Tag Archives: meditation

Why it’s great to be grateful.

If you’ve been to class recently you may have heard me mention showing gratitude or being thankful for our practice. Well there’s a reason for this as after some recent research it appears that being grateful really does have a positive effect on our emotional brain. In fact it’s a sign of emotional well being […]

So Hum Mantra

Enjoy this free recording of the Mantra So Hum. This mantra can be used during your meditation or yoga practice as a way of quietening the mind. So Hum translates to I am that – I am that ultimate reality or ever pervading presence that exist within us all. Begin by chanting a few rounds out […]

Guided Relaxation For Deep Rest

Guided Relaxation for Deep Rest This guided relaxation takes you on a sensory journey through the body. Using breath and awareness to allow you whole body to enter a deep state of rest.  This meditation can be helpful if you experience fatigue, trouble sleeping and stress. Enjoy

Meditation to Calm the Mind

Enjoy this Buddhist inspired meditation using the mantra Om Ah Hum for inner peace and calm. The mantra is chanted silently with each sound representing a different part of the breath. The sound Om is chanted in the inhale and held at the heart centre to cleanse our physical body. Ah is then for the […]

Mantra Meditation for Grounding

The Ganesh Mantra one of my favourite mantras and one I use for when I personally feel unsteady and in need of grounding. Ganesh is the god of beginnings and the remover of obstacles. We turn to Ganesh when we feel we need guidance on our path.  Perhaps there’s a lot of change occurring in […]

3 Simple Steps to a Calmer Life

3 Simple steps to a calmer life  By Maria Kelly on 2nd May 2016   Step 1. Take a deep breath….   Breathing – it’s simple enough, we do it all the time and without much thought. This automatic breathing will get you through the day sure enough, however deep conscious breathing will lead you […]

Still point Meditation

Still point meditation or Trataka in Sanskrit means to look or to gaze at an external object often a candle flame or the point (bindu) at the centre of a Shri Yantra. Fixing your gaze upon something and concentrating on this single point is a form of meditation and can help to develop concentration, increase […]

Yoga breathing to calm the mind

Yoga Breathing to calm the mind Are you breathing properly? This may seem like a strange question to ask but it appears most of us are not. Of course you know how to breathe you’ve been doing it all your life. Breathing occurs to us naturally, even when we are not aware of it. So […]