Guided meditation classes in the Macedon Ranges
Guided meditation for everyone.
Classes are designed to help you reduce stress, anxiety, and chronic pain, while improving focus, boosting energy, enhancing sleep, and supporting better emotional well-being and overall health.
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Creating a safe space for you
Supporting you in finding refuge within yourself when life feels overwhelming and unrelenting.
Hi, I’m Emily
Meditation as a Path Forward
Whether you’re dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, or looking to improve sleep, enhance cognitive function, and cultivate self-awareness, empathy, and kindness, meditation offers a powerful way to navigate life’s challenges.
A Personal Journey of Growth
Over the past twenty years, I’ve encountered many challenges that led me to seek support through a variety of therapeutic approaches, including psychiatry, psychology, medication, mindfulness, meditation, yoga, and somatic practices. Each of these experiences has shaped my understanding of mental wellbeing and deepened my compassion for others on similar journeys.
Why Meditation Matters
Meditation and mindfulness have been a steadfast anchor in my mental wellness journey, providing clarity and calm when I needed it most. It’s this profound impact that fuels my passion for sharing these practices with the wider community.
An Inclusive and Personalised Approach
I recognise that every individual’s path is unique. That’s why I bring a broad range of techniques to my teachings, ensuring that each person feels supported and empowered on their own journey toward mental wellbeing.
memm collective offers two group class styles
Having a meditation teacher by your side provides personalised support, helping you navigate the practice with ease and confidence. The teacher’s presence creates a safe and nurturing environment where you can ask questions, receive feedback, and feel fully supported in your journey. In-person classes also foster a sense of connection and community, allowing you to share the experience with others in a calm, collective energy. If you’re new to meditation or looking to deepen your practice, being guided in person offers a rich, grounding experience that’s hard to replicate elsewhere.
Guided Mindfulness Meditation
Guided Mindfulness Meditation classes offer a welcoming space to simply pause, breathe, and reconnect with yourself. No experience needed. These sessions are designed to help you find calm and clarity, whether you’ve never meditated before or aren’t sure where to start. It’s a chance to discover your own safe space within and take that sense of peace with you for the rest of your day.
There’s no right or wrong way to meditate here. You can sit on the floor, a chair, a cushion, or lean against the wall, justing going with whatever feels comfortable. Come as you are, and let this class guide you towards feeling more grounded, connected, and at ease.
(30 mins)
Deep Rest Meditation
This deeply restorative, lying-down meditation is perfect for anyone looking to relax and recharge. It’s a soothing practice that gently guides you into a state of deep relaxation, similar to the restorative stages of sleep. An ideal way to let go of tension, it allows your body and mind to rest, heal, and feel truly restored.
All you need to do is get comfortable, lie back, and let the practice take you to a peaceful, deeply restful state of relaxation.
No experience needed.
(45 mins)
Benefits of meditation
There are thousands of studies that have shown how meditation can positively impact mental and physical health. Unexpected challenges can overwhelm our natural coping mechanisms, leaving us vulnerable to burnout and hypertension. Extensive research supports the therapeutic benefits of regular meditation, helping to strengthen our resilience and well-being.
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Meditation reduces stress, anxiety, and depression by activating the body’s relaxation response, which counters the fight-or-flight stress reaction. It lowers levels of stress hormones like cortisol and slows the heart rate.
Meditation encourages you to focus on the present moment, breaking cycles of rumination that fuel anxiety and depression. It also rewires the brain by strengthening areas responsible for emotional regulation (the prefrontal cortex) and reducing activity in areas linked to fear and stress (the amygdala).
Additionally, meditation fosters self-compassion and positive thinking, which can help shift negative thought patterns, improve mood, and create a greater sense of inner calm.
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Meditation boosts emotional health by fostering present moment awareness, which helps regulate emotions, reduce stress, and improve mood. It encourages positive thinking, self-compassion, and resilience, supporting overall mental well-being.
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Meditation improves focus and concentration by training your mind to stay present and resist distractions. Regular practice strengthens attention, enhances cognitive performance, and helps you stay more engaged in daily tasks.
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Meditation enhances self-awareness by encouraging you to gently observe your thoughts, emotions, and behaviours without judgment. This practice helps you better understand yourself, recognise patterns, and make more mindful choices in daily life.
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Meditation helps lower blood pressure by promoting relaxation and reducing stress. It encourages deep breathing and activates the parasympathetic nervous system, which helps improve heart health and overall well-being.
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Meditation can reduce symptoms of chronic pain by shifting focus away from discomfort, promoting relaxation, and altering pain perception.
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Studies show that meditation can enhance REM sleep by up to 60%, helping us sleep deeply and wake up feeling refreshed and rejuvenated.
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Meditation boosts immune system function by reducing stress, which can suppress immunity. It promotes relaxation, improves sleep, and supports hormonal balance, all of which contribute to a stronger immune response.
What is meditation?
Meditation is the intentional practice of focusing the mind on a specific point of attention, which leads to a calmer state of mind and a stronger connection between your mind and body.
It helps you connect more deeply with yourself. Rather than getting swept up in your thoughts, you learn to step back and observe them.
With regular practice, meditation can reduce stress and anxiety, while boosting your mood. Over time, it becomes easier to stay calm and centered, enabling you to respond with greater clarity and intention.
Meditation also positively influences those around you, helping you cultivate compassion for both yourself and others.
“So much time and effort is spent on wanting to change, trying to change, to be somebody different, better or new. Why not use this time to get comfortable with yourself as you are instead?”
— ANDY PUDDICOMBE, HEADSPACE CO-FOUNDER