Empowerment Meditation - 4 minutes

Next time you are facing a meeting with your boss, a tough negotiation, a confrontation, a first date, a job interview or even just an ugly Monday morning, try this:

1.  Stand with your feet slightly wider than shoulder width apart.


2.  Work with the Empowerment dough for a minute or so with both hands, just exploring how your own power manipulates the physical environment.  Bring the dough close to you and observe the color and smell and how they make you feel.

3.  Now roll the dough into a ball, and cup it in your left hand (in some traditions, the "receiving" hand).  Leave your hand open, palm upward. Bring your hand with the aromatherapy dough up to the level of your heart to the middle of the breastbone.

4.  Now form the Ahamkara Mudra with your right hand.  The Ahamkara Mudra is a hand position that looks like this:

Note that the thumb is touching the outside of the index finger at the first joint.
(Click here for an introduction to mudras. )

5.  Bring your right hand, maintaining Ahamkara, to a spot about an inch from your body, and two inches above the navel.  You can hold your hand palm up as long as you are maintaining the position.

6.  Spend 1-2 minutes in this position, breathing deeply and being aware that you have some power in this moment to affect the environment around you.  Experiment with saying or thinking an affirmation like:  "I value myself and add value to others." "I love and approve of myself."  "I deserve good things."  See what works for you.


7. When you are ready, relax your hands and begin working with the dough again, noticing how much power you have over the moment you're in.  End the meditation by putting the Empowerment dough back in its tin and go forth knowing that you are equal to what meets you today.