Free Guided Meditation: Calm the Mind & Nourish the Heart
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A relaxed, welcoming meditation session open to everyone — nourishing guided meditation for calming the mind and healing the heart that anyone can do.
When? Sunday 11th January, 11:00am – 12:30pm
Where? Studio above Sleepstore Chester, Sealand Road, CH1 4LS
*Ample parking available. Enter via the stairs on the left of the building.
Please aim to arrive 5–10 minutes early so we can begin promptly. Tea and biscuits provided.
Cost? Free — everyone is welcome, whatever your experience.
Led by Nataraja — an Acharya (instructor) for Amrita Mandala, a modern spiritual path of meditation, healing, and awakening.
What is this session?
Modern life can be busy, exhausting, and emotionally demanding. Meditation offers us a chance to pause — to lay down our worries for a while, calm the mind, and reconnect with a deeper sense of ease and wellbeing.
These free sessions are designed to be simple, nourishing, and accessible, even if you’ve never meditated before. They offer a gentle space to slow down, breathe, and rest in a more settled, peaceful sense of mind.
The focus will be on:
- Calming the nervous system
- Releasing stress and mental tension
- Gently opening and healing the heart
- Reconnecting with inner stillness and warmth
The meditations are drawn from timeless yogic and contemplative traditions, adapted in a very down-to-earth way so that anyone can benefit.
What will we practise?
You’ll be guided through easy, relaxing meditations that help you:
- Feel more grounded and present
- Develop mindfulness and loving-kindness
- Meet emotions with more ease rather than resistance
- Leave feeling lighter, calmer, and more at home in yourself
Emotions don’t need to be pushed away. Rather, meditation helps us learn how to relate to them more gently and skilfully, so life feels less overwhelming and more spacious.
The course will be lead by Nataraja, an experienced Acharya (instructor) for Amrita Mandala, a modern lineage of tantric yoga and spiritual path of healing and awakening founded by Amrita Baba.
Everyone is welcome to these sessions whatever your experience. They are relaxed and informal, usually including some time for reflection, discussion of yogic principles and philosophies that help our spiritual path, and questions at the end.
We have chairs or cushions to sit on + blankets to stay warm. Wear clothing comfortable enough to meditate in & bring an open mind.
For those who feel drawn to go deeper, a 5-week Heart Yoga course is also available. You can find details in our upcoming events, as well as other free sessions.
If you know someone who might enjoy this session, feel free to share the Meetup link with them.
Click the sign-up bar below to reserve your place.