"It's all easier said than done. And, I say this with great love and respect for how hard people really do need to work quite often. You have to believe you are changed before you demonstrate the change. You have to believe you are capable before you prove to yourself you are capable."
Upcoming Online Events and Classes
SAT, OCT 30 2021 AT 10 AM CDT
Holding Space: Honoring the Dead
Mindfulness: Slow Living, Connection and the Ordinary Life - Online Event
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Holding Space: Honoring the Dead
Mindfulness: Slow Living, Connection and the Ordinary Life - Online Event
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SUN, OCT 31 2021 AT 10 AM CDT
Holding Space: Letting Go Together
Mindfulness: Slow Living, Connection and the Ordinary Life - Online Event
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Holding Space: Letting Go Together
Mindfulness: Slow Living, Connection and the Ordinary Life - Online Event
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WED, DEC 1 - DEC 31 2021 AT 10:30 AM CDT
Slow Living: Bread and Cheese Month
Mindfulness: Slow Living, Connection and the Ordinary Life - Online Event
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Slow Living: Bread and Cheese Month
Mindfulness: Slow Living, Connection and the Ordinary Life - Online Event
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SAT, JAN 1 - JAN 10 2022
Social Media Detox: A 10 Day Breather
Mindfulness: Slow Living, Connection and the Ordinary Life - Online Event
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Social Media Detox: A 10 Day Breather
Mindfulness: Slow Living, Connection and the Ordinary Life - Online Event
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SAT, APR 30 2022 AT 3 PM CDT
Saturday Tea Meditation
Mindfulness: Slow Living, Connection and the Ordinary Life - Online Event
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Saturday Tea Meditation
Mindfulness: Slow Living, Connection and the Ordinary Life - Online Event
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SAT, MAY 28 2022 AT 10:30 AM CDT
Saturday Walking Meditation
Mindfulness: Slow Living, Connection and the Ordinary Life - Online Event
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Saturday Walking Meditation
Mindfulness: Slow Living, Connection and the Ordinary Life - Online Event
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SUN, JUN 12 - JUN 18 2022
Letting Go of Anger and Resentment Week
Mindfulness: Slow Living, Connection and the Ordinary Life - Online Event
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Letting Go of Anger and Resentment Week
Mindfulness: Slow Living, Connection and the Ordinary Life - Online Event
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SAT, JUL 3 2022 AT 10:30 AM CDT
Saturday Nature Meditation
Mindfulness: Slow Living, Connection and the Ordinary Life - Online Event
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Saturday Nature Meditation
Mindfulness: Slow Living, Connection and the Ordinary Life - Online Event
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THU, AUG 1 2022 AT 7 PM CDT
Prioritizing Sleep: Mindfulness and Sleep Month
Mindfulness: Slow Living, Connection and the Ordinary Life - Online Event
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Prioritizing Sleep: Mindfulness and Sleep Month
Mindfulness: Slow Living, Connection and the Ordinary Life - Online Event
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WED, SEP 1 2022 AT 3 PM CDT
Gratitude Month: Launch Day Session
Mindfulness: Slow Living, Connection and the Ordinary Life - Online Event
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Gratitude Month: Launch Day Session
Mindfulness: Slow Living, Connection and the Ordinary Life - Online Event
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Classes Not Currently Scheduled
Mindfulness Meditation: Day Retreat |
Unplug from technology and spend the day learning more about mindfulness meditation and its practice. In this retreat, you learn the core principles of mindfulness, forgiveness, and loving-kindness meditations. This retreat has both beginner and intermediate experience options. The venue includes 200 acres of hiking trails and meadows to be used during the extended sitting and walking portions of the day.
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Meditation for Couples: Time Honored Techniques |
Different meditative traditions have specific breath techniques, postures, and awareness practices designed to increase the emotional intimacy between partners as well as contribute to each other's personal growth. In this class, couples come together to explore and have the opportunity to practice several of the most tried and tested techniques.
