what is meditation?
Meditation is both a gift and a life skill. Most importantly, it is an experience. Born out of the desire to allow everyone a positive meditation experience, our meditations are permissive and do not require any previous experience or knowledge. We will explore different types of meditation in our time together.
the basic idea and the many gains:
Meditation, as well as yoga are lifelong practices. Not accomplishments!
As we work with our breath, our bodily sensations, thoughts, and emotional energies, we will become more adept at remaining calm and curious in the midst of any life situation.
The concept of being with what is, or meeting reality as it is, is the basis of peace.
Feel into that concept for a moment. This is so powerful.
Being with what is! No censoring, no getting caught up in it.
Simply observing, acknowledging, becoming aware and receptive to the moment to moment reality. And be curious about it.
Keeping calm, peaceful, content, loving and curious in absolutely any life situation is priceless, a most useful life skill to have and to cultivate.
And if the idea of sitting still does not appeal to you, well then don’t. Be comfortable, take the meditation in any position you like. You can move, walk, sit, roll, slump. You do you.
Meditation does not require any special equipment and can be practiced anywhere and by anyone. It does require some discipline though, like all things with great value. Like brushing your teeth, practicing yoga and going to bed early!
meditation
Face-2-Face
$27 casual class
$180 monthly unlimited
$210 10 class pass
Online Zoom
$35 weekly pass
$130 monthly pass
$15 casual
Yin yoga and sound meditation
$69 120mins
some common and unique benefits of meditation:
Experience comfort in stillness
Fill your own cup first
Practice self compassion
Become more positive and less stressed
Cultivate calm, positivity, and serenity
Become more energetic in your body
Practice meeting reality as it is
Learn to be with stressors in your life as they occur
Learn to respond, as opposed to react
Learn to appreciate the stimuli in your life
Continue to keep and cultivate a slower pace of life, one of the silver linings of our pandemic situation
Reset intentions, values, dreams and goals
Reduce stress levels and learn how to keep them low
Raise your vibration to heal yourself
Learn self-healing practices
Meet the day with intention, focus and selfcare
Meet your inner self
Cultivate spacious stillness
Improve your sleep
Improve energy levels
in meditation you give energy, attention, time to yourself. You are present with yourself. You indicate to the universe and those around you, that you love and care about yourself.
I observe a lot of personal struggles, unwellness and illnesses, in one’s lives do have their roots in one’s lack of self-love.
When you meditate you give yourself permission to feel loved by yourself, which in return gives those around you the permission to love themselves too, and to love you! If love is too strong a word for you, see how you feel with exchanging it for “take yourself seriously”, or “look after yourself”, or how about “be considerate towards yourself”, or “have compassion towards yourself”? Sounds and feels better for you. Well, there you go! It all comes down to the same essential thing: to feel worthy of respect & love!
my personal view on meditation – it’s a bit like chocolate…
Meditation allows me to become aware! And when we are aware, we can make choices, and I love choices. I love having the freedom of choice! Yep, one of my most important values is Freedom! The Freedom of Choice!
I also like the fact that meditation allows me to become quiet, focused, peaceful, balanced, centred, calm, invigorated, alert, joyful, happy, soft, compassionate, mindful, loving, and humble. And it gives me a mini holiday when I need it. It is my tea-break throughout the day, my get-focused-for class, get-centred for a treatment, get-ready for the kids, pick-me-up before I grab the chocolate, my please-can-you-give-me-a-hug, my got-to-get to sleep now and my wake-me-up before I go go!
It is my 10-in-one therapy! My steady companion!
It lets me solve my problems, expand my business, meet myself with more clarity, allows me to fulfil my potential, makes me a more patient parent, and a more compassionate partner and friend, and it makes me a better teacher. It allows me to listen to my inner voice and inner knowing, it is my rock and my mate. I choose not to live without it!
I asked past participants of our meditation workshops for their reason to attend the event, and what benefit they have found. In a powerful and precise manner. Here they are:
My life is busy; I find peace and quiet in these workshops
For me it’s a way of selfcare
Here, I’m able to let go of physical stress and tension
I know I could meditate more often, but I don’t. So when I attend, I know this will see me through the next month
It allows me to slow down
It’s very peaceful here. There is no judgement
It teaches me how to be mindful
My intention is to find balance and clarity
I can find more mindful moments in my life, after what I learn here
My word for the year is gentleness
I always find new inspiration for my home practice
It’s a way to sleep and recharge
Meditation helps with my anxiety and better sleep
When I’m here, I actually will meditate
Coming here recharges my batteries
It inspires me. I always take something new with me
Meditation releases my stress. I’m more relaxed in the days to follow
I come here to slow down and calm my monkey mind