I’m passionate about demystifying meditation and making it accessible to anyone. Meditation is most beneficial when it becomes an established habit, whatever that looks like for you. Making meditation your own – whether that’s mini meditation practices scattered through your day like glitter, or longer practices throughout a busy week or month, if it helps you feel better it’s as simple as that. Little and often can often be much better for a person than long meditations. I will guide you to understand the key to your meditation habit is to meditate as yourself.
To be authentic.
The wonderful principals within meditation are kindness, non-judgement, noting versus reacting and compassion.
First and foremost these relate to yourself.
It all starts with you.
My sessions are designed to be gentle, inclusive and supportive. I offer in person sessions in venues that work for people of any physical ability. I offer online sessions if leaving the house is difficult or if you live somewhere else in the country or world. I offer concessions to help minimise the barrier that being skint can create to accessing wellbeing sessions. I plan to take this a step further in 2026 and establish some sort of CIC or other charitable organisation to address these barriers further.
What does a Meraki Meditation session look like?
Meditation is based around us noticing how we are breathing, it can include visualisations, humming, mantras, mindfulness whilst noticing when thoughts pop up. During our sessions you will be guided and supported to find a comfortable way of sitting, whether that’s on a chair or the floor on a mat. You’ll be encouraged to listen to the needs of your body and adjust your position during the session. We typically start the session with noticing our breath and breathing differently. Using a variety of breathing techniques to help us ease away from our day. My favourite techniques are the Square Breath, the Belly Breath, Alternate Nostril Breath and the 4-7-8 Breath. The reason we do this at the outset of our sessions, is these techniques help support our Vagal Nervous System and can literally slow our heart rates down and start to ease any tensions from the day out of our body and minds. I sometimes use some very gentle movements to support our Vagus nerve too.
Types of meditation include:
- Mindfulness
- Breath awareness practice
- Loving Kindness meditation
- Chakra meditation
- Visualisation meditation
- Progressive muscle relaxation
- Yoga Nidra
- Humming meditation
- Chanting meditation
- Mantra meditation
I tend not to offer, at present, humming, chanting or mantra meditation although I do practice them. I find that all of the other types of meditation are well received in a group setting and anyone of any experience can enjoy them.
The colours aren’t scientifically accurate but it meditation definitely brings more colour into my life!
Meditation changes our bodies in anatomical and biochemical ways and at a cellular levels.
I’m a loud and proud nerd and part of what I bring to my energy work is the science but in a way that digestible for anyone to “get”.
If you’re curious and want to read some of the science take a look at some of these articles.
Meditation changes our brain structure
https://doi.org/10.1155%2F2015%2F419808
Meditation supports neuroplasticity and brain health in multiple ways.
https://neurosciencenews.com/memory-meditation-23414/
Meditation keeps our telomeres longer and DNA healthier.
Meditation reduces cytokines in our bodies that can drive inflammation.
Meditation improves blood pressure, helps diabetes, fibromyalgia, PTSD, anxiety and depression.https://doi.org/10.7759%2Fcureus.40650
Meditation lowers cortisol – the much discussed “stress hormone”
https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2020.1760727
So, trust me when I say meditation is good for you!
Your body, mind, soul and spirit will thank you for making space in your life to meditate.
You meditate as yourself, your way.
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