How to Do Yoga Big Mind Meditation

"Big mind" meditation involves moving your unconscious emotions into the conscious mind so that you can overcome obstacles and release toxic feelings and memories from your body. Once you learn the yoga big mind meditation, you can incorporate your regular meditative practices, or use them throughout the day to calm strong emotions, particularly anger.

Instructions

1. Sit in a comfortable position. Assume a yoga meditation pose or simply sit upright in a comfortable chair. Breathe slowly and deeply and begin speaking to yourself internally. Communicate directly with your ego, where strong emotions are formed. You are likely to encounter an internal struggle.

2. Ask yourself about your present emotions. Determine who the emotions target, why they are happening, how you feel about them and anything else you find relevant. Once the strong emotions rise to the surface, with or without explanation, you can move into the next step.

3. Allow your inner voice to play the role of the skeptic. Question your ego's motives for the emotions you are feeling and honestly explore the origins of your emotions. Form whole sentences as if you were putting your ego on trial and fully explore your feelings from the side of a skeptic.

4. Shift into what is called the seeking mind in big mind meditation. Ask ourself what you want. Explore your emotions as you ask yourself what would make the emotions end. Discover what you need to feel satisfied or tranquil or ask what purpose the emotions have. This part of the yoga big mind meditation is about your inner desires, even if they're not practical or possible.

5. Shift to your non-seeking, or quiet, mind. You should feel an inner peace just for having explored your emotions. Enjoy that feeling and clear your mind. If questions arise, simply let them pass without answer. Breathe deeply and relax into your meditation.

6. Surrender to your big mind for the last 10 or 15 minutes of your meditation. Remember that your big mind is infinite with no beginning and no end. Picture your negative emotions as a tiny drop in your big mind, disappearing in it's vastness.

7. Picture your negative emotions floating in your big mind and begin to focus positive energy towards them. Fill your mind and body with love, joy, forgiveness, compassion and other healing energies. Watch and feel your negative emotions dissipate.