Welcome to A State of Grace Meditation & Sound Healing. Hi my name is Grace. A few years ago I was feeling exhausted, highly stressed and overwhelmed. I had become very unwell and it wasn’t until I decided to take some time out from it all that I realised that I had become very neglectful of my well being. I began using meditation as part of my healing and self care ritual. Managing my stress with meditation provided an opportunity to still the mind and find inner peace and wellbeing.
In February 2018 I began studying with The Australian Centre of Holistic Studies and in 2019 I completed the Advanced Certificate in Guiding and Teaching Meditation. I’ve learnt many and varied meditation techniques.
In August 2019 I began studying with The Sound Healing Academy so that I can incorporate sound with meditation for healing.
The last few years have been an incredibly amazing journey into self discovery.
I’m writing this so that others who may be going through something similar can relate and perhaps feel a little motivated about doing something to change their life.
I guess the place to start is the time when I experienced the most despair, the time when the universe said to me that it was time to take time for self care and without divulging too much about what the actual circumstances that led me to that dark place for what seemed to be the longest time.
I was ignoring all the signs that I had to deal with emotional blockages such as migraines, neck pain, hip pain and there were food intolerances as well. My hormones were out of whack and my periods had become erratic and really, really heavy. I was taking one or two days off per week due to illness and it was becoming a problem with work. My moods were getting worse. I’d wake up with nausea most mornings because I just couldn’t face going to work. Once there I would get upset at the slightest thing or react angrily when I didn’t agree with what someone said or proposed. I wasn’t a really nice person to be around.
What did I want to change?
I wanted to wake up happy and excited about my day ahead, instead of being full of angst and woeful of what might be laying ahead of me. I wanted people to see me shine and to see me as a good person, not be worried about what might set me off and being avoided because I was too hard to deal with. I wanted to laugh more and be joyful, rather than obsessed with work and feel really heavy and worn out.
Ritual
I knew from previous bouts of the blues that it was really important for me to have a structure to my days otherwise I was going to end up spending them in bed. The difference this time was that I didn’t have a busy job that left me too exhausted to do any self care things for myself.
Meditation
I introduced an early morning guided meditation ritual. I would sit on the balcony in the quiet dawn and meditate on gratitude.
Happiness
Well I have a secret which I’m going to share with you. Instinctively I was drawn to the water being a water sign and it didn’t take long to realise how quickly this calmed me down. The aspect of beaches have an opening to the horizon, so your outlook opens up rather than being closed in when we dwell on the negative things in our lives.
Now, I was lucky because I happened to start walking on the beach in winter, and this particular winter was a glorious one and I didn’t miss many mornings. My morning walk would take 40 minutes and I did that most mornings. Initially I would go after school drop off, but as the mornings became warmer I would get up go for my walk and be back in time to help out with school lunches. In the height of summer and because of daylight savings I would get up as early as five o’clock, do my yoga, drive to the beach, go for a walk and a little swim followed by a meditation. I was usually done by eight o'clock. I call the beach my happy place.
Forgiveness
This is really huge but so so important. Forgiveness didn’t come easy for me as I hurt too easily and hold grudges for a long time. The biggest thing I needed to find forgiveness about was all that I had done in the past. I needed to forgive my part in any hurt that I had contributed towards others, rather than blaming others for the things that have happened to me.
Love
First and foremost there is self love. Being able to stand in front of a mirror and say “I love you” isn’t easy for most of us, but its the most important thing we need to be able to say.
Now, I’m offering meditation classes & courses, in person and online.
Exploring techniques that will help with managing stress, dissolve anxious thoughts and enhance physical & mental wellbeing, engage your intuition and most importantly to guide you into a meditation practise that will hopefully become part of your self care from day to day.
Looking at different meditation techniques to offers an wholistic approach to a meditation practise and helps to connect with inner peace and a place for healing.
I look forward to a rewarding experience guiding meditation and being of service to others. Cant wait to meet you.
Grace
