Once a month at Titahi Bay Community Yoga - Titahi Bay School hall.

Many of us want a calmer mind. We want our thoughts to be less destructive. We want to feel a little easier and happier, no matter what life throws at us.

Meditation isn’t about stopping your thoughts: the goal of meditation is not be affected so much by our thoughts, and to understand them a little more. In meditation we can notice our thoughts, give them a little hug (they are there to keep you safe), and focus on something else, often our breath. Again, and again, and again, until we get a little experience of something other than our stress-producing thoughts.

And meditation is an experience, not something to understand with your mind. If you want to be more peaceful, come and be more peaceful. You may begin a lovely shift.

Janie from BeCalmed Studio offers a free monthly class so you can learn some basic meditation techniques. She will also show you how to relax and to breathe in a way that calms you down.

DATES // Next class: Wednesday 1 April, 7pm-8pm.

CLASS DURATION // 60 minutes

VENUE // Titahi Bay School hall, Kura St, Titahi Bay

COST // First class free, then koha

BOOKING// No need to book, just turn up. Bring a yoga mat and cushion or blanket. You can sit in a chair too, or against a wall.