About Me
About Me
Rachel Mann is the founder of Harrogate Meditation Centre which she set up in 2017 with the simple aim of creating and supporting a community of people who would like to learn and practice meditation.
Rachel has now relocated to East Devon and through Devon and Dorset Meditation is bringing her skills and teaching to the local area around the Devon, Dorset and Somerset borders.
Hello ~ I'm Rachel
My philosophy is simple - ‘you teach best what you most need to learn’ (Richard Bach) and the journey into meditation is one that never ends, so I share my learning in order to continue to learn myself.
My reason for meditating is simply to find peace and calm; to be compassionate towards myself and hence others and to build on a natural serenity that seems to increasingly accompany my life. I use meditation to find my inner self – my personal spirituality.
Following a busy executive career in the public sector and then running my own business, I trained, for my own personal development, as a yoga teacher. From my own yoga practice and my teaching I found myself drawn deeper into the meditation aspects of yoga.
Bereavement and unexpected life change led me to find meditation becoming fundamental in recreating a meaningful life and finding my way though some dark times. Realising I needed to know more about meditation and how to deepen my practice, I came across the Dent Meditation Centre set in the heart of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales - it was here that I undertook my meditation teacher training and qualified as a Meditation Teacher.
From qualifying I have been privileged to teach many wonderful people how to bring meditation into their life and I look forward to continuing to help develop a community of diverse people who have one thing in common - the power of meditation.
Qualifications
I am also a qualified yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance, a certified Sound Therapist and gong player and hold a practitioners diploma in Indian Head Massage - all of which can be used to enhance your meditation experience!
''I am delighted that Rachel has made a new exciting life in Devon. I was lucky enough to be able to join a group that Rachel formed to "teach" meditation. She is a wonderful, energetic, inspirational woman who helps anyone at any stage on their own journey with meditation. The lessons along with group sessions were a privilege to be a part of. Thank you Rachel for sharing and caring. Your special insight is a joy.''
Sandra
