Lovely venue, location and thanks for the invitation to be a part of the International Woman Day in beautiful Hilton. I express my personal thanks to Katarzyna Wojtak who tried to make it work. 

How nice it is when people show interest in what you do and you feel that you can help. Especially when you immigrate to another country and have to work on your connections from the scratch. 

Unfortunately, the onset of COVID-19 influenced the number of people and we were not able to hold this event for a large number of hotel guests as we wanted. I hope the next attempt will be more eventful and soon we’ll forget about the problems of organizing offline events related to the pandemic.

I presented bodily practices and meditation session at the hotel. 

There are many benefits of meditation, including reducing stress, anxiety, and depression.

According to the National Center for Complementary and Integral Health (NCCIH), meditation is also effective in treating:

-Irritable bowel syndrome

-Insomnia

-High blood pressure

-Pains of different origins

It cannot be denied that meditation will have a positive impact on everyone, regardless of age. In short, meditation improves mental health and self-awareness and allows us to respect everything around us.

The actual word “meditation” comes from the Latin verb “meditari”, which translates into English "to think, contemplate, invent." Meditation is also the seventh (dhyana) of the eight components of yoga according to Pantajali’s Yoga Sutras. It is a mental state that is achieved through the practice of yoga.

Do you know how to meditate? If not, read few ideas below and try it yourself at home:

• Focused attention. Focus your attention on your breath. Simply return to the breath. Return every time you have thoughts.

• Body scan. We do the mental scan, from the top of the head to the end of your toes. Notice discomfort, sensations, tensions, pain. Try to relax every part of your body step by step.

• Visualization. This type of meditation invites you to picture something or someone in your mind - we can replace the breath with a mental image. You can imagine anything you want. For example, chose any object that you like, memorise it and then close your eyes and try to imagine it in details. If you have disturbing thoughts bring your attention back. You can open your eyes every time you forget how the object looks like. The most important the concentration work should be done. In this way you train your meditation skills and very soon it'll be much easier to focus.

• Positive energy.  We direct positive energy and goodwill first to ourselves, and then, as a ripple effect, to others, which helps us let go of unhappy feelings we may be experiencing. You can direct love to every part of your body, inner organs, painful parts.

• Compassion.  This one involves focusing on a person you know or love and paying attention to the sensations arising from the heart. This can also be the meditation directed to the forgiveness of someone who gave you pain in the past. You can imagine that you forgive that person, you hug and let this person go. You can visualise that you ask from this person something which you think is yours. In fact you can be as creative as you want and work on your individual requests while meditating.

• Resting awareness. Rather than focusing on the breath or a visualization, this technique involves letting the mind truly rest; thoughts may enter, but instead of distracting you and pulling you away from the present moment, they simply drift away.

Various meditation techniques, breathing techniques, work in pairs, work in a circle, various bodily practices are very well suited for hotel guests.

Some hotels choose to hire a permanent employee for such events or may invite different participants who will hold such events for example on certain holidays, like Valentine's Day, International Women's Day, as a bonus part of the conference, and others. These days it’s certainly possible to arrange the above online. 

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