Meditation Is The Future

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Meditation is the future, because it is the most ancient and powerful discipline in self development. This means to us that with meditation we’ll be able to transcend our habits and discover a new source of well being. Here are some tips do help discover the art of being.

Preparation

First we need to find our perfect meditation cushion, there is no fixed height for a cushion since we are all different in a way. Some recommend the the size of your closed fist. I use the length of my thumb. In any case, this is rather an arbitrary conception. If you can sit on a lotus position, then you won’t need more than a yoga mattress.

There’s always a concession between your knees and your back. If your cushion is tall, you’ll probably feel your knees after a while; if it’s too short, your back will tend to bend. The best is to test for yourself at home piling books until you get a comfortable, straight posture.

Once you’ve got an idea of the cushion you’re going to use, get ready for the next step.

Create an atmosphere

Finding or creating a calm environment is our next quest, the environment has and will always influence our way of living. We can easily do this by determining a small area anywhere you regularly find yourself or would like to be, for the specific purpose of meditation practice. Find an inspiring meditation calendar or card. Add a yoga or small mattress for your knees that matches with the atmosphere you want to create. A scented or beautiful candle that goes with the colour of your meditation theme would let you concentrate and appreciate your meditation sanctuary.

A plant that you’ll nourish will add a signification of growing and caring about your meditation practice. Many traditions go from one extreme to another, from a baroque pantheon of deities to an insipid desert of intentional boredom. Perceive yourself, try out and find the most suitable atmosphere that matches with your current personality.

Now is the time to sync body and mind…

The physical body

What to consider as a complement of your meditation practice. Your spin needs to be straight and flexible, only sustained by the back muscles, not by the arms or shoulders. We need to treat of body through a holistic approach. Therefore good nourishment before meditation is also essential. Air, Temperature and Sleep are the three most important components for life. You may live days without eating or drinking, but with no air or no temperature you won’t survive a few minutes. Empiric researches tell that sleep is the third in the list, since no sleep for a week causes the total dysfunction of the brain.

Then water of course, is the vehicle of lasting survival, containing memory and secrets about the subtle ways of our inner journey. Have a glass of filtered water (mixed with a tiny stream of tap water or minerals like Himalayan salt), get an energy saving light bulb that includes negative ion emitting and take a few long deep breaths before you start.

The room is slightly fresh for better concentration. Warm, nonetheless, again through an air ionizer.All this is because your session can really become a special moment to recharge your whole being. Remember, the approach is holistic.

Ok, body and space are integrated and ready for the practice, which has somehow already started.

Use your candle or your breath as reference of awareness. Still, all these tips aren’t the core of your meditation session. Not even your thoughts, not even your mind. That it something that you’ll discover when putting all these tips in practice. You are the master of your meditation, the compass of your own sacred journey.

This article is written by Ariel Guerra who will be running a 3 day meditation workshop at Dharmasana on the 13th, 14th and 15th of August.  For more details see our wellbeing calendar listing.  To find out more about Ariel and his work visit his website.

Stop! Make an appointment with yourself.

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Are you constantly moving at full speed ahead?

Putting your attention and energy in every outward direction to please others?

Can you remember the last time you did something just for you?

Do you really take good care of yourself?

Self care and nurture will enrich your life immeasurably. Investing time in yourself rewards the greatest as we become strong physically emotionally and on a spiritual level more connected to our higher selves.  By slowing down our awareness expands and we pay attention to what is happening around us. When we are rushing around our energy starts to deplete, we run our batteries low but we keep going even if we are exhausted. We are all culprits of not listening to ourselves.

It’s time to honour yourself and your energy. Make an appointment with yourself in the diary. Turn off the computer and phone and switch off from ‘work’ mode.  I did this for myself yesterday and had a Shiatsu treatment for the first time, with a lady who lives on the Island called Tanja Nooteboom – it felt amazing. It’s a very gentle treatment and during it I began to feel parts of my body connect energetically through the meridian lines as the blockages were released and the energy started to flow naturally.  Tanja is offering a Shiatsu workshop next Wednesday 20th July at the Garden of Light from 10am – 5pm where you learn how to give and how to receive a full body treatment. ENQUIRE NOW for more info about the workshop.

Make a commitment to yourself to do something nurturing and healing at least once a week. Spend time in nature, go for a long walk or just spend time at home relaxing in the garden, have a massage or treatment, whatever you enjoy doing that’s just for you.  Remember. You are in charge of your life. YOU are your number one priority. Don’t burn yourself out. Stop, look and listen because you are worth it! Retreat for a whole 5 days in Ibiza’s nature and totally switch off and Just Stop.

