Meditation Made My Life Happy

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Meditation made my life happy

By Kim Dinh

SoulCentre Meditation teacher, www.soulcentre.org

26^th April 2018

I was a banker, a corporate professional who became a mum, and then decided to stay at home and take care of my daughter. This was also the first time I lived in a foreign country (Singapore) without family support.

It was challenging for me going from being an independent professional to a housewife and mother. I felt stuck because I was unable to work, and my health also started to decline. I even started to suffer from undiagnosed post-natal depression and other health issues after that.

I knew I needed a lot of support and I had read that meditation can make people calm. I had known about meditation and its benefits for more than 30 years, but all I thought meditation was, was to sit down, close your eyes and think of nothing. I could not do that. My mind then was very active and restless.

For many years, I had asked myself if it was possible to meditate without having to sit crossed-legs, being a Buddhist, becoming a vegetarian etc., and so I continued my search for a meditation teacher who could clear my mind, teach me the truth and give me guidance that worked, and I was determined to I find the best.

I eventually found such a teacher - my meditation teacher Vikas Malkani, the founder of SoulCentre in Singapore, Asia’s Premier Personal Development Centre. He is the World’s #1 Wisdom Coach, and he’s such a blessing for my life that I feel grateful everyday waking up, knowing I have found the best of the best to learn from.

At first, I intended to just learn meditation, learn how to tame my racing mind and to feel stronger inside. But after the second session of Meditation Made Simple, I was so impressed by the profound wisdom that Vikas was sharing with us and a simple and fun way that I decided to become a meditation teacher myself. The deep wisdom and simple meditation techniques I had learnt were extremely powerful and changed my life in just a few days, and I wanted to benefit others too with what I had gained from Vikas.

  

My life has changed completely since I took up meditation and put it into daily practice. Learning meditation with Vikas at SoulCentre was the best decision I have ever made in my life. I become much happier, calmer, stronger inside and a better mother to my daughter. Life became stress-free, clear and filled with wonderful opportunities for happiness and fulfilment that I could not see before meditation.

It took me almost a year to complete my meditation training and get my ‘certified meditation teacher’ qualification. I feel strong and safe knowing that I now have the best weapon to protect myself from whatever life throws at me, wisdom and meditation, and also knowing that I am a part of the SoulCentre family. We always have each other’s back.

I want to share the wisdom of meditation with as many people as possible because meditation will make life easier, happier and clear. The meditation we teach is really simple, easy, fun and best of all, non-religious. If you are searching for a way to control your mind, we are here to show you how to bring out the best in you, to live a happy and joyful life.

Name: Kim Dinh

Contact number: +65-90057849

Email:  dinhthienkim@yahoo.com

Meditation For Corporates

By Sally ForrestManaging Director of SoulCentre, www.soulcentre.org
28th February 2018    

52% of Singaporeans have said that their work stress has risen significantly in the past 6 months. The office is no longer a fun experience and is increasingly becoming a stressful grind.
Increased workload, lack of support, office politics and reduced communications are all cited as issues in a recent survey “Working in Asia”.

Employees lack focus, are not clear on their priorities and admit they do not have strong enough influence skills. This coupled with extremely long working hours and commutes that are occupied with social media and “others agendas”, all lead to a mind that is over stressed, overloaded and dissipated. The joy of life is no longer apparent and the downward circle begins.

A recent workshop was conducted by SoulCentre with a top multinational team of executives where we asked a simple question.

What causes your stress and anxiety?

The answers we can all relate to;

Things not going to plan
Not enough time 
I feel like I am not progressing at work
The team is misaligned
In-house politics
Relationship issues at work
I am too hard on myself and need to achieve the best always
The unknown – is my job safe?
I cannot get my message across
Resistance and in house fighting
No time for my family – it’s all about work!

