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6 Mantras That Calm Your Mind and Bring Inner Peace

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Mantras are wonderful tools that you can use during meditation as well as other parts of your day. Whether you’re deep in meditation or simply trying to remind yourself of something important, a mantra is a great way to center your thoughts and keep yourself on track. If you’re having trouble developing a mantra or finding one that suits your needs, consider trying one from this varied list of six mantras to get started.

Mantra #1: “I am content with this moment.”

Mindworks suggests using the simple mantra to help yourself focus on the here and now. If your mind tends to wander during your meditation practices, this mantra can help you focus specifically on your meditation environment, mindset, and current emotions.

Mantra #2: Try a traditional Sanskrit peace mantra, such as “Om Shanti Shanti Shanti.”

If you’ve ever taken a guided meditation or yoga class, this popular peace mantra may already be familiar to you. If not, it’s a great one to use if you want to try for incorporating more mantras into your personal practice.

In Sanskrit, “shanti” means peace. By pairing it with the popular “om” and repeating the word shanti, you can help your thoughts turn toward peace and calmness.

Mantra #3: “I cannot control everything.”

This mantra may sound like basic life advice, but it’s a wonderful mantra for anyone who has trouble with anxiety or stress.

It is a fact that nobody ever has 100% control over everything happening in life. It would be easier if we could, but since we don’t, the things we can’t control often cause a lot of anxiety.

Adding this very simple mantra into your meditation practice can help you become more comfortable with the idea that some things are beyond your control. While simple, this mantra serves as a constant reminder that you can’t have total control over everything.

Mantra #4: Choose a mantra aligned with your religion or faith, such as “God is with me in this moment.”

Many people find inner peace through religion. if this is the case for you consider using your meditative practices as a way to connect deeper with your religious beliefs.

Meditation is meant to bring you a deep sense of peace, understanding, and relaxation. If it is helpful for you to find peace also and your religion, consider using a simple mantra that reminds you of the strength, peace, and hope you find through your religious beliefs. Some examples of these types of mantras can be modified to suit any belief system, such as “God is with me in this moment” or “Mother Earth is here to bring me peace,” and so on.

Mantra #5: Choose a positive affirmation as a mantra.

Mantras are a great way to add personal affirmations into your meditative practice. When we repeat a mantra, we are relaxing and introducing ourselves to a sense of peace through the repetition of our chosen word or phrase. When the phrase is something positive, it helps assert our belief and confidence in the truth behind that phrase.

Here are a few examples of positive mantras to try:

  • I am a joyful and happy person.
  • Good fortune is coming my way.
  • I am a beacon of positivity and light.
  • I am wonderfully made.
  • I deserve peace and happiness.

Mantra #6: Choose a simple assertion as a mantra.

If you find yourself struggling to achieve a certain feeling or emotion, meditating while chanting assemble assertion as a mantra can help change your attitude.

For example, if you’re feeling really angry about something that happened at work, you can have a meditation session afterwards using a simple assertion as your mantra to help redirect your anger and change your attitude. During your practice, you may repeat the mantra “I am calm” to regain your sense of calmness and allow the anger to melt away. These simple assertions can change depending on the emotion you’re calming and exploring.

6 Tips For Managing Difficult Feelings

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Life can throw a lot of unpredictable curveballs, and when those happen, it can be difficult to manage your feelings and emotions. Having emotions (even the strongest ones) are totally normal but learning to process and manage them is key to living a healthy and balanced lifestyle. If you have trouble managing difficult feelings, consider these tips to improve your skills.

  1. Learn how to identify the specific emotion(s) you’re feeling in the moment.

Identifying emotions is tough stuff. In the heat of a moment, you may think you feel one certain way, but upon further reflection, you realize you’re actually experiencing a whole conglomeration of mixed emotions! This is totally normal, though it can feel miserable. A great way to begin processing and managing these feelings is to identify each emotion.

For example, pretend your partner has made you incredibly angry because they promised to do something and then didn’t meet their end of the deal. Because they didn’t keep their promise, you have to clean up a big mess.

In the moment, you might feel like picking a fight with them because you’re so angry but take a moment to tear apart that anger and understand what else is fueling it.

You’re angry about them not keeping the promise, but you might also feel betrayed….someone you trust just let you down. You might also feel a little sad because you thought you could trust them, but they showed you otherwise. Often, our biggest and most reactive feelings have a whole package of different emotions behind them!

  • Trade your negative vocabulary for more positive phrasing.

Often, people make managing difficult emotions worse because of the way they speak to themselves about them. Having tough emotions is normal and being kind to yourself is one way to manage them.

