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What is Your Deepest Hearts Desire?
One thing that we come back to on a daily basis is our deepest heart's desire. We have found this to be key - to know what we desire and why we are doing what we are doing. Because sometimes, you can have those days when life makes no sense at all, and you ask yourself "What is important to me?" "Why am I doing what I am doing?" But if you know in your heart without a doubt what you desire, and you feel it 100%, you can easily get 'back on track'. You have direction.
Watch Kevin's video talking about your Deepest Hearts Desire...
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The most effective tool that we have had to help us experience our deepest hearts desire has been meditation. Meditation allows you to clear old stress from the nervous system, connect with your inner strength and feel anchored no matter what is happening in life. And more importantly, the benefits of meditation are cumulative as opposed to them fading away.
What would it be like to spend an entire weekend giving to yourself? Find out!
Weekend Meditation Course…and more! in London, Ontario July 16-18
Times: (Fri. 7-10pm, Sat. & Sun. 10-5pm)
During this weekend you will learn a powerful meditation technique called Ascension. It is the ultimate tool for stress reduction. It is very simple and effortless. You don't have to stop all of your thoughts. You don't have to sit in any special posture. We'll give you all of the instruction you need to develop a daily practice of meditation that can transform your life. We'll have lectures on different subjects throughout the whole weekend that will bring new inspiration and let go of limiting thoughts and beliefs.
You will also connect with other like-minded people and have fun together as you explore the peace and joy within.
If you'd like to experience more peace, connection, joy or simply to be free of stress then GO FOR IT! Why wait?
For those that can't make it to London we wanted to let you know that we do travel! One of the best ways to bring people together is with a weekend course like this. Its so much fun to connect together with friends, family and like-minded individuals. Contact us for more information.
For more information on this and more courses go to our events page
Wishing you all the best,
Kevin & Diane
Happy Monks
Benefits of Meditation
I have personally experienced a lot of the positive benefits from meditation. More then you could really imagine. I thought it would be great to post some of the benefits that are being recognized by the medical community. Here are some quotes from a recent article on Meditation.
Current Scientific Information on the Benefits of Meditation
Science has proven that meditating actually restructures your brain and can train it to concentrate, feel greater compassion, cope with stress and more. Here is some of the latest research:
The current findings suggest that meditation - even in small doses - can profoundly influence your experience of the world by remodelling the physical structure of your brain.
A study published in the journal "NeuroImage" in 2009 compared the brains of 22 meditators with 22 age-matched non-meditators and found that the meditators had more gray matter in regions of their brains that are important for attention, emotional regulation and mental flexibility. Increased grey matter typically makes an area of the brain more efficient or powerful at processing information.
New research shows that meditation can help you improve your ability to concentrate in two ways. First, it can make you better at focusing on something specific while ignoring distractions. Second, it can make you more capable of noticing what is happening around you, giving you a fuller perspective on the present moment.
Research also shows that meditation can help people with anxiety disorders.
We typically think of our emotional range as something that is fixed or unchanging - a reflection of the personality that we are born with. But research is revealing the possibility that we may cultivate and increase our ability to feel the emotional state of compassion.
How much is enough?
As the evidence for the benefits of meditation grows, one of the most important questions is, How much is enough? Or from the perspective of beginning meditators, How little is enough to see positive changes?
Researchers agree that many of the benefits happen early on. And many studies show change in a matter of weeks, or even minutes, among inexperienced meditators. But, other studies suggest that experience matters. So while a minimal investment in meditation can pay off for your well-being and mental clarity, committing to the practice is the best way to experience the full benefits.
How do you learn?
Meditation is best taught by an experienced teacher. Although its very simple, it can be of extreme benefit to have sufficient guidance to ensure that simplicity occurs in your experience.
If you are interested in learning more about meditation simply contact us and we'd be happy to help you out.
Note: Information for this article is courtesy of "Yoga Journal: June 2010 edition".
Meditation Course for Inner Peace
You have asked....and we have listened!
We have a new meditation course that is shorter in length to fit your schedule and your needs. You will learn a powerful meditation tool; receive follow-up from the teacher and a workbook that can be used as on-going reference. How does it get any better than this?!
You can create your own course with a group of friends, which many people are doing, or join us for one of our scheduled classes.
Meditation Course for Inner Peace
Learn a simple and effortless meditation technique called Ascension which will allow you to have appreciation for yourself and your life.
This technique can be used with your eyes closed to reduce stress, relax the body/mind and create Inner Peace. It can also be used with your eyes open during your daily activities allowing you to live more in the moment and enjoy all aspects of your life.
Price: $75 Time: 5 hours total (over 2 sessions)
* Create your own course with a group of friends or join one of our scheduded classes.
Check our our events page or contact us to setup a course in your area.
Peace,
Happy Monks
Peace is Within
Nothing on the outside can affect your peace. This is a statement that had a profound affect on my life and it could have that same affect with you. It is something that you need to experience for yourself though. I know that I did.
Personally, I read a very simple book that shared this sentiment with me. It stated that no matter what someone said to me, no matter what someone did, no matter what happened on the outside – it did not have to affect my peace. This was a big statement for me to hear since at the time I was experiencing the opposite. I thought that everything was happening to me. I felt that I had no control over my own experience. And worst of all, I had lost the hope that there was more in life.
I read the entire book in one night. As I read this book, something clicked in me. Some major perspective shifted and for the next two months I experienced this principle fully. All of the situations at work that used to stress me out disappeared. In each moment I was simply aware that they could not affect my peace. I was able to deal with any of the “problems” that occurred by simply doing whatever felt right to do or was necessary at the time. There were meetings that I was a part of in which people were upset and sometimes even yelling. I remember simply observing this behaviour and observing any reaction within myself. Some part of me knew that everything was okay and none of it disturbed my peace. I was blissed out!
This was a beautiful experience that I had, especially since it followed over 10 years of depression. Interestingly enough, this perspective did not last and I lost the experience. I re-read the book over and over but I couldn’t quite experience it again. And that was the beginning of my spiritual journey. At that point, I knew that it was possible to experience eternal peace. If it happened to me, I knew that it was possible for anyone, including you! Reading books never brought me back to this experience although they did help. What most of the spiritual books did teach me is that meditation is a tool to experience peace within.
The beautiful thing with meditation is that it is not about reading about other people’s experiences. It is not about trying to figure something out. It is simply about experiencing life fully right now, experiencing the peace and silence within. All of the peace, joy and happiness that you’ve ever been searching for are already within you. None of it is found on the outside. Meditation can be a simple, effortless way to experience the saying “nothing on the outside can affect my peace.”
Love,
Agni
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