Meditation

Meditation is a process intended to lead to a direct experience of a higher level of consciousness. This direct experience can be realised in a variety of ways. Meditation can be likened to a journey with many different starting points all leading to the same place.

Meditation for health is a form of deep relaxation which is easily learned & practiced bringing immediate physical & psychological benefits.

Creative meditation is a form of meditation that provides an opportunity to consciously use the power of the mind. This provides a mechanism to assist us in using our mental activity to actively & creatively achieve our chosen goals.

Insight meditation is used as a means of discovering what is real. Getting to know yourself & your world. This form of meditation can bring profound insight & exceptional mental clarity.

The benefits of regular meditation include –

• Release of muscular tension
• Reduced stress
• Reduced heart rate
• Lowered blood pressure
• Deeper breathing
• Balancing effect on whole body chemistry
• Blood flow to major internal organs increases
• Improvement in peripheral circulation
• Measurable changes in brain’s electrical patterns
• Revives & re-energises on all levels
• Improvement in chronic degenerative diseases
• Ensures psychological health

The peak experience of meditation is an altered state of consciousness characterised by a deeply relaxed body & a still mind. This stillness of mind is a heightened awareness, an acute sense of being in the present moment. Within this stillness there is a sense of deep contentment & peacefulness. You develop a new perspective & realise your worries will pass. The most profound legacy of regular meditation is a quiet confidence in life & in yourself. Peace of mind is established.

The release of tension – muscle relaxation, reduced heart rate, lowered blood pressure & respiration, leads to normal maintenance levels in your whole body chemistry. This is called the Relaxation Response. To be relaxed is to be healthy.

The source of many health problems is stress. Over 80% of all illness has a strong stress component. Physical, emotional & mental stresses take their toll. Our level of arousal is raised & major changes take place in our body chemistry. Stress can be a good thing. Without it we wouldn’t get out of bed in the morning or be motivated to do anything. A little stress is good but too much stress tips us over the edge into fatigue, exhaustion, illness & breakdown.

Meditaton releases stress & tension & returns you to a more healthy state of balance.

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