(video: 3:52min) Live from the Resting Room, brought to you by the genius of the Hive, interior designers, sound artists Tom Middleton & Musicstyling, life coach Patrick Wenko and I… We’ve all collaborated to create this space perfect for resting, refreshing, coaching and meditation.
…and hypnosis if you wish.
What’s the difference? How do you know if you’re hypnotizing yourself or meditating?
The simple answer is, are you aware of yourself? If you’re aware of yourself, your thoughts & emotions and all you are projecting onto the situation then you are meditating.
Here is what Tom Middleton has to say about his Bioharmonic Surround Soundscapes that he has contributed to the Resting Room:
“Thrilled to be partnering with The Hive, Musicstyling, Nexus, Elena and Mariko to showcase a brand new immersive multi-sensory innovation in the co-working sector to help optimise productivity and improve workplace mindfulness and wellbeing.
Sonux is proud to be supplying bespoke, mindful, holistic, complimentary bioharmonic surround soundscapes. Programmed to gently transport you away for between 20 minutes and an hour depending on the type of program*. Deliberately inducing the body to settle, relax and encourage deep, slow respiration such as Pranayama and Ujjayi breathing techniques to decelerate brainwave activity and reducing cortisol production for a state of calm, focus and clarity.”
“The RestingRoom concept is a welcome solution in a fast paced workplace environment, whether it’s for a power nap, on trend ‘nappuccino’, meditation session, or simply some timeout to clear the mind and kickstart the creative flow.
Select a program on the iPad, get comfortable, and float away in a bath of sound!”
(*recommended duration for a sleep cycle optimised power nap.)
Tom Middleton is a pioneering Electronic Music Producer, Sound Designer and Architect, sleep tech/music expert and active/passive listening for mindfulness researcher.
Founder of Sonux, a strategic sound branding consultancy for bespoke UX (user experience) soundtracks for brands, experiences and spaces.
Implementing leading edge academic research in perception modulation, psychomusicology and chemosensory neuroscience.
As we become aware of ourselves, our daily thoughts, feelings and actions, then we can start to accept them… most will be easy to accept and some will take a bit of compassion. For some we will want to step out of denial and out of resistance and into compassion, non-judgement and acceptance.
Why might this be useful?
If we want to go from fine to fantastic then we want to accept all of ourselves… step out of denial and resistance of the parts that we feel we don’t like and into acceptance. Then we start to know the truth of how fantastic we already are!
Can you accept all of you?
Some days I’m better than others… I’d love to know what kinds of things you’ve done that helped you to accept parts that were “unacceptable”?
If we want to go from fine to fantastic, we need to be aware of what we’re doing so that we know what to change… what our thoughts, feelings and actions are on a daily basis.
This can be as simple as noticing our body movements for a few minutes, or really noticing our surroundings several times a day. Cultivating awareness can be simple, easy and fun!
And the results are life changing, life affirming and lovely.
I’d enjoy knowing what you have noticed about your self or your environment through your own awareness?
(video) What happens when you have been diligently doing a meditation practice and you feel like it isn’t helping? If it works for other’s shouldn’t it work for you? Is there something wrong with me, how I’m doing the practice, or is this just the wrong practice for me right now?
How do you know when a practice is working for you?