SoulCentre tailors our corporate meditation programs to clients’ needs and provides practical training that brings results!
Every company needs this training.
Imagine a workforce that focusses in the same direction and drives to achieve common goals.
Imagine staff who are focused and in control of their emotions and feelings.
Imagine being able to take the good days and the bad days with an inner determination and drive to continue moving forward.
Imagine staff having an inner drive and passion for their role.

These are only some of the results we achieve.

What do we include in our Corporate Programs?

An understanding of how stress is created.
Identifying the triggers of stress in the particular company.
Learning about negative outcomes if the stress is not managed.
Develop a strategy to identify and mitigate stress and its causes.
Develop a range of techniques that one can use during the working day to manage stress.
Developing emotional intelligence strategies to enhance team work.
We inspire the participants and include memorable techniques and examples that they can use in their work and home environment.

Our results speak for themselves

Just some of the feedback we have received;

A positive impact on the overall culture of the teams.
Stress management tools that work and are quick to employ.
Reduced stress.
Increased focus.
Work relationships improved as people started to truly listen and understand each other.
Decision making skills improved.
Staff at ALL levels benefited.

Top CEO’s learn meditation and see a difference after only 2 training sessions.

The best companies in the world use Meditation and incorporate it onto their corporate culture; Apple, Yahoo, Google, Nike, Rolls Royce, Siemens, P&G, Ogilvy & Mather, Avon Cosmetics to name a few.

Now it’s time to bring Meditation and Mindfulness to your company.

There is no better corporate meditation provider than SoulCentre Pte. Ltd to conduct your programs.
We are Asia’s Premier Centre for meditation and mindfulness and we have an amazing team of dedicated and committed meditation trainers. Our programs are taught around the world.

Sally Forrest and Vikas Malkani, our founders, are from the corporate world, having senior executive positions globally.
A depth of business experience allows us to fully understand and to tailor each program to your specific needs.

Contact us today and your program will be tailor-made to bring guaranteed results.

Sally ForrestBSc, MRPharmS, MBA.Managing DirectorSoulCentre Pte Ltdinfo@soulcentre.org

My Spiritual Journey

Sally Forrest

23rd August 2017

 

 

Every one of us is born with a purpose and when we look back and connect the dots it’s easy to see that at any moment we are being guided forwards, however we do not always have the eyes to see.

 

I achieved my business success early in my career through a lot of dedication and effort and it was when I was literally shining bright near the top of the corporate ladder that my foundations were shaken.

 

I remember the moment vividly. I was managing a large Boots store with over 400 staff, we had smashed our X-mas targets, broken all records and there was still a week to go before X-mas.

 

I was celebrating the huge success with one of my managers when my telephone rang and the news I never expected to hear came to me.

My mother had died suddenly at the age of 60.

 

My world literally stopped.

 

What had seemed so important in the external world was suddenly nothing at all.

 

It no longer had relevance.

 

Here I was with all the externals of life, but what use were they when you receive news like this?

 

This moment was key in my Spiritual evolution.

 

I realized that we have no control over the external world and also in that moment I had no control over my inner world either.

 

I felt helpless, lost, confused and empty.

 

The following weeks and months seemed unreal and without meaning.

 

My reality and life had changed.

 

The Universe then took over and opportunities arose which I accepted.

 

I moved to Asia to open a chain of retail stores and later opened an Orphanage.

 

Whilst doing the work for the Orphanage I had a realization that people could heal themselves without any access to western medicine.

 

As a Pharmacist, this intrigued me and so I went on a search to learn alternative ways to heal.

 

I studied Reiki, Feng Shui, Meditation, Color Medicine, and Mind-Body connections.

 

I sought out great teachers and eventually I met Vikas Malkani.

 

The rest as they say is history.

 

The universe brought us together and obviously had greater plans for us.

 

We combined our strengths, created SoulCentre and SoulKids and many years later became man and wife J

 

Meeting Vikas has been a gift from the universe to me.