If you make an embarrassing mistake, you may immediately think to yourself, “I am the dumbest person ever.” This negative self-talk is only going to stir even more tough feelings inside yourself. Instead, accept the embarrassment, but change your phrasing to be more positive and forward-thinking: “I made a mistake, but I will make sure I don’t do that again in the future.”

  • Don’t be afraid to reach out to somebody you trust.

When difficult feelings become too much to handle, it’s tempting to turn inward and try to fix the problems ourselves. However, this can be a dangerous move.

Hiding or suppressing difficult feelings and emotions can become a huge burden to bear alone. After a while, the balancing act of trying to keep difficult feelings tampered down can lead to negative side effects.

When your emotions and feelings become too big to handle alone, find a trusted friend you can talk to about them. Sharing your feelings with someone you trust can relieve some of the stress of those emotions from your mind.

  • Get comfortable with accepting (and even embracing) difficult feelings.

Unfortunately, life isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. When things get tough, your emotions and feelings can be taken through the wringer, but this is totally normal. A good way to begin managing difficult feelings is to accept them.

Psychology Today explains that trying to brush difficult feelings aside to force a positive facade can be really damaging and dangerous to your health. Instead, learn to accept tough feelings so you can begin to process them more efficiently.

  • Find a way to keep track of your feelings and emotions.

If you’re trying to identify patterns and potential triggers for certain difficult feelings you experience, consider keeping a mood tracker or log. Keeping a physical record can make it easier to understand how frequently and when you’re experiencing serious emotional changes so you can learn your triggers and prepare yourself for future encounters with them.

  • Find a healthy outlet to release stored emotions and feelings.

Managing your difficult feelings should never involve hurting yourself or others. Rather than moodily picking an argument with a friend or loved one, learn to channel difficult emotions into an outlet of some kind.

Some people enjoy getting in physical activity to help calm difficult feelings. Others like to explore the arts and express themselves creatively. Some people find joy in speaking to professionals, such as therapists, to explore and manage difficult emotions.

5 Ways To Calm Frustration In Hard Times

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Everyone experiences hard times at some point in their life, it’s the inevitable part of being human. But it’s important to stay calm during these hard times even if you may be frustrated or stressed so you can manage the challenges which may come your way. Below are a few easy ways to help you calm your frustration in difficult times.

  1. Enjoy Your Favorite Activities

When you are facing a difficult situation, or perhaps a series of difficult situations, it may seem easy to allow the hard times to consume your thoughts completely. But don’t let this happen. No matter what may be going on in your life, make sure you take the time to enjoy your favorite activities, whatever they may be. This will do wonders to help calm any frustrations you may be experiencing as well as help keep your spirits up.

  • Search For The Bright Side

Whatever you are facing, there is a bright side, even if it may not feel like it. Even if it takes a little time, search out the bright side of your situation and focus on it. Whenever you feel the negative thoughts creeping in, stop yourself and think of the positives instead.

An example would be if you recently lost your job, you may be feeling like your future is pretty bleak. But instead of focusing on the job you lost, start thinking of all the amazing jobs and possibilities which are out there waiting for you to find them.

  • Use Stress Relaxation Tools

One of the easiest ways to calm frustration is by engaging in stress relaxation techniques. This can be anything from exercise, to meditation, or even maybe a spa day. Exercise and meditation ate techniques which are best employed when used each day, while a spa day may be something you engage in once a month. Of course, these aren’t the only stress relaxation tools, and you can use whatever technique helps you to relieve stress.

  • Spend Time With Friends And Family

Time alone during a crisis can only cause you to spend more time and negative thoughts on the crisis. Surround yourself instead with friends and family who love and support you to help keep your mind on the positives in life.

Sometimes it can help to share your trials with your social circle as they may have ideas of solutions to help you. But you also don’t have to, just spending time with those who you care about can do wonders to help calm your frustration and stress.

  • Look Forward Not Back

When tough times hit, it may be tempting to look back and think about all the things you could have possibly done differently, but don’t do this as it will only make your problem seem worse. Instead, think of the future, and all the amazing places you are going to go. If you don’t have a vision board, or written down goals, now is the time to create some. You may also benefit from journaling about your plans for the future and all the great things that you know you will accomplish.

Conclusion

When you are facing a difficult time in life, it can be difficult to calm your frustrations. But you need to learn to do so in order to face your situation head on and prepare for the future. If you struggle with calming frustrations, try to do activities you love, engage in stress relaxation techniques, and spend time with family and friends. No matter what you decide to try, just remember to always seek out the positive, and look forward towards your bright future.