East Coast Meditation Programs, Australia

Come and meet us! You’ll learn to meditate and experience the cool breeze of pure meditation.

Sessions run for 30 minutes throughout the day at the venues listed below.

QLD – Brisbane
Wednesday 28 December, 2011
10.15am to 2.45pm
Brisbane Square Library
Tiered Theatrette
Ground Floor, 266 George St
Brisbane
Contact: 1300 724 252

QLD – Bundaberg
Thursday 29 December
2pm to 5pm
Hinkler Shopping Centre,
Baroling Street
Bundaberg
Contact: (07) 4159 7887

QLD – Bundaberg
Friday 30th December
10am to 1pm
Bargara Beach
Bargara
Contact: (07) 4159 7887

NSW – Byron Bay
Monday, 2nd January 2012
9am to 3pm
Byron Community Market
Butler Street Reserve
Byron Bay
Contact: 1300 724 252

NSW – Woolgoolga
Tuesday 3rd January
9am to 1pm
Woolgoolga Beach Reserve
Woolgoolga
Contact: (02) 6654 7495

NSW – Coffs Harbour
Tuesday 3rd January
9am to 1pm
Jetty Reserve
Coffs Harbour
Contact: (02) 6654 7495

NSW – Avoca Beach
Wednesday, 4th January
10am to 3pm
Hunter Park
Avoca Beach
Contact: 0416 259 025

Hope to see you at one of our sessions!

Add comment December 27th, 2011

Sahaja Yoga Helps Stressed Workers

Work stress

In one of the most thoroughly designed studies of meditation ever published, full-time workers who used Sahaja Yoga meditation became much less stressed compared with more conventional approaches to relaxation or placebo, according to a paper published in the online journal, Evidence Based Complementary Medicine, a leading publication in its field.

A team of researchers at Sydney University’s Meditation Research Programme monitored stress levels of full-time Australian workers in Sydney’s Central Business District to determine the effectiveness of meditation in combating this widespread and expensive problem.

The 8-week clinical trial provides strong evidence that there are measurable, practical and clinically relevant effects that appear to be specific to Sahaja Yoga meditation.

The study divided volunteers into three groups. Those who used Sahaja Yoga meditation showed significant reduction in their stress levels compared with those who used other methods of meditation that didn’t involve thoughtless awareness.

This is one of only a few meditation studies in the world that clearly demonstrate an effect that is much greater than just placebo. Hence, it has broad and important implications for all levels of society.

Work stress is described by many experts as a modern epidemic. It costs the Australian economy $15 billion per year and the US economy more than $300 billion. It is a leading cause of work absenteeism, causing both mental health problems such as anxiety and physical problems such as heart disease. Sahaja Yoga is a simple, low-cost intervention that can help prevent these problems.

The strategies currently available to tackle work stress often have limited effectiveness. This is where this study is remarkably relevant. It shows that a simple, mental silence orientated meditation skill reduces stress significantly more than other, often more expensive, approaches to stress management.

Stress is not just limited to the workplace. In western countries, studies estimate that more than 70% of medical consultations feature stress as a major issue.

Read the original research publication here:
www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2011/960583/

Visit the Australian Meditation Research Programme’s website:
www.researchingmeditation.org <http://www.researchingmeditation.org>

(Photograph: englisharticles.info)

Add comment August 9th, 2011

Workshop in Brisbane, 28 May 2011

Sahaja Yoga Meditation Queensland would like to invite you to our next meditation workshop to be held on Saturday 28 May 2011.

For those of you who have already been attending our weekly programs, this workshop will teach you new techniques to enhance your meditations, helping you to find a new depth of peace and clarity, as well as improving your general state of well-being.

For the beginner, this is an opportunity to discover the peace which lies within and experience a new awareness that you probably never knew existed.

Here’s some feedback from our previous workshops:
“Incredibly informative!”
“Well presented, relaxed with practical exercises to demonstrate the techniques.”
“Everyone presenting the lessons was open and genuine and shared from the heart”
“Showed generosity of spirit without asking anything in return”
“The welcoming and friendly people made me feel like I belonged.”
“A very uplifting experience.”
 
Event details:
Saturday 28 May, 2:00pm to 5:30pm
Sahaja Yoga Meditation Centre,
95 McClintock Road, Wamuran Queensland
(60 minutes north of Brisbane)

Program:
2:00 – 2:30pm: Arrival and refreshments
2:30 – 3:00pm: Meditation – How to achieve the state of mental silence
3:00 – 4:00pm: Clearing techniques to improve your meditation
4:00 – 4:20pm: Video lecture from Shri Mataji (founder)
4:20 – 5:15pm: Meditation and live music
5.30pm: Dinner

Cost: There are no costs or payments required for your attendance.

Seating: Chairs provided.

Directions to Workshop venue in Wamuran:
The address is: 95 McClintock Road, Wamuran. From the M1 motorway, take the Kilcoy exit and proceed along D’aguilar Highway until you reach Wamuran. Opposite the IGA store, turn right and then right again into Station Rd. Turn left at the small roundabout into Newlands Rd for approx 3km, then left into Patane Rd which leads to McClintock Rd. Number 95 is just over the top of the hill on the left.
View Google map here.

If you are planning to attend, to assist us in our preparations for the day, please email us at syqld@bigpond.com.

Add comment May 23rd, 2011

“Music of Joy” Launch Their Website

Music of Joy world music group

Music of Joy have now launched their official website, www.musicofjoy.com.au.

Here you will be able to keep track of all their concerts around Australia and tours around the world.

The Realise Asia Tour 2010 included thirteen concerts in Vietnam, China, Thailand, Combodia, Laos and Malaysia, with plans under way for the 2011 Realise Asia Tour.

“Music of Joy” is a unique, multicultural group of musicians in Australia who believe the purpose of music is to create and share joy. Exceptional joy – jubilant, relaxing, profound. Joy that reverberates with audiences, offering elation, bliss, solace.

Much of the group’s repertoire stems from Bhajans – songs of the spirit, songs of praise and adoration. To these ancient songs, “Music of Joy” has added Indian traditional village songs, music from Pakistan, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, England, Israel, Russia and Africa, as well as a number of home-grown compositions by members of the group.

The experience that can result from sharing this unique world music is thoughtless awareness, a relaxed meditative state which can be understood and developed through the Sahaja Yoga Meditation practised by these musicians. It’s an experience the musicians love to share.

Find out more at: www.musicofjoy.com.au.

(Photograph: www.musicofjoy.com.au)

1 comment May 18th, 2011