 

On reflection had my mother been alive, I doubt I would have left the UK as we were very close. It was truly a key piece in my jigsaw of life. It was painful, however it moved me forwards to something I would not have done before.

 

Sometimes life throws us a curve ball.

 

Something we did not expect to happen.

 

It’s painful, it knocks us off our feet and in that moment our world seems to fall apart completely.

 

However, I believe that if you trust the universe and follow its signs, then everything that happens to us happens for a reason. The picture of your life starts to unfold.

 

If you have the courage to follow the signs then one step leads to another and before you know it life takes on a totally new meaning.

 

I now live my life knowing that I have the inner skills needed so that no matter what happens to me in life, I am able to handle it.

 

I know to celebrate the good times and to be aware that negatives in life will also happen.

 

I have learnt to count my blessings and to look for the good in every situation.

 

I have learnt that everything is temporary and soon will pass away.

 

I have learnt to be true to my heart, to be authentic and to simply give my best.

 

I have learnt to focus my time, energy and effort on the things that truly matter in life and to stay away from dramas :)

 

I have learnt that we have one life, so live it fully and leave the world a better place because of it.

 

Sally conducts one on one sessions with clients and supports them to find their life purpose.

 

She does key note speeches on various inspirational subjects “How to find your purpose”, “How to get the best from life” and various Feng Shui topics.

 

Sally is also a Business Coach and Mentor.

 

Meditation Courses - What Are The Benefits Of Learning Meditation In A Group Class

Sally Forrest 

12^th October 2016

We have been teaching Meditation & Mindfulness at SoulCentre for the past 12 years.

Many different people have passed through our doors and each one leaves a happier and calmer person as a result.

Finding a good teacher is the secret of meditation.

It is easy to do on line courses or listen to guided meditations and to think that this is what meditation is all about, however this is not the truth.

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The true test of meditation is when the storms of life hit us and we are able to stay anchored and calm as we sail through them.

Many people are not able to do this and at the first sign of trouble a few things happen;

• The “why me” response …life is not fair and why has this hit me.
• The verbal reaction happens – Sh*t - F*** - Bas***d ……you pick the language – the chances are this is what you say the moment the storm hits. “Jesus” is another popular one and often it is uttered from people who are not particularly religious.
• The blame starts – if so and so had not done x/y/z …then this would not have happened to me….
• Often we become angry – we feel like we are victims – we moan, crib and blame everyone else but ourselves.

This is the benefit of a teacher, a real person who will simply listen and hold up a mirror for us to see the reality of our life. We begin to see why the things that happen to us do so.

Our thoughts, actions and choices brought the storm upon us, so now, how we chose to respond will determine the next chapter.

The joys of group meditation allow you to experience the lives of many other individuals and to listen and learn from them.

Experiences are shared and a storm that one person is going through may resonate with you and you can see a different way of dealing with it.

Alternatively the storm may not have hit you just yet, but who knows what the future holds and at least you are prepared.

One thing is for sure, we all encounter storms, and with the right tools and training we can adjust our sails and continue with life.

• Group meditation classes have many benefits and these include;
• Like-minded people on the journey to calmness.
• A sharing of experiences.
• A sharing of techniques and what worked and great ideas how to benefit even more.
• A brotherhood and sisterhood develops.
• Successes are celebrated and people start to notice your calmness and gentle aura.
• Ideas are shared openly and ones that you can apply to your life should be welcomed and applied.
• You start to realize that everyone has issues and stuff happening to them – and actually your life is not that different from others.
• The dramas start to reduce as you realize they are no longer dramas, unless of course we choose to make them into dramas.
• You have a dedicated teacher who supports you and guides you on this journey called life.

We teach meditation each month in 4 session courses ( morning and evening sessions).

If you have not learnt yet, what are you waiting for?

It's the best gift that you can give to yourself!

