Meditation
Sahaja Yoga workshops will be held all around Australia on the weekend of 22-23 October 2011. These workshops are suitable for both beginners and for people who have been coming to Sahaja Yoga programs for a while.
The locations and booking arrangements are below:
ACT – Scullin
Sunday 23 October, 10.30am to 3.00pm
Sahaja Yoga Meditation Centre
77 Chewings Street
To book for the Scullin workshop contact: [email protected] or phone 0433 057 077 or (02) 62324455.
Lunch and refreshments provided. No cost.
NSW – Sydney
Sunday 23 October, 11am to 4.00pm (with live world music concert beforehand)
Federation Conference Centre
37 Reservoir Street, Surry Hills
Workshop program:
11am – 12 noon: Doors open for registration and live music concert
12 noon – 4pm: Meditation workshop
To book for Sydney, click here to use our Booking Form
Afternoon tea provided, $10 donation per person (see below under Costs**)
QLD – Bundaberg and Hervey Bay
Saturday 22 October, 1.00pm to 4:00pm
Sahaja Yoga Meditation Centre
160 Mahoney-Dexters Road
Alloway, Bundaberg
To book for Bundaberg, contact: [email protected] or call 07 4159 7887
Afternoon tea provided. No cost.
QLD – Wamuran
Saturday 22 October, 2.00pm to 5.00pm
Sahaja Yoga Meditation Centre
95 McClintock Road
Wamuran
To book for Wamuran, contact: [email protected] or call 07 5496 6716.
Dinner provided. No cost.
SA – Adelaide
Saturday 22 October, 2.00pm to 5.00pm
Klemzig Primary School
2 Hay Street
Klemzig, Adelaide
To book for Adelaide, contact: [email protected] or call 0417 806 336.
Refreshments provided. No cost.
TAS – Hobart
Sunday 23 October, 1.00pm to 4.00pm
Sahaja Yoga Meditation Centre
85 Tanundal Street
Howrah, Hobart
To book for Hobart, contact: [email protected] or call 03 6245 1476
Lunch provided. No cost
VIC – Melbourne
Sunday 23 October, 11.00am to 4.00pm
Greensborough Senior Citizens Hall
203 Henry Street,
Greensborough, Melbourne
To book for Melbourne, contact: [email protected] or call (03) 9585 1208.
Lunch provided. $10 donation per person (see below under Costs**)
VIC – Bendigo
Saturday 22 October, 1.00pm to 4.00pm
Bendigo Neighborhood House
20 Neale street, Bendigo
To book for Bendigo workshop, contact: (03) 5442 1489
Light lunch provided. No cost.
WA – Scarborough
Saturday 22 October, 1.00pm to 4.00pm
Maureen Grierson Community Recreation Centre
The Esplanade, Scarborough
To book for the Scarborough workshop contact: 0432 433 345
Afternoon provided. No cost.
*Costs: Our workshops are provided free by experienced volunteers, as a non-profit community service. Some larger venues accept a donation at the door towards workshop costs such as venue hire, workshop materials provided, equipment hire and upkeep.
We hope to see you at the workshops!
Sahaja Yoga Meditation Queensland is holding our next meditation workshop on Saturday 24th September 2011.
This workshop is both for people coming for the first time and for people who have been attending Sahaja Yoga programs for a while.
Here’s some feedback from our previous workshops:
“I am grateful for such a beautiful experience. I felt welcome and believe the experience has opened me up to many possibilities.”
“Really beautiful. A beautiful place, lovely people, great meditation. I really didn’t want to leave.”
“Thank you for a most informative, serene, friendly, community experience.”
“I had a very enlightening experience. Can’t wait to learn more and learn more about myself.”
“Very peaceful and relaxed. People are friendly and I feel I came to see my own family.”
Event details:
Saturday 24 Sept, 2:00pm to 5:30pm
Sahaja Yoga Meditation Centre,
95 McClintock Road, Wamuran Queensland
(60 minutes north of Brisbane)
Program:
2:00 – 2:30pm: Welcome and refreshments
2:30 – 3:00pm: Meditation and how to achieve a state of mental silence
3:00 – 4:00pm: Useful clearing techniques
4:00 – 4:20pm: Video lecture from Shri Mataji
4:20 – 5:15pm: Meditation and live music
5.30pm: Dinner
Cost: There are no costs or payments required for your attendance.
