Friday night group meditation — Can you change your mind?

You are invited to our next Friday Night Group meditation is 30th September at 7:30pm.

This is an opportunity to stimulate your meditation practice. Feel free to invite a friend and click here to reserve your place.

The Brain That Changes Itself and Changing Your mind

For many years until recently, it was believed that our brain circuits were formed in childhood and could never be changed.

It is now known that our brain can change and this process is referred to as neuroplasticity. This means our brains can change physically, chemically and what's more, our mind can influence our brain to make changes.

Approaches that have been adopted primarily from Buddhist science are now being shown to be therapeutically powerful and effective in such serious mental disorders as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and even schizophrenia.

Sufferers from these conditions are responding to mindfulness training exercises, which are structured in such a way, that positive brain change can take place over time, reducing or resolving the symptoms of these illnesses.

This further reinforces the value of meditation that lays the foundation for influencing our thoughts, feelings and reactions to life and all of its challenges.

Here is a link to the groundbreaking DVD on the book by Doctor Norman Doidge: "The Brain That Changes Itself". This DVD also covers a presentation on changing your mind and the amazing approaches that come from both neuroscience and Eastern traditional wisdom.

The Brain That Changes Itself and Changing Your mind

The discovery of neuroplasticity, that our thoughts can change the structure and function of our brains, even into old age, is the most important breakthrough in our understanding of the brain in four hundred years
— NY Times.

Some key points from the DVD:

• Don't believe everything you think
• Dominant thoughts create dominant behaviours
• Becoming the "impartial spectator"
• Developing constant effortful attention to change brain circuits

This month's articles are:
• Brain Fitness Programme Improves Memory
• Experienced "Mindfulness" meditators have superior mind-body awareness
• Deepak Chopra and your infinite energy, Deepak Chopra
• Also from Deepak Chopra How to Listen To Your Body

Now might just be the right time to you to consider the More than Meditation Course that starts November 3. Click here to download our brochure.

And finally one more article that gives effective strategies on how you might make change. All That Is Required is a Little Change

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