Movement & Meditation 

​​​This 'Movement and Meditation' course will enable you to take some time out to recharge and revitalise as you learn new skills to manage stress, improve your health and enhance your vitality. Meditation is one of the best stress management tools you can have in your ‘kit-bag’! You will experience for yourself many types of meditation and the profound, positive effects this practice has on our holistic wellbeing. One type of meditation, Mindfulness training, brings about greater acceptance, non-judgement, clarity and present moment awareness. You will also be introduced to the powerful effects of mindful movement in the form of Qigong and its healing benefits, as well as experience a deeply relaxing Gong Sound Bath. These practices greatly assist anxiety, depression and insomnia to promote deep relaxation and peace.  

What is Meditation

Meditation is becoming increasingly popular in the west now that the positive effects on our holistic health are being scientifically proven. Meditation changes our brain wave patterns, taking us into a state of consciousness conducive to deep relaxation, healing, profound healing & peace .
In recent years mindfulness /meditation training is being embraced by all sectors of the corporate and community arena as a powerful life-skill. Mindfulness is based on focusing the awareness on what is happening in the present moment.
​The point of power is in present moment awareness.

​Class Benefits

Enhance focus & concentration  
Improve cognitive performance 
Reduce anxiety
Support healthy emotional development
Increase resilience
Improve self-esteem &  self confidence
 Relieve stress to support peak performance
 Develop greater empathy and connectedness
Improve Body awareness, flexibility, balance and co-ordination 
Enhance immune function
Become more accepting, less judgemental & less reactive
 Relax and find inner peace
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​Kids Classes

​This course has been designed to support children aged 7-10 years to relax and improve their physical, mental and emotional wellbeing in a safe and supportive space. 
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They will develop greater self-awareness and self-esteem, as well as reduce anxiety, improve confidence and  enhance focus. 
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The life enhancing practices of meditation, mindfulness and relaxation movement will be introduced in a fun and interactive way - combining body awareness, breath focus, visualisation and qigong exercise.
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Adult Classes

Wednesdays, 9:30am - 10:45 am
24 Oct - 28 Nov, 2018
6 week Course
Cost: $126 (small groups)
Bayview

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Kids Classes

Mondays 4:00pm - 4:45pm
22 Oct - 26 Nov, 2018
Age: 7 - 10 years old
Cost: $100 (6 weeks)
Therapy Works, Newport

Who is meditating?

CEO's of major Global Organisations recognise mindfulness as an important business skill for their employees.
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The US marines and armies worldwide are using mindfulness techniques to support war veterans with post traumatic stress disorder and to build resilience.
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Mindfulness programs are being introduced into schools Australia-wide to help students cope with stress and support emotional development.
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Actors, scientists, Olympians, religious group and anyone seeking to enhance their quality of life, are turning to  meditation and mindfulness as powerful life skills .
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What is the Science Saying?

"Practising mindfulness meditation for 12 minutes a day improved attention and memory." University of Miami research. 
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​The University of Wisconsin-Madison research has found that mindfulness:
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Increases the grey matter in the brain assisting in greater cognitative flexibility, planning abilities, problem solving and emotional regulation.
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Increases in the cortical thickness of the hippocampus correlate with improvements in  learning and memory.
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Decreased amygdala size  indicates a reduction in the stress response and the lessening  of fearful and anxious feelings.  

The Mindful Revolution

​Latest research in Neuroscience shows that through meditation the brain can change, grow and be rewired in beneficial ways,
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"Just as a muscle can be strengthened through exercise - mindfulness is a skill that can be developed through practise for as little as 5 minutes a day to see the benefits". Smiling Minds.
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The world needs mindfulness more than ever in this fast paced, stressed & distracted world.
​Reference Dr Craig Hassed,
Monash University
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"The goal of meditation is not to control your thoughts, It's to stop letting them control you.

“The Intuitive mind is a sacred gift & the rational  mind is a faithful servant.
​We have created a society that honours the servant & has forgotten the gift.”   
​Albert Einstein