I LOVE Restorative yoga! This type of resting yoga is what assisted me in my journey several years ago when I became extremely ill with mold-associated illness and its resulting challenges of fibromyalgia, fatigue, lack of concentration, IBS, and respiratory response, increased chronic migraine (which I had since age 13) to name a few. By...
In support of the attendance to our Global Healing Response Meditation for Ukraine and Russia held Sunday, February 27, our Peace Meditation Circle is revived. The Peace Meditation Circle will be held on Sundays at 11:00 am Central Time. In this session, our focus is on world peace. We start with cultivating peace within ourselves...
For the month of February 2022, I offered 28 Days of Insight (also known as Vipassana} Meditation. You will find the recordings to these sessions below. The name Buddha means “one who is awake,” and it is this experience that is the very heart and essence of vipassana, or insight meditation. It offers a way...
Perhaps this new year you made an intention to start or restart a meditation practice. Kudos to you for taking a step toward less stress and more calm! In this post, we’ll look at several factors in starting or restarting a meditation practice: Understand Your “Why” How to Start Small Scheduling Your Meditation Choosing a...
Thank you for your donation to support Peaceful Wellness so we can provide this Sound Bath and other donation-based classes. What is offered is in the tradition known as dana (pronounced “dah-na”), a Pali word meaning generosity. Dating back to the time of the Buddha, there has existed an interdependence between those who offer the...
This is a community of friends practicing together in order to bring about and to maintain awareness. The essence of a sangha is awareness, understanding, acceptance, harmony and love. It’s a community that holds us up, that supports our journey, and reflects truth to one another. This community supports the individual and the collective. Learn...
I was up at 3 am. Intense emotions, thoughts, and sensations were present. I was able to be available to what arisen and with compassion as I have practiced for many years. Luckily, Paul was up at the same time and he kindly held space as I shared out loud the thoughts of inadequacy, the...
Mindful Resilience for PTSD - A collection of mind-body practices that we teach: Breathing, Meditation, Mindful Movement, Guided Rest, and Gratitude. These tools help us breathe easy, focus clearly, move freely, rest deeply, and remember what is working.
Just as with other new endeavors you start in your life, mindfulness and meditation takes practice. If you want to experience acceptance and awareness of your thoughts, you need to cultivate it with repeated practice. If you are running a marathon you don’t start by running the entire 26.5 miles (or whatever the length of...
What does it mean to be mindful? What does it mean to be mindless? If you are mindful, you are aware, you are experiencing present moments with acceptance. In order to fully cultivate mindfulness, you need to intertwine all three at the same time. Experiencing mindfulness can be elusive if you don’t know what it...
It’s natural to be drawn to your thoughts and to follow them–and a real skill and discipline to resist them. Now, of course, the goal is not to resist every thought you ever have! Your thoughts are not unhealthy in and of themselves, but wouldn’t it be nice to let the negative ones roll by!...
