MEDITATION/MEDITATION CLASSES

Meditation
Meditation is a discipline in which one attempts to connect to the innerself  to get beyond the conditioned, "thinking" mind into a deeper state of relaxation or awareness. Meditation is recognized as a component of almost all cultures, and has been practiced for over 5,000 years. We offer classes designed to meet the needs of the specific class, ranging from beginners, intermediate and advanced. Its focus is to convey awareness which include: Being conscious of, being receptive to, being here and now, being grounded, being mindful, being connected, being centered.

What Meditation Can do for You
Stress Relief: Meditation reduces the physical effects of stress on the body. By encouraging relaxation, Meditation helps to lower the levels of the stress hormone cortisol. Related benefits include lowering blood pressure and heart rate, improving digestion and boosting the immune system as well as easing symptoms of conditions such as anxiety, depression, fatigue, asthma and insomnia.

Pain Relief: Meditation can ease pain. Studies have demonstrated that practicing meditation or a combination of Yoga and Meditation, reduced pain for people with conditions such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, auto-immune diseases and hypertension as well as arthritis, back and neck pain and other chronic conditions.

Better Breathing: Meditation teaches people to take slower, deeper breaths. This helps to improve lung function, trigger the body’s relaxation response and increase the amount of oxygen available to the body.

Flexibility: Meditation also helps to improve body alignment resulting in better posture and helping to relieve back, neck, joint and muscle problems.

Increased Strength: Meditation provide an additional benefit of helping to relieve muscular tension.

Weight Management: Meditation can aid weight control efforts by reducing the cortisol levels as well as by reducing stress. Meditation may also encourage healthy eating habits and provides a heightened sense of well being and self esteem.

Improved Circulation: Meditation and the stretching exercises helps to improve circulation and, as a result of various stretching, more efficiently moves oxygenated blood to the body’s cells.

Cardiovascular Conditioning:  Meditation can provide cardio-vascular benefits by lowering resting heart rate, increasing endurance and improving oxygen uptake during breathing and stretching exercise.

Focus On The Present:  Meditation helps us to focus on the present, to become more aware and to help create mind body health. It opens the way to improved concentration, coordination, reaction time and memory.

Inner Peace: The pondering aspects of Meditation help many to reach a deeper, more spiritual and more satisfying place in their lives. Many who begin to practice for other reasons have reported this to be a key reason that Meditation has become an essential part of their daily lives.