Mindfulness Meditation

Meditation 

Meditation is an age-old practice which originated around 3000 years ago in Eastern wellness traditions. It is now growing in popularity in the western world for its wide range of physical, mental and emotional benefits. These include:

  • improved calm, clarity and focus

  • better sleep

  • less emotional reactivity and improved emotional stability

  • reduced pain related to stress

  • increased positive emotions such as joy and gratitude

  • improved relationships due to an increase in compassion and empathy.

The greatest benefits of meditation are unlocked through a regular committed practice. Like any muscle, the brain also needs to be trained in order to increase its capacity for attention and awareness. 

Short, daily meditations of 10 minutes are enough to grow your brain’s ability to be present in the here and now. This awareness will extend to your everyday activities, helping you feel more connected and present to life. 

Classes provide an opportunity to commit to a regular meditation practice each week, to help you gain the skills and confidence to continue this practice in your daily life and to integrate it as part of your routine.

Kate Tomlinson

Kate has studied Yoga for over 40 years and is a 500 hour MindflowYoga Qualified Yoga teacher.  She has studied Pranayama under an array of fine teachers, including Sarah O’Connor and Philip Jones (an ex-miner and one of the first Pranayama teachers in the UK who survived despite greatly reduced lung capacity through Pranayama and Hatha Yoga.  An inspirational teacher, he taught the practices of Swami Gitananda.)  Kate did further training with Swami Dharmananda Saraswati Maharaj, founder of the Dharma Centre, and studied the philosophy of Yoga under Neelam Taneja.  In her work, she combines Pranayama, Meditation and Mantra as a means to gaining equanimity and inner stillness.

Meditation on Twin Hearts

Meditation sessions are held on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month from 7:00-8.00pm. £5 payable on the day.

A limited number of 15 minute Pranic Healing sessions will be available from 8:00-8:30pm. Please email courses@hertsmindnetwork.org to book a session. Donations welcome on the day.

The Meditation on Twin Hearts was created by Master Choa Kok Sui, Modern Founder of Pranic Healing and Arhatic Yoga, to help flush out negative thoughts and emotions from our mind.  It is now practiced in 126 countries.

Research has found that, with regular practice, participants can:

  • Substantially reduce stress and anxiety

  • Increase mental clarity and concentration

  • Improve overall physical and emotional wellbeing.

It is being increasingly used by business and the NHS as part of staff wellbeing programmes in the UK.