Connect with us today; info@soulcentre.org

Meditation Singapore – 7 Benefits Of Meditation For Children

By Vikas Malkani

5 October 2016

Meditation is a simple but effective technique that has several beneficial effects on our children’s emotional, mental and intellectual development. It helps children connect with their inner strengths, sleep better and develop better social interactions. It also helps them to manage stress, stay calm and respond to challenges rather than get overwhelmed by them.

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Meditation helps children in a variety of ways. It helps reduce stress, strengthens the immune system, can improve relationships at home & at school, decreases aggressiveness and anxieties, improves behaviour and attitude, improves focus, memory & concentration and promotes inner peace.

Meditation has also proven effective in helping kids release negative thoughts and behaviours and in building self-confidence. Mindfulness and meditation are fantastic tools that kids can learn at an early age which will help them throughout their lives.

Most of what parents want for their kids, emotionally, socially and personally, is possible through meditation. In fact, the impact of meditation on kids can be life-changing.  

There are thousands of studies showing the positive impact of meditation on our health and well-being. Here are some of the positive traits and skills meditation brings in children.

1) Self-Management - Kids learn to become more aware of their own bodies and their reaction to stress so that they can better take control of their emotional and physical states. This ability to calm themselves when they experience stress is an invaluable tool, and leads them to have a more positive outlook on life and to be more confident.

2) Increased Focus - Children learn how to focus their attention and concentration. This helps them read, study and learn more efficiently. Here is an example - when an elementary school in the Midwest did eight weeks of meditation with their third-graders, teachers reported significantly less hyperactive behaviour, ADHD symptoms, and inattentiveness in their students.

3) Enhanced Self-Esteem - Meditation helps kids learn how to pay attention to their thoughts, feelings, and emotions. In turn, they are able to be more empathetic and more compassionate toward others. They even become better listeners. Students in various high schools have reported significant boosts in self-esteem from their meditation practice.

4) Creative Thinking - Children are naturally very creative, but often they don’t fully tune in to their creative wellspring. Meditation leads to an increased ability for children to tap into their natural creativity. At Leiden University, psychologists have found that, after doing short meditation exercises, participants performed better on tasks that required them to generate new creative ideas.

5) Inner Calmness – It’s interesting to note that many elementary-aged children use entertainment technology, video games, texting, TV, etc., for up to 7.5 hours a day on average! This technology encourages fast paced and frenetic mind activity and a culture of multi-tasking. Children are especially susceptible to the side effects of too much technology, such as shorter attention span, less patience, anxiety and nervousness. It’s very important to counterbalance all this exposure to technology with some quiet time, and meditation is the perfect complement.

6) Personal Growth - As children grow, they learn who they are and what makes them happy. Meditation teaches them self-awareness. By looking inside themselves, they find out what they’re passionate about and what they want to do in life. They understand their own reactions better and can learn to self-regulate when they are triggered. They develop a certain independence and can follow their own intuition instead of just following the crowd.

The nature of the mind, when stressed, is to jump from thought to thought like a monkey. If there is tension, then the mind cannot be calm. Meditation gives them a healthy rest from the ‘monkey mind’ so they can function more effectively and with clarity. Additionally, the child’s creativity will flow best when their mind is freed from the demands of tension and stress

7) Overcoming Fear – Fear is another challenge for children as they are growing up in this fast-paced world. Fears, such as not being accepted and not having friends as well as the primal fears of death and losing loved ones, can trouble children. Emotional stability is essential for healthy growth.

Meditation helps children cope with the emotions of frustration and fear. It helps to balance the whole system by supporting emotional development and gives rest to the mind so that they are not overwhelmed by their strong feelings.

Vikas Malkani is an internationally renowned teacher of meditation and mindfulness classes in Singapore. He is also the author of the best-selling book ‘The Little Manual of Meditation’.

