Can't Stop THINKING During Meditation?? This One's For YOU! | Awakening With Russell
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- Can't quiet your racing mind? Kundalini is great for that! BOOST your spiritual stamina and give yourself a 5 minute break from the internal chatter. How did you get on? Did it help? What would YOU like to see next? Let us know in the comments below!
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Serious. I’ll give kundalini another try. Thank you 🙏 .
@@777j5er YT has a playback speed feature. Tap the 3 dots on upper right corner, slow speed .75, .50, or .25.
Not a new ager, but have been interested in meditation for some time, and ppl have suggested it to me.
Thanks for the intro lesson, Russell.
Very happy to partake...your dear dog's contribution was a delight.
The best! 🤣 I had to reply it. Styled it out there Russ, well done!
I literally did nothing but count the whole time and it was better then my mind racing anxiety etc ! It was awesome to just breathe and count and honestly I got weird buzz out of it ! Clean four years off opiates and always looking for things to help w sobriety!
Try Transcendental meditation lovely. That's what Russell does and donates to so people can get scholarships etc. Twice a day for 20 mins please look into it.❤ Blessings to you and you're so strong I've battled that too. It's not easy but so worth it. TM is perfect for people like you and me, the racing anxious thoughts of dread will slowly disappear and it takes no effort. 🙏
It works by activating your bagel nerve which puts your nervous system into a different mode. If this practice works well for you try lengthening the count, Russell’s was only about 4 but I usually do 8 - 10. It totally changes your state of mind, lowers blood pressure and heart rate, also comically it gets your digestive system working so sometimes things need to happen shortly after doing this kind of practice.
Well done on your time! X
Praying for you
It made my legs tingle
“We don’t meditate to achieve the right state of mind, to sit in meditation is it self the right state of mind” (Paraphrasing Shunryu Suzuki)
Do not try control your thoughts, they are an expression of the universe too. Let them flow, neither grasping nor rejecting them. Watch them like watching leaves fall from a tree or clouds flowing on a moonlit night.
“Through attachment blossoms fall, through aversion weeds spread”.
When you think or try to explain the “moment” that moment has already past you by.
By trying to explain the moment, we neglect the moment staring right in our faces.
Yet this thinking and explaining is nothing but the moment it self. The universe expressing it self so to speak.
So just sit & watch, listen, feel
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wow.
Someone please help.
Just this morning, I would recognise the thought and return back to the breath, but within seconds, I mean seconds, another thought would arise and this process kept happening round and round, again and again, constant and really fast paced.
I wasn’t aggressive or hard on myself, but I was thinking, is this ping pong and constant back and forth normal? Or should I be more concentrated? And have longer periods of peace with the breath?
@@sashaneate744 Russell’s reaction to the the appearance of the dog around 3:30 shows how to recover from dealing with thoughts: simply return to the exercise. It is sometimes said that that moment (when one becomes aware that one is thinking instead of meditating) is meditation.
Yep. 👍 👍 👍
@@sashaneate744 Welcome to the world of ,,Spiritual Development,,.!!!🤔😫 I know!! Didn't think it was gonna be THIS hard, did you.??
Just goes to show the sheer doggedness and determination all those Zen monks have.
This is NOT for pussycats. It,LL be the hardest work you,be EVER done. That's why most people don't ever attempt it. BUT, just KEEP GOING.
Don't worry about them pesky thoughts. The monkey mind is a long time a dying. It's DOING the practise that matters. Trust that the effort you put in WILL eventually pay off. How long will that take.? How long is a piece of string.!🤪
And then the dog comes in and licks his face and Russell's valiant attempt not to be distracted and laugh is brilliant and suddenly it is as though the world is saying ' let us not take life too seriously' ... for there is peace and serenity there too. Thank you Russell for illustrating this so well! Now go give that pooch a big snuggly hug ✨💖🙏
My cat put her hand on my cushion and gave one good meow half way through. I think she picks up on the energy shift. Nice to have a meditation "cheerleader." 😽
Thanks for making it real, Russell.
I have been having a lot of difficulties lately with racing thoughts while meditating. Thank you Russell for sharing this with us. Perfect timing!!!
Too many distractions from everywhere
@@tammybrennan2040 So very true
Try to notice and identify your thoughts instead of trying to stop them racing and hopefully you’ll notice they quiet down by themselves. Racing thoughts usually mean there is an underlying emotional struggle going on. You could also try meditating on the emotion under the thoughts.
