“To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders” (Lao Tzu)
Meditation is an intimate, mystical journey into a dream of life. It can be approached as a systematic mental training designed to challenge habits of attending, thinking, feeling and perceiving. As a method designed to shift the brain into healthier and more balanced ways of relating to and experiencing the world. What we pay attention to and how we pay attention largely determines our feelings, our daily behavior and thinking patterns. In its most, let’s say, radical (diamond) approach, meditation becomes a graceful surrender to the heart, surrendering the mind and thus allowing for the divine creative flow from the heart to be channelled freely. If one is ready to give up all striving.
Meditation Journey
Paulina’s meditation journey started with a 10-day silent Vipassana retreat in Poland in 2012, which opened her mind and heart to new perspectives of perceiving reality.
Since then as she was going deeper into meditation, she realised that it is about learning how to live a dream.
NeuroMeditation offers a systematic approach to all meditation traditions rooted in neuroscience research: depending on the effects a meditation technique has on the brain and considering the individual motivation and intention, meditation practises are grouped into four main styles: focus, open heart, mindfulness and quiet mind.
NeuroMeditation takes a trauma-informed approach, which provides grounding tools and skills so that you know how to deal with difficult emotions and thoughts that may re-surface during your meditation process.
There are countless ways of practising any of the four NeuroMeditation styles and integrating them into your everyday life, depending on your goals and motivation.
Meditation techniques rooted in buddhist teachings such as Shamata focus practices and Vipassana/ mindfulness are helpful to stabilize the mind and learn how to create a calm space within yourself that does not depend on what is going on outside.
Visualisations, various advanced spiritual practices (such as yoga nidra meditations, Vajrayana tibetan buddhist lineage deity yoga, dream and sleep yogas and tantric sadhana practice) and sacred plant medicines can be further explored in the process to deepen your practice, depending on where you are in your process. With consistency, relaxation and surrender, a blissful state of awareness and watchfulness comes more and more naturally and efortlessly.
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Most focus meditations have their roots in the buddhist practice of Shamata (calming the mind) and involve voluntary and sustained attention on a chosen object (such as breath, visual image, mantra). When attention wanders away from that object, the goal is to recognize mind-wandering without judgement and bring the attention back. Focus meditation can help to stabilize the mind, reduce mind-wandering, improve memory and concentration and improve cognitive self-awareness.
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In an open heart meditaion, the intention is to activate a positive emotional state (such as loving kindness, compassion, gratitude, joy). This type of meditation has a potential of improving the mood, increasing empathy and appreciation. It can be beneficial when dealing with non-active depression, grief and resentment issues.
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Mindfulness is another meditation practice deeply rooted in buddhist traditions such as Vipassana. It involves paying attention on purpose, in the present moment and non-judgementally. Due its effect of increasing slow brain waves (theta), it can be particularly helpful with managing stress and anxiety.
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Quiet mind practices such as transcendental meditation and Zen involve automatic self-transcending. During quiet mind practice, the goal is to allow the mind to sink below the level of a conscious thought into a spacious awareness. Such practices can help to develop a healthier sense of ego, quiet the mind and deal with issues such as chronic pain, personality disorders, substance abuse etc.
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