Movement Meditation: my monthly online session

We’re all aware how excessive stress can be detrimental to our health long term, in particular to our immune system. And the ongoing repercussions of Covid-19 have only added to that. It’s vital we set aside time to care for our mental and emotional health, to minimise the effects that stress and almost 22 months of lockdown has had on our bodies.

– Has the pandemic sapped your energy?
– Has your anxiety level risen, your concentration level dropped?
– Do you want to reconnect to your body and the world around you?

Both movement and traditional forms of meditation are proven to be hugely beneficial for managing stress and anxiety. With this in mind, in October 2020, I created a new online session called Movement Meditation, to give your body a meditative experience through movement, visual imagery, relaxation techniques and breath.

If you’re attracted by the concept of meditation but struggle with the stillness aspect of it, then these Movement Meditation sessions will be ideal for you. There is no spiritual element to these sessions.

Having had wonderful and encouraging feedback from the sessions I have run so far, I aim to run them monthly. Each month will have a slightly different focus to give you the benefit of a new experience each time you participate.

Movement Meditation will return for Summer 2023

Discover how you can reconnect through Movement Meditation

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to experience movement in a way that feels like a meditation for your physical body, but which also benefits your mental and emotional self? This can be achieved through a series of fluid, conscious, interrelated movements that can realign the body and calm the central nervous system.

This 75 minute session is designed to give you that meditative experience via gentle Pilates inspired movement, self massage, breath and other mobilising and releasing movements. You will explore moving with the least effort and at a pace and in a way that will leave you feeling relaxed, restored yet focused. You may discover new things about your body and develop a deeper connection to it.

Affordable Self-Care

I often hear how clients would love to treat themselves to a monthly massage or well-being treatment but this can be financially out of reach for many. By offering these monthly sessions in a group environment, I aim to make this holistic experience accessible and affordable. As we continue to deal with the challenges of the pandemic, it’s even more vital that we allow ourselves the gift of self-care.

And if you participate in these regularly, you’ll build a repertoire of techniques and tips that you can draw upon in daily life, when you notice your stress levels increasing. You’ll be able to encourage your mind and body to return to a more grounded place.

Being guided by me you will:

• move through gentle, flowing sequences to relieve muscular and mental stiffness
• experience visual imagery to aid relaxation
• learn breathing techniques to ease tension from body

You will need …

to be able to connect online via Zoom,
a quiet, warm place at home, where you will be uninterrupted of 75 minutes,
enough space to move your arms and legs in.
comfortable clothes you can move in easily..

AND be injury free. If you are unsure whether this session would be suitable for you, please get in touch. Unlike meditation or mindfulness, you won’t be lying or sitting still (apart from a brief section at the end). You will need to be able to transition easily through different positions, be able to take some weight through your arms (ie forearms on the floor, knees bent) be comfortable sitting on your heels and kneeling.

Previous experience of Pilates is useful, but not required. Beginners are welcome.

How to Book

Please email me at thecentredbody@hotmail.co.uk to secure your place.
Payment is via Bank Transfer and details will be emailed to you when you get in contact. Your place is only confirmed once I have received payment.
Early booking is advised as only 12 places are available.

Early Bird Price: £16
Full Price : £20

Concessions: £14.00 for NHS staff,
Members of Equity, MU and BECTU (with confirmation of membership),
Pilates Teachers qualified via / members of Body Control Pilates, Polestar, Stott, APPI or The Pilates Foundation.

Terms & Conditions

Refund Policy: Please be aware that once you have purchased a place on the session, I am unable to offer a refund.

This is a stand alone session: it cannot be used as a make-up class by my current group class members.

As this is an online session, there will be limited demonstrations of the movements. You will mostly be guided verbally. The movements are gently but it is important that you listen to the cues and move safely. It is fine to miss out any movements that don’t feel right for your body, as you are responsible for your own body.

On the day of the Movement Meditation, I will email all participants the Zoom link. If you haven’t received it within 1 hour of the session starting, please check your spam or junk folder (this is especially important for hotmail users). If it’s not there, then email me.

A few points to remember please when setting up your device and space:

• Please make sure your devices (laptops, tablets, phones are fully charged for the session – you don’t want your battery dying half way through!
• If using your mobile, please prop it HORIZONTALLY not vertically, otherwise I can’t see you properly.
• If using your mobile, please set the screensaver to 1 hour or Never, otherwise the screen will go black and I won’t be able to see you.
• To gain the most from these sessions, please make sure that you will be in a room where you won’t be disturbed by other members of your household (including our furry friends – pets).

How participants felt after the inaugural Movement Meditation session at the end of October.

‘I did want to thank you for creating such a calming interlude in our busy lives, which I really appreciated.’ – Pauline

‘Thank you – you guided us beautifully’ – Suzanne

Photography © Niels Rakhorst & Jacqueline Pye. Photographs cannot be reproduced without the photographers' prior permission.