Meditation Coach UK - Guided Meditation & Breathwork with Happy Heads

Meditation is an incredible tool for reducing stress and anxiety, improving your focus, regulating your emotions, deepening your sleep, building your confidence, overcoming your limiting beliefs, improving your self belief and so much more!

This powerful and science backed practice nurtures your mind, strengthens your brain and it doesn't have to be for long each day. Many reports prove that meditation helps improve both your mental and physical wellbeing and there are so many different ways to meditate. It's really important to use the technique that works for you and that's why my approach is unique - I always tailor my sessions to the exact needs and age of my client or group.

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What Are the Benefits of Meditation?

Neuroscience and brain scans can now show us exactly what’s happening in our brian when we meditate and the many benefits we gain:

• Reduce Stress & Anxiety  - Anytime you feel stressed or anxious your amygdala (brain’s fear response) is triggered. When it’s triggered your body goes into the ancient fight, flight or freeze response - your nervous system is on high alert (sympathetic nervous system). Meditation helps reduce the reactivity of your Amygdala and engages your parasympathetic nervous system (rest and relaxation) which is why it’s such a powerful tool for reducing stress and anxiety.

• Builds Emotional Regulation & Resilience - During meditation we strengthen and engage our prefrontal cortex, which is your brain’s ability to self regulate your emotions. Being able to regulate your emotions is absolutely essential for your wellbeing and happiness because we can’t control what life will throw at us but we can control how we react.

• Improve Your Sleep - Meditation helps to bring stillness to your busy mind and anchor you in the present moment which is one of the best ways to fall asleep and get back to sleep if you awake. Meditation creates internal space to slow down, relax and sleep deeper so that you can awake refreshed.

• Better Focus & Concentration - The present moment is the best way to strengthen your neurological pathways and meditation helps you do exactly that. It anchors your mind in the here and now, not ruminating over the past or overthinking the future. The more present and less distracted we are, the easier it is to concentrate, which is why meditation is so good at improving your ability to focus.

• Increase Your Confidence - meditation creates space to help you identify and overcome your limiting beliefs, allowing you to rewire your mind to think differently. Conscious deep breathing is the perfect tool for calming your nervous system. When your nervous system is calm it’s much easier to face and overcome your fears.

• Improve Your Self Awareness - We have an entire universe inside our body and brain, yet people spend most of the time looking outside themselves. When we meditate and focus deeply on our internal world, our emotions, our feelings, our body, our thoughts, our behaviours, our breath we improve our self awareness and become aware of who we really are opening the doors to personal growth.

• Improves Your Physical Health - When we meditate we activate the body's relaxation response, which helps to decrease metabolism, lower blood pressure and improve your heart rate and breathing. When your nervous system is in a place of balance your immune system is improved, muscles relax and everything in your body can function properly. 

Let’s talk about how meditation can transform your wellbeing

What is Whole Brain Balance? 

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 for Stress and Anxiety

Anytime you feel stressed or anxious your amygdala (brain's fear response) is triggered and your nervous system goes into the ancient fight, flight or freeze (sympathetic nervous system). Your body fills with cortisol, which is a stress hormone, adrenalin races through your body, your digestive system slows down, heart races, muscles tense and your thinking brain goes off line - your body is primed to fight what it perceives as a threat.

Back when we were cavemen and needed to fight saber-toothed tigers this was a life saving response that kept us safe but the problem is, thousands of years later - our brains don’t know the difference between a real and imagined threat! This is why in our modern day world, you might feel anxious standing up to present in front of work colleagues, going into a new social situation, having to speak up in a meeting or when you’ve been given a tight deadline at work.

This is the reason why meditation for stress and anxiety is so effective, because it helps engage your parasympathetic nervous system (rest and relaxation) which takes you out of that fight, flight, freeze response, reminding your amygdala that you are in fact safe. When our nervous system is in a place of balance we feel more calm, grounded and relaxed. Meditation is the perfect tool to reduce stress and anxiety and improve your every day wellbeing. 

Guided Meditation Sessions 

Guided meditations or visualisations are a brilliant way to take your mind on a journey with a specific goal in mind. Guided meditation sessions can help in many ways:

• Identify and release your worries 

• Helps improve your performance of an upcoming event 

• Build your confidence and self esteem 

• Reflect and release your past challenges 

• Reduce stress and anxiety 

• Nurture and communicate with your inner child 

• Befriend your inner critic 

• Overcome your limiting beliefs

• Improves your sleep 

• Reconnect with a loved one you’ve lost  

Guided meditation sessions can be done with 1:1 with personalised coaching or in groups (corporate wellbeing, workshops or retreats).

