Meditation
Meditation restores peace of mind and enhances focus, concentration and mental clarity. It is the necessary foundation for total nourishment of body, mind and consciousness. Explore our Meditation classes and discover its myriad benefits for yourself.
Let's find your zen!
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Body Scan Relaxation
Before a meditation session, it is recommended to practice relaxation so the body is more receptive to the amazing benefits of concentration and meditation. This practice would also pair perfectly as a way to end one of our more movement-based classes or your favourite pranayama.
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Slow Gentle Hatha
Join Mark for a slow, gentle Hatha Yoga class with a focus on stretches for the shoulders, chest and hips. This accessible practice begins seated with breathwork and then uses a yoga strap to gentle awaken the shoulders and chest. A lovely class to wind-down at the end of a long day! Suggested Pr...
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Equal Ratio Breathing Meditation
Equal ratio breathing or Sama Vritti pranayama is a technique that uses equal length inhalations and exhalations. This is a great practice to help you reduce mental chatter and distractions.
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Breathwork Meditation
This guided meditation practice begins with a breathwork technique known as 4-7-8 breath to help settle the mind and induce a state of calm. Mark then guides you through a meditation on breath and breath sensations. This is a wonderful practice prior to bed or if you need a reset mid-day!
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Mountain Sitting Meditation
Join Mark for a short, lightly guided meditation practice that focuses on cultivating the mountain-like qualities of stability and rootedness. This practice has plenty of silence and space, offering the opportunity to sink deeply into meditative awareness.
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I Am Already Enough Meditation
Join Angela for a meditation that asks us to imagine how we might breathe, move, feel and live, differently, if we believed we were already enough. Don't just think about it, do the meditation and feel the difference.
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Meditation on Thoughts
This guided meditation with Mark explores the practice of watching and labelling thoughts as they happen. It can be challenging to sit in meditation with a spinning mind filled with thoughts! This practice harnesses the power of thinking and uses it as a place of focus and attention, helping to s...
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Forest Journey Yoga Nidra
Get ready to rest and rejuvenate with this journey through your own body and imagination. Gather what you need to be comfortable enough to relax but not so comfy that you fall asleep! Press play, lie down and be transported to a space within you that will nourish and inspire.
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Meditation for Forgiveness
Join Joanna for a meditation to encourage softness and surrender with the use of repeated mantra to focus the mind. In the Yoga tradition the repetition of words can be a helpful way to induce a state of mindfulness and a way to move into a deeper meditative state.
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Tonglen Meditation
Join Mark to explore the meditation technique of giving and receiving, known as Tonglen. This practice uses the breath as means to transform discomfort or difficulty into soft healing energy. A great practice for days when you need to shift any discomfort in your body or mind.
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Meditation for Acceptance
During these challenging times, we all need some stillness and calm. We are all in this together!
Nancy guides you through this meditation of awareness to sensations of the body with the intention of cultivating acceptance.
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Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod . Licence: Creative Commo... -
Morning Meditation
Begin your morning with stillness and quiet in this guided meditation with Juan. Studies have shown that taking time to slow down and meditate can have profound effects on health and wellness. You deserve to start every morning this way!
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Stories About the World That Once Was by Chris Z... -
Meditation for New Moms
New moms don't have much time to themselves, but it's crucial you take the time for your physical, mental, and spiritual health. Close your eyes, follow Andrea's words, which will leave you feeling well rested in just 15 minutes.
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Yoga and Meditation Music with Pianoscaper by Rob Barker... -
Guided Relaxation
Unwind from your busy life with Nancy in this 30 minute guided Savasana practice for deep relaxation. Lie down, close your eyes and drift into deep rest and stillness. Please note that Nancy does not guide you out of Savasana at the end of this class as the intention is to let you stay in relaxat...
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Connection Meditation
Get still with Ally in this meditation that guides you back to your body and your true self. The ideal practice when you need to strengthen the connection to your body and need to take some time for YOU!
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Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod. Licence: Creative Commons Licence -
Yoga Nidra
Angela takes you on an internal journey that will help you find the will to carry through with challenging tasks. Yoga Nidra is a guided meditation, done in a reclined position, that allows you to rest deeply and helps you cultivate psychological and emotional resilience.
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Time Out Meditation
Sometimes 5 minutes is all it takes to ground the body and mind and to reset and reboot the day. Join Salla in this simple and effective meditation practice and gift yourself the time to sit and breathe.
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Letting Go Meditation
Sit, close your eyes as Juan guides you to tune into your true self. This meditation will leave you more aware of what is truly important so that all the unnecessary thoughts and feelings can begin to make their way out. Let go, make space and then move through your day a little lighter!
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Kundalini Meditation
A Kundalini inspired heart opening meditation to connect with divine energy through mantra(sacred sound) and dynamic movement. Sit, close your eyes and be guided to a more open heart.
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Meditation to Calm the Mind
Join Mark for a 20-minute meditation to calm the mind. By focusing on breath, sensations and a special mantra to invoke peace, you will create a steady sense of calm to take with you through the day.
Music:
A New Day in a New Sector by Chris Zabriskie. Licence: Creative Commons LicenceCha...
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Mindful Meditation
Mark leads a guided meditation that explores some different ways to approach mindfulness. Use the body, mind and breath, explore a place of connectedness to the perfect present moment.
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OceanTapping by PC III 2015. License: Creative Commons Licence -
Meditation to Cultivate Compassion
Compassion is a quality that takes time and practice to cultivate. The benefits of engaging in a compassion practice are numerous! Learn to see yourself and others through the lenses of compassion and forgiveness with this guided meditation by Mark.
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A New Day in a New Sector by Chris Z... -
Happiness Meditation
Andrea guides you through a meditation using breath and mantra to cultivate happiness, peace, freedom and kindness. Take time to be still and to manifest happiness into your life.
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Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod. Licence: Creative Commons Licence -
New Morning Meditation
A guided meditation by Juan to bring awareness to both the physical and mental dimensions of the self. Create awareness of your beautiful body and focus on positivity and compassion. The perfect start to a beautiful morning.
Music:
Stories About the World That Once Was by Chris Zabriskie. Lic...