Guided Meditation for Overthinking

Are you someone who is suffering from overthinking? Have you tried to calm the chatter and yet you can feel the wheels of your mind jumping into hyper drive? Well, you are not alone. Overthinking is a common experience among many people. Guided meditation for overthinking is a way to help declutter the thoughts of the mind and quiet down the constant chatter.

What is overthinking?

As we all know, our brains are constantly moving, constantly going. Thinking of new ideas, about worries, concerns, happiness, sadness, work, money, stress, etc. See, even just mentioning all of the things that our brains think about is stressful in itself. It’s completely normal to have your brain going at a hundred miles an hour all the time, but it can be hard when you are an overthinker. But what does this mean exactly, to be an “overthinker”?

For example, let’s say that you had a really bad day at work. Instead of coming home and putting your mind to rest or onto something else, you are thinking about the bad day you had. Wondering what other people must have been thinking of you for using the bathroom ten times in one day or wondering if anyone saw that you knocked over all of the paperwork off of your desk or the toilet paper that was stuck on your shoe when you were walking in from lunch.

When you’re an overthinker, you think about the same situation too much, the different things that you wish you would have had happened, and the things that you wish that you could have happen in the future.

It can also come in the form of worrying too much about what is going to happen tomorrow, in the next few hours or in the up coming next few minutes. overthinking takes away from each moments peace. It pulls energy away from more productive thinking.

It can wind up being a draining experience and it can never allow you to fully be present in the moment.

Guided meditation for overthinking

Stuck over-thinking? Try this practice below for a guided mindfulness meditation for overthinking that will allow your thoughts to go from overwhelming thoughts to a place to clear your mind. Mindfulness is the best guided meditation for overthinking as it helps transform these thoughts into objects of practice.

Check out our YouTube practice as well if you prefer a video of this original guided practice. Our video is guided by a male voice with no background music. You can find a transcript of the recording on our channel as well.

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What is guided meditation for overthinking

A guided meditation for overthinking uses mindfulness meditation to teach you to live more in the present moment, and not allow your mind to run away with thoughts.

For some sessions, you might be instructed to lay down on the floor or in your bed on your back while you’re guided during your meditation. The instructor will attempt to put you into a state of relaxation, informing you that a clear mind is what you have in the moment and a clear mind is what you need to keep in order to live a life that is in the here and now.

They will help you realize that you are at peace, then they are going to try and get you to hold onto the peace for the rest of the day. It is recommended to do this everyday until you know how to control your brain on your own.

How meditation helps with overthinking

Overthinking is caused by stress, worrying about what is going to happen in the next minute and all the way up to ten years from now. When you are in a meditation session, it allows you to do nothing, but lay there and think about all of the things that you are going through, but it causes you to be relaxed while you are doing so.

The whole point of using meditation to conquer this mental battle is to get you to be in a calmer state of mind and then teaching you how to keep yourself there for the whole day. The insight here is that your mind isn't exclusively a place for uncontrolled thoughts. It's a place to explore the unique experience of the present moment.

With guided meditation for overthinking, you’re walked through a process of slowly cleaning the clutter of the mind and quieting down the constant chatter.

There’s also a lot of research that suggests meditation helps people suffering from anxiety, and who are in their heads all day, get out of it. Plus, it helps people sleep better and be in an overall more positive mood throughout their days.

How to meditate for overthinking

When you finally get settled down and you are starting the guided meditation for overthinking the first thing you are going to want to do is take three long, deep breaths. With every exhale, relax your body a little bit more every time.

Once you feel that your body has come to a complete stop, that is when you start working on your mind, which is a little trickier. You are going to have to talk to yourself, saying things like, “I know that we have a hundred and one things to think about right now. I understand that I am anxious, I understand that I feel like I need to do something about the future, but for right now we are just going to take a minute and relax.”

Keep telling your mind that it is okay to let go of the things that cannot be changed or controlled. Try thinking about the same thing over and over, such as, “I am at peace.” or “I am so relaxed.” Allow yourself to go deeper into this awareness.

By doing this, you are training your brain to be at peace and relax when you are in the state of meditation. Pretty soon, you mind will automatically know when to do when it hears the meditation music and feels you laying down at the same time every single day.

When it comes to meditation, sticking to a routine can sometimes be the most effective way to cure something inside of the brain and then, even after you feel better, you’ll want to maintain a regular meditation habit.

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