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Breathwork Coaching in London & Online

Breathwork is a powerful tool that can enhance your mental, physical, and emotional well being. It’s the act of consciously focussing on your breath and intentionally manipulating your breathing pattern. Just like meditation it helps to regulate your nervous system, reduces your cortisol levels and when practiced regularly is a brilliant addition to your self care practice.

Some examples of breathwork practices are:

• Belly Breathing (diaphragmatic or abdominal breathing)

• Box Breathing 

• 4-6-8 Breathing

• Bee Breathing 

• Collarbone Breathing 

What is the difference between breathwork and meditation?

They are very similar and meditation often includes a practice of simply focussing on your breathing. This is how they slightly differ:

Breathwork - is an active and dynamic practice where you consciously change and control your breathing patterns for an extended period of time to achieve a certain goal (reduce anxiety, release emotions increase your energy)

Meditation - can be a more passive experience that involves observing your internal experience (thoughts, feelings, sensations) and your breath without trying to change it. Guided meditation allows your mind to go on a journey without focussing on your breath to achieve a certain outcome (improve confidence, reduce anxiety, befriend your inner critic, problem solve, come up with creative solutions, prepare for an upcoming event, release stress, regulate emotions…)

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Meditation vs. Mindfulness: What’s the Difference?

Mindfulness is a certain type of meditation where you focus deeply on the present moment, noticing your breath, your body, your thoughts and feelings without any judgement. Being mindful simple means to be deeply present while doing something (cooking, walking, washing up, eating).

Meditation can and often does involve focussing on the present moment but it’s also way more than that - it can involve visualisation, movement, affirmations, sound, colour, shaking, tapping, chakras, deep breathing…

There are many different ways you can meditate, which is why it’s important to find the technique that’s right for your nervous system. This is why my approach is unique because I deeply understand how no two humans are the same. Together we will find the meditation and breathwork that works best for you.

What are the different types of meditation you teach?

• Mindfulness - focussing on the present moment, sensations and feelings

• Guided Meditation / Visualisation - taking your mind on a guided journey to find answers to a specific question or goal. Improve your performance of an upcoming event.

• Moving Meditation - walking, shaking, dancing

• Sound - bee breathhing, om breath, singing (not to sound good but to use your voice)

• Affirmations - using one or a number of affirmations to overcome limiting beliefs and negative thoughts

• Tapping - is a type of meditation that brings your nervous system into a place of balance and uses affirmations and statements to process your emotions and rewire your mind

• Touch / Pressure - happy head hold (amygdala hold), hands on chest, hand on heart and belly, butterfly breathing, gentle tapping on the chest

• Breathwork - belly breathing, collarbone breathing, box breathing, 4,6,8

• Colour Meditation - working with colour to make you feel more calm, confident and empowered

• Crystal Meditation - crystals are great tool for meditation to help refresh your energy and focus your mind

• Chakra Meditation - a powerful way to bring balance back into your internal energy system

Would you like to add meditation and breathwork into your life?

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Client Stories & Results

“Kim is truly phenomenal. She has the most incredible gift of teaching methods to be more present, conscious, self aware and provided so much support. I love working together”

Laura

“The Happy Heads course was such a great way to start the year. It really helped to process some of the more challenging aspects of 2022, and set clear intentions for what's next. The tapping, breath work and visualisation exercises connect so well and each session builds nicely on the last. And Kim's natural warmth and humour makes you feel instantly at ease. I'd highly recommend it!”

Joel

“I did a fantastic - 4-week course in January with Kim around manifesting and letting go of limiting beliefs. One month later and I'm still feeling the benefit. I've continued to revisit the resources I created together with Kim and am using them as a blueprint for my year - so far, so good! Thanks Kim”

Caroline

Free Guided Meditation - Listen Now

Adults 

This is a deeply relaxing meditation called Calm your Mind that will help you reduce stress and anxiety. It will gently guide you to anchor your mind in the present moment and bring your brain back into balance - the perfect way to start your day.

Kids 

This is a guided meditation called Dragon Breathing, brilliant for kids wanting to try meditation for the first time and a great way to help them connect to their breath, feeling more calm and grounded.