1 Pay attention become a witness it is a phase then recognise your thought pattern ..are they creative
Write something get inspiration if they random just swim through.. you
Will have a nice journey 🌿🌿🥀
You are evolving 🧚🌿🧚
Exactly what my problem is trying to meditate.
TY for this video.
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Everybody will develop their own technique. This is Russles technique. He seems to know what is best for himself and maybe you can learn from him. Great guy and worth listening to.
Meditation is useful, but self enquiry is the heart of the matter.
maybe
agreed
I was listening to this whilst brushing my German Shepard and I think I put her in a trance 😂
The transformation in you, in the past few years is just beautiful. I have always been a fan but you have been a catalyst in my own spiritual awakening and I cant thank you enough 🙏 namaste
I literally just tried to mediate and couldn’t shut up got frustrated and stopped, came on my phone and I see this video 😂 amazing ✨
7:08
Brilliant!
Dog saying "hey Rus, fk that hippy sh!t, just chase balls & try to catch flies with your mouth, have a scratch & Bob's yer uncle - proper Zen is that!"
Russell, i have wanted to send you a comment so many times but have chickened out until now. I wholeheartedly believe that your content is the best on the whole of youtube.
I am an addict, clean for two years from heroin, among other things (still on suboxone) and i just wanted to say i watch your videos all the time, I have been doing the breathing excercises and they really do work if you put the practice in.
Without getting too soppy, i look uo to you and you give me hope that there is a wholesome, holistic way to manage my addictive impulses.
Honestly, Russ, thanks so much.
Reapect from Aberdeenshire
P.S. Your political views are on point. Don't allow your beliefs to be bullied into the corner.
I struggle to give myself the needed respect in order to complete such fundamental stuff, but, when I do give myself a break (like just now in following that exercise) then I realise that I am just as capable as the next Guru. All can be one with divinity, no matter what we call it. Lovely stuff.
If you ever consider holding a wellness retreat on the east coast of the US, I will be there. 💜
Love seeing you outside at one with nature - very fitting! 🌿🌾🌳 .. This was great, although I'm yet to master the chanting. Bear's cameo was golden 🌟
This was great
Ive always struggled with concentration trying to meditate. Gotta say i think you have to connect to the right teacher otherwise its boring. Thank you for this. 1st time ive concentrated 🧘♀️ . 😇💞
I love this exercise and you make it so accessible with your down to earth approach. I started Kundalini Yoga when I retired, it was literally a spur of the moment, turning up to a yoga class that I hadn't tried before. And it was an absolute revelation to me that I'd finally found some tools to quiet my chattering mind. I was so relaxed after the meditation session at the end, that I felt I needed to give myself a little time before I drove my car ( sort of a slightly drunk sensation). Thanks for sharing, I'm now going to check out your guided meditations on Luminary.
You should totally do a under the skin with Sadhguru if you haven't yet. He's having loads of meditation practices and tips for wellbeing. You're doing an amazing job, I'm happy I came across your channels. Namaskar
I’d be asleep after 3 deep breaths. Or in that space that exists between awake and sleep. The “falling” space where my connection to all is all encompassing. Lovely space 💕
I think you’d do better counting out 8 - 10 seconds instead of 4. Also this works by stimulating the bagel nerve, it tells your body there can’t be any danger because if you were in a dangerous situation you wouldn’t be breathing like this. It lowers blood pressure and heart rate and is very affective for dealing with panic attacks, anyway. The slower the better. 4 seconds isn’t really going to get all the benefits.
It’s a kundalini yoga meditation 🙏🏼
@@kundee6545 Hey Lucy, I heard its Kundalini meditation but I’m a bit odd, I love to understand whats actually going on, like the mechanism of whats happening and why. I can’t just represent things by a word that has no intuitive meaning to me. If I understand how its stimulating the bagel nerve which has effects that I feel in my somatic experience then I know what I’m doing, why I’m doing it and what I should be feeling.
that was tough-most of the exercise was to distract the mind. only lasted to 2:10 good job Russell- love the dog.
thankyou SO SO much for this Russell - i was worried you weren't going to do these anymore - i have seen some of the negatives on twitter and hoped you would ignore them - - -in fact i replied to one of them and got caught in one of those - 'they need the last word' - what ever. These meditations help me so much and your calm gentle and sometimes funny way of explaining them makes it that much easier and enjoyable to do---and then she said, i started laughing when your dog went through --because just at that moment my kitten Frida decided to fly through my face ! hahaha - also she loves your vids and tries to pet your face :)
Stay spiritual Russell..You are my go-to Guru!
