Meditations
Meditation Mondays
Welcome to this monthly online space where we can join together to pause, turn inward, and come into relationship with our parts - held within in a shared space of practice and presence.
Each evening begins with a 15 to 20 minute guided meditation, guiding your attention into the body and towards parts that are present.
From here, there is time to reflect through journaling, followed by sharing in pairs or triads, before returning to the wider circle.
We meet on the second Monday of each month, 18:00–19:00 (BST).
Each session includes:
Guided meditation
Reflection and journalling
Space to share in pairs or triads
Gentle integration as a whole group
Held by EliseParsons and Guests of Embodying Self.
£10 per session or £40 for a 6-month pass
These evenings are open to anyone with some familiarity with IFS or parts work, whether through training or practice.
You are welcome to come just as you are
“Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.” – Brené Brown
What is meditation?
Meditation, in this work, is not about clearing the mind or trying to get somewhere different. It is a way of coming into relationship with what is already here.
Across years of practice and different traditions, one thing remains consistent:
when we slow down and bring attention inwards, something begins to shift, not because we are trying to change it, but because we are meeting it.
Body, heart, and mind
These meditations include the body and the heart, not just the mind.
We begin to notice how experience is held in the body, how thoughts and feelings are linked to sensation, and how different parts of us show up and organise our experience.
This allows meditation to become more grounded and integrated, rather than something we try to achieve or get right.
Including parts work
What we meet inside is not always neutral.
There may be busy or protective parts, or parts that feel uncertain or overwhelmed.
Instead of moving past them, we begin to relate to them.
In this way, parts work becomes a natural extension of meditation. We learn to recognise when we are blended, create a little space, and meet what arises with curiosity and care.
Supporting the inner process
When experience is met in this way, without force, something begins to unfold.
The nervous system has an opportunity to settle and reorganise at its own pace.
We don’t have to push of analyse, we begin to trust that what needs attention will come into awareness when the conditions are right.
The longer-term benefit
Over time, this can lead to a different relationship with ourselves.
There is often less need to manage or control, more capacity to stay present, and a growing sense of connection within ourselves and with others.
This isn’t something we create. It emerges through consistent, embodied presence.
A common thread
Across different approaches, the forms may vary, but the thread remains the same: to bring presence to the relationship with the body, heart and mind; meeting what is here, and allowing experience to unfold in relationship.
From here, something deeper begins to be felt - not forced or imagined, but discovered through direct experience.
“Elise brings a calm presence, a ready smile, humble and gentle offerings”