Meditation

As the pressures of the world increase and multiply, meditation is the first step toward a calmer life and to attaining the deepest natural state of relaxation that we can achieve only when our minds stop being busy. Urban Retreat offers meditation classes with this goal in mind.

What is meditation?

Although meditation is most often associated with Eastern practices, many spiritual practices have similar techniques for the purpose of gaining insight, assessing and managing life processes (physiological, mental, emotional, spiritual), enhancing performance or to just plain relax. These techniques include specific postures and/or activities such as sitting or walking, conscious breathing, observing thoughts and emotions, in order to attain calm, contentment, resolution or realization.

The four steps in meditation consist of:

• Observation or ‘mindfulness’ to be aware of our thought-conditioning;
• Concentration: so that we can control thought activity in order to discipline the "monkey mind";
• Meditation: where active thought ceases and one experiences wholeness;
• Contemplation, the stage at which one becomes one with the object of meditation.

The techniques we use at Urban Retreat to achieve these goals include:

• Conscious breathing techniques
• Self-awareness techniques

Expected outcomes include:

• Relief from stress
• Feelings of calm & wellbeing
• The achievement of a quiet or still mind
• Greater clarity of mind
• Greater self-awareness

Group meditation sessions are held in secluded room at Urban Retreat with a tranquil environment. No experience or adherence to a particular set of spiritual beliefs is necessary to attain the benefits of meditation

Please see our price list page or call us to discuss your particular requirements or to make a booking. Meditation techniques are also great in combination with a massage -- see our packages page for suggestions on how to combine the two!