Dude I’m loving the fire you are bringing to the table. You are really being a amazing spiritual steward. you explain things in such A way I believe that sMain Street Crowd can understand. You have been showing how this is not just a attack on our sovereignties but our spirits as well. This is a spiritual war. Awesome concentration the dog would have done it for me. Kundalini is a potent form of medication/ spiritual medicine. 🙏🏼 namaste
Hi Russell, thanks for sending this to my inbox. I don't wish to come across as arrogant, because I'm not...but this one isn't for self..because I don't think whilst meditating..and learned many years ago how to still the mind during meditation, via a Hindu practise..it was difficult at first as the stray thoughts came and went...but practise as in anything..makes perfect..thanking you, with love and light xx
Hi please share the practice or the name of it at least. Many thanks Adrienne
And if you relax your gaze,when he is holding his arms in the circle,you can catch a glimpse of the spirit of Bob ross.really nice video☀️💛☀️
:O
I see it lol
Ha ha ha ha I came here to say the same thing!
The idea of meditation is more about seeing and identifying your thoughts rather than stopping them completely. When you see and identify them they stop by themselves. Trying to stop them by thinking is just another form of thinking.
Could you please explain a bit in what you mean by "identifying" them?
@@deathknight6 it means you recognise that you are thinking a thought, instead of being immersed in that thought or trying to stop it. This way you kind of step out of that thought and just observe the notion of having it, if it makes sense :)
@@ykaterinas Makes sense, thanks
I love you, Bear.
Found that challenging but feel good now. Something to practice!
This was brilliant got me in the zone quick and it was similar to my experience submerging my body in a freezing flowing river and warming my body with my breath
oooo, i like this...felt good and doable and the visit from DOG in the middle added that special added ingredient; LAUGHTER oh yes, and LOVE.
That was great and like you said, maybe the more it's practiced the more benefits noticed.
I have never tried to use kundalini before but received 5 min of amazing peace and lack of racing thoughts which has beeN very very challenging for me. Thank you from my soul!!
Thank you Russell you are a Beautiful soul.
Thank you. I found this really effective at quieting the mind. I didn't realise until I had finished how peaceful my mind was during the meditation..
What a precious moment with your dog! 🕊
*PERFECT TIMING RUSSELL* The last two days the invasive thoughts whilst meditating have been driving me NUTS...
Its not usually a problem!?!?!?
Could mean there’s an emotional struggle, if you tried meditating on the emotional state and just notice the thoughts you might have more luck. It worked well for me anyway. Good luck.
@@andylane7142 great advice Andy - i found that the Sat Nam focused meditations work really well for clearing away and exposing the crap - as well as opening the doors for the solutions too.
I know this is going to sound silly, but take the time to acknowledge the thought that pops up, then let it go. If you keep meditating you will get used to the feeling of those intrusive thoughts and will be able to notice them and not engage with them, I promise.
@@andylane7142 THANK YOU - I will try it as its very annoying.
@@chetansanghani6284 - Thjat sounds like good advice - Ive been doing Transcendental Mediation for 3 weeks, so I am quite new to this. When the thought arrives it annoys me and I KNOW this is counterproductive....
Thank you for illustrating and explaining these mantra meditations. I've done them along with you and I felt stressed and cramped out before and after I felt calm and peaceful! I will share these with friends and make these part of my practice from here on.
Lol *a puppers has entered the chat*
Russell: Don’t make me giggle
That speech in the begining was exactely what i needed today.
Thanks for the experience Russell. Love you.
I love you so much, my Gemini Brother. Thank you for this teaching 🙏❤️🌈
I must confess towards the end of the 5 minutes I heard the aeroplane flying over your head and I pictured someone in it about to punch someone stop, hear the resonance and calm down completely. Oh, and a couple of Aum Mane Padme Hums for endurance. Apart from that my mind was like “crickets” except when the dog licked your face I saw it and remembered a very recent dream of similar happening to me. Ok, I guess I’m not a sudden ‘star’ practitioner of mental silence but it did work very well. Will do it more often. Many thanks 🙏😎
Just absolutely love you. Thanks for all that you do.