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, and then left into Patane Rd which leads to McClintock Rd. Number 95 is just over the top of the hill on the left.
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.
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)
Sahaja Yoga Meditation workshops will be held throughout Australia in July 2011. Come along and experience the mental silence and peace that Sahaja Yoga Meditation can offer.
Topics include collective meditations, easy techniques for reducing stress, balancing and clearing sessions and tips on how to meditate at home.
Here are the workshop venues and details.
ACT – Scullin
Sunday 31st July,10.30am to 3.00pm
Sahaja Yoga Meditation Centre
77 Chewings Street, Scullin
No booking required.
Enquiries: (02) 6254 4986
Lunch provided. No cost.
NSW – Sydney (Note: new location)
Sunday 31st July, 12 noon to 4.00pm
(Doors open 11am for registration & live music)
Burwood Function Centre, 7-9 Burleigh St, Burwood Sydney
(2 mins from Burwood Station, off Belmore St.)
Free Council car park is opposite venue.
This venue includes a presentation, “Meditation for children and young people”, by Dr Ramesh Manocha.
Lunch NOT provided. Afternoon tea provided
$10 donation per person (see below under Costs**)
To book for Sydney go to www.sahajayoga.com.au/booking
NT – Darwin
Saturday 30th July, 1.00pm to 5.00pm
Community Room (near Target entrance)
Palmerston Shopping Centre
Temple Terrace, Palmerston
To book for Darwin, contact [email protected]
Refreshments provided. No cost.
QLD – Bundaberg and Hervey Bay
Sunday 31st July, 1.00pm to 4:00pm
Sahaja Yoga Meditation Centre
160 Mahoney-Dexters Road
Alloway, Bundaberg
To book for Bundaberg, contact [email protected] or call 07 4159 7887.
Lunch provided. Donations welcomed.
QLD – Cairns
Sunday 31st July, 2.30pm to 5.30pm
Marlin Coast Neighbourhood Centre
2 Reed Road, Trinity Park
To book for Cairns, contact 07 4032 1860.
Afternoon tea provided. No cost.
QLD – Wamuran
Saturday 30th July, 2.00pm to 5.00pm
Sahaja Yoga Meditation Centre
95 McClintock Road
Wamuran (60mins north of Brisbane)
To book for Wamuran, contact [email protected] or call 07 5496 6716.
Refreshments provided. No cost.
SA – Adelaide
Saturday 30th July, 2.00pm to 5.00pm
Klemzig Primary School,
2 Hay Street
Klemzig, Adelaide
To book for Adelaide, contact: [email protected] or call 0417 806 336.
Refreshments provided. No cost.
TAS – Hobart
Sunday 31st July, 10.00am to 2.00pm
Sahaja Yoga Meditation Centre
85 Tanundal Street
Howrah, Hobart
To book for Hobart, contact: [email protected] or call 03 6245 1476.
Lunch provided. No cost.
VIC – Melbourne
Saturday 30th July, 11.00am to 4.00pm
Sahaja Yoga Meditation Centre
229 Warrigal Road,
Cheltenham, Melbourne
To book for Melbourne, contact [email protected] or call (03) 9585 1208.
Lunch provided. $10 donation per person (see below under Costs**).
WA – Gidgegannup
Sunday 30th July, 3.00pm to 5.00pm Sahaja Yoga Meditation Gidgegannup Centre
1216 O’Brien Rd, Gidgegannup (40kms NE of Perth)
To book for Gidgegannup, contact: 1300 724 252
Lunch provided. No cost.
**Costs: Our workshops are provided free by experienced volunteers, as a non-profit community service. The larger Melbourne and Sydney venues accept a $10 donation at the door towards venue hire, refreshments, workshop materials, equipment hire and upkeep.
For more information about the workshops go to www.sahajayoga.com.au/workshops.
Can’t make our workshop? Free weekly meditation classes are also available around Australia. To find a class near you go to www.sahajayoga.com.au/meetings.