Meditation with Simone

Here's another great Meditation recording with tutor Simone!

 

Hello from Simone,

I hope you are doing fine.

Today's meditation is a meditation with different rattles and shakers.

Please listen with headhpones if you can. 

This meditation is an invitation for fine tuning your Sound awareness with different rattles & shakers.

 

May you sense different elemental qualities as you listen to the sound: a grounding sound, an active fiery sound, a light airy sound or a flowing soothing sound. And also note how these different sounds make you feel in your body.

 

Enjoy!
Practical experience:
Where in your environment do you recognize sounds with different qualities and how do they make you feel?
Do they make you feel tense or relaxed? Is it a loud or a quiet sound?
If a sound makes you feel uncomfortable what could you do to let go of this discomfort?
You might sigh in a sense of "breathing out the discomfort" or hum along with the source of sound that makes you feel uncomfortable. See what happens and how you feel.

Sound meditation - Sound awareness:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrQfQvdFS6k&feature=youtu.be

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Stay well, breathe and smile

Simone

Competition Entry 2

We asked members what they're looking forward to after Lockdown, here's the second entry!



Reconnection

I am really looking forward to taking a Bus journey to the seaside to have a 99 and enjoy being around people in the sunshine. Take a trip to the Botanical Gardens and visit the tea rooms. Meeting up with family and friends, visit the Cinema and get a lovely bucket of butter popcorn and a coke. Go to the 3Arena and enjoy my favourite artists. Sit by the Airport and watch the planes land and take off. Play music with Friends and meet up with other like-minded people in social groups. Take off down the country on holidays. Take the Boat to Holyhead, a plane over to Spain, watch the football at the Aviva Stadium. Get back on track and follow my dreams, the thing I’m looking forward to most is getting a hug and sharing the love.

Barry Smith June 2020

Art Class with Niamh

Another great Art class from our tutor Niamh!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iIRkmyNWkfVp2bgL1UwYY2j8gMeaa-JN/view

Gateway Class 14 by Gateway Project on Scribd

Meditation with Simone

Hello from Simone,

I hope you are doing fine.

I recorded another guided meditation accompanied with relaxing sound of tuning forks.
Please listen with headphones for a good sound quality, especially to hear lower sound of tuning forks.
Please sit or lie down for this meditation. 

Today's meditation is a meditation with tuning forks.
It is also an invitation to hum along with the sound of the tuning forks.

Humming is much more than a self-soothing sound: it affects us on a physical level, reducing stress, inducing calmness,
and enhancing sleep as well as lowering heart rate and blood pressure and producing oxytocin, the “love” hormone.

Practical tip:
If you find yourself in a stressful situation or low on energy just start to hum. It doesn't need to be loud. Just so loud that you can hear and feel it. You can do it almost everywhere. You can hum one tone or a melody. Give it a try. Enjoy humming!

Sound meditation - Humming with tuning forks :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlvzwplt9VA&feature=youtu.be

Stay well, breathe and smile

Simone"

Art Class with Niamh

In this week's Art class, our tutor Niamh explores the uses of paper mache pulp, hope you enjoy it!


Find the video here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1etm8rEywo4ig_Nki6MVpiuZDF0Q4gyoW/view

Gateway Class 13 by Gateway Project on Scribd

Meditation with Simone

Here's another Meditation class from our tutor Simone. Hope you enjoy it!

Hello from Simone,

I hope you are doing fine.

I recorded another guided meditation accompanied with relaxing sound of Tibetan Singing bowls.
Please sit down for this meditation. Ideally listen with headhpones for better sound quality.

Today's meditation is a loving kindness meditation.
It can boost well-being and reduce stress.
Those who regularly practice loving kindness meditation are able to increase their capacity for forgiveness, connection to others, self-acceptance, and more.
This technique is not easy as you are asking yourself to send kindness your way or to others. It often takes practice to allow yourself to receive your own love or to send it.

Sound meditation - Loving Kindness:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej5rAO_yv6k&feature=youtu.be

Stay well, breathe and smile

Simone"

Competition Entry 1

We asked members what they're looking forward to after Lockdown, here's the first entry, it's from a member who wants to remain anonymous.