This was my first time doing this type of meditation. I don’t think I had one disruptive thought. I was too focused on my breathing and my arms burning. I will definitely watching this again to practice! Thanks!
Not gonna lie, that makes me arthritic shoulders kane!!!!! Nameste Russell 🕉
This really works! Atom Bergstrom has spoken of individuals who don't need to meditate because they are sort of doing it all the time as they mindfully occupy the present and I think I used to be one of those people so setting aside time to do it is foreign to me. But post being committed & pumped full of thorazine 2013 I haven't been finding myself centered in the flow of creation or beaming love and light like before. Chronic pain and fatigue and traumatic brain injury also inhibit my ability to occupy the present. Today I had Boiled Frogs( great but downer song) stuck in my head & just decided enough already. I'm cautious about following along with the meditations of others because I'm cautious about what energy and intentions to align with, who I want in my party of conscious co-creation right & I feel good about you, Russell. Also, I'm highly visual and one of the things I do is envision the light in my core, then grow it around myself to form a sphere of light, finally wrapping the sphere in gold chrome as I acknowledge & reality being holographic protection and reflection of my being and I think having the arms overhead really brings the energy of that visualization into the physical just beautifully. Thank you. ~°love*&*light°~
Since I have been studying Buddhism I have found that rather than being distracted by the noise or the external - Use that as part of your meditation I do the course by Mingyur Rinphoche. This has giving me leaps and bounds in my mediation/awareness even when I am suffering.
@yeh nah Use it :)
Thank you Russel you are a Beautiful soul.
Person with aphantasia(1-2% of population) here. I don’t have imagination anyway. Always live in the present. Don’t attach to things. Live in a moment cause anyway I don’t have choice and I love it.
I am full of gratitude for this entry into the morning. I love finding other human beings still here after all of this.
I can normally "connect" when I meditate, except if I'm sad. The sadness just invades it all, it's too present and "active". I can't just let it be. If anyone has a tip that can help with this I would be most grateful.
@P JL Thank you! I'm personally not dealing with repressed emotions, but vivid and "fresh" ones. A couple of weeks ago I lost two dear kitties and I just could not, would not, find inner stillness. It's happened before with breakups and such -the sorrow jus takes over. I'm an extremely sensitive person, so that may have something to do with it. But yes, you are right that a large part of it is trusting, surrendering, ultimately letting go. As someone said, "pain is a given, the suffering is optional". Thanks again!
@@purpurina5663 Reminds me of when ,pain,is SO bad, we do everything, and I mean anything, to wriggle out of it. But we never can. SO, we have no choice but to say. ,,OK, pain if you really insist, I'll let you stay here, but only for a minute or two,,.
And it,s funny, but those minutes do, somehow, seem to get easier to tolerate. Hope this is in someway helpful.
@@lottielane2486 Thank you! It really is. I feel much better now because at one point I said ok, let's just fall, embrace the void. Reminds me of Out of Africa, when Karen is remembering Dennis and their days together, and she purposefully adds to the pain by bringing back a stellar moment... says something like "then I go one moment more.... and I know I can endure anything". It is beautiful to feel pain for another creature or life. Means we dare to love and feel. Thanks again :)
@@purpurina5663 Oh, that was so beautifully said. Thank YOU, Purpurina. I,LL take that away with ME. ! 🤗🤗
long live to you Brand, very useful tips and you really help with self-understanding and consciousness
Bear licked your nose at @3.33 He's in tune with the Universe. Much love
It must be quite different staying outside, around the beautiful nature, Russell. Thank you for your work.
Seems very peaceful , really.
And please, maintain your new image, because it's beautiful as your soul.
Go outside to the beautiful nature
😁
@@NicolaMaxwell it's thunderstorm outside now. Rain and wind
Thanks Russell. Certainly helpful in managing a busy mind Namaste
Thank you Russell, I haven't done much Kundalini practice, but I will do more now.
One of my Doggies comes to say hi during meditation too. So I pick him up and he sits on my lap. I like to believe that he picks up the vibration of peace. I hope so, cos he's a nut 🙂
Newbie here 👋🏻hi 🤗beautiful Thank you 🙏🏻 & I 💞the smiling patches on the elbows lol😉cute 🤗cardigan oh my 😇 goodness what a 😂gorgeous dog 🐕 😘
I use one square breath each time I wash my hands during the day. Little moments to check in & center ✨️
Omg what a good morning to wake up to today!
