Meditation
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Meditation has been used for thousands of years, though it is only in the twentieth century that scientific research has shown the benefits already known to practitioners of meditation.
Harvard cardiologist, Dr Herbert Benson's research showed that meditation decreased metabolism, slowed down heart and respiratory rates and gave brain waves a distinctive pattern, allowing the parasympathetic nervous system to repair, maintain and restore the body. Meditation and relaxation techniques have been shown to be highly beneficial in over a thousand research studies, most published in well-respected scientific journals. |
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About Meditation Workshops: In a three hour workshop you can learn and gain confidence to practise meditation in your daily life to enable you to better cope with stress, challenges and difficulties in life. In the workshop students will hear about the benefits of meditation and why it has a positive effect on physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being. It is then down to the student to practise as often as they can, hopefully daily. Students are telephoned a week later to see how they are getting on and then an hour long follow-up check is available four to six weeks later to discuss progress. |
Feedback from our students: I have been teaching meditation for ten years in retreat centres around the country. The feedback from students in workshops I have taught has confirmed a range of benefits: better concentration in studying, alleviating stress before examinations, less pain, better sleep. Two doctors I taught said that they had started using meditation to help patients in their medical practice. Here are some comments from previous students: “extremely helpful” “I left feeling restored and serene” “it was brilliant – good clear teaching about practice”. |
Background Information:
A Horizon programme in 2013 showed that six weeks of daily meditation had significantly enabled its reporter to improve his quality of life.
Mark Tulley in his programme entitled 'Something Understood' in 2012 advocated daily meditation. He suggested that meditation is one of the traditional practices of most religions but it is becoming more widespread among those of no faith too.
In May 2012, I attended a conferece entitled, 'The Spiritual Ground of Wellbeing, Meditation as an Art of Healing' organised by the World Community for Christian Meditation (WCCM). It offered an opportunity to hear from various people, from contemporary psychologists to practitioners of various religious traditions, about how meditation can help the healing process. For more information visit www.wccm.org
A Horizon programme in 2013 showed that six weeks of daily meditation had significantly enabled its reporter to improve his quality of life.
Mark Tulley in his programme entitled 'Something Understood' in 2012 advocated daily meditation. He suggested that meditation is one of the traditional practices of most religions but it is becoming more widespread among those of no faith too.
In May 2012, I attended a conferece entitled, 'The Spiritual Ground of Wellbeing, Meditation as an Art of Healing' organised by the World Community for Christian Meditation (WCCM). It offered an opportunity to hear from various people, from contemporary psychologists to practitioners of various religious traditions, about how meditation can help the healing process. For more information visit www.wccm.org
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"it was brilliant – good clear teaching about practice”.
