About Padma Meditation and Yoga
Know Inner Freedom.
PADMA MEDITATION is owned and operated by its founder, Marla Stewart, B.Sc., known as Padma. Established in 2000, Padma offers high-quality, professional meditation and yoga teachings for men and women, especially who are at key transitional times of life. These are offered through educational Products, Certified Meditation Teacher Training, Introduction Courses, Corporate and Specialty Courses, and Classical Studies. There are courses for complete beginners, ready to start on this exciting journey, as well as for experienced practitioners ready to learn how to share their love of meditation with others.
The Padma Meditation Teacher Training is soundly based in classical meditation wisdom that has been studied and tested for thousands of years. The quality of information is pure, powerful and potent as it has been transmitted directly from master teachers of the Himalayas. At the same time the programs are specifically designed to suit our western lifestyle and culture. The Teacher Training Program lays the foundation for a deep personal practice and the ability to offer meditation to others.
Padma’s unique, professional teachings integrate eastern contemplative wisdom with western science and our modern, daily lifestyle. Padma includes meditations, psychology, spiritual philosophy, Sanskrit studies, chanting, gentle yoga, diet and other proven health practices. Meditation techniques include mindfulness, breath, concentration, and directly connecting with your personal interior essence of silence and power.
You can increase your inner strength and joy and de-stress your life; Re-access your innate clarity and inner space of awareness and tap into the infinite sense of joy and happiness that is at your core. You will be more effective and efficient in your personal and business lives and not waste extra energy. Through Padma Meditation you will find exceptional mental clarity, self-understanding, creative inspiration, intuitive wisdom, freedom and compassionate insight. Practise simple, effective meditation and study yogic psychology to re-connect with your pure self, and to understand the nature of the human ego. Padma Meditation is designed for inner personal exploration and simply for coping with everyday stress. You can attain high-level performance, sharper awareness, focus and efficiency.
Padma Meditation produces high-quality, multi-media material available for purchase from our online store or fine retailers. Padma also hosts three national television series on meditation and yoga.
Wherever you are in your meditation or yoga practice, PM offers you something unique and effective. From introductory, secular, fun workshops to more in-depth study of Sanskrit scriptures, trust Padma Meditation.
Padma Meditation offers effective, secular meditation skills and personalized and group guidance that are designed to be directly applicable to your needs. This unique service is solidly based in time-tested traditions of meditation techniques that are proven to be effective for maximizing focus and efficiency. Studies have shown that techniques such as those employed by Padma enhance high-level performance, sharpen awareness and develop inner power. Meditation stabilizes your nerves and clears your cluttered mind, to increase your ability to achieve your goals.
Padma Meditation is committed to supporting health, peace and the quality of life for individuals and our society. Our goals include creating meditation programs for universities, specifically in the faculties of Education, Medicine, Law, Athletics, and Family Sciences. We offer the first secular Meditation Teacher Training Certification in Canada in order to increase the number of reliable teachers available. This program will be online and in workshop settings to reach the widest possible client base.
Padma develops media products to assist students, such as DVDs, CDs, manuals, books and e-books. We offer specialized programs to individuals as well as corporate executives and groups. Various product packages are available, including educational DVDs. We welcome appointments with athletes, executives and professional groups.
The purpose of Padma Meditation is to promote the wellness, health and sustainability of life by educating individuals and groups to become more self and socially aware by being inwardly balanced. Informed and healthy individuals make healthy, ethical, and enlightened choices that result in environmental and social sustainability. Padma programs are targeted at key educational and medical facilities in order to best reach out to all citizens including disenfranchised individuals. All Padma programs are designed to encourage social and environmental responsibility.
PADMA Techniques include:
Exercise programs.
Mental and emotional habit pattern awareness training.
Breath work for invigorating, stabilizing and calming the nerves and mind.
Concentration exercises including watchfulness (mindfulness), focussing on sound (mantra), and simple visualizations (affirmations).
Connecting directly with your interior pure power and awareness.
Diet suggestions.
Media Features
- 26-episode TV series ‘Padma Yoga: The Elemental Series’, 2009.
- 26-episode TV series ‘Padma Yoga: Modern Meditations’ 2010.
- 65-part nationally-syndicated yoga television series, ‘Living Yoga with Padma’ 2005.
- 12-part radio show on CBC radio, North By North-West, 2007.
- In-flight recording heard on Air Canada “Freedom from Flight Anxiety” 2007.
- National TV series “Remedy Me” 2008.
- Lululemon Ambassador at their main store on West 4th Ave, Vancouver, 2007.
- Toronto Yoga Show 2007; Sponsored by Channel ONE in Toronto.
- Article in Reader’s Digest, 2008.
- Article in Chatelaine magazine, December, 2009.
- A-List Hollywood Celebrities, including Uma Thurman, Charlize Theron, Heather Graham
- CBC Radio & TV
- Public Health Canada
- Ballard Power
- University of British Columbia
- Simpson & Thomas Law Firm
- Steve Nash Fitness Center
- Intrawest
- YYOGA
- Conner, Clark & Lunn Investments
- Porte Real Estate
- Bolder Investments
- ‘Steelers’ women’s AAA hockey team
