Why Affirmations
For anyone interested in meditation, spirituality or energy based healing, affirmations can be a very useful tool. For example, for those who may be starting out on their Reiki journey, affirmations like "I open up to receiving light" or "I open up with love" can often help the recipient to enjoy a smooth & relaxing Reiki experience, as they open up to a new depth of love & light in their life.
From a meditative perspective, when we work with affirmations, we are basically employing a technique that helps us to set our intention more clearly whilst at the same time helping us to stay focused. In this way, affirmations can be especially helpful to those who who may feel that they have a busy or overly active mind, as they go about their daily healing or meditation practices. In addition to these meditative benefits, affirmations can also be used throughout our day to day life, as a way of helping us cultivate beneficial mindsets. There are countless affirmations that we can choose from and therefore, there are countless ways that we can benefit from affirmations in this way. But one of the most common problems that arise when we are working with affirmations is that our mind can very easily become distracted. And this is where the concept of rhythmic affirmations can be of assistance, as it can remind us of our affirmations focus. Here on this page, we will be sharing everything you need to know about how to do rhythmic affirmations so that you can can add this wonderfully uplifting technique to your healing & meditation toolkit. |
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Affirmations - With Rhythm
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As we mentioned in the introduction above, affirmations can be a wonderful technique that can help you to cultivate beneficial mindsets whilst also helping you to remain focused on a particular intention (whether that be done in meditation or as you go about your daily life). But one of the main problems that people have when working with affirmations is that the mind becomes very easily distracted, which is where the idea of using rhythm can be especially helpful.
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Using rhythm as a way to work with affirmations is actually very simple. First, you need to access some kind of consistent rhythm. Next, start saying a chosen affirmation(s) within that rhythm. After a few minutes, your mind will most likely start associating the rhythm with your chosen affirmation so that when you hear the rhythm playing, it will help to keep your mind focused on your chosen affirmation(s). And whenever your mind wanders off, that's totally fine, just use the rhythm to bring yourself back to your chosen affirmation (or to another affirmation).
And as we mentioned earlier, this technique can be used as part of a meditation practice or as a you go about your day to day routines. The rhythm that you choose can be anything at all i.e. rhythmic music, drums, binaural beats, isochronic tones, a ticking clock, a metronome etc. Most importantly, the rhythm should be something that can help you to very easily repeat / mentally recite your chosen affirmation(s), without too much distraction. We hope you enjoy this simple technique and may it help you to cultivate beneficial, uplifting and joyful mindsets!
And as we mentioned earlier, this technique can be used as part of a meditation practice or as a you go about your day to day routines. The rhythm that you choose can be anything at all i.e. rhythmic music, drums, binaural beats, isochronic tones, a ticking clock, a metronome etc. Most importantly, the rhythm should be something that can help you to very easily repeat / mentally recite your chosen affirmation(s), without too much distraction. We hope you enjoy this simple technique and may it help you to cultivate beneficial, uplifting and joyful mindsets!
Free Rhythm Track (Medium Bass)
To help you get started more easily, we have created some 528 Hz meditation music, with a pulsating rhythm, so that you can just plug in your headphones and start working with this rhythm, as you feel guided to. The track runs for about 30 minutes and has been designed to promote a feeling of love within. And when this is combined with some uplifting affirmations (and some of the techniques outlined in the next few sections) this can help to provide a very good framework for a divinely uplifting meditation/affirmation experience.
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Mantras & Symbols - With Rhythm
In the previous section, we talked about how to use rhythm to more easily focus the mind on a chosen affirmation. We also offered a free rhythm track so that you can get started with this technique, should you wish to. This means that you can now choose any number of affirmations and apply a simple rhythm to help focus your mind, as you enjoy being uplifted by your chosen affirmation. So at this point, we now wish to lovingly invite you to use this same technique but this time, rather than working with affirmations, we will be working with mantras.
Firstly then, it is important that we understand the difference between an affirmation and a mantra. For us, we define an affirmation as being a chosen intention or statement that is designed to uplift or benefit the mind in some way; whereas a mantra is a very sacred & deeply spiritual phenomena that gives us the ability to call on or invoke a series of very special Higher Consciousness energies. In this way, when we use a mantra, we are effectively asking some kind of Higher Consciousness Being(s) to shower their blessings & love on us, which then enables us to be vibrationally uplifted towards this Higher Consciousness frequency, which in turn can lead us towards more happy & joyful states of being.
