Meditation & Mindfulness
Learn Meditation & Mindfulness in Bath & online
The advantages of Meditation & Mindfulness
Meditation & Mindfulness are no longer considered “alternative” or “woo woo.” A growing body of scientific research now shows what people have been experiencing, that having a regular meditation and mindfulness practice creates real, measurable changes in your body and brain, supporting both physical and emotional wellbeing.
One of the most profound benefits is the changes to your nervous system.
Life keeps many of us locked in a prolonged stress response. Over time, this shows up as anxiety, overwhelm, restless nights, persistent muscle tension or deep fatigue.
These aren’t personal failings. They’re simply your body’s way of asking for what it needs support, kindness, and space to relax.
Meditation and mindfulness give your body’s permission to rest.
Through gentle, consistent practice, you can help your nervous system find its way back to balance reducing stress, improving sleep and creating a deeper sense of calm that extends into every part of your life.
What’s the difference between Meditation & Mindfulness?
Meditation is a formal practice where you set aside time to train your attention, while mindfulness is bringing that same quality of present-moment awareness into everyday activities like eating, walking, or listening. Both work together to create lasting change in how you experience life.
How does it all work?
In a nutshell, think of your nervous system like a volume dial that’s been turned up too high for too long. Meditation and mindfulness help turn it back down, guiding you out of constant “fight or flight” and into a calmer state where your body can heal and restore itself.
With regular practice, you’re teaching yourself to recognise what relaxation feels like and mindfulness helps you carry that sense of calm into everyday moments. This gives insight into your stress levels before stress takes over.
Research from Dr. Herbert Benson1 and others confirms what people experience creating real, measurable changes in their body and mind. The changes include better sleep, a quieter mind, less tension in shoulders, more patience with oneself and others, and that rare but wonderful feeling of being steady even when life isn’t.
Together, these practices don’t just help you cope they can help you to thrive.
Changing your habits
It is possible through a regular practice that you can experience lasting changes in habits and thought patterns. You can potentially resolve negative thoughts and feelings about a person or situation using Loving Kindness actions and meditations, also known as Metta.
Modern neuroscience2 confirms these benefits using MRI and EEG scans, studies show that meditation promotes activity in areas of the brain linked to clarity, emotional regulation, empathy, memory, and positive mood, while reducing activation in the brain’s stress and fear centres. This adaptive capacity, known as neuroplasticity, can be activated through meditation.
Different meditation & mindfulness styles offer different forms of support
Breath-based meditation calms the nervous system.
Mindfulness meditation reduces reactivity and mental overwhelm.
Loving Kindness (Metta) increases compassion and emotional warmth.
Guided visualisations support deep rest and recovery.
Happy client says…
“Heidi is an inspirational teacher extremely knowledgeable, patient and kind. Learning to meditate with Heidi was such a positive impact on my health. Her guided meditation takes you on a journey to gently alter awareness and approach without having to try.
Heidi provides a relaxed and supportive backdrop to enable you to explore, follow your own path and thereafter begin or continue your meditation journey.”
Let me guide you – join me for lessons
Meditation and mindfulness are skills that deepen and flourish when learned with a certified teacher. These courses are available in small groups online and in person ad also as 1:1 sessions tailored to your needs.
Join me to learn how to develop your own practice and routine. A daily practice doesn’t need to be long. Even a few minutes can help you feel more grounded, centred, and connected to yourself again.
I will guide you to experience different types of meditations and mindfulness techniques and help you understand how these options can support your health, happiness, and growth.
Let’s connect your body and mind to develop resilience with more clarity, calm and perspective.
I offer beginners, intermediate and advanced courses and am a British School of Meditation certified meditation and mindfulness teacher.
Book meditation lessons or drop me any questions
Join in for Monthly Reiki & Meditation Circle
Join me for relaxing monthly group sessions of Reiki and Meditation.
Each session is a personal journey within our shared space, offering restoration, connection and energetic balance.
As well as guided meditation to help quiet your mind, you’ll receive a Reiki chakra alignment, while the group benefits from the flow of collective healing energy. To round off your experience, you’ll also receive a calming individual sound bath with a singing bowl, played directly over your body.
Location: Well Bath, Yoga & Wellbeing Centre, Woolley Ln, Bath BA1 8BA
90 mins
£20
2026 dates: Fridays from 6.30pm – 8pm
Aug 7th, Sept 4th, Nov 6th, Dec 4th
Book monthly group healing on the Well Bath website >
References
(1) Dr Herbert Benson – relaxation response.pdf
(2) Richard Davidson – meditation changes the mind