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.
Free Drop-in Online Mindfulness Meditation Sessions
Facilitator: Kate Tomlinson
Led by gifted facilitators, these online sessions run via Zoom provide an oasis of stillness in the day. They are as useful for beginning meditators as for advanced: the regular practice gently adds a new quality and richness to our lives.
January 13th, 20th & 27th
February 3rd, 10th & 17th
March 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th & 31st
April 28th
May 12th, 19th
June 9th, 16th, 23rd & 30th
July 7th.
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 SadieCentre@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.
