What is meditation?

"Meditation" means to reflect upon, ponder, or contemplate.

“Whose delight is in the law of YHWH, who meditates on his law day and night” Psalm 1:2

Through stillness and breathwork we enhance both our capacity for concentration and our ability to bring the body into a relaxed state. The two most important requirements for a successful meditation practice.

A beautiful realisation that can be found in stillness is the interconnectedness of every living thing. Our pain and suffering is created by the misperception that we are separate from creation, from nature, from GOD. Meditation is the realisation that we aren’t separate, an actual experience of this union with the world around us.

This experience can help us to cultivate understanding, compassion and acceptance within us, offering a more gentle and open approach to our experiences.

The way most of us ‘talk’ to ourselves cam be really critical, unkind, and impatient. We often shame and ridicule ourselves and in turn others. Meditation offers a way to observe this internal relationship and be more active in choosing how we want to be in relation to ourselves and others.

A call to be present like a loving and loyal friend, committing not to turn away from any thought, sensation or belief that arises, to show loving kindness for all of you and trust that it’s all valuable. The important thing is to not abandon yourself during your practice, much like our Creator who has never abandoned us.

In this tender space you may hear new things, witness emotions that have never surfaced before, experience tremendous gratitude, or maybe just be bored and unable to sit with the nothingness, all is valuable and pushes us to understand our inner world better. Realising fears, limitations and blocks as well as opening up our creative expression, self-compassion and acceptance.