The Just Stop retreat is a 5 day all-inclusive retreat in the heart of Ibiza´s nature located at a beautiful healing arts country farmhouse near San Miguel. Close to the clear waters of Benirras beach. Relax around the bio-pool, take daily yoga, meditation and breath work classes, get pampered with your choice of healing treatments. This is your retreat tailor made by a team of wellbeing experts.

Next dates are 17th – 21st August

Cost: £790 (+ optional extras)

ENQUIRE NOW for further info

Just Stop! And revive for summer-time

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How is your year going? Are you feeling balanced, happy, inspired or do you feel tired of the day-to-day commute, over-worked and like you are carrying a heavy load that you would just love for someone else to take over?

Whether you are feeling critically burned out, or really need to release the stress, whenever there is any sense of overwhelm, even approaching, the most vital thing to do is to Just Stop! And rest.

Your kidneys are the pistons that keep your system firing and when they are tired or overwhelmed by processing too much adrenalin, they begin to lean on your liver, which is the no 1. Toxin synthesizer.

Stress creates toxins unfortunately. With too much adrenalin firing around your system, your adrenal glands become over-stimulated and can create a toxic hormone called nor-adrenalin. This ages your body and organs, it creates huge amounts of pressure on our already pressured mind.

And it wants sugar! And it wants more – the only way to stop this “gotta-keep-going-catch-22” is to catch yourself before you hit the decks, explode at your partner or boss or do something you regret. Take time out to breathe, step away from your desk, excuse yourself from the meeting even briefly and then create space for you in your diary asap – me-time where you can invest in a massage or healing treatment that will help to relax you in body and mind and flush out excess toxins. A day in a spa or exercise in nature; walking, horse-riding, cycling, where you can release the stress and breathe in clean, clear oxygen.

Or join us in Ibiza for a Just Stop! Retreat, as featured in the Sunday Times Travel last year as one of the best mind-body-release retreats. With daily yoga, breathwork and meditation to help you find your inner-peace, to support you in feeling stronger and clearer, with massage, life coaching, wellness and energy coaching and amazing Cranio-sacral therapy for deep nervous-system release.

For more information on this Just Stop Retreat take a look at our wellbeing calendar or ENQUIRE NOW

Wellbeing at the weekend

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  • Yoga classes and meditation followed by a healthy brunch at the Garden of Light in San Miguel every Saturday morning from 8am.
  • Ashtanga yoga at Hot Yoga Ibiza 9 -10.30am and Hot Yoga later on in the day from 12 – 1.30pm.
  • Kundalin Yoga this Saturday 1 – 2.30pm and 4 – 5.30pm and Sunday 11 – 12.30pm, 1 – 2.30pm and 4 – 5.30pm at Pilates Ibiza

Come back on Monday for our featured classes for next week. For retreats and workshops visit our wellbeing calendar

ENQUIRE NOW to book into the classes or if you are a teacher and would like to advertise your classes, retreat or workshop. Alternatively call Cheryl on 645464574.

Featured retreat Saturday 11th June 7 day girly getaway with Susie Howell. ENQUIRE NOW to book your place.

PSYCH-K Working on your beliefs

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The famous Henry Ford Quote went something like ‘Whether you think you can, or you can’t, you are right’.

Such a simple statement to make, but one that can really make you take a step back and look at exactly what you are thinking on a daily basis.

Are you too quick to think you can’t, before you even try? Are you used to thinking it will never work, just because you have been challenged before? These thoughts and beliefs we hold will keep being proven to us in our life experiences because, other than the fact we all like to be right (come on, admit it) if we keep repeating them to ourselves and everyone else that will listen, then what exactly is it we are asking to be life to show us and where exactly are we asking it to take us?

It’s okay if these beliefs are positive and life enhancing ones, but if your thought process always includes the words ‘cant, don’t, wont’ then the weight of negatives you are filling your trunk with starts to make the journey a lot of hard work.  As nice as it is to be challenged, making life an exhausting process is no fun at all!
I’m sure most of us would jump at the chance to switch those negative beliefs in positive ones, so life can be a more enjoyable ride with better views and much fewer speed bumps and travel sickness stops!  And that’s where PSYCH-K comes in. A revolutionary technique that can re-write the software of your mind by installing new, positive, life enhancing beliefs that will recreate the way you think, feel and ‘do’ life. This technique gives you the power to be one of those people that gets the good stuff and wouldn’t that be worth shouting about?


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