The most important aspect of how I teach meditation though, is showing you how to incorporate it into your life because fundamentally, for you to reap the benefits of meditation, you do have to meditate. 🙏🏼
Each time we sit we also cultivate discipline, flexibility, self-compassion and acceptance. Just by the gentle gesture of choosing to be with ourselves and check in we give ourselves space to witness emotions, relax into the moment and practice surrender.
I teach a process called Awareness Insight Meditation (AIM). The foundational AIM course is taught in 3-parts and includes the science, neuroscience, biology and practical logistics of meditation. The course supports a twice daily, open monitoring meditation practice.
Part 1: The Foundation of Meditation
Part 2: The Psychology of Meditation
Part 3: The Process and Practice of Meditation
I teach this course in a group setting via The School of Modern Meditation and also 1:1 if you would like to learn privately.
I teach meditation as a process, a commitment, and a way of being.
Some of the shifts or ‘benefits’ of a regular meditation practice I’ve experienced in myself and my students are:
Deeper contentment with relationships, work, life as a whole
An integration of stress and chronic anxiety
The dissolution of unhealthy, limiting habits and coping mechanisms
A healthier relationship with our bodies, food, finances
Overcoming fears, negative thoughts and limiting beliefs
Improved health, increased energy levels
Resilience and adaptability to help move though difficult areas/phases of my life
More joy, and peace of mind
Improved focus and attention span
A deeper sense of compassion and empathy
A easeful discernment of priorities
As meditators twice a day we have a practice that facilitates what we call ‘unstressing’. As our practice takes us into a deep state of rest we unravel and start to release a lifetime's accumulation of energy that has been trapped within us. Over time we process and let go of the long-term negative effects of this conditioning. We also have a daily process that makes the unconscious, conscious meaning we become more present to life and ourselves.
What you get from your practice will be directly proportionate to the time and commitment you put in.
“If you can’t meditate in a boiler room, then you can’t meditate.”
Alan Watts