A meditation retreat like no other, full of practical sessions to unravel anxiety and stress
This comprehensive and truly unique day with Lisa will take you on a very practical journey towards 'calm beneath the chaos'. While this full and varied retreat can serve to assist in the management of anxiety and stress, it is also the perfect platform for creating the most thorough foundations of meditation. Incorporating theBeginnner Meditation Course within this day makes it a thorough and invaluable experience!
This retreat offers three very significant benefits:
You will learn to create a support structure on which you can rely to remain more calm and grounded at times when you would otherwise be feeling shakey and unsettled.
You will learn how to create a platform from which you can begin a more successful meditation journey.
You will come away with a deeper understanding and sense of self.
With a hands on approach to ensure your own personal physiological responses to life are recognised, and a plethora of exercises that shine light back on the self, you will develop an understanding of where and how change can be implimented to re-pattern your relationship with situations that create anxiety and stress.
Take home valuable information and techniques that will enable you to re-direct the stress response in your daily life and guide you towards the buddha within! You will experience a wonderful day of enlightening sessions that explore:
Subtle energetic tendencies of stress & fear & learn how to re-direct them
Bio-sensory feedback for clear and palpable understanding of your own bodys response to its environment
How you exist as you and examine your relationship with your environment
The importance of the breath - correct poor breathing dynamics that exacerbate stress & anxiety
Resistance to letting go and the art of surrender
Methods for unwinding physical, emotional and mental tensions within the body
The art of relaxation
Mindfulness and quietening the persistent voice in your head
Embody centredness
The focus of this retreat is to implement immediate action to help you make positive change in moving towards a calmer, happier life. This day is perfect for you if anxiety, stress, or ptsd is interfering with your life, or if you want to delve deeper into the self, or just want to learn meditation from scratch!
PLEASE BRING - A bottle of water and your own lunch. Herb tea will be offered. (Please note refrigeration is not available).
"I suffer from a brain condition and have certain tension and anxiety around my symptoms. I have attended this course more than once as I find it extremely beneficial to calm my mind and nourish my being - the ability to let go and focus on full relaxation, and to let go of fears and anxiety, and allow myself to be at peace with my condition. This course is so beneficial to finding peace and calm within. I highly recommend it to anyone. Thank you Lisa for such a lovely course." ALANA - BIRKDALE
"I highly recommend the Meditation For Anxiety Course. Lisa is an amazing teacher with a wonderful way about her to make you feel at ease but empowered to master the body's anxiety response. This has been a huge stepping stone in my journey to peace within". L.W. - CLEVELAND "This course has more than met my expectations. Im so glad I signed up! Thank you." H.M. - ORMISTON
"This course has given me the tools and knowledge of mindfulness meditation that I could not have gained alone. I now feel confident that I can take these skills with me in order to 'let go' ana move through life with less worry and more ease. I found the course extremely worthwhile and thoroughly enjoyed each moment of learning to quieten my mind" GEORGIE - WELLINGTON POINT
"A wonderful course to help with feelings of anxiety. The practical advice to help deal with such feelings was wonderful. I now feel I have a tool box of strategies to practice at home" T.R - THORNLANDS
"I found this course very supportive. I have definitely learnt how to 'be with the breath' and how to practice diaphragmatic breathing which I have been able to incorporate easily into my everyday life. I would definitely recommend this course to anyone who experiences anxiety or general stress" N.E. - ORMISTON
"Absolutely loved this! Lots of focus on breathwork which I have always struggled with - so that was great. I am definitely going to try and practice it everyday. This seems like a really achieveable goal that I can stick with! I would definitely recommend this class for others who have struggled with their breath and meditating when they are anxious!" L.R. - CLEVELAND
"Lisa has a gentle way of teaching and demonstrating techniques, and helpfully guided us to get us into the practices and repeating so we get it. She takes the time to make sure you've got it. It was very helpful and it works!! I felt a lot better at the end of the session. It makes me feel I can and must commit to this daily. It was great Lisa took the pressure off by saying 'start with just a few minutes', not an hour" L.Z. - CLEVELAND
"Great! With the right amount of time spent on each technique to get the experience of it. Thank you so much for enabling me to take time for myself" J.S - THORNLANDS
"Wonderful as always. The physical feedback work was particularly beneficial. I finished feeling so much more grounded" - CLEVELAND
"I found this course incredibly beneficial in making me more aware of my emodied consciousness - I'm usually too much in my head. I particularly appreciated the attention to the physical pattern of the breath at the start as it provided a good foundation for the rest of the course. Thank you so much for this beautiful experience!" R.E - ORMISTON
"This course was a fantastic experience! I've done meditation before, but at a surface level. Lisa has given me the tools to connect to an inner peace, born out of acceptance of all within and all surrounding me." TOM - MANLY WEST
"Totally enjoyed the experience and it has really opened my eyes and changed my view on my clients, on my family, and of my friends. Thank you for the experience I will never forget." TRISH - CLEVELAND
"The Mindfulness Meditation Course was extremely beneficial. I have been highly stressed and anxious lately and I found the course so helpful in relaxing and calming myself. Lisa is very helpful in guiding relaxation. It was well worth it!" A.H. - BIRKDALE
"I left feeling uplifted, rested and at peace. I felt like I was walking on air for the next few days after meditation. I was calm and at peace with myself and with life. I started to notice my brain wasn't clouded with messy thoughts. I started to get my creativity back and with each day I have grown more positive and have come to accept myself. I will definitely continue these practices from now on. Thank you Lisa." ALICIA - WELLINGTON POINT
"Lisa, your enthusiasm and belief in meditation is contagious!" L.Z - ORMISTON
"After years of listening to guided meditations I decided to attend the Mindfulness Meditation course. It was quite dramatically different from what I had encountered from the guided meditations I was used to. After the first class I was able to go progressively deeper into a meditative state of which I can now access on my own. All types of people attend the course - there is no stereotype as meditation helps us all, and Lisa ensures that everyone feels comfortable and encourages you to do things in your own time regardless of what others are doing." SIAN - WELLINGTON POINT
"I have thoroughly enjoyed the meditation course and I would wholeheartedly recommend it. I have learned so many techniques to self guide to a place of being centred, enhancing my personal meditation practice. I have found in my day to day life I am so much more centred, less reactive and mindful. Thank you so very much for helping me find my zen, and for teaching me there are no short cuts, that staying the course has paid off for me. Life changing!" D.B. - REDLAND BAY
"The mindfulness course was well graduated, and reinforced past practices and ideas and offered new ones - Great!! I wish I had learnt to meditate much sooner in life!" K.W. - CLEVELAND