Benefits of Meditation Sydney

INFLAMMATION

Stress leads to inflammation, a state linked to heart disease, arthritis, asthma and skin conditions such as psoriasis, say researchers at Emory University in the US. Relaxation (meditation) can help prevent and treat such symptoms by switching off the stress response. In this way, one study at McGill University in Canada found that meditation clinically improved the symptoms of psoriasis

The Independant

BLOOD PRESSURE

A study at Harvard Medical School found that meditation lowered blood pressure by making the body less responsive to stress hormones, in a similar way to blood pressure-lowering medication. Meanwhile a British Medical Journal report found that patients trained how to relax had significantly lower blood pressure.

Meditation has long been lauded. Now science has shown that deep relaxation changes our bodies on a genetic level - for the better. Visit our website channelingmeditation.com. We are based in the Inner West in Sydney.

Excerpt from the Sydney Morning Herald on Meditation

The next time you tune out and switch off and let yourself melt, remind yourself of all the good work the relaxation effect is doing on your body. These are just some of the scientifically proven benefits….

Irritable bowel syndrome
When patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome began practising a relaxation meditation twice daily, their symptoms of bloating, diarrhoea and constipation improved significantly. The meditation was so effective the researchers at the State University of New York recommended it as an effective treatment.

Published in the Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 20th August 2009

The next time you tune out and switch off and let yourself melt, remind yourself of all the good work the relaxation effect is doing on your body. These are just some of the scientifically proven benefits….

Immunity - Relaxation and meditation appears to boost immunity in recovering cancer patients. A study at the Ohio State University found that progressive muscular relaxation, when practised daily, reduced the risk of breast cancer recurrence. In another study at Ohio State, a month of relaxation exercises boosted natural killer cells in the elderly, giving them a greater resistance to tumours and to viruses.

Fertility - A study at the University of Western Australia found that women are more likely to conceive during periods when they are relaxed rather than stressed. A study at Trakya University, in Turkey, also found that stress reduces sperm count and motility, suggesting relaxation through meditation may also boost male fertility.

Published in the Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 20th August 2009

Meditation room detail

I  first met Rosa and her mother Gina in a cafe I usually frequent on a Saturday afternoon. When I let them know of my meditation groups, they joined within a week.

The first week was great. Rosa started to calm down slowly and felt relaxed and relieved by the end of the meditation. Through the week, on and off, she was still suffering from anxiety attacks leading into her disorder. Her case was unusual, as this type of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder she suffered from, was repeating the same action say fifteen or twenty times, but her mind did not register that she had already performed the action previously. Every week after that I was watching Rosa getting clearer and stronger. She started to cry through one of her early sessions and when I placed my hand on her back, behind her heart, she said she felt this amazingly strong unconditional love unlike anything she had every experienced pouring through.

As each week passed, she found the anxiety attacks that lead to the obsessive compulsive disorder condition lessened and when she smiled, her eyes really started to light up as she became happier and much more confident within herself. It was great watching her coming to meditation regularly as I could see she had to make a determined effort to be there to overcome her depression and disorder. Through the conversations, I soon realised that it was an effort for Rosa to get out of bed even at 12 midday. The condition really has debilitated her life as she was only in her early thirties.

After the fifth session, she was excited to share with me that she was finding the strength to overcome the disorder. When it crept up in her, in the form of her heart racing, she used her willpower to calm herself down and it worked! Not only that, but when she felt pains in her body, she placed her hands over that part and visualised the healing energy and the pains disappeared. By around this time, she managed to control the OCD attacks.

She truly found her strength to overcome her condition. Even the psychologist was keen to increase her drug intake and she refused. It was great to see her find her strength to overpower such a terrible condition. She started to join us after the meditation session for dinner and found that she was truely enjoying herself in the company of others. Her mother started to cry from the joy, as she was so happy to see the change in her daughter. Apparently, even something as simple as joining a group for dinner was something she could not do before.

It brings me such joy to see someone like Rosa to find her inner strength and power. As she acquired this condition at around the age of twelve, it will most likely take her a year of coming to meditation once a week, every week before she is truely strong enough to maintain this state of wellbeing she has finally found. Rosa is a truely remarkable young lady, with much to offer the world, once she heals herself of this condition. Well done Rosa!

Once I complete some of my audios of the live meditation sessions, I will have them for sale on this blog soon. Will keep everyone posted.

Emilja joined our meditation groups in February. She has now been coming regularly for 10 weeks. When she started coming, she appeared sad, disorientated, couldn’t stand straight and struggled with opening her eyes. By the end of the first session, something seemed to have lifted in her and she seemed a little lighter.

After the second and third meditation session, the dark cloud she was carrying seemed to shift. Her migranes started to ease. By the fourth and fifth session, she now comes in the morning with a big smile on her face and her eyes are now radiant. She is standing tall and her beauty is starting to shine. She has come to realise how the monkey mind can really cause havoc. No longer does she worry unnecessarily. Nor have her mind keep spinning on small irrelevant matters either. Her mind is much calmer and now finds peace in herself and is getting more and more in touch with her inner strength and clarity at work.

Only a couple of times till now, has she really felt the energy that I transfer to her. She is now understanding the greater benefits of continuing meditation. She is clearer now on many things in life and is finding more joy and happiness in her life now. I love watching her smile as her whole face lights up and she looks much younger also.
A big Congratulations to Emilja for the great transformation and the amazing person she is. Her migranes are starting to lessen. When she comes to meditation and has a migrane, she finds that it is usually gone by the end of the session. (all in half an hour) Many aspects of her life are continuously improving and becoming more balanced.

Part of Tuesday night meditation group

JOY (December 2008) Joy starting coming to meditation early December. It was her first time to experience our sessions. I’d say also one of the first meditations she experienced. During the session she did not feel much nor see anything during the journey. After the session I said good bye and looked forward to seeing her next week. She gave me that look of ‘Yeah right’. The following Tuesday, to my surprise, she did return. She told me that the days following meditation, she found she could not think of anything negative and slept really well. No bad thoughts. Which is great, considering she is working in an open plan floor, of a government department where political heirachies are rampant.

In the second session, she could see and experience almost the entire journey and felt that the energy went deeper into her. She started to feel better and happier the following week, nothing at work seemed to bother her and continued to remain very positive. She is back at university now. In her last session (all up she came to five) I really could see the lights starting to shine in her eyes again. She was very close to connecting to her soul. Her aura is much brighter and she was oozing self confidence. Well done Joy! What a great turnaround from the person I met five weeks ago. A person confused, down and disillusioned.

CELLA (FEBRUARY 2009) Cella has been coming to Tuesday night meditations for almost four months now, and is getting great benefits. By the second or third class of meditation, she had pains coming from her chest and her heart was beating very fast. Within half an hour it had all past and she felt lighter and admitted it felt like being instantly healed. When that clearing from her heart chakra took place, from then on she found she could see all the colours in the guided meditation more easily, felt better and experienced all the other journeys more deeply. By healing the heartbreak, her overall approach to life was more positive, she felt happier within herself and the depression seemed to disappear.

One Saturday, she joined our morning meditations for the first time. She was back at work part time, after twelve months of maternity leave. Her role is in an executive position in one of Australia’s largest retail market chains. She found she could not see, nor experience the journey as easily due to the stress she was experiencing at work, however, she did feel the energy flowing through her. By the second part of the meditation, she suddenly could see the colours once again and her migraine cleared up for her at the end of the session. She was so happy and excited. After meditation, she had the biggest smile on her face and her energy rose high once again.

It was great watching her heal and recover from depression as she was joining our meditation groups. In time I have come to realise through our discussions that she fell into some kind of depression before joining us. Now she is finding that she can manage life a lot easier on every level. Corporate, being a new mum, a wife and living life to the fullest in the moment. How great it is to see Cella become empowered, enjoying life and taking the challenges that her profession presents to her daily, head on and with great success!

“If the emotional blocks within each individual were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite” Senka

Why meditation?

healing hands, channeling

Over the last two years I have been guiding my own meditation groups, as I was strangely enough pushed into it by a friend. I thought it was only going to be temporary, but when I saw the shifts in the energy within the students and the positive difference afterwards, well….I decided to keep it up. I’m guiding groups twice a week for now, as I run a small advertising, web design company during the working days. So, I guess you could call me a single white western female taking weekly notes on the benefits of meditation.

Where ever we are in the world, we will find a genuine teacher, or teachers, who can guide us along the inner path, to kick-start the process of meditation and deepen it. It is said that when the student is ready the teacher appears, a meeting characterised by a sense of recognition, or destiny. Ultimately, the real teacher is the inner guide, the wisdom that lies at the heart of each of us. The outer teacher points the way to the inner and introduces us. I will aim to capture the spirit of meditation and hopefully inform and inspire all who seek to understand more about it, through the real life accounts that I observe every week in my groups.

My meditation website is http://www.creative-grafika.com/meditation. By the way, please drop me an email. Would love to hear your comments. Either on the blog or email me at info@creative-grafika.com. Hear from you soon :0) Now, for the individual accounts.

Individual Accounts on the Benefits of Meditation

FLYN (FEBRUARY 2009) She came in for the first time last Tuesday the 3rd. She realised she had to invest time in herself, as she was apparently quite in late last year due to accumulated stress. Her energy felt chaotic, a little nervous and happy she came to the group. After I finished going through the chakras and giving everyone high positive energy, and it was her turn to share…she shared with awe. For the first time in a very long time she felt calm and peace within herself. She was about to cry and was so happy to have found that state of being again. It was great to see her smile and seeing her aura brighter and clearer. Will be good to hear of her experiences next week.

Flyn returned (10-2) and shared more good news. She found she slept well that night and felt she had extra energy for the next three days. By profession she is in the field of counseling and education. What she really noticed is that she stood her ground, voiced herself and guided others in an empowering way. They took her advice and found everything she suggested worked! I’d say Flyn’s aligned her chakras successfully and definitely cleared the throat chakra. In the third session, more has shifted. The healing is working on a deeper level now. I felt her heart was healing as much pain energy was being released in her third session of meditation.

Great news. She emailed me to let me know that she has slept well, she has had not strong pains occurring in her body, her thinking is clearer and work is not much effort. She wrote “I am starting to feel physically and mentally stronger and more focused. Thanks for all your help again.”

BEL (November 2008) When Bel started meditation, she looked really pale, lifeless and her lips were almost blue. Not sure what she has been through? She looked wiped out, from whatever experience she had. She was quiet in her nature and continued coming to our classes.

Within 4-5 regular classes each week, she changed for the better. The colour came back in her face, her eyes lit up and her lips were rosy red. Others could see the difference also and were amazed. The sun looked like it was shining from her face and eyes. I did not realise how beautiful she was before. She had connected with her soul power. By December, I found out she met a guy who was cooking for her almost every night. So pleased to hear she met someone nice and in a relationship I believe. She is still joining classes fortnightly these days and appears to be full of life everytime I see her. She has asked her friend to join her and that’s another great experience that I will share with you soon :0)

More experiences will be added soon.