The highest levels of performance come to people who are centered, intuitive, creative, and reflective – people who know to see a problem as an opportunity.
Deepak Chopra

Are you planning your next lunch & learn, retreat, or conference?  Does your team need a restorative session to help them de-stress, find calm, or be inspired?  Bring your organization together to learn to meditate and create a group practice.  We can work with you to design a breathing practice, meditation session, or creative art exercise for your team.  Please email us for more info Inspired.Melissa@outlook.com.

MEDITATION BENEFITS  In meditation thoughts decrease and the mind becomes quieter.  Energy, previously utilized by the thinking process, is released and energizes the brain.  An energized brain is a happy, active, and attentive brain with open senses, and clear and enhanced perception.  There are so many positive effects of a regular meditation practice including: relaxation, calmness and optimism, increase in concentration, attention, creativity, motivation, empathy, and acceptance and compassion of self and others.

The positives of a regular meditation practice are endless::
… release fears
… improve depression
… reduce anxiety and stress
… relieve insomnia
… lower blood pressure
… relax the nervous system
… relieve muscle tension
… diminish intensity of headaches/migraines
… restore balanced function to the digestive system
… free the mind from self-doubt and inner talk
… generate optimism, self-esteem, confidence & motivation ~ expanding heartfulness

RESEARCH & SCIENCE  Want to know more about the awesome benefits of meditation?  Here are a few research articles that study the science behind mediation.  Click the links below to learn more about the measurable physiological changes in the brain and body.

Job Performance – The association between meditation practice and job performance  (May 2015)

Forever Young – Meditation might slow the age-related loss of gray matter in the brain, say UCLA researchers  (Feb 2015)

Stress Management – Interaction between neuroanatomical and psychological changes after Mindfulness-Based training  (Oct 2014)

Pain Relief – MIT and Harvard neuroscientists explain why the practice helps tune out distractions and relieve pain  (May 2011)

WORKSHOP TOPICS

•  Just Breathe – Explore various breathing practices, and experience a guided meditation.

•  Guided Meditations – Explore from a selection of meditations.

•  Courage & {Healing Heart} – Experience one of our Be Fearless or {Healing Heart} guided meditations.

•  Cultivating Compassion – Experience one of our Heartfulness or Loving-Kindness guided meditations.

•  Gratitude – Experience one of our Be Grateful guided meditations.

•  Leading From My Heart – A presentation and discussion on how to inspire, teach, and lead from your heart.  Followed by a guided meditation. 

•  Mala – Create a mala bracelet or necklace, and experience a guided meditation.

•  Mandala – Creative exercise drawing or colouring a mandala, and experience a guided meditation.

•  Mindful Eating – Learn to appreciate your food, and experience an eating meditation.  Great for a lunch & learn.

•  Nature Walking – Immerse yourself in nature (indoor if needed), and experience a walking meditation.

•  Silent Retreat – Retreat from the busyness of everyday life, and experience the transformative benefits of being silent.  1/2-day or 1-day options.

•  Stress Management – Learn how to better manage stress, and experience a guided meditation.  Includes a module from our Mindfulness & Stress Reduction: Trusting My Heart – Finding Courage 8-week program.

•  Time Management – Various workshops available.

•  Work/Life Balance – Learn 3 key steps to balancing your life with mindfulness, and experience a guided meditation.

•  Yoga Nidra – Experience a restorative session of yogic sleep, especially beneficial for anyone dealing with high stress.  Yoga Nidra is a yogic technique which guides us into a state of deeply restful meditative awareness and inner stillness.
Learn more on our Yoga Nidra page.

GUIDED MEDITATION
Δ  learn variations on how to sit
Δ  practice different breathing techniques
Δ  explore various meditations

CORPORATE EVENTS & BRANDING
Δ  conferences & retreats
Δ  celebrations (store opening, product launch), graduations, milestones
Δ  inspired jewellery ~ red string bracelets, mala bracelets & necklaces for employees and customers

OTHER SERVICES
Δ  journaling, art therapy, creative exercise
Δ  design of meditation space or quiet room
Δ  online learning

The mind is everything.  What you think, you become.
Buddha