo 3 times
I bow to the Creative Wisdom, I bow to the Divine Teacher within
Ad Guray Nameh Jugad Guray Nameh Sat Guray Nameh Siri Guru Devay Nameh 3 times
I bow to the primal wisdom. I bow to the wisdom through the ages.
I bow to the true wisdom.I bow to the great unseen wisdom.
Pranayam to Balance Mental Energy I
This praanayam creates this balance and allows the mind to rid itself of doubts.
The radiance and beauty of a person depend on the clarity and shine of his circumvent force field, which in turn depends on the balance of energy in the left (moon) and right (sun) sides of the body.
Posture: Sit in Easy Pose with an erect spine. Arms are straight with hands on the knees in Gyan Mudra.
Eyes: The eyes are open gazing straight forward.
Breath: Inhale for 5 seconds. Suspend the breath for 10 seconds and then exhale for 5 seconds.
Begin with this rhythm and gradually increase the breathing time to inhaling 10 seconds, holding 15 seconds, and exhaling 10 seconds.
Meditate on the inflow and outflow of breath. It is the divine spark of life.
Time: Continue for 10 – 15 minutes.
© The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan