Expressed simply, meditation is the creation of a relaxed state of awareness of mind and body.

Under normal circumstances, we experience relaxation and awareness as separate states, not simultaneously, and our concentration is most often directed toward the outside world, for example, when driving a car, our thoughts are focused on what is happening on the road. In meditation, our awareness is directed inward toward our private thoughts and feelings.

Traditional Eastern meditation emphasizes the need to empty the mind of its swirling chatter so as to connect with a greater reality beyond. However, we will be taking a slightly different approach, we will begin not by clearing the mind, but by filling it with a wealth of thoughts, images and feelings. In doing so, we connect more fully with our inner being and develop a deeper understanding of our true nature. We will be meditating not on a higher spiritual realm but, quite simply, on ourselves.

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