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While refreshing and rejuvenating our minds and bodies, this exercise helps us to develop an awareness and appreciation of the work our heart and lungs do for our overall health. This meditation is from the meditation book Stepping Stones to Meditation by Jennifer Hanning

Manipura Chakra, also known as City of Jewels is our centre of power This meditation is useful for those times we feel that fear is stronger then our intuition, when we aren’t investing our belief 100% in our insights, and our ability to remain centred when external situations are out of your control.  Use the element of fire to transform anything not useful for your self esteem and step into your full power.

Letting go of grudges and bitterness can make way for compassion, kindness and peace. When we make a decision to forgive  we release ourselves from the price of repeatedly bringing anger and bitterness into other relationship and new experiences. We loosen the grip of resentment, and begin to see that it is only ourselves that is hurt by the grudge that we hold. This meditation is a short practice on forgiveness. It may even be used as forgiveness towards yourself, maybe you believe you are not worthy of something and are to harsh towards yourself. Use this mediation to begin to plant the seeds of forgiveness and compassion deep within the seat of your heart. Allowing yourself to become untangled from the grips of painful memories.

The practice of counting with the breath in certain ratios, is a simple, yet very effective way of preparing the mind for meditation. Making the exhalation longer then the inhalation calms the central nervous system. "If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few."Shunryu Suzuki

This short, 8min meditation focuses on utilising the breath as a way to release the past and draw the future towards you. Within this experience, you will find a place of stillness to reside, timelessness, that is beyond future and past. Enjoy

Enjoy this 8min meditation focusing on Loving Kindness. Loving-kindness is a meditation practice taught by the Buddha to develop the mental habit of selfless or altruistic love. "Hatred cannot coexist with loving-kindness, and dissipates if supplanted with thoughts based on loving-kindness." Loving-kindness is a meditation practice, which brings about positive attitudinal changes as it systematically develops the quality of 'loving-acceptance'. It acts, as it were, as a form of self-psychotherapy, a way of healing the troubled mind to free it from its pain and confusion.

Enjoy this short Yoga Nidra meditation. Make sure you are not disturb for 15mins, phones off and somewhere comfortable to lie down. 10 Amazing Benefits of Yoga NIdra! Improves your concentration abilities which allows for a better memory You will suddenly find your memory becoming clearer and crisper Start retaining what you read and hear better than you have before Greater ability to focus Helps you become distracted less Improve your performance at work Allows you to make decisions much more rapidly and accurately Helps refresh the mind, leaving it clearer, more settled and better able to process information Much more powerful and effective than a nap or coffee break Can allow you to experience a much deeper state of rest than when you normally sleep

This relaxing Waterfall Meditation includes visualisation of your waterfall oasis. Tap into the power of this flowing water to wash through your physical, emotional and energetic being, feeling refreshed and rejuvenated within 10mins.