Meditation isn’t what you think.

It has nothing to do with the contents of your thoughts. Meditation is where your brain waves are when you are having those thoughts.

A person doesn’t need to have a calm, quiet, mind to achieve the healing, regenerative and perception expanding benefits of meditation.

Vincent J. Lasorso, Jr.

Meditation Heals:

According to the medical staff of the Mayo Clinic, medical research has demonstrated that regular meditation has improved the following conditions:

Allergies

Anxiety

Arthritis

Asthma

Cancer

Chronic pain

Depression

High blood pressure

Heart disease

Above it all meditation provides inner peace while you practice, which continues on long after the practice is over.  A combined study of Yale, Harvard and MIT universities demonstrated that regular meditation actually develops new brain neurons and functioning.  This new generation may occur in as little as twelve weeks.

Meditation is a skill anyone can learn:

Our common conception of meditation is monks sitting quietly contemplating a calm still mind. These monks are to meditation as Beckham is to soccer: very gifted professionals. The rest of us just have fun knocking the ball of consciouness around getting some great exercise.

We don’t have to become monks to get fantastic benefit from meditation. But we do have to be better than just randomly knocking the ball around hoping we’ll get good at it. Meditation, like any exercise, takes practice and coaching to know what to do.

Meditation is a naturally occurring state of mind:

Everyday we move in and out of the brain wave states that we call meditation. In fact our sleep is technically meditation. What makes meditation different from sleep is lucidity, clearness of mind, and the ever presence of self.

Let’s say you’re sitting in a classroom and begin to daydream about walking in the park. As long as you are aware that you are sitting in the classroom and not in the park, and you are observing the park and your actions, you are meditating. Your body is relaxing, regenerating and healing. The second you forget where you are, who you are, stop observing, and begin to participate, then you are asleep.

The secrets of meditation are to relax and pay attention:

Our brains are moving us into meditation many times per day. But while that’s happening

we are usually lost in a daydream, or some other distracting stimulation, not paying attention to our body or the world around us. We’re poised for relaxation but forget to do it. The difference between being lucid and asleep, in both life and meditation, is not getting absorbed by the distractions. We have to pay attention to ourselves and our bodies or we will lose them both. We have to learn to stay awake and that is what our training is about.

Meditation is easier than you think:

Although the concept of daily meditation may seem daunting and unobtainable to you, the immediate reduction in stress, pain, and improved peace of mind are reason enough to try.

At White Willow we make the introduction and use of meditation absolutely effortless.

At White Willow we have two complimentary programs of meditation:

Tai Chi Student Program incorporating:

Mind/body integration meditation

Qigong meditation (using breath, sound and movement)

Progressive relaxation and visualization

Moving meditation through Tai Chi

Mindfulness

Hemi-sync Meditation for enrolled Tai Chi students and non-students:

Utilizing sound wave technology and guided instructions to directly train the brain how to enter into relaxed states of expanded awareness and recall them at will.

Hemi-sync for the mind on the run:

The Tai Chi program incorporates meditation practice in the Level One program and the SoundBody workshops. The Hemi-sync Meditation program is for everyone, especially for those who have problems with busy minds.

Hemi-sync is a sound technology created by Robert Monroe that helps people learn and control states of relaxation and consciousness recalling them any time they need it. The good news is that all you have to do is lay down and just listen. Your mind can run but it cannot hide. In the hemi-sync exercises you actually engage your mind with personal growth task such as releasing fears and patterning your thoughts to achieve the life you design. In time, if you chose, you can explore beyond the limits of time and space.

Hemi-sync Meditation Program 

Our basic program is to introduce you to the beginning exercises and locales of consciousness of the Hemi-sync system. Students meet once a week  for eight sessions to receive instruction in theory, experience the exercises, and debrief with experienced trainers.The exercises are drawn from the home study Gateway Experience Waves of Change and are facilitated by former  Monroe Insititude trainers: Connie and Vince Lasorso. Connie and Vince each have over twenty years experience in teaching the Hemi-sync technology. 

The Gateway Experience albums and other Hemi-sync materials are available to purchase at our store. Students can then practice at home by just listening to anyone of the Hemi-sync music or guided exercises in an effortless stress free manner. However, with very little practice, and no support materials, a person can immediately  recall the relaxing states of mind at anytime throughout the day.

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