Meditation

Can Sahaj Samadhi meditation stop overthinking and negative thoughts

Overthinking is painful. It happens without your will and sometimes, you just wish you could have a switch-off button. What you overthink could be as simple as a slip of the tongue at a work meeting and be as challenging an event to process as losing a loved one.

Overthinking further brings its relatives: anxiety, panic, anger, and a host of negative emotions. Sometimes, these emotions are so powerful that they make it hard for you to focus or enjoy your present moment. Following situations or conditions can make you prone to overthink as well.

  • Distressing periods in life
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Eating disorders
  • Chronic illnesses

 

Sahaj Samadhi meditation for overthinking

Sahaj Samadhi Dhyan Yoga is a meditation technique wherein you take a personal mantra to meditate. It is easy to practice and takes roughly about 20 minutes to practice. Proven to relieve symptoms of late-life depression, can it also stop overthinking, something so many of us suffer in silence?

Dr. Prema Seshadri, a psychologist, practitioner & teacher of the Sahaj Samadhi meditation technique, shares, “The technique helps one tend to the root of the problem of overthinking - our unresolved emotions.”

 

Understanding the cause of overthinking

Overthinking leaves a cue to its root cause. 

If you think about it, whatever you overthink - it is always either a person, a past situation, or an imagined condition in the future. You never overthink the present moment - what is naturally here and now. That is because our unresolved emotions stem from the impressions or imprints left on the mind from the past.

If your mind were a camera film, these impressions would be like videos recorded and re-recorded on the same screen - in short, a complete mess.

 

Tidying up with a mantra

A mantra taken in Sahaj Samadhi Dhyan Yoga is like introducing an energized atom into your consciousness. This tiny ball of energy enters deep layers of your consciousness and clears away impressions that you have been carrying from the past.


 

If remembering a person makes you relive a lot of mental distress, a Sahaj mantra removes that pain over a period of time. You will be able to face any person or situation with equanimity, without getting rattled by the pain of their memory.

In Sanskrit, it is said, manana trayate iti mantra. A mantra saves you from repetitiveness - repetitive thought patterns and worries. This lets you break free from thought patterns that are subconsciously pulling you down and baseless worries that consume your energy. 

If your negative thoughts were creatures sucking away your light, a Sahaj mantra serves more or less like an undefeatable arrow from the Gods. After a Sahaj Samadhi session, you are filled with energy, clarity, and calmness. The anger, pain, and anxiety of overthinking no longer hold weight. All is well again - thanks to the power of a mantra.

Daily Sahaj practice for overthinking

When you become more aware, you can stop overthinking at will. You are then more likely to address your issues than overthink. Regular practice of Sahaj Samadhi meditation helps increase your awareness and root yourself in the present - the space where overthinking is impossible.

Based on inputs by Dr. Prema Seshadri, Faculty, Sahaj Samadhi Dhyan Yoga & Psychologist

 

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