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Meditation...
 ...reduces stress,anxiety and frustration and allows you to claim that valuable daily space that your mind and soul needs to wind down and regenerate.
As you practice mediation more and more you will find that it becomes a pre-requisite of the day and that it connects you with your inner self and soul...giving you that all important link to what your heart and inner being are really wanting to say.
Taking time out for ourselves is an essential part of our life, but too often we allow the hustle and bustle of modern day existence to deprive us of these moments. Too much of this scenario leads us to feel depleted, hemmed in, and can easily make the physical body react with various maladies that further exasperate the problem. It`s a downward spiral we have all been through and sometimes it takes an explosion of frustration, or a serious illness, to make us all realise how important it is to have our own space...our `time out` from the world and everything that goes on around us.
To learn consciously to meditate, however, allows us to deepen everything we do right now: so that we act more from the heart and every moment becomes more meaningful.
Meditation keeps the physical and the spiritual parts of our bodies in balance. Practiced on a regular basis it can provide us with a very effective tool for retreating into ourselves and discovering the answers to the problems and conundrums life throws at us. Though you may start meditation purely as a relaxing tool , as you develop the art you can focus on problems and achieve answers, connect with your soul and develop a stronger bond with the guides and helpers we all have to assist us through the path of life we have chosen. It can transport you on wonderful and indescribable journeys, full of symbolism, vivid colours, and gain you access to deep inner knowledges that you thought you may never have.
Transcending all earthly barriers meditation can go from a few moments relaxation to long periods of stillness, where you can experience the lightness of the soul as it briefly leaves your body to travel among the stars and the universes. It is a time that no one can share, and no one can describe. It is your time... a period where you start to re-connect with the Big Picture of life in general. Not just life on this planet, but the whole of existence. And it is then that you realise that though problems haven`t gone, they are minute in the grand scheme of things.
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Preparing for meditation
Proper preparation for your meditation is extremely important. Mentally, you are unloading your mind of all outside thoughts and beginning to focus more on your spirituality.
It is best to create a permanent meditation place. Your meditation place may be anything from a quiet room in the house, a table or a corner of your study desk, to even the shade of your favourite tree in the backyard. It doesn't matter where it is, just as long as you are able to find peace of mind there and access it regularly. 
Ideally on a little table, place a cloth and other inspirational objects - such as a leaf from an amazing forest, a beautiful crystal, a crucifix or other sacred object, or a picture of a spiritual figure. If you cannot have a permanent meditation place, it is just as effective to create this space anew with every meditation. Just have the components (e.g. cloth, inspirational object, candle, incense) in a bundle, ready to go. Put simply, this place is an entrance to your heart - think of it as a shrine to your soul. Whatever inspires you spiritually is perfect. Physically, you can express this by taking a shower (to "wash away your troubles"), brushing your teeth, and generally "purifying" yourself. If this is impossible, try at least to wash your hands and face. Ideally, light a candle and some incense, place some fresh flowers on the table. It is helpful to use this time to begin to focus on your spirituality. Prepare the meditation place with reverence - pay attention to your movements and feel the grace that comes with the joy of spirituality. Light the candle and incense, place the flowers, with no other thought but the now. If your meditation space is temporary then as you are setting it up the same applies.You might like to take 5-15minutes to read some spiritual writings, reflecting on and absorbing their meanings, perhaps taking notes in a special diary reserved only for spiritual reflection. Then - this is very important - sit with straight back, relaxed but extremely alert and take at least seven, deep, slow breaths. With each inward breath you are opening yourself to the true, peaceful and loving nature of the universe. Your outward breath releases the frustrations and tensions you unconsciously hold on to. Let them go. Now begin your chosen meditation exercise. During all the exercises your focus should be from your heart.
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The meditation exercises (click on the links below) are intended to help keep your meditation practice new and fresh. It is usual to find that sometimes your daily meditations aren't as rewarding as perhaps previously, nevertheless, it is crucial to keep practicing, at least 5 minutes a day. Most people find that after some time, the benefits of meditation are revealed in their life, even before they fully understand what meditation is. This is normal. Remember that meditation is an experience of the heart and not of the mind, for us to learn how to meditate, we need to trust the messages of our heart.
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 Haunted Apparitions invite you to start your journey with these guided meditations, the first step to re-connecting with the inner you. Just lower the lights, find your self a comfortable chair that allows you to sit with a straight back, keep you feet firmly on the floor and your hands rested comfortably up-wards close your eyes and take in a few deep breaths to relax. Listen to the music and allow your mind to rest....
After your meditation, you might like to sit quietly for a while longer, to gather the feelings from this session, to bring your experiences in to the "real world" and not just forget about them. This is a time of assimilation, of reflection and contemplation.
It is also a time where we can make ourselves very determined to live the revelations of our meditation in our day to day life. You may wish to write some notes or a poem in your diary, compose a song, paint a picture... Be conscious of the revelations or intuitions that you may be feeling - it is crucial that you listen to your "inner voice" so that your real self can begin to guide your journey.
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Click on any the links below and begin your journey.
We do advise you do them in chronological order to get the most out of your experience, although each meditation can be treated as an individual meditation.
Wearing headphones will enhance your experience immensely!
Lesson One: Learning to relax
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HA News
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The Lydford Experience - investigating several places in the village of Lydford.
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Why not try out the hanging cells of the Plymouth Dockyard.
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Meditation Classes: Day to Be Announced (located at the R.O.A.B Club Plymouth) This is an Open Circle Group. We do however allow positivity within the classes only as negativity can effect the group
Price: by donation only £3.50
Meditation Blog:
Here are just a few samples of journeys that have been undertaken in meditation, You might of been on one.
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