Meditation Course: Ground and Anchor

Welcome to Ground and Anchor!Whether you're looking to learn about mediation or want to improve upon existing skills, Ground and Anchor provides a space to cultivate your unique practice. Over a nurturing weekend immersion, you will:

• Explore the theoretical and historical underpinnings of meditation.
• Discover practices to improve their wellbeing, confidence, sense of self-compassion and inner peace.
• Soothe stress or anxiousness and support their nervous system positively.
• Calm the ‘monkey mind’ and busy thoughts in a supportive and nurturing environment.
• Uncover a variety of meditation techniques to bring focus, relaxation, presence and a sense of groundedness within.
• Receive nurturing and professional support from an experienced meditation teacher and educator with fifteen years of experience.
• Explore practices that provide the meditator with positive skills to soothe and regulate emotions.
• Establish a holistic toolkit for meditation, cultivating a variety of techniques to call upon and utilise independently.
• Uncover a unique meditation practice that caters to your interests, needs and sense of empowerment.
• Receive a comprehensive workbook that includes journal prompts and exercises to integrate the meditation skill within a home practice.

Module 1: Discover Your Foundation Module one provides a foundation for understanding the history, forms and theoretical underpinnings of meditation. Students will be guided through a relaxing meditation to integrate the meditation skill of, Grounding. A simple guide and journalling prompt will be provided to explore the skill within a home practice.Module 2: Discover Your BreathModule two explores the evidence-based research and the science of meditation. The group will explore a series of Breathing techniques before being guided through a specially designed meditation to integrate the skill. A simple guide and reflective journal prompts will be provided to support a home practice and finding your preferred Breathing technique for calm.Module 3: Discover Your MantraModule three will allow students to uncover a deeper understanding of how to manage busy thoughts. A grounded and practical approach will be provided to support greater self-compassion, self-love and awareness with the ‘monkey mind’. Each student will create an individualised Mantra to aid focus in their practice before being guided through a powerful meditation to integrate the skill.Module 4: Discover VisualisationFormal meditation practices provide a practice that may have a set time, technique and posture. Informal practices can include activities where we bring our full presence to the task at hand. Module Four provides a space for students to activate their sense of Visualisation and explore mindful art making. With guidance, students will be taken through a rich meditation to integrate the skill of visualisation. A simple guide and journalling prompt will be provided to explore the skill within a home practice.Module 5: Discover Compassion and Self-AwarenessFeelings and emotions are a natural part of our human existence. The Open Awareness technique allows one to cultivate a loving awareness of emotions and to become the observer. The Open Awareness technique can bring forward the next step in your meditation practice and ability to cultivate presence.Module 6: Discover Mindful MovementGentle, subtle and nourishing mindful movement can be a powerful technique to move stagnation, anxiety, or stress within the physical body. This module of study will look at the history of this technique before students are guided through a soft Movement meditation to integrate this skill. Module 7: Discover Your Unique PracticeWellbeing Arc values our student’s growth and we believe in providing our students time to integrate taught skills. In this final module, students will be provided with the time and space to explore contraindications (challenges that may arise in your future practice), and reflective journal exercises to evaluate, and allow for the unique embodiment of your practice. Facilitator: Meredith l Founder of Wellbeing Arc Collective l Educator of fifteen years l Advanced Certificate in Meditation and Mindfulness ACMMSupporting You: Meredith is passionate about supporting each student with their intention. Shortly after booking, we will forward you a welcome email containing more information about the course and the link to an intake form. Should you have a question, Meredith would love to connect with you. Limited spaces are available.

Beginner-friendly class, and all abilities are welcome.
  A comprehensive student workbook with take-home activities and specially designed playlists to integrate your mindfulness practice at home.
  Wear comfortable attire, and you may wish to bring a notebook.