OMR - a live & relational meditation space for women

Take your seat, slow your breath, settle yourself in the loving kindness of your practice community - come home to the loving kindness within.

Why OMR?

OMR is different because it’s real people in real time, giving you the opportunity to practice in a vibrant relational field. If you’re looking for LIVE & REAL this is the space for you. You will:

  • Anchor a consistent meditation practice

  • Experience peer accountability to keep you on track

  • Start each day with 30 minutes of alignment to the values of loving kindness

  • Prioritise your deeply feminine embodied presence

  • Know yourself.

  • "Our Morning Ritual is my daily rock and I love joining in the mornings."

    OMR member

  • "Our Morning Ritual offers me a reason to wake up, friendly faces to help me to feel company & accountability so that I show up for my practices "

    OMR Member

  • "Seeing familiar faces on the screen each morning fills me with joy- people who are gentle, non- judgemental and provide a sense of belonging and friendship with a beautiful community"

    OMR member

  • "Our morning ritual gets me up and starting my day with commitment and purpose"

    OMR Member

  • "Since joining our morning ritual I feel more grounded and in tune"

    OMR member

  • "I genuinely cannot imagine my life without the morning ritual. I cannot put into words the enormity of its wider impact on my life which transcends the morning practice."

    OMR member

  • "I'm so grateful to start the day in a gentle, kind way for my own wellbeing which radiates to those around me. "

    Our Morning Ritual member 2020-24

  • "The book club gives me the chance to meet face to face people who I would otherwise not get to meet in person. I am blessed to count these wonderful women as very dear friends and love discussing books alongside a whole range of other unplanned topics."

    OMR member

  • "I come back to the sensations of the morning ritual during my day when I find I need that sense of calm."

    OMR member

  • "Our Morning Ritual was an anchor point in 2020 and very quickly became an essential part of my day"

    Morning Ritual member 2020-24

  • "This is a fundamental lifestyle shift, a daily self regulation that opens the door to self awareness.”

    OMR member

Get started with OMR

Join OMR & a circle of women who are curious to explore how daily meditation impacts their life.

Your subscription includes:

  • Access to the LIVE OMR practice sessions 6.30am UK time Monday to Thursday* .

  • An invitation to your optional small circle Whats App group, where you will be invited to connect and share your experience.

  • Sunday email from Sonja recordings from the previous week & a map of the practices coming up.

We value and prioritise the aliveness of practicing together.

Reclaim your morning

Reclaim your inner compass

Reclaim your true self

Meet your meditation guide

Sonja Lockyer has been teaching trauma informed yoga & facilitating meditation for over 2 decades, she brings experience & capacity for holding silence and leading guided practice.

Her invitation is simply to come back to the present moment within the field of inherent loving kindness- to settle, to deepen, to widen into now.

Sonja is a senior student of Core Process Psychotherapy within the Karuna Institute. You can learn more about Sonja at sonjalockyer.com

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Practice with Sonja

You can explore how it feels to meditate with Sonja for free on Insight Timer.

Insight Timer

Why meditate?

Here are some evidence based benefits of a consistent meditation practice.

Loving Kindness Meditation has been proven to reliably increase positive emotions such as joy, gratitude, serenity and curiosity which deepen into a lasting psychological resource over time (Barbara Fredickson study)

Authentic positivity

As women, we can be brutally hard on ourselves. Studies show that self criticism and shame are significantly reduced with consistent loving kindness practice, which can be transformational for those with a strong inner critic.

Kindness

Structural changes within the neural pathways of the brain have long been proven to reduced symptoms of depression and PTSD. Perhaps most surprisingly of all, the impact of consistent practice on the cortex of the brain has been proven to reduce the intensity of physical pain and emotional suffering.

Ease

Often we struggle to rest or sleep as our minds whirl with figuring it all out and cognitively processing / solution finding. As we strengthen our interoception (sensing the body from within) through our practice it becomes easier to be present in an embodied way, experiencing life through the body, cultivating self regulation and equanimity.

Rest

Your day, with more you in it - everyday

Over 90 days OMR members have noticed a greater connection to :

+ ENERGY - Better sleep patterns, healthier food choices & less relational drama

+ IMMUNE SYSTEM - Nervous system recalibration & natural stress reduction leads to reduced inflammation and better health

+ BOUNDARIES - Clarity around the push & pull of relationships, respect for the boundaries of others & ownership of your own

+RESILIENCE - Increased capacity for the discomfort of stress & life challenges

+FOCUS - Building capacity to be quiet & still

+HONESTY - A transformative relationship with reality & truth

  • "Gentleness in our practice opens a gateway to gentleness in our life."

    Sonja Lockyer

  • "In sitting practice, there is no way to get it wrong. Wherever you find yourself just be there and allow the moment to unfold. "

    Sonja Lockyer

  • "Whenever we loose heart we can lean on our community and read the written words of teachers who generously share theirs."

    Sonja Lockyer

  • "We find solidarity in one another each morning, we remember that we are not alone."

    Sonja Lockyer

  • "It's about remembering the gold is right here inside you, it was here all along."

    Sonja Lockyer

What does OMR offer?

Our commitment is to your consistent practice.

MORNING PRACTICE

30 minutes of live meditation practice on Zoom

We practice Monday to Thursday 6.30am UK time*

Live group

SUPPORTING WHAT’S APP GROUP

2 recorded practices are shared each week in the small Whats App group

Small what’s app groups are designed to allow intimacy for those who would like a space for shared chat

“I genuinely cannot imagine my life without the morning ritual. I cannot put into words the enormity of its wider impact on my life which transcends the morning practice. In my regular gratitude practice I give thanks for having Sonja in my life and for her having set up the morning ritual.”

— OMR member

“OMR has seen me through menopause, through lockdown, through bouts of depression and sickness and it has only ever brought me friendship and something to feel good about in my life.”

— OMR member

“OMR helps to keep me focused on what's important for me to do each day- knowing I can find inner calm through my breath, mindfulness and yoga. I come back to the sensations of the morning ritual during my day when I find I need that sense of calm.”

— OMR member

*Seasonal pauses of OMR.

  • We rest for 2 weeks every Christmas

  • We rest for 2 weeks at Easter

  • We rest for 2 weeks each Summer

  • We recognise UK bank holidays

On occasion, if Sonja is unwell or unable to attend live classes will be cancelled via the What’s App group.

Only ever more YOU