Silva Method: guided meditation to control thoughts in stressful situations

The Silva Method is a method of meditation with more than fifty years of history. José Silva developed it in 1960 in the United States with the first intention of helping his children improve their school performance.

The Silva Method is a series of exercises and techniques designed to better solve our problems and learn to develop greater control over ourselves and our lives.

With this video you can follow the meditation with the Silva Method guided by the voice of Vilma Montoliu:

Silva Method: who was José Silva

Jose Silva He was born in 1914 in Texas and died in 1999. He was a technician and professor of electronics and always had a great interest in hypnosis, education, philosophy and the human mind. Silva was convinced that IQ could be improved and the mental abilities of all people through some kind of mental training. When he saw that his children had difficulties in school, she decided to unite his passions. So she began to investigate, discovering the electronics of the brain and the different rhythms of brain function.

José Silva’s extensive knowledge of electronics was crucial to understand the functioning of brain wavesand be able to devise the Method. Silva knew that the electrical circuits that work best are those that offer the least resistance, so he related this maxim of electronics to the functioning of the brain.

Understanding the brain mechanism as a set of electrical impulses, Silva saw that the brain’s potential was enhanced when the brain was relaxed, that is, when the brain circuit is offering less resistance.

But we are not only talking about a relaxed mind, but with the Silva Method we are going to look for the Alpha state. The Alpha state is when the brain generates waves with the same name, Alpha waves or frequencies, which occur in a highly relaxed situation. It is when we reach this state that we can work on our mind.

Silva Method: benefits

The Silva Method exercises They can help you with many questions. These are its main benefits:

Relax. Control tension, anxiety, stress. Sleep better. Promote a positive and optimistic attitude. Enhance memory, concentration, learning. Have greater self-esteem and self-confidence. Make better decisions and clarify your goals. Create positive habits for you and your environment. And a long list of benefits similar to the benefits of any meditation.

Meditation with the Silva Method for moments of stress

The Silva Method is made up of numerous techniques, resources and exercises. With this meditation we will seek a great state of relaxation, trying to reach the Alpha waves, and then we will use one of the techniques of the method, the technique called the three fingers, to achieve Control our thoughts in stressful situations.

What is the three finger technique?

The three-finger technique has this name because we will use the index, middle and thumb fingers of one hand or with both hands as a mental anchor to transport us to a space of peace and mental calm in a moment of stress.

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I explain it to you in a very simple way! A mental anchor is a resource which can be a word, a space, a symbol, a gesture… that you have associated with a type of behavior. For example, when you see a STOP sign you stop. The STOP sign is the anchor and how you react to it is the behavior that you have associated or anchored to this symbol.

With the three-finger technique, anchoring is the union of the index, middle, and thumb fingers to bring the mind to a space of peace.

Guided meditation with the Silva Method

you will see what we will do a very simple meditation with the Silva Method in which you will visualize how you easily resolve a situation that causes you stress or anxiety.

Before starting, think of a situation that you have right now in your life that makes you feel stress, so during the meditation you will already have the situation in mind and the exercise will be more agile. While you do the meditation you will have to do the gesture of the three fingers, that is to say, join the tips of the index, middle and thumb fingers, of one hand or both. We will begin bringing the mind to the state of Alpha relaxation so that it is easier to program the technique of the three fingers and have a pleasant and beautiful experience with the Silva Method. Do the meditation sitting in a chair with your back straight, but without tension. That way you won’t fall asleep and you’ll still be comfortable. If you feel like it, You may find it rewarding to do the meditation with headphones on. You will feel the sound more enveloping and you will be able to better isolate yourself from the outside. If you need to move during meditation, go ahead. If you are uncomfortable, please Return to a more comfortable position with gentle movements.If you can, download the whole meditation and then put your device in airplane mode. Put some essential oil in the diffuser or some incense. For the Silva Method I recommend woody aromas that will make you feel at home and will provide relaxation and connection to the earth. I recommend, for example, cedar and sandalwood. Also, the two of them are wonderful together.You can do this meditation as many times as you want. visualizing as many stressful situations as you have and need to alleviate. Simply, being relaxed, visualize how you want events to unfold and make the three-finger gesture to anchor and ensure that everything will go well.