Sound Mind Africa Partner with Spa Pampering at Home to run Mindfulness and Meditation Class in Lagos

Date: 24th June 2017
Time: 6pm
Cost: N6000

Sound Mind Africa have partnered with Spa Pampering at Home to facilitate 'Silence' a Mindfulness and Meditation class which provides an introduction to building a personal practice. Covering guided meditation, self love, gratitude and mindfulness the course empowers each participant with the tools needed to meditate and lead are more mindful lifestyle.

For more information and to register call: +234 8177257790

Self Massage & Meditation Techniques A WellnessTech Meet-Up at Social Media Week Lagos 1st March

Contrary to popular belief workplace wellness is an important thing for tech professionals to consider.  Repetitive motion syndrome, back ache, and eye strain are just some of the ways bad ergonomics can affect you or your team. And if your techies are in pain, they aren’t going to be working at peak performance. Given how sedentary a techie’s job is, taking a break every hour or so – if only to stretch and walk around the office – can help the body shake off the strain of being in the same position for so long.

Join us on March 1st 2017 from 4-5:30pm for Self Massage & Meditation Techniques: A WellnessTech Meet-Up where we will show you techniques to to go from stressed to Zen in 5 minutes! This is a free event though registration is required. Sign Up Here: smw/Welltech

Learn:

How to identify acupressure points for tension release

Self massage techniques for hand and head massage

Mindfulness for stress relief

Easy meditation for busy professionals

Who should attend this session?

Men and women working more than 50 hours a week

Free Meditation Class as part of the Find Your Lagos Festival

Simple Techniques to Leading a Positive Life Through Mindfulness

Studies have shown that most people are either thinking about past events or planning for the future and this thought process can account for up to 45% of all our day to day thoughts. How crazy is it that almost 50% of of our lives are spent outside of the moment. Maybe its why we have come to love the Snapchat and Instagrams' of the world, as we can revisit the moments we mentally weren't being present in?

A great way to cultivate an emotionally and mentally healthy lifestyle is through the practice of Mindfulness. Mindfulness is a state of active, open attention on the present. Involving the observation of ones' thoughts and feelings from a distance, without judging them good or bad. Living mindfully means to live in the moment, fully aware of the present experience.

Mindfulness does not require you to make a total life overhaul, we can all benefit from slowing down and truly being aware of our current experiences. Just small changes here and there can bring about greater positivity and peace of mind. Those of us (myself included) who are prone to anxiety, stress or depression about an uncertain future or a longing for the past can set ourselves the daily task of being more mindful and see the benefits begin to manifest.

If you are a complete beginner in the school of Mindfulness, Leo Babauta of  Zen Habits, has broken down 12 mindful techniques into practical applicable steps below:

1. Meditation. Meditation is where mindful living starts. And it’s not complicated: you can sit still for even just 1 minute a day to start with (work up to 3-5 minutes after a week), and turn your attention to your body and then your breath. Notice when your thoughts wander from your breath, and gently return to the breath. Repeat until the minute is up.

How To Meditate

culled from: http://zenhabits.net/meditate/
Written by:Leo Babauta


While many people think of meditation as something you might do with a teacher, in a Zen Center, it can be as simple as paying attention to your breath while sitting in your car or on the train, or while sitting at the coffee shop or in your office, or while walking or showering.

It can take just one or two minutes if you’re busy. There’s no excuse for not doing it, when you simplify the meditation habit.

Why Meditate?

Why create a small daily meditation practice? There are countless reasons, but here are some of my favorite:

It relieves stress and helps you to relax.
When you practice mindfulness, you can carry it out to everyday life.
Mindfulness helps you to savor life, change habits, live simply and slowly, be present in everything you do.
Meditation has been shown to have mental benefits, such as improved focus, happiness, memory, self-control, academic performance and more.
Some research on meditation has indicated that it may have other health benefits, including improved metabolism, heart rate, respiration, blood pressure and more.
Actually, some of the best benefits of meditation are hard to define — you begin to understand yourself better, for example, and form a self-awareness level you’ve never had before.

Most simply, sitting for just a few minutes of meditation is an oasis of calm and relaxation that we rarely find in our lives these days. And that, in itself, is enough.

How to Do It Daily