Understand your Mind

Meditation is an incredible tool for nurturing your mind and strengthening your brain and it doesn't have to be for long each day. Reports prove that meditation helps improve both mental and physical wellbeing. There are so many different ways to meditate, it's really important that you use the technique that works for you that's why I always tailor my sessions to the exact needs and age of my client / group. The benefits are almost endless:

• Reduces Stress & Anxiety

• Increase Confidence 

• Improve Sleep

• Better Focus & Concentration 

• Overcome Negative Beliefs

• Improve Self Awareness

• Manage Depression & Anxiety

• Help you Better Manage Pain

• Make you more Kind & Compassionate 

When you meditate you strengthen your prefrontal cortex, this is your brains ability to self regulate your emotions - absolutely essential for your wellbeing and happiness. 

You have two very different sides to your brain. The left is the logical part of your brain. It likes order, lists, facts and is your analytical way of thinking. The right side is the emotional part of your brain. It's where your intuition, imagination and creativity comes from. The right part is focussed on your feelings and likes to visualise and daydream. When we meditate and tune into the two sides of your brain you help to bring your brain back into balance, this is called 'whole brain balance' and is a brilliant life skill for adults, teens and children.

Meditation can also help reduce the reactivity of your Amygdala, this is your brains fear response and triggers the ancient flight, fight or freeze response. The role of the amygdala is to form emotional memories (positive and negative) to situations. Absolutely vital when we were cavemen and needed to fight a saber toothed tiger but these days it doesn’t know the difference between a real and imagined threat leaving the doors wide open for anxiety to creep in. Meditation is brilliant at engaging your parasympathetic nervous system (rest and relaxation) and signalling to the amygdala that it's time to chill out.

Look after your mind and everything else will follow!