So now we know what a mantra is, we can now start introducing mantras into our rhythm practice. The rhythm will again be acting as a mental reminder for us, so that we can continue to call on these energies throughout our practice/day. Also, for those who may be working with healing symbols, you can also use the same rhythm based technique with any symbols you like. And as you'll see you in the next section, you can also combine all of the rhythm based techniques that we have introduced so far, to help you receive, expand & evolve in a simple & easy way.
Firstly then, it is important that we understand the difference between an affirmation and a mantra. For us, we define an affirmation as being a chosen intention or statement that is designed to uplift or benefit the mind in some way; whereas a mantra is a very sacred & deeply spiritual phenomena that gives us the ability to call on or invoke a series of very special Higher Consciousness energies. In this way, when we use a mantra, we are effectively asking some kind of Higher Consciousness Being(s) to shower their blessings & love on us, which then enables us to be vibrationally uplifted towards this Higher Consciousness frequency, which in turn can lead us towards more happy & joyful states of being.
So now we know what a mantra is, we can now start introducing mantras into our rhythm practice. The rhythm will again be acting as a mental reminder for us, so that we can continue to call on these energies throughout our practice/day. Also, for those who may be working with healing symbols, you can also use the same rhythm based technique with any symbols you like. And as you'll see you in the next section, you can also combine all of the rhythm based techniques that we have introduced so far, to help you receive, expand & evolve in a simple & easy way.
Free Rhythm Track (Heavier Bass)
We understand that some people might like to have some rhythm music in the background (i.e. rather than listening with headphones), so we have re-created the same rhythm track as we shared above but this time, we have slightly increased the sound/feel of the bass. Again, the track runs for about 30 minutes and can be a great way to start enjoying a variety of healing practices. Enjoy!
Combining Rhythm Techniques
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So far, we have introduced you to the idea of how to use rhythm to more easily work with affirmations, mantras & healing symbols. And whilst each of these individual techniques are very helpful, we can often get much better results by combining them together. For example, if you start to combine these practices, you may find that you are able to 'meditate' more easily and for longer periods of time (with very little effort). Furthermore, when you start combining these rhythm techniques, you may notice that you now have a very simple format for a) calling on many beautiful Higher Consciousness healing energies whilst b) using affirmations as a way of guiding those healing energies to where they are needed most, which is wonderful. Ok, so how do we actually start combining these techniques in a simple, easy & divinely uplifting way?
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Firstly, let us consider how we might go about combining mantras with affirmations, as this can be a wonderful meditative combination. In this case, we will be using mantras as the 'backbone' of our meditation (the mantras will be helping us to call on very special Higher Consciousness energies). Every few minutes (in between saying your chosen mantra) you can use the rhythmic affirmations technique as a way to help you shape your intention. For example, beginners might like to use complementary affirmations like "I receive with love" or "I open & receive" as good accompaniments to their chosen mantra. These types of affirmations can help to focus the intention on being open to receive and when they are interwoven into your mantra work, they can help you to receive these beautiful mantra healing energies more effectively. As you progress, you might like to start working with affirmations like "may all be free from suffering" or "may all attain freedom & liberation" or "we are all one" to help you expand your healing/meditative intentions even further. And again, when you interweave these kinds of intentions into your mantra recitation work, they can help the energies to flow more smoothly & freely, for the benefit of all beings.
So now, let us consider how we might use healing symbols with mantras & affirmations, as this is another good combination. When working together with all three techniques, there is a lot of flexibility and choice available, especially as our symbols repertoire starts to grow. In this case, let's say that we start our practice with some symbols e.g. we use a rhythmic 'track' and repeat the sacred name(s) of our healing symbols. After some time (once we are feeling vibrationally strong) we can then switch over to working with a mantra(s), say for around 10 - 15 minutes per mantra. Whilst repeating the mantras, we can then also use our rhythmic affirmations technique (as explained above) as a way of shaping our healing intentions during our mantra work. And then after finishing a mantra, you can either switch back to working with symbols, or work with another mantra (as you feel guided to). And because you are working within a rhythm track, you will often find that there is a nice fluidity & flow to your meditation practice. You may also find that working with this variety of techniques works very well for a busy, fast or overly active mind, noting that you will be working 'with' your mind to help create beneficial, positive & divinely uplifting meditative experiences.