For the next meditation class with Vikas Malkani, see here http://www.soulcentre.org/events

Certified Meditation Teachers – Teaching Soulcentre Meditation Classes

28 September 2016

Louise Willis, a SoulCentre Certified Meditation Teacher, is benefiting more people with her next class of meditation in Singapore. Here are some words, straight from her heart, about what drives her.

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“I took the ‘Meditation Made Simple’ course with Vikas at SoulCentre a few years ago, and was so inspired and benefited by it that I went on to complete my meditation teacher certification so I could help others benefit too.

I’ve taught this amazing meditation class in Singapore before and seen first-hand how it changes people’s lives for the better. So I am happy to be teaching “Meditation Made Simple" once again, on November 10/15/24/29

I can guarantee that you will receive effective tools and processes to

-        Become happier

-        Manage your stress and anxiety, and

-        Improve life in all aspects.

Believe me, I am living proof of this. And here is another student from my earlier class who also benefited immensely -

‘The tools I received are very useful already and I know will become even more so over time. Louise did a great job explaining and engaging on the material’
- D.P. (Singapore)

Meditation changed my life; connect with me to make your life better too!”

With gratitude,
Louise Willis 
SoulCentre Certified Meditation Teacher
Tel: (65) 9452 2082
Email: louise.willis@live.co.uk  

I am so proud of Louise. She is a wonderful human being and an impactful teacher of meditation classes.

Vikas Malkani
Founder, SoulCentre

SoulCentre is Asia’s Premier Centre for Meditation, Mindfulness and Stress Management.

To benefit from our unique meditation classes or to enrol in our meditation teacher certification training, connect with us on info@soulcentre.org

28 September 2016

I have been teaching Reiki for close to 15 years and thousands of students have learnt at SoulCentre.

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One of the most amazing aspects of Reiki is how life changes after the first lesson.

It’s almost like living in a house with dirty windows and suddenly someone comes along and cleans the windows and for the first time you can really see colours, images and your life clearly.

A whole new energy and atmosphere results and its like life has really taken on a positive turn.

At Reiki we teach hands on healing, which supports the body in its healing process and also bringing it into balance.

However more importantly we teach a way of living life, which allows you to be more connected to this wonderful universe we live in and to move into synchronicity and support as you live your daily life.

What does this mean exactly?

Many situations arise where you simply are amazed at how they happened and there is no logical explanation for them;

• You think of a person you have not spoken to for a long time and then they call
• You hear a song on the radio which brings a deep message to you and later something else happens with the exact same message
• You make a plan to follow your dream and suddenly opportunities arise which previously you could not imagine possible.
• You need money to purchase something of benefit and then its manifested in some unusual way.
• You are keen to meet a certain person and a friend of a friend introduces you. The list is endless….

Since learning Reiki my life has truly been guided.

Each step is like a piece of a Jigsaw that fits into place and slowly piece by piece a beautiful image is created.

I am passionate about teaching Reiki to others in a professional manner.

The student attracts the teacher they deserve – this is a fact – and I am fully committed to giving everything I can to support each of my students on their Reiki journey.

Many students have now become Reiki teachers and it is such a joy to see their growth, happiness and passions for Reiki.

I am truly blessed to be able to teach.

Reiki Singapore – Just For Today … Be Happy

21 September 2016

Sally Forrest BSc, MRPharmS, MBA

As a medical pharmacist I was trained to always treat the symptoms of disease and little attention was given to the root cause of these symptoms that manifest in the body.

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I am blessed to have experienced the wonders of Reiki, a simple hands on healing that has dramatic effects on health, emotions and general well being.

Not only do you learn key healing positions and what they mean on a mental and emotional level, you also learn about new ways of thinking and being.
 
I have taught thousands of students Reiki healing and each of them notices a difference on one of 3 levels :

• Mental – they begin to think about life in a new way.
• Emotional – negative emotions are replaced with positive ones.
• Physical – body ailments simply start to heal on their own.

At the root of all disease is a moving away from joy, peace and happiness.

