Mindfulness & Music

Change the Soundtrack of Your Life! 

Experience how the use of mantra and song can interrupt the repetitive patterns of the everyday thinking mind - including unhelpful thought patterns and moods - and create feelings of positivity, uplift and joy. 

Dates:  Fridays 10.30 - 12.00 pm during school term 

Cost:  Flexible 5-class pass $100 (to be used within 10 week term); drop in $22

3rd term:  23/7 - 17/10 

Enjoy the deep relaxation of yoga nidra, followed by vocal toning, mantra chanting, and contemplative meditation.  End the class with songs of peace. ​ 

The repertoire is comprised of ancient Vedic mantras and sacred songs from the world's wisdom traditions.  These classes will touch your heart.  No musical experience necessary. 

These classes will help you:

• Relax the body
• Understand the nature of thinking
• Navigate emotions more skilfully
• Use mantra and song as tools to manage the mind
• Enjoy connecting with others
• Leave class humming

"Singing these songs is like medicine for the soul"

Feel the support of like-minded people as you develop and grow your meditation practice integrating mindfulness techniques into your daily life.

About your teacher:

Melissa Howden (Sangita) discovered yoga in the 1980s, but it was not until 2015 that she became a yoga teacher, had a sea change, and spent the following three years living at a yoga ashram in NSW, where she became totally immersed in yoga as a lifestyle. Originally from Tasmania, she is passionate about sharing the practices of Yoga and Mindfulness as ways to enhance wellbeing and create a meaningful life.

Prior to teaching yoga Melissa worked as a music teacher in schools both in Tasmania and the UK.  She now enjoys blending music – particularly singing – into some of her Yoga and Mindfulness classes. She has found that combining music with mindfulness practice quite literally helps to change the soundtrack of your life. 

She is the founder of  ‘Mountain Mindfulness’ which offers weekly classes and regular retreats in Mindfulness & Wellbeing. She believes mindfulness practices are the most effective and reliable antidote to the very real problems of stress, anxiety, sleep, chronic illness and the nonstop busyness that seem to be part and parcel of our lives now. You can find out more here:  https://www.mountainmindfulness.com.au