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Meditation

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Breathwork

meditation  noun │med·i·ta·tion | me-də-ˈtā-shən

to think deeply or focus one's mind for a period of time, for religious or spiritual purposes or as a method of relaxation. 

breathwork  noun│breTH│wərk

conscious, controlled breathing done especially for relaxation, meditation, or therapeutic purposes

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Heart-Centered Meditation

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Using the power of imagery, I guide you to visualize places or situations you find relaxing.  Focusing your attention inward, I lead you on a journey to discover, befriend, and release any physical or emotional circumstances that have been causing you distress. Meditation aids the Emotional Body (Water Element) in a natural and holistic way.

 

Heart-centered meditation involves quieting the mind and bringing the awareness to the emotions and heart, the energy center in the middle of the chest. One of the easiest and most achievable stress-relieving techniques. You focus your attention inward to induce a state of deep relaxation.

 

Although the practice of meditation is thousands of years old, research on its health benefits is relatively new but promising. A research review published in JAMA Internal Medicine in January 2014 found meditation helpful for relieving anxiety, pain, and depression. For depression, meditation was about as effective as an antidepressant.

 

Meditation is thought to work via its effects on the sympathetic nervous system, which increases heart rate, breathing, and blood pressure during times of stress. Yet meditating has a spiritual purpose, too. "True, it will help you lower your blood pressure, but so much more: it can help your creativity, your intuition, your connection with your inner self," says Burke Lennihan, a registered nurse who teaches meditation at the Harvard University Center for Wellness.*

 

* source: Harvard Medical School 

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Breathwork & Visualization

Incorporated into all sessions

Where are you holding tension in your body? Are you in pain, anxious, or stressed? Where in your body does it correspond?  Consciously take a deep and calm breath and imagine that you’re breathing directly into and out of any areas of tension..."breathe into the pain". Breathe to relieve your pain, physically and emotionally.  It may sound strange at first. Visualize your breath coming into and flowing out of the tense body part. With every exhale you’ll let go of some tension and promote a natural relaxation response. A relaxed body leads to a relaxed mind. Breathwork aids the Mental Body (Air Element) in a natural and holistic way.

 

Breath focus evokes the relaxation response. The first step is learning to breathe deeply. Deep breathing also goes by the names of diaphragmatic breathing, abdominal breathing, belly breathing, and paced respiration. When you breathe deeply, the air coming in through your nose fully fills your lungs, and the lower belly rises. For many of us, deep breathing seems unnatural. We are used to shallow "chest breathing", which increases tension and anxiety. The lowest part of the lungs doesn't get a full share of oxygenated air. That can make you feel short of breath and anxious. Deep breathing encourages full oxygen exchange which can slow the heartbeat, reduce anxiety, and stabilize blood pressure.*

 

* source: The Breath Project

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