Thank you thank you thank you 🙏
What a beautiful garden.
I focused on breathing, strength and much more manageable thoughts, including 'i dont need to think anything'
And i also spotted the dog as i was peeking, was funny
Powerful my friend to be breathing at unison with you 🥰
*YOUR DOG IS LEGEND* hahahahahhaha
Thank you!!!! So effective 💙💙 Please share more of this...the breathing excercise opened so many senses 💙💙💙
Really like this - been doing it for a while. It helps me to focus on the exercise. Instead of 'Watch with Mother' (for those old enough as me to remember the BBC kiddies programme of yesteryear), we have 'Meditate with Russell' 😁. Works for me!
Excellent
this is way easier than doing a wim hof breathing exercise. thanks a lot, will play with this technique.
Thanks, I enjoy learning breathwork
Thank you so much for sharing!
Big hug from Patagonia Argentina
I have been practicing Art of Living breath work for the last couple months, meditating at least twice a day. I am not sure I like having Guru Ravi Shankar. He is kind and benevolent, but every course is pricey. I have always believed that leaning to meditate and to gather in meditation should be the gift we give each other. . I also follow Sam Harris meditation app. Not a big fan of your mouth breathing friend. I think nasal breath-work is more effective. I am a biologist and not a respiratory expert. I appreciate you, Russell Brand. You are authentic, kind and engaging, and sometimes tucking hilarious, which I adore. Still figuring it all out. But I know the breath is the way to spiritual enlightenment and beyond. 🧡🧡
Russell Brand is such a gemini. Lol. I see so much of myself in him I think we would have a great laugh together.
The Dog is just demonstrating not to take ourselves too seriously. Our dogs are the ultimate ego eradicator.
Simply put, I enjoyed this.
I have been struggling through anxiety of panic even this 6th year after suddenly losing my 17 year old Son. I am fighting for normalcy to return so I can thrive again. This is my first time doing this particular meditation with you and it was awesome. I loved the setting of you sitting outside, I loved your dog, and I appreciated the mantras spelled out on the screen. Now my arms feel puffed up like Popeye’s which is a new one for me lol. Thank you, Russell for all you do to help all of humanity. Even little old me across the pond in California (yikes, I really need this!)
Thank you Russel hard but bloody brilliant felt epic after this
To the simple one might think the shepherd had more sense. But rhythmic breathing on a count (try a metronome Russel) is the best stress buster. The dog really does know, and is jealous of your slow pant.
I have said before. According to my TM Teacher . When thoughts arise during Meditation, it is stress being released. So let the thoughts come, and then let them go.
I love it. I teach Kundalini Meditation daily for free on Facebook. I had heard you were doing the yoga. I really needed someone to guide me this AM. Thank You. Sat Nam
Thank you Russel! This was good and very helpful!
Thank you!
I love kundalini and kriyas yoga is so powerful
Oh Bear hahaha. Better than a plane I suppose🙏🏼 For years now I've had a terrible habit of unconsciously holding my breath when doing just about anything that isn't very strenuous. These videos are helping me to breath much more and more easily, thank you💚
Not sure why this post was deleted from my feed when i went to check the comment, but i found it anyways! Ty, Russell.
This exercise was hard, I soon gave up, which in this case was a good thing, because I got all the benefits I could ever get from it when I saw your furry friend 💗
I really enjoyed this. Thank you. 🙏 It was very helpful at silencing my thoughts. Bear seemed to enjoy it too! ❤️🐶🌈
Thanks for that man, done me world of good. Cheers
Y r amazing man brother ☮️❤️ I hope much luv and prosperity to u ☮️❤️🤪💪
Love this! Please do more🙏
Eye it gave peace ✌ thanks man loved this one my room was peaceful and my mind excepted clear clean thoughts 👌 😀
Yay! I will add this to my yoga routine.
Beautiful, thank you 🧡
Congratulations Russell on keeping going after being soundly snogged by your dog🐶😄 I'm afraid I was completely put off by being snogged by my 8 month old lurcher 😄 It makes me wonder how many following along with you were also smothered in canine love 😁🙏
I enjoyed that and thank you for sharing.
On my gosh, my two dogs do the same thing! So funny. The breathing technique is magical.
Thank you.