Relax and Re-center: Balancing Your Mind, Body and Spirit with Meditation

Whether it’s work, the kids, difficult relationships, the economy or even the constant barrage of negative information from the news, we all have stressors in our lives. Situational and chronic stress can take its toll on our minds and bodies and may result in fatigue, anxiety, aches and pains, or potentially serious illness. As the world continues to move faster and more is expected of us in every facet of life, one of the most popular and successful ways to de-stress is: meditation.

The Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice suggests that although meditative disciplines began as far back as the third millennium BC, there are hundreds of millions of people around the world in modern times practicing meditation as a means of achieving psychological and physical wellness. Researchers suggest that guided meditation - a meditation with an instructor who leads you through calming, peaceful visualization and imagination exercises – can stimulate personal development, promote relaxation and teach coping skills that can be applied during life’s difficult moments.

Meditation can bring you into the present, heightening your awareness of the here and now, freeing you from worry and the omnipresent to-do-list. You may gain a new perspective on a pressing situation, sort out a jumbled mind or find a way to shut it all off and focus on peace and quiet.

Studies have shown that meditation may reduce blood pressure and increase attention spans, while also strengthening clarity, creativity, confidence, productivity, empowerment, and physical and emotional healing. Some researchers have even suggested that the benefits of meditation are greater than or equal to those of psychotropic medications prescribed to treat anxiety or depression.

Meditation is much more than the stereotypical “OMMM!” It’s about true inner peace and nourishing the mind and body. Pryority Wellness encourages you to take a mid-week break to relax and re-center. Novice and experienced meditators are welcome to attend Guided Meditation and Relaxation on Wednesday evenings from 7-7:45 p.m. For a suggested donation of $10, Pryority instructors will take you through a variety of meditation methods of dedicated quiet time.

For more information, please check out our website at http://pryoritywellness.com

Pryority Wellness, 167 South Avenue, New Canaan, CT.  203.594.1552