Meditation
Sahaja Yoga Meditation workshops will be held around Australia in October and November, 2013. The workshops will teach meditation techniques that are easy to learn and helpful for reducing the stress of modern living. Showing the way to finding one’s inner balance, the workshops help people to find the peace that lies within.
For more details about the courses, click here.
Workshops will be held in the following venues around Australia:
Adelaide: Saturday 26th October, 2.00pm to 5.00pm, Klemzig Primary School, 2 Hay Street, Klemzig
Canberra: Sunday 27th October, 10.30am to 12.30pm, Sahaja Yoga Meditation Centre, 77 Chewings Street, Scullin
Gidgegannup: (near Perth) Saturday 2nd November 3.00pm to 5.00pm, WA Sahaja Yoga Meditation Centre, 1216 O’Brien Rd, Gidgegannup
Hobart: Sunday 27th October, 10.00am to 1.oopm, Sunshine Recreation Centre, 11 Howrah Road, Howrah
Melbourne: Saturday 26th October, 10:30am to 1:00pm, Ross House, Mezzanine Floor 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne CBD
Sydney: Sunday 27th October, 11.00am to 4.00pm Federation Conference Centre, 37 Reservoir Street, Surry Hills
Wamuran: (near Brisbane) Saturday 26th October, 1.30pm to 5.30pm, Sahaja Yoga Meditation Centre, 95 McClintock Rd, Wamuran
I met an elderly couple whilst doing my junk mail run. We started chatting whenever I reached their letter box, until they stopped being in their garden when I walked past.
Weeks went by before Mr Jones called out to me and came to talk. He told me that his wife had been very sick and since then she had “terrible nerves and couldn’t do anything”. She wasn’t even leaving the house and just wanted to stay in bed. He said that he had been told that I taught meditation and asked me if I would come to their house and teach his wife to meditate to see if that would help her. Normally, I would never agree, but these people were in their 80s, and I could feel how much concern and love he had for his wife. So I agreed.
Mrs Jones invited me to sit next to her on the lounge. We began talking, and I explained how Sahaja Yoga worked. I showed her the green meditation card with the photograph of Shri Mataji and explained the process of Self-realisation. I put the card down as I showed her where to place her hands and explained the affirmations. I felt the vibrations flowing as we closed our eyes for her to receive her realisation. The vibrations became very strong, and so I guided her through a short meditation. Finally, we opened our eyes. I looked at Mrs Jones. Her eyes were filled with tears. I asked her how she felt. She replied with a smile, “I feel relaxed for the first time since…” She never finished the sentence but just took hold of my hand.
We sat and enjoyed another short meditation. Then I left, telling her that I would come back in a week. When I returned Mrs Jones told me that she had been meditating twice a day and that she felt a lot better.
A few days later I saw the local doctor.
“Look at you!” she exclaimed. “I feel like I’m looking at a completely different person! What have you been doing?” I told her that I was still meditating. For some reason, I mentioned Mrs Jones. The doctor replied, “Yes, I know. I saw her yesterday. It’s remarkable what you have done for her.”
I felt so humbled because I knew that I had not done a thing. I wandered into the chemist shop to buy soap. To my amazement, I received the same kind of reception from the chemist. I gave the same reply to the question of what I had been doing. Once again, I was incredibly humbled and, to be honest, stunned as the chemist said, “It’s amazing to see the change in Mrs Jones. She told me about the meditation and said that she’s been out gardening, and she’s even had her hair done.”
This experience reminded me that it is just pure desire and thoughtless awareness that enables Self-realisation and nothing more. We actually do nothing. I also learned that you are never too old to be transformed. Mrs Jones was proof that Sahaja Yoga absolutely transforms a person, including the person “giving” realisation.
Lisa Barron
The next Sahaja Yoga meditation workshop for the Brisbane area is to be held on Saturday, 25 May 2013, at Wamuran.
The workshop is suitable for those who have already been practising Sahaja Yoga meditation, as well as for those who are coming for the first time.
If you have been attending Sahaja Yoga for a while, this is the chance to learn new techniques to enhance your meditation, helping you to find a new depth of peace and clarity and 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.
Event details
When: Saturday, 25 May 2013, 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Where: Sahaja Yoga Meditation Centre, 95 McClintock Road, Wamuran Queensland (60 minutes north of Brisbane)
Program
2:00 – 2:30 pm: Arrival and refreshments
2:30 – 3:00 pm: Meditation – How to achieve the state of mental silence
3:00 – 4:00 pm: Clearing techniques to improve your meditation
4:00 – 4:20 pm: Video lecture from Shri Mataji (founder of Sahaja Yoga)
4:20 – 5:15 pm: Meditation and live music
5.30 pm: Dinner
Cost: There is no cost for the workshop.
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 Hwy until reaching Wamuran. Opposite the IGA store, turn right and then right again into Station Rd. Turn left at the small roundabout into Newlands Rd for approximately 3km, and then left into Patane Rd which leads to McClintock Rd. Number 95 is just over the top of the hill on the left.
Planning to attend?
For planning purposes, please email us at [email protected] if you would like to come along.
We sincerely hope you are able to attend this relaxing and informative event.
After the success of the last four-week course on achieving inner silence, Sahaja Yoga in Cairns is running another four-week course in May, 2013.
Participants will be introduced to simple methods for achieving inner silence, including tips for meditating at home and fitting meditation into your daily life.
Dates: Wednesdays 8, 15, 22 and 29 May, 2013
Time: 7.30 pm to 8.30 pm
Where: Marlin Coast Neighbourhood Centre, Reed Rd, Trinity Park
For more information about the course, please phone 1300 724 252.
We look forward to seeing you there.