UNLOCK YOUR INNATE WISDOM
DEEPEN YOUR PRACTICE WITH INNATE WISDOM 3-WEEK AT-AFFIRMATION CHALLENGE
Welcome to the 3-Week Innate Wisdom Awakening Challenge. This challenge is designed to help you deepen your connection with your innate wisdom, expand your life force, and cultivate a peaceful, mindful presence through daily meditation practices. Over the next three weeks, you will explore various aspects of meditation, self-awareness, and spiritual growth.
Each week will focus on a specific theme, with daily practices that guide you toward greater clarity, peace, and alignment with universal energy.
Challenge Overview
- Duration: 21 days (3 weeks)
- Time: Daily meditation at 6:30 A.M. and 6:30 P.M.
- Duration per session: 21 minutes
- Focus: Self-awareness, emotional healing, connecting with universal energy, and awakening innate wisdom.
Week 1: Cultivating Inner Awareness and Peace
In the first week, the focus will be on developing self-awareness and cultivating inner peace. This week encourages you to become more attuned to your thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations while developing a deep sense of calm and clarity.
Daily Practices:
- Day 1–3: Breath Awareness Meditation
- Begin by focusing on your breath. Inhale deeply and exhale slowly, observing the sensation of air entering and leaving your body.
- Allow your mind to gently focus on the rhythm of your breath. If thoughts arise, acknowledge them and return your focus to your breath.
- Day 4–6: Body Scan Meditation
- Perform a body scan, beginning with your toes and slowly moving up through your body to your head. Notice any tension or discomfort in your body, and release it with each breath.
- Focus on bringing awareness to each part of your body, observing without judgment.
- Day 7: Sound Meditation
- Focus on the sounds around you. Whether it’s the music you are listening to or ambient sounds, let them become the object of your meditation.
- Let go of any distraction and simply listen, allowing the sounds to deepen your awareness of the present moment.
Week 2: Awakening Emotional Clarity
In the second week, we will focus on emotional clarity and healing. Meditation will help you process and release any emotional blockages, allowing you to awaken your emotional intelligence and harmony within.
Daily Practices:
- Day 8–10: Emotional Awareness Meditation
- Begin by reflecting on your emotions. Sit in stillness and observe how you feel without attaching labels to the emotions. Simply witness your emotions as they arise.
- Allow your feelings to pass like clouds, acknowledging them without judgment.
- Day 11–13: Loving-Kindness Meditation (Metta)
- Practice sending love and compassion first to yourself, then gradually extend it to others in your life.
- Silently repeat phrases like “May I be happy, may I be healthy, may I be at peace” for yourself, and then extend these wishes to loved ones, strangers, and even those you find difficult to connect with.
- Day 14: Emotional Healing Visualization
- Visualize yourself in a safe, peaceful place. Imagine a healing light surrounding your body and heart, gently clearing away emotional blockages and allowing peace and balance to fill your being.
- Stay in this visualization for several minutes, allowing the light to dissolve any tension or emotional heaviness.
Week 3: Strengthening Connection with Innate Wisdom and Universal Energy
In the third week, we will focus on strengthening your connection to your innate wisdom and universal energy. This week will help you tap into your deeper spiritual awareness and expand your life force.
Daily Practices:
- Day 15–17: Silent Meditation
- Practice sitting in stillness, without any external distractions. Simply be present with your thoughts, your breath, and the energy within and around you.
- Observe your thoughts, letting them come and go without attachment. This practice strengthens your ability to connect with the universal flow of energy.
- Day 18–20: Intuitive Awareness Meditation
- Set an intention before meditation to receive guidance or insights. As you meditate, open yourself to any intuitive thoughts, sensations, or feelings that arise.
- Trust the process and observe any messages or insights that come through during the meditation.
- Day 21: Cosmic Energy Connection Meditation
- Visualize a flow of cosmic energy surrounding you. Imagine this energy entering your body through the crown of your head, filling every cell with light and wisdom.
- As you sit in meditation, affirm your connection to the universal life force, and let this energy deepen your wisdom and spiritual awareness.
Daily Reflection and Journal
After each meditation session, take a few moments to reflect on your experience. Write down any thoughts, feelings, or insights that arose during your practice. Consider these reflection prompts:
- What did you observe about your emotional or mental state today?
- Did you notice any shifts in your awareness or energy levels after the session?
- What wisdom or insights emerged during your meditation practice?
