Meditation

Workshop Descriptions 

Meditation

Meditation serves a variety of purposes: it helps relieve stress from the day, inspires new ways of looking at the world around us, and encourages inner calm. Learning to examine your thoughts and feelings rather than strongly identifying with or clinging to them is the key to developing a new perspective during meditation. Meditation might be a good choice if daily stress is causing you to feel tense, worried, or anxious. Even a brief period of meditation once or twice a day can help you regain your composure and inner serenity. Meditation is accessible to everyone; it’s also simple to do, doesn’t require special tools, and cost anything but a little time. You can meditate anywhere, including even while taking a walk, riding the bus, waiting for a doctor appointment, or even in the middle of a challenging work meeting. 

The feelings of quiet, peace, and balance that meditation offers is good for overall well-being and can contribute to the healing process if you’re dealing with health challenges. You can use a method of focusing your attention on something peaceful to help you unwind and manage stress, eliminating all outside influences from your mind while you find that inner serenity. Meditation has a cumulative effect too, where it becomes easier to find this “happy place” even during times of chaos. One thing to remember is to be patient with yourself while you learn to tame your “monkey mind”: it’s very normal to have your meditation interrupted with uninvited thoughts, but your practice will become easier over time and you’ll reap many benefits with a consistent practice.