Meditation

At Home of Bliss, we believe that meditation is a daily practice. It is where you find inner stillness, disconnecting from the senses and outer world, and connecting to your True Self. We host weekly meditation sessions where we explore different tools and techniques of meditation. Through exploring these different techniques, you can choose what works for you and incorporate it into your own personal practice. If you would like to be updated on the weekly sessions, please feel free to contact me at 0826864140 or join our WhatsApp group. Here is a list of the current techniques being offered:

Sound Meditations: You are invited to sit in a comfortable meditation posture. This session involves receiving healing vibrations and requires focused awareness and intention from you as the participant. Sound healing instruments like Tibetan singing bowls and chimes may be used with the specific intention of guiding you through your practice. These sessions include various breathwork techniques (Prānāyāma) and chanting.

The picture on the left was taken before a sound meditation at the Temenos Retreat Centre in McGregor, Cape Town.

OM Chanting: We chant OM 108 times followed by meditation. Chanting OM brings inner peace, emotional freedom, releases negative energy, calms the nervous system, and reduces insomnia. It purifies and uplifts all levels of our being: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.

Meditation through devotional singing (aka Kirtan): This is a call-and-response form of singing which is another form of meditation. David Newman says it is “a practice for cutting through the idea of separation, for connecting to our hearts and connecting to the moment through sound.” And from Grammy nominated Krishna Das, “It’s like an older, deeper, bigger being. It’s a space, a presence, a feeling..of that place inside of us that is love, pure being, pure awareness, pure joy” and ultimately “our true nature.”

Yoga Nidra: Also known as the yogic sleep or “Yoga of conscious sleep”, it is a state of consciousness between waking, dreaming, and sleeping. One rests comfortably on a yoga mat, and the systematic meditation leaves you with a sense of wholeness. “Yoga nidra moves us through each layer of our being—physical, mental, energetic, intuitive, and spiritual—allowing us to experience the inner peace that yoga teaches us is always part of each one of us.” – Karla Helbert.

Anapana: Anapana is the first step in the practice of Vipassana meditation. “Anapana” means observation of our natural breath. It is easy to learn, an objective practice, and a scientific technique that helps develop concentration of the mind.

Vipassana: Vipassana means “to see things as they really are”. This technique is a logical process of mental purification through self-observation, practicing non-attachment, and developing the attitude of being a “witness” to the passing sensations of the body.