Tracking your progress will help you gain deeper clarity on your journey toward awakening your innate wisdom.
Meditation Timing and Structure
- Time: 6:30 A.M. and 6:30 P.M.
These are times when the world is typically still, and the energy is ripe for reflection, inner peace, and awakening. These times align with moments when the mind is naturally more open to deep introspection, and the surrounding energy is conducive to meditation. - Duration: 21 minutes
The session lasts for 21 minutes, providing a focused time window that promotes deep reflection and mindfulness. The number 21 is symbolic of transformation and growth, making it ideal for this meditation practice.
How to Practice Innate Wisdom Awakening with Music
- Preparation:
- Find a quiet space where you can be undisturbed.
- Sit in a comfortable posture, either on a cushion, chair, or lying down.
- Ensure that your environment is peaceful and conducive to focus.
- Select the Music:
Choose music that resonates deeply with your soul. Instrumental, ambient, or calming sounds are ideal for meditation. The key is to select music that doesn’t have distracting lyrics, allowing your focus to remain on the sound and the space within. - Focus on Your Breath:
Begin by taking a few deep breaths to relax and center yourself. As you breathe, feel your body relax, and allow your mind to become still. - Listening with Awareness:
As the music begins, bring your full awareness to the sound. Notice every note, rhythm, and shift in the melody. Feel the vibrations of the music in your body and mind.- Focus on how the music makes you feel. Are there emotions or thoughts that arise?
- Observe your thoughts without judgment. Allow them to come and go, like the music itself.
- Self-Awareness:
Throughout the 21-minute session, continually bring your awareness back to yourself. Recognize how you are reacting to the music—emotionally, mentally, and physically.- Are you feeling calm, energized, or introspective?
- Notice how your body responds to the sounds, and observe any shifts in your energy.
- Closing the Meditation:
When the music finishes, sit quietly for a moment and reflect on your experience. How do you feel? Has the music affected your state of mind or your awareness?- Take a few deep breaths to anchor yourself before returning to your day.
Benefits of the 3-Week Innate Wisdom Awakening Challenge
By the end of the 21 days, you will:
- Cultivate a deeper sense of peace and clarity within yourself.
- Awaken your innate wisdom and develop stronger intuitive guidance.
- Release emotional blockages and increase emotional intelligence.
- Strengthen your connection with universal energy, enhancing your life force.
This challenge will guide you to experience greater alignment with your higher self, awaken your deepest potential, and open yourself to infinite possibilities.
Reflection and Journal Practice
After each session, take a moment to reflect on the following questions:
- What emotions or thoughts did the music bring up during the meditation?
- How did the experience affect your sense of peace, joy, or clarity?
- Did you notice any shifts in your energy or awareness after the session?
Consider keeping a journal to track your experiences over the course of the 21 days. This will help you observe any personal growth or deeper insights that arise during your meditation practice.
Are You Ready to Begin?
The 3-Week Innate Wisdom Awakening Challenge is an empowering journey towards greater self-awareness, emotional healing, and spiritual awakening. Each day of this challenge brings you closer to your true self, ready to embrace the wisdom and peace that reside within you.
Are you ready to start the challenge or would you like more information on any specific meditation practices or themes?
Listening to music, all on its own, can be seen as a form of Innate Wisdom Meditation. By focusing on it and being aware of yourself and your thoughts while you listen, you are essentially practicing Innate Wisdom Meditation meditation in the process.
Use headphones or a stereo to play your music. If you choose to use headphones, it may help to feel like the music is coming from inside of your head, rather than from across the room. This can help your focus.
Set aside the right amount of time to meditate. It doesn’t have to be very long—even 20 minutes will do.
Use the music as a way to center your thoughts. Finding something to focus on and hone in on when meditating can be a challenge at first. By using music, you are giving yourself something specific to focus on.
Identify how the music makes you feel. By thinking about how the music makes you feel, you’re gaining insight into your relationship with that particular song or kind of music, and this is a key in Innate Wisdom Meditation.
Focus on your breathing. Breath is an essential aspect of any form of meditation. Make sure you are breathing deeply and slowly, and that you are aware of your breath as it enters and leaves your body.
EXPERT GUIDANCE
Growing up at the aaa center, received his first spiritual lessons from Mani Gandhi of the aaa and has continued his spiritual education for the past 30 years under his guidance, Davadas Gandhi aaa serves as Yoga International and has been a driving force for the aaa center’s humanitarian projects in India over the past 15 years.