New Meditation workshops in Sheffield

Meditation is big part of my life and something I really do enjoy to teacher others. I wanted to get a few words down on this but let’s clear up a few stigmas about meditation that may hold people back from learning.

• You don’t need to study ancient martial arts, Buddhism or practice yoga.

• You don’t need candles, special music or elabrate clothes

• You don’t need to be on the top of a beautiful mountain, be in special room of proposed spiritual meaning or be ‘finding yourself’ in India

I joke but preconceived ideas or perceptions here are nearly as amusing to me as “I can’t do yoga because I’m not flexible”.

Meditation has been used by us for a long time now and though sometimes affiliated with religion it can be easily separated. The likes of the Vispassana organisation does an effective job of this. My first ‘10 day silent meditation’ course was a fantastic experience which I would definitely promote to others.

There are many types of meditation, some talk of the deepness of understanding the self / ego or creating drug like highs, others towards the subtler methods of reaching relaxation. The reality for most initially is often finding a peaceful place, allowing us to calm our mind down to see things from another perspective. In a sense it can work both proactive and reactivite, aiding your mental balance. An interesting part of meditation is not only learning techniques but exploring and observing which works for you.

A lot has changed in the world in the last thousand years, we are now bombarded with information and live in a more densely populated world of ideas. Though we would love to be super human, we aren’t, the mind has limits just like the body. When we come closer to these we encounter stress, lack of focus amongst other issues. Here it is clear that the mind and body are connected, and your GP routed in science isn’t going to question the impact of stress on the body. Keeping our body healthy by doing exercise and eating well is part of the challenge, the mind also needs to be maintained and developed. It’s kind of ironic that other mammals don’t need to be taught how to relax. Maybe we lost this during an evolutionary phase or it’s just an effect of growing civilisations; who knows :)

I currently teach meditation and relaxation techniques in the workplace and at events but I want to open this up more to. There are plenty of resources online to learn more about meditation and its benefits but to help people I am now running small, one-off, one hour sessions. These are to be paid by donation, I hope this makes it more accessible to people who want to try.

On the site find out more about my workshops and contact form for arranging workplace or workshop bookings.

Thank you for reading guys!

Angie