It can enhance immune system function, help to ease any pains, increase concentration and energy levels. It allows creativity to emerge and our true self to surface. We gain insight into who we are and how we relate with others. It gives us contentment and peace within. It gives us focus to be present in the ‘here and now’, to be mindful of our self and our surroundings. We can learn to meditate anywhere and at any time, allowing a sense of tranquillity and peace.

Definition from the Medical Dictionary

“Meditation is a practice of concentrated focus upon a sound, object, visualization, the breath, movement, or attention itself in order to increase awareness of the present moment, reduce stress, promote relaxation, and enhance personal and spiritual growth.”

The Meditation group will be a time for you to go deeper in to yourself, to create some peace into your day / week, a time to give focus through awareness of the breath and mindfulness. This will be a space to give awareness and heighten our senses with attention to our everyday activities. There will be Informative teaching of spiritual awareness with meditation techniques for you to use in your daily life or at times of need. You will be guided with meditation and visualisations to connect body with mind and spirit. A time to just ‘be’!

The researched benefits of Meditation are now quite extensive and include but are not limited to:

1 - Increases immune function

2 - Decreases Pain

3 - Decreases Inflammation at the Cellular Level

It Boosts YourHAPPINESS

4 - Increases Positive Emotion

5 - DecreasesDepression

6 - DecreasesAnxiety

7 - DecreasesStress

Think meditation is a solitary activity? It may be (unless you meditate in a group which many do!) but it actually increases your sense of connection to others:

8 - Increases social connection &emotional intelligence

9 - Makes you more compassionate

10 - Makes you feel less lonely

11 - Improves your ability to regulate your emotions

12 - Improves your ability to introspect

It Changes YourBRAIN(for the better)

13 - Increases grey matter

14 - Increases volume in areas related toemotion regulation, positive emotions & self-control

15 - Increases cortical thickness in areas related to paying attention

It Improves YourProductivity(yup, bydoing nothing)

16 - Increases your focus & attention

17 - Improves your ability to multitask

18 - Improves yourmemory

19 - Improves your ability to be creative & think outside the box

20.It Makes YouWISE(R)

References for this can be found here:http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/feeling-it/201309/20-scientific-reasons-start-meditating-today

“It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters,” Amit Ray

Awareness of the Self to connect Mind, Body and Spirit!

Step out of everyday life - Step in to a Space for You

Peaceful, gentle Guided Meditations with connection to mind, body and spirit.

These sessions are open to everyone, beginners or more experienced.

You are welcome to come and join the Meditation group on

Wednesdays 6.15 - 7.30pm

The Centre for Integral Health, 4 St Austin’s Friars, Shrewsbury, SY1 1RY.

Cost - as you wish to give with suggested amount £5-£7.

Please contact Susie on 07854 839494 to book your place.

With Love Light and Blessings

Susie Sutcliffe