Get Still
When we experience stress, it is because we lack the internal energy to meet outward challenges. Meditation and breath work can help us to increase and maintain our internal energy source so that we can successfully navigate our world.
Meditation is a tool to better manage the challenges of modern society. It is an ancient tool that humans have used for thousands of years to cleanse the mind and improve clarity. Through meditation, you become the observer instead of the thinker. Meditation helps to invoke states of neutrality, even in the eye of the storm.
Meditation supports the mind and guides the body through use of breathing, mantra , mudra (hand postures), and focus. There are thousands of meditations, tailored to specific applications. There are meditations that reduce stress, conquer depression, work on additions, release anger, and increase energy/vitality. In as little as 3 minutes a day, you can see the benefits of meditation.
Breathwork and breathing practices are utilized to improve the mind, body, and spirit. During a breathwork practice, we intentionally change the breathing pattern with conscious effort. There are several forms of breathwork that treat various ailments from increasing focus and concentration to decreasing anxiety and pain management.
Benefits of Meditation include:
Rachel incorporates meditation and breath work into treatment with clients who are looking to make serious and significant changes to their habits, way of thinking, and overall approach to life. We utilize meditation to access the flow state - a state of inner stillness where clients can begin to cultivate awareness into patterns and belief systems that are limiting them from accessing their highest potential.
Meditation is a tool to better manage the challenges of modern society. It is an ancient tool that humans have used for thousands of years to cleanse the mind and improve clarity. Through meditation, you become the observer instead of the thinker. Meditation helps to invoke states of neutrality, even in the eye of the storm.
Meditation supports the mind and guides the body through use of breathing, mantra , mudra (hand postures), and focus. There are thousands of meditations, tailored to specific applications. There are meditations that reduce stress, conquer depression, work on additions, release anger, and increase energy/vitality. In as little as 3 minutes a day, you can see the benefits of meditation.
Breathwork and breathing practices are utilized to improve the mind, body, and spirit. During a breathwork practice, we intentionally change the breathing pattern with conscious effort. There are several forms of breathwork that treat various ailments from increasing focus and concentration to decreasing anxiety and pain management.
Benefits of Meditation include:
- Enhance and develop a greater appreciation for the present moment. The moment is a present, we must honor it.
- No longer worry about the future or focus on the uncertainties of life that are beyond our control.
- Enhance your senses - appreciating being alive with every moment, every breath.
- Decreased stress due to improved emotional regulation (ability to regulate what we feel and what we do with our feelings).
- Higher brain functioning and increased focus and attention when in a relaxed state.
- Physiological changes of lowered blood pressure and lower heart rate.
- Decreased depressive symptoms and lowered levels of anxiety.
Rachel incorporates meditation and breath work into treatment with clients who are looking to make serious and significant changes to their habits, way of thinking, and overall approach to life. We utilize meditation to access the flow state - a state of inner stillness where clients can begin to cultivate awareness into patterns and belief systems that are limiting them from accessing their highest potential.