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Before beginning this meditation to bring great inner peace and tranquility to your mind, remember to take a few deep inhalations and exhalations and then return to normal breathing. Then slowly repeat these words:
- Om Shanti: Inhale on "Om" and exhale on "Shanti" (peace)
- Shalom: Inhale on "Sha" and exhale on "lom" (Hebrew for peace)
- Peaceful: Inhale on "Peace" and exhale on "ful"
- Repeat
-Victor M Parachin, Sit a Bit
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Those who seek to practice meditation are always instructed to begin by focusing on their breathing. In meditation, the breath is the vehicle of release: the releasing of distracting thoughts, disturbing images, feelings of limitation, and feelings of resistance. Those skilled in meditation know that the breath can calm, reassure, and stabilize both mind and body. . . .

So the next time you're upset about something, don't just stand there, breathe! Here's an effective way of using the breath to calm and center yourself: While inhaling and exhaling, say to yourself: "Peace in, anxiety out." Repeat this as many times as necessary until calm and relaxation emerge.
-Victor M Parachin, Eastern Wisdom for Western Minds
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CPR Meditation is an excellent stress-reliever and body-relaxer, based on the words calm, peaceful, relaxed. Simply repeat these sentences over and over while deeply and slowly inhaling and exhaling. 

I am calm.
I am peaceful.
I am relaxed.

-Victor M Parachin, ​Sit a Bit

Victor M. Parachin ... 

a Vedic educator, yoga instructor, Buddhist meditation teacher and author of a dozen books. Buy his books at amazon or your local bookstore. Sadly, Victor passed away in August 2025, but his blog continues. Janet Parachin, his partner of 45 years, shares quotes from his books and articles each week. 

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