Hey, gang! You know we have that Beautiful Backs yoga workshop coming up soon (this Saturday!), but we also have a bunch of other great offerings happening in the next month. Here's a handy run-down for everyone keeping score at home.
Qigong Course. Michelle's popular introduction to qigong continues, starting this Thursday, 8 August - that's tomorrow! - and running four consecutive weeks, 6.30-7.30 pm. $80 for the course or $25 drop-in. For more on qigong, click here.
Beautiful Backs Yoga Workshop. Coming this Saturday, 10 August, 11.30 am to 1.30 pm. For full details, click here.
Postural Patterning, Level 2 Workshop. The next stage in Nik's postural patterning training will be held on Sunday, 18 August from 9 am to 1 pm with a break for tea. $100. This session covers more movement, including sitting, standing, walking, and flows. Prerequisite: Postural Patterning, Level 1. To register, call Nik Curry on 04 905 4151 or email him at curry.nik@gmail.com. For more on postural patterning, click here.
Mindfulness Meditation Course. Right on the heels of his sold-out initial offering, Karl is leading another introductory session. Four Wednesdays, 6.30 - 7.15 pm, beginning 4 September. $55. For more on mindfulness meditation, click here.
If you have questions about any of these workshops, or if there are others you'd like to see, let us know!
Showing posts with label meditation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label meditation. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Another Opportunity for Mindfulness Meditation!
Ahoy, there! Seems like we only just announced our new mindfulness meditation course - and it's already sold out! No worries, though: Karl Baker will be leading another four-week introductory course in September!
But it's filling up fast - at this writing only 14 spaces remain. If you want in, check out Karl's website and register!
Where: Healium.
When: 6.30 to 7.15 pm Wednesdays, 4-25 September.
What: Four-week introductory course in mindfulness meditation. Limited to 20 students.
How Much: $55.
Who: Karl Baker. He's been practicing mindfulness meditation for over 10 years. A first-class honors graduate of Victoria University, he's set up three successful businesses, lives in Upper Hutt, has a sweet tooth and enjoys craft beer. Visit his website at http://mindfulnessworks.co.nz/.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
NEW! Mindfulness Meditation Classes at Healium
We will soon have another great evening class on offer! Beginning Wednesday, 7 August, Karl Baker will be leading a four-week introductory course in mindfulness meditation. In today's blog, Karl shares his perspective on the significant benefits of a mindfulness meditation practice.
Mindfulness meditation is growing in popularity as an effective way to reduce stress, reduce anxiety and depression, as well as increase feelings of well-being, depth, self-awareness and enjoyment of life. It is proving to be increasingly popular with everyday people - business people, moms and dads, students, particularly because of its non-religious and simple approach.
Many peer-reviewed studies are now illustrating (1) how mindfulness and meditation work to reduce stress, anxiety and depression; and (2) the significant positive impact this approach has on our emotional state, immune system and feelings of well-being.
Adopted in-house by companies such as Google, mindfulness meditation is also getting traction with celebrities such as comedian Ruby Wax. "If you want to free yourself from anxiety and stress, and feel truly at ease with yourself, then mindfulness is for you," Ruby says. She describes mindfulness as "the practical watching of your own thoughts, like a shrink would do, but now you're not paying."
I have found mindfulness meditation to be highly effective in a number of ways: I've reduced negative thought patterns, I look after myself in a genuine way more easily, I'm more available for other people. I've become friendly with difficult emotions, enjoy life more, and simply like myself a whole lot better. These are common outcomes from a mindfulness meditation practice.
My approach to teaching mindfulness meditation is to "keep it real" - practical and not precious. I base the facilitation and instruction on my own experience and as much as possible have you feel in to and trust your own experience too. In the classes, you can sit on a chair rather than a cushion if you prefer (I do). Each class has a period of guided meditation with a theme, instruction and discussion, plus a handout sheet with more information.
I've received extensive one-on-one training from experienced meditation teacher Jeremy Logan. I've also attended many intensive silent retreats and received instruction from mindfulness meditation trainer Stephen Archer. I find that I am very much learning too and look forward to sharing this practice with you!
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Mindfulness meditation is growing in popularity as an effective way to reduce stress, reduce anxiety and depression, as well as increase feelings of well-being, depth, self-awareness and enjoyment of life. It is proving to be increasingly popular with everyday people - business people, moms and dads, students, particularly because of its non-religious and simple approach.
Many peer-reviewed studies are now illustrating (1) how mindfulness and meditation work to reduce stress, anxiety and depression; and (2) the significant positive impact this approach has on our emotional state, immune system and feelings of well-being.
Adopted in-house by companies such as Google, mindfulness meditation is also getting traction with celebrities such as comedian Ruby Wax. "If you want to free yourself from anxiety and stress, and feel truly at ease with yourself, then mindfulness is for you," Ruby says. She describes mindfulness as "the practical watching of your own thoughts, like a shrink would do, but now you're not paying."
I have found mindfulness meditation to be highly effective in a number of ways: I've reduced negative thought patterns, I look after myself in a genuine way more easily, I'm more available for other people. I've become friendly with difficult emotions, enjoy life more, and simply like myself a whole lot better. These are common outcomes from a mindfulness meditation practice.
My approach to teaching mindfulness meditation is to "keep it real" - practical and not precious. I base the facilitation and instruction on my own experience and as much as possible have you feel in to and trust your own experience too. In the classes, you can sit on a chair rather than a cushion if you prefer (I do). Each class has a period of guided meditation with a theme, instruction and discussion, plus a handout sheet with more information.