We become unhappy or discontented about something in life and we hold onto these emotions, which eventually manifest in the body.

Dis-Ease is simply a moving away from ease.
 
Reiki will bring you back to balance and this is where true healing begins. After all if the body knows how to make itself sick, it surely knows how to heal.
 
The body is truly amazing and it continues to function without much effort from us.

For example :

• If you break a bone, the body knows how to fix itself,
• At night when you sleep and let go of this world we live in, the body continues to breathe and the heat beats and all is in order…

So Reiki allows you to have a much deeper understanding of your body- your emotions and your mind.

"Just for today be happy" is a mantra that I adopt and teach to my students.

After all life is a choice, we can choose to be happy or we can choose to let the externals of life distract us and make us unhappy.

Happiness is a state of being that allows healing and many students report unbelievable results after learning Reiki.

• Illnesses improve and often disappear.
• Allergies heal themselves.
• Women who were unable to conceive find out they are pregnant (this is always a joy to hear).
• Parents give Reiki to their children and their sleep patterns improve, as do their emotions.

Reiki truly is a first aid kit that you hold in your hands.

Anyone and everyone can learn it, and students have ranged from 6-86 years of age.

Do connect and register from our upcoming Reiki classes – it's the best gift you can give to yourself!
 
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Meditation in Singapore – Top 3 Benefits of Meditation

By Vikas Malkani

14th September 2016

Meditation shows you how you function, how you create your life experience and even how to choose what you want your life to be. In other words, meditation is the fastest path to understanding the mind and taking charge of your life!

The benefits of meditation are many. It works on the physical body and also goes deeper to the emotional and mental levels of the practitioner. Those who continue to learn and grow with meditation find emotional and spiritual benefits too.

Learning the ‘Meditation Made Simple’ class at SoulCentre is easy, and the meditation techniques can be practised anywhere to see quick benefits.

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Even a few minutes a day of meditation practice brings about very important benefits. Here are the top 3 from my perspective –

1)  Meditation reduces stress and improves health problems - Up to 70% of health problems are psychosomatic, that is, they have a mental origin, so it is easy to understand how control over our thoughts that meditation brings can help many of these disorders.

Meditation releases stress, which then causes our muscles to relax, including the muscular walls of our blood vessels. This means more blood can pump through the vessels and there is less resistance to the overall flow. This means less blood pressure.

In contrast, high blood pressure is recognised as a major factor in producing heart diseases and heart attacks.

2)  Meditation develops a whole-brain perspective - Studies show meditation has a balancing and harmonising effect on the right and left hemispheres of the brain.

Our left hemisphere is responsible for our logical thinking. The right side is responsible for feelings. Due to fast-paced modern life, many of us tend to operate more from the left hemisphere. We think too much and analyse too much, at the expense of our feelings.

Meditation allows us to have the right balance of logical analytical thought and emotional feelings, thus helping develop a ‘whole brain’ mind-set.

3)  Meditation creates happiness, compassion and gratitude - One method of meditation is mindfulness, which is all about living in the moment, rather than focusing on past regrets or future worries. Naturally, this creates feelings of relaxation, gratitude, joy and happiness. One becomes more patient and compassionate with the practice of meditation. 

Relaxed blood vessels allow increased blood flow to all body parts. Increased blood flow to the brain means we feel fresher and can think more clearly.

Meditation also reduces the production of the body’s stress hormones. Studies show that hormone levels in those who practice meditation regularly are similar to those in people up to ten years younger. This is one of the reasons why meditators look and feel younger.

With regular meditation, we tend to fall asleep quicker and our sleep is deeper. This means we get a better quality sleep and wake up feeling fresher and more alive. We also feel more energetic and calmer throughout the day.

Vikas Malkani is an internationally renowned teacher of meditation classes, and the best-selling author of The ‘Little Manual of Meditation’.

For attending a meditation class with Vikas Malkani, connect to us at : info@soulcentre.org