Join Me Every Sunday at 9:30 am CDT for Singing Bowls!In this Peace Meditation Circle, our focus is on inner and outer peace. This class will incorporate singing bowls with meditation phrases or chants, silent meditation and sometimes various meditation techniques. Recordings will be in library but you can access last Sunday’s below. Register for...
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Yoga with Friends (Retreat & Classes)
Root to Rise Women’s Retreat with Kim Thompson and Rachel Malpasso March 19-20th Yorktown, Virginia Learn More Join Laura Bender on Friday 3/4 for Yin & Meditation at 8:00 am EST on YouTube Live. Learn More
Living Loving-Kindness Sound Bath 2/27/22
2/27/22 – Theme is Loving-Kindness. Shruti box, drum, gong, crystal and Tibetan singing bowls, Thai flute, rainstick and Koshi and Zaphir chimes.
March: New Classes On Schedule
March Classes: See What’s New or Changed on the Schedule!All Times Central (Chicago Time) Mondays 8:30 AM – Applied Mindfulness: Calm Your Anxious Mind – In this month’s series, we will explore meditations that will help you to find calm, care for yourself, and ease your anxiety in any situation. Sharing and questions at the...
6 Tips for Starting (or Restarting) a Meditation Practice
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...
Loss and Grief
Loss. Grief. It arises from different forms. Within the last several days, I had two different forms arrive. Last Friday I found out that my brother in North Carolina passed due to a bout in the hospital with COVID. We were not close as we had been disconnected for some time. Still there is grief...
Illuminated Intentions for the New Year
In 2021… you’ve been through so much beyond comprehension…another year of COVID and all it entailed… I salute You. It was another tough year for many people but for many spiritual sensitive people, it was a time to rekindle the inner flame of growth. Take a deep breath for a moment and let yourself feel...
Holiday Peace | Free Meditation for Stress Relief
The holidays can be a stressful and busy time of year. During this time, you can use meditation as a key tool to help you to create a healthier and more balanced life. And for good reason; it works. Science shows that combining meditation with exercise can decrease depression, reduce stress, relieve emotional pain, and...
Embrace Your Heart and Bring Tenderness to the World
As we embrace our heart and bring tenderness into our life, we can also begin to recognize we have empathy and compassion for others in the world. When we look out upon the world with love, what we see becomes more than what we believed it to be. It is not the world of fear, scarcity and anger, it is...
When You Slip Out of Balance
Rest assured, slipping out of balance happens to me on occasion too and it did so not too long ago. Although I do tend to notice it pretty quickly so I can set my life aright again. But it’s easy to slip out of balance. The current world situation is one way we find our...
Stress Free Living with Essential Oils
Stretching back to the beginning of time, essential oils have been used for stress relief. Yet, as time has progressed so has peoples’ stress levels. Along with our technologically advanced society, comes more severe challenges that cause stress and anxiety. After you’ve had a long day filled with the pressures of life on the job, life...
The Use of Therapeutic Sound for PTSD and Stress
Sound Meditation, Sound Baths and Sound Energy Healing I have been a musician since I was in grade school. I know that music has been therapy for me throughout the years with all the challenges I experienced in my childhood and adult life. To sing a song and strum the guitar, would be a soothing...