I've received extensive one-on-one training from experienced meditation teacher Jeremy Logan. I've also attended many intensive silent retreats and received instruction from mindfulness meditation trainer Stephen Archer. I find that I am very much learning too and look forward to sharing this practice with you!
Where: Healium.
When: 6.30 to 7.15 pm Wednesdays, 7-28 August.
What: Four-week introductory course in mindfulness meditation. Limited to 20 students.
How Much: $55.
Who: Karl Baker. He's been practicing mindfulness meditation for over 10 years. A first-class honors graduate of Victoria University, he's set up three successful businesses, lives in Upper Hutt, has a sweet tooth and enjoys craft beer. Visit his website at http://mindfulnessworks.co.nz/.
Monday, May 2, 2011
10 Steps in Either Direction: Your Relationship to Yourself
Today's blog is by Todd Stewart, who provides acupuncture, meditation, energy work and qi gong at Healium.
This isn't about any particular modality or treatment style or whatever. It's about relationship.
Of course, whatever treatment you're getting is fine. That's the door that was closest to you at the time. For whatever reason(s) - and a lot of them would be unconscious - you've chosen to receive a treatment (or therapy) of This Type from This Person. Okay, cool.
Keep in mind: it's/we're just a tool or resource for you to use. What's more important than that, though, is this:
Whatever they/we do with you is not as important as what you do with yourself.
Another way of saying it:
Anything you "have done to you" pales in significance when placed next to the most fundamental thing:
Your relationship to yourself.
An extension of this is:
Your relationship to your major complaints, or primary pathology, or whatever it is that bugs you most.
Because, right, your relationship to anything defines how that thing influences your life. Your relationship to YOURSELF determines what sort of life you live.
Anything that comes from without won't "stick" as well if you don't help it stick by changing yourself from within.
See, we all choose what direction we face (albeit usually unconsciously). There are two directions: better and worse. What's your choice? What's your preference? If you're reading this, I'd guess, overall, it's "better."
It's like each of us is standing in the middle of a misty mountain path, and we can only see 10 steps in either direction. Each step we take, forward or backward, we can still only see 10 steps. Step, step, step: we can still only see the same distance.
So, no matter where you are in your own health journey, it is a moment-by-moment conscious decision to keep moving in the direction you'd prefer to move in.
Every. Single. Day.
Yeah. It never ends. Sometimes, sure, take a break, check out the view, have a plateau, integrate the work you've done. Nice one. Passivity is as essential as activity. Night follows day, winter follows summer follows winter.
Don't try to change the thing, try changing your relationship to it, instead. Play a game, there are five steps:
1. Awareness. You're already aware that something is bugging you. Tick.
2. Acknowledgement. Just acknowledge it's bugging you. Drop the judgment, drop the opinion, drop the label. It is what it is. Okay. (You can also acknowledge that you judge it, after you're aware that you judge it . . . ).
3. Acceptance. You can then accept that you have "this" (it's not you, it's a thing you have).
4. Appreciation. In what way does this improve your life? What have you learnt about yourself? (This is the step people usually find the most challenging.
5. Allowance. The above being done, sit back and relax. Let the thing change. Because you've changed how you feel about it. This can't help but change it.
Keep it light, keep it fun. Say hi to your mum for me. :o)
This isn't about any particular modality or treatment style or whatever. It's about relationship.
Of course, whatever treatment you're getting is fine. That's the door that was closest to you at the time. For whatever reason(s) - and a lot of them would be unconscious - you've chosen to receive a treatment (or therapy) of This Type from This Person. Okay, cool.
Keep in mind: it's/we're just a tool or resource for you to use. What's more important than that, though, is this:
Whatever they/we do with you is not as important as what you do with yourself.
Another way of saying it:
Anything you "have done to you" pales in significance when placed next to the most fundamental thing:
Your relationship to yourself.
An extension of this is:
Your relationship to your major complaints, or primary pathology, or whatever it is that bugs you most.
Because, right, your relationship to anything defines how that thing influences your life. Your relationship to YOURSELF determines what sort of life you live.
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| Todd is also Vice President of the Healium Ninja Auxiliary. |
See, we all choose what direction we face (albeit usually unconsciously). There are two directions: better and worse. What's your choice? What's your preference? If you're reading this, I'd guess, overall, it's "better."
It's like each of us is standing in the middle of a misty mountain path, and we can only see 10 steps in either direction. Each step we take, forward or backward, we can still only see 10 steps. Step, step, step: we can still only see the same distance.
So, no matter where you are in your own health journey, it is a moment-by-moment conscious decision to keep moving in the direction you'd prefer to move in.
Every. Single. Day.
Yeah. It never ends. Sometimes, sure, take a break, check out the view, have a plateau, integrate the work you've done. Nice one. Passivity is as essential as activity. Night follows day, winter follows summer follows winter.
Don't try to change the thing, try changing your relationship to it, instead. Play a game, there are five steps:
1. Awareness. You're already aware that something is bugging you. Tick.
2. Acknowledgement. Just acknowledge it's bugging you. Drop the judgment, drop the opinion, drop the label. It is what it is. Okay. (You can also acknowledge that you judge it, after you're aware that you judge it . . . ).
3. Acceptance. You can then accept that you have "this" (it's not you, it's a thing you have).
4. Appreciation. In what way does this improve your life? What have you learnt about yourself? (This is the step people usually find the most challenging.
5. Allowance. The above being done, sit back and relax. Let the thing change. Because you've changed how you feel about it. This can't help but change it.
Keep it light, keep it fun. Say hi to your mum for me. :o)
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