Finding Calm: Central Nervous System Regulation

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Finding Calm: Central Nervous System Regulation

by Amanda Baker

Rated

2.3

Type

guided

Activity

Meditation

Suitable for

Everyone

Plays

42

In this guided meditation, Amanda Baker leads listeners through a central nervous system regulation practice, emphasizing the importance of mindfulness, muscle relaxation, and heart connection. The session begins with an introduction to the practice, followed by a progressive muscle relaxation technique. Amanda encourages participants to set intentions and deepen their awareness, ultimately fostering a sense of safety and self-acceptance.

Meditation Nervous System Mindfulness Muscle Relaxation Self Acceptance Intention Setting Body Scan Nervous System Regulation Progressive Muscle Relaxation Sankalpa Intention Setting Heart Energy Expansion

Meet your Teacher

Baltimore, MD, USA

Meet your Teacher

Baltimore, MD, USA

Transcript

Hello, Welcome to your guided central nervous system regulation meditation practice. I'm Amanda Baker and I'm a licensed clinical social worker and 500-hour trained yoga instructor with a specialty in yoga psychology. And in the busyness of our day-to-day life, We often lose access to that creative, Compassionate, Calm, Safe, Secure, Vibrant vitality within self. And so I invite you to come into your most comfortable seat or perhaps lay down connected to the earth so that you begin to gain further access and connection to your heart's deepest desire and your truest nature. So come into your connection to the present moment and request your mind to inform your brain to send the signals down into your inner system to soften, To be present. We'll begin with a quick guided progressive muscle relaxation to then enter into your mindfulness and meditative state, That state between asleep and awake. And in this state, You may feel like you are in the midst of a lucid dream and hopefully will feel calm and peaceful as you move through the layers of self. So begin by taking a deep full breath in, Feel the oxygen move up through your stomach to your ribs, Up into your chest. Hold at the top and then exhale. Let the breath out. Take one more deep inhale up through the center of your stomach, Your ribs, Chest, Collarbone, Up into the throat, To the top of your head. Hold and take a deep full breath out. And begin by noticing your feet, Your right foot, Your left foot, The toes, The top of the foot, The sole of the foot, The heel. And as you take your next breath in, Squeeze your feet and then squeeze up into your calves, Your knees, Up into your quads, Your thighs, Your glutes. The whole lower body squeezes. You hold your breath in like you just practiced and exhale, Release the muscles, Let the breath out. Notice the shift in your energy, A change in circulation, Blood flow, Breath. And then take that again on your next deep breath in, Squeeze from your feet up into your calves, Your shins, Your knees, Your quads. Squeeze the whole lower body, Your ability to send the signals to squeeze as you hold your breath at the top and exhale. Now move your awareness and attention up into your hands, Your fingers, And your arms. And then as you take your next breath in, Begin to make fists with your hands, Squeeze in the upper body, Squeeze your arms. Maybe you lift the arms up from the earth, Squeeze in your belly, Your chest, Your shoulders, Squeeze from your back. And then take your exhale and let it go. And take that again, Deep full breath in as you squeeze in your hands, Your arms, Your ribs, In your abs, Your chest, Your shoulders, Everything squeezes and hold, Exhale, Let it go. Beautiful. Really tension and awareness up into your head, Your neck, Your face, Your jaw, Your forehead, The top of your head, The back of your head. Begin to squeeze, Squeeze your face, Squeeze your eyes, Your nose, Your lips, And your ears, Your throat, The head, Full awareness there as you squeeze and exhale out. And then whole body, Bring your attention to your whole body. And as you take your next deep breath in, Begin to squeeze the lower body, The mid-body up into your chest, Your shoulders, Up into your head and your face, Everything squeezes. Maybe you lift the arms again from the ground, Squeeze everything, Hold, And exhale, Release, Soften. Maybe you take one hand to your heart and one to the belly. Notice the vibration, The energy, Your aliveness. And then set your intention, A present-based statement that aligns with you. Your sankalpa, Your heart's deepest longing and desire. And invite that intention to fill your whole body on your next inhale, Exactly how you desire to feel. Bring it up through your senses and then exhale it out. Share it, Set it free. Your sankalpa, Your intention exists everywhere. It is a contemplation, A possibility in your imagination as it already exists. Take that again, Inhale, Fully claim your intention, Experience it on the subatomic level, In your mind's eye, Breath in and exhale, Set it free. Share it. You are everywhere. You may release your hands, Either down to your legs or by your side. Fission of consciousness through you. Notice the space, The top of your head, Above your head, Air. Begin to bring the air down into the muscles of the brain, Softening, Loosening muscles. Notice clearness in your sight, Tension down in and around your ears and inner ears, Ear canal, Quality of sound, Soothing, Sound, Sound of my voice, Your own inner sounds, Cheekbone, Nose and nostrils, Fresh air that moves in through your nostrils and out, Attention down into your jaw, Your lips, Your teeth, Your tongue, Mouth, Roof of the mouth, Whole mouth, Spacious, Dry and satiated at the same time. Attention down your neck and shoulders, Right shoulder, Right arm, Upper arm, Elbow, Forearm, Wrist, Hand, Fingers, Thumb, Pointer finger, Middle finger, Ring finger, Pinky finger, Whole hand, Center of your right palm, Alive, Radiant, Tingle with sensation. Attention through your right arm, Back up into your right shoulder, Collarbone, Left shoulder, Left arm, Forearm, Elbow, Upper arm, Whole arm, Down to your wrist, Hand, Finger, Thumb, Pointer finger, Middle finger, Ring finger, Pinky, Tips of your left fingers, Alive, Radiant, Filled with sensation, A part of you in the center of your left palm, Back up the left arm and right into the center of your heart, Stirring the center of your heart, Beating, Pulsing, Breathing life into you in your fullest form and formlessness at the same time and energy. Heart has thousands and thousands and thousands of neurons that are more powerful than your brain. Mind aware of your heart, Allow the energy of your heart to expand and expand. Down into the center of your stomach, Down deeper and deeper and deeper, Down, Down, Down, Down, Left knee, Sole of your foot, Toe, Sole of your right foot, Heel, Rounded toe, Big toe, Sole of your left foot, Heel, Eye, You, Through you, Here, Side, Left, Side, Abide, And the left side, Station, Secure, Stasis, With cellos in the tip of your tongue. Comment, Like, Subscribe, Please keep coming back.