And for those who do end up exploring these rhythm based techniques, especially for those who are combining healing symbols with mantras & affirmations, we also wish to point out that as you continue to move through these practices, you will likely be guided on your journey forwards. For example, as you are connecting with a symbol or mantra (meaning that you are connecting with Higher Consciousness), it is quite common to have an affirmation 'suddenly' pop into your mind. If this happens, it is likely a 'divine gift' that is being offered. You can now happily & joyfully use this affirmation, in conjunction with your other higher consciousness based practices, for a more uplifting & expansive experience.
So now, let us consider how we might use healing symbols with mantras & affirmations, as this is another good combination. When working together with all three techniques, there is a lot of flexibility and choice available, especially as our symbols repertoire starts to grow. In this case, let's say that we start our practice with some symbols e.g. we use a rhythmic 'track' and repeat the sacred name(s) of our healing symbols. After some time (once we are feeling vibrationally strong) we can then switch over to working with a mantra(s), say for around 10 - 15 minutes per mantra. Whilst repeating the mantras, we can then also use our rhythmic affirmations technique (as explained above) as a way of shaping our healing intentions during our mantra work. And then after finishing a mantra, you can either switch back to working with symbols, or work with another mantra (as you feel guided to). And because you are working within a rhythm track, you will often find that there is a nice fluidity & flow to your meditation practice. You may also find that working with this variety of techniques works very well for a busy, fast or overly active mind, noting that you will be working 'with' your mind to help create beneficial, positive & divinely uplifting meditative experiences.
And for those who do end up exploring these rhythm based techniques, especially for those who are combining healing symbols with mantras & affirmations, we also wish to point out that as you continue to move through these practices, you will likely be guided on your journey forwards. For example, as you are connecting with a symbol or mantra (meaning that you are connecting with Higher Consciousness), it is quite common to have an affirmation 'suddenly' pop into your mind. If this happens, it is likely a 'divine gift' that is being offered. You can now happily & joyfully use this affirmation, in conjunction with your other higher consciousness based practices, for a more uplifting & expansive experience.
Singing Your Own Affirmations
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Have you ever had a song that's been stuck in your head for sometimes days at a time? Well, we can use this to our advantage when working with affirmations. We often find that this technique is especially useful for 'going about your day' and when working with this technique, there are a few ways that we can go about it. For example, you might like to create melodies of our own and then match them to a particular affirmation. Or, you might like to choose a song that you love (an instrumental song is probably more easy to start off with) and then sing along a chosen affirmation to that melody. Both techniques can work equally well - it really just depends on what your personal preferences are for determining what technique will work best for you.
For example, if you are someone who likes singing away in the shower, perhaps creating your own little melodies as you hum away, then this might be a wonderful opportunity for you to sing an uplifting affirmation, with your own little melody, so that you can feel the joy of singing whilst creating & cultivating beneficial mindsets for more peace, joy & expansion. Perhaps you want to sing "I open & radiate love, for the benefit of all" or "I am a beacon of light and I radiate for all" or "I open up to the blessings of love and share it with all". Whatever affirmation you choose to work with is fine - just make sure that it is something that makes your heart sing! |
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Alternatively, if you are someone who often finds yourself humming away your favorite tunes, then this can be another great opportunity to mentally sing away your affirmations. Simply attach an affirmation to that existing melody and you are good to go (another good idea can be to deliberately get a melody stuck in your head for the sole purpose of mentally reciting affirmations). And for those who are just starting out with this, we would suggest starting out with an instrumental piece of music, with a simple melody, so that you can very easily say your affirmation(s).
To help you with this, we will share a track that we consider to be a good example. We loving recommend that you just use the first 30 seconds of melody from the video below and then try and attach a few simple affirmations to it e.g. a "thank you" affirmation would work easily with this melody. And if you wish to get a little bit more complicated, you can try singing affirmations like "I open and receive" or "I open up to love". And you can also play around with any number of affirmations using this simple melody and/or try out a few healing symbol names as well. In this way, you can 'sing' along with this simple melody whilst calling on a series of Higher Consciousness healing energies throughout the day.
To help you with this, we will share a track that we consider to be a good example. We loving recommend that you just use the first 30 seconds of melody from the video below and then try and attach a few simple affirmations to it e.g. a "thank you" affirmation would work easily with this melody. And if you wish to get a little bit more complicated, you can try singing affirmations like "I open and receive" or "I open up to love". And you can also play around with any number of affirmations using this simple melody and/or try out a few healing symbol names as well. In this way, you can 'sing' along with this simple melody whilst calling on a series of Higher Consciousness healing energies throughout the day.