First of all I hope it will happen soon. At the beginning it was a bit strange, all the shops and bars and restaurants closed like overnight! There was a virus. I was glued to the 6.1 news daily. I started cooking again as my boyfriend and me used eat out  a lot! So I guess we are looking forward to meeting up again after the Covid. Of course I watched a few good DVD films! Thank God for the lovely weather, we are blessed. After the Covid, I'll be the first person to get on the Sligo train! As I really really miss my nephews and missed one of their Birthdays. I am going to give them loads of hugs and kisses. I miss Dad too and my three sisters and having a good catch up! I am sure everyone misses Gateway.  The lovely chats. And all the tea and coffee and cakes and biscuits! I miss all my friends there and that they are ok. I enjoy Gateway everyone is so nice and friendly. Lots of best wishes to everyone!   

Creative Writing Class with Niamh

This week, our tutor Niamh has prepared a Creative Writing class with some great exercises. Hope you enjoy it!

Gateway Class 12 (1) by Gateway Project on Scribd

Meditation Class with Simone

Another great Meditation recording from our tutor Simone, hope you find it relaxing!

Hello from Simone,

I hope you are doing fine.

I recorded another guided meditation accompanied with relaxing sound of Tibetan Singing bowls.
Please sit down for this meditation. Ideally listen with headhpones for better sound quality.

This meditation focuses on coming out of your mind and more into your body, which has a very grounding effect.
The invitation is to visualise a wonderful tree, get to know the qualtities of this tree and "breathe" with the tree.
Allow yourself to be open to this type of meditation and enjoy.

Sound meditation - Grounding meditation (Tree):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnHFi5D0z9g&feature=youtu.be

Stay well, breathe and smile

Simone"

Poem

Here's a fabulous poem written by a member of Gateway staff who wishes to remain anonymous

Lockdown One Spring

Rushing around to and fro

All of a sudden had to go

The world came suddenly to a standstill 

Like we'd never seen before 

The elders guided to stay indoors 

The rest of us to do our chores

To keep each other safe 

The traffic slowed down 

Not a sinner in town

All doing our best

Forced to take rest

Children not understanding why

Schools were closed

And days passing us by 

But not all was lost

We stood and watched by

While cherry blossomed and birds flew

We noticed each other

And in our minds we grew

Grew stronger each day

Our connections we cherished

Even in all of those who'd perished

Community spirit made our hearts warm

The giving, the hearts, in all of this storm

This sure was an awakening 

What we'd left and what we'd forsaken

But like any silver lining in a cloud

We done our best

And made our country proud

We did it together 

Each one and all

No matter how big or small

So let us take a moment 

Out of every day 

To make our lives matter

In every way

Sometimes the things that happen 

Can never be explained 

But what we learn

Of ourselves and life

Can surely be maintained

Art Class with Niamh

Another great Art class from our tutor Niamh! Do send us any feedback from the Art classes - pictures of works created or your experience of the classes. Feedback can be sent to info@gatewaymha.com

Find the video here:


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RVDPdNnDOJ6UYPTDe4CI36hwwxSsJdby/view

Gateway Class 11 by Gateway Project on Scribd

Gateway Competition

                                          

After Lockdown, what do we look forward to? What keeps us ticking?

We’d love to hear from you. Join us in our competition through prose, poetry or art and you could win…Prize to be confirmed!

Competition entries should be sent to info@gatewaymha.com , they will then appear on the website.

Let us know if you would like your name to appear on the competition entry or would like to post anonymously.

Meditation Class with Simone

Hello from Simone,

I hope you are doing fine and enjoy the sunshine we get these days.

I recorded another guided meditation accompanied with relaxing sound. This time I am bringing in the relaxing beat of a drum. Even though the beat seems to be quiet fast it has a very relaxing impact on us.

This meditation focuses of letting of tension in your body and replacing it with a feeling of relaxation. It's best to lie down on a mat (yoga mat) or the comfort of your own bed for that meditation.
While you listen to the drum beat try also to sense if you can feel the drum beat in your body and how it makes you feel.
Enjoy this meditation.

Sound meditation - Body relaxation with drum beat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mho1CMiWflQ&t=27s

Stay well, breathe and smile

Simone