With ever-increasing demands in our already too busy and high speed lives, it often seems impossible to stop, breathe and reflect, let alone relax.  Meditation is a useful relaxation practice which is easy once you know how.  You will learn various techniques such as awareness of the breath and visualisations to help you let go of wandering thoughts and daily stresses and tensions, restoring vitality and tranquility.   The techniques learned in classes or one to one sessions, allow you to consciously relax your body, calm and focus your mind. 

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Anyone can meditate anywhere.  It can be done with the eyes open or closed, standing up, sitting or lying down, in a quiet place or surrounded by noise.  The techniques can be particularly helpful in stressful work environments or for people with stress-related conditions such as high blood pressure.  Once learned, you will be able to use these simple techniques to experience a meditative state whenever and wherever you like.

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Meditation is exercise for your brain.  It improves concentration, awareness, self-discipline and equanimity.

A great stress management tool, meditation has been found to produce biochemical and physical changes in the body known as the "relaxation response".  It reduces the metabolic products of stress, lowers the heart rate, respiration and blood pressure and can induce favourable brain waves. 

Stress is known to contribute to poor physical health so meditation is also helpful in boosting the immune system and can be helpful for people with chronic or terminal illness.   Some medical research has found it to be useful in the management of pain as well.

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