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Basic Mindfulness: A Six-Week Course |
In this six-week course, you learn the core components of Mindfulness Meditation merged with fundamental emotional intelligence skills in order to strengthen your practice and gain greater self-awareness. Mindfulness is the core skill that centers around your ability to be fully present in the current moment. Mindfulness increases awareness of your body and emotions, and provides greater insight into how your thoughts and mind work. Merged with Emotional intelligence training, you learn additional skills on how to better identify, work with, and consciously create your emotional responses.
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Connecting to Nature: A Camping Retreat |
In this camping retreat weekend, participants setup their tent and learn together in a nature setting. We journey together out into the 200 acres of trails onsite to explore nature-based meditations, connect to the night sky, do personal examination work, cook together, and enjoy community for the weekend.
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Mindfulness for Parents & Kids: 4 Week Class
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Mindfulness, self-awareness, and emotional intelligence skills have become essentials in navigating the world. Combined, these skills have been shown to help with childhood anxiety, temper tantrums, sleep issues, and handling difficult emotions. Mindfulness, in particular, has also been shown to grow creativity. In this class, you and your child come together to do some fun activities designed to teach mindfulness, self-awareness, and emotional intelligence at their most basic level.
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Mindfulness in Love & Communication: A Four Week Course |
Love and communication are two of the biggest challenges for a lot of people. Without additional training or even ways of seeing, many people stay stuck – knowing they need to do something different but just not knowing what that is. In this class, we take the time to do a deep dive into who you are, how you are relating, and work on building some fundamental mindfulness skills around love and communication.
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Nature-Based Meditation: A Six Week Course |
The first piece of connecting to nature is remembering that you are not separate from it. In this class, participants go out into the woods to connect with nature using new and old meditative techniques. We cover basic mindfulness as a grounding technique that enables all the other mediations and enables you to better connect with the natural world.
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Basic Mindfulness:
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In this six-week course, you learn the core components of Mindfulness Meditation merged with fundamental emotional intelligence skills in order to strengthen your practice and gain greater self-awareness. Mindfulness is the core skill that centers around your ability to be fully present in the current moment. Mindfulness increases awareness of your body and emotions, and provides greater insight into how your thoughts and mind work. Merged with Emotional intelligence training, you learn additional skills on how to better identify, work with, and consciously create your emotional responses.
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Cultural Literacy: The 5 Key Differences Between Cultures
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Many people are fascinated by the many different cultures found throughout the world. This class reviews the stages of cultural understanding (otherwise known as culture shock) and gives direct examples to help participants see the key differences between world cultures, broader cultures within the U.S., and the class participants’ own personal cultural filters.
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Mindfulness Meditation: Special 4 Week Class
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Mindfulness is the core skill that centers around your ability to be fully present in the current moment. Mindfulness increases awareness of your body and emotions, and provides greater insight into how your thoughts and mind work. Merged with Emotional intelligence training, you learn additional skills on how to better identify, work with, and consciously create your emotional responses.
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Mindfulness in Love & Communication:
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Love and communication are two of the biggest challenges for a lot of people. Without additional training or even ways of seeing, many people stay stuck – knowing they need to do something different but just not knowing what that is. In this afternoon retreat, we take the time to do a deep dive into who you are, how you are relating, and work on building some fundamental mindfulness skills around love and communication.
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Deep Dive: Lovingkindness Meditation |
Lovingkindness Meditation, at its core, cultivates feelings of love and compassion for ourselves, the people we are close to, strangers, the people we have strong difficulties with, and the world as a whole. It's a core part of meditation practice and it's one people don't often realize they need until they see the benefits of working with it.
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Mindfulness Meditation: Afternoon Retreat |
Unplug from technology and spend the afternoon learning more about mindfulness meditation and its practice. In this afternoon retreat, you learn the core principles of mindfulness and loving-kindness meditation. You also have the opportunity to see how mindfulness can be applied to your everyday life.
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Hand Sew Your Own Meditation Cushion |
In this class, you get to join with a small group of sewers -- new and old -- to create your very own meditation cushion and learn the basics of mindfulness. If you've wanted to create your own meditation cushion but needed the motivation or just someone to show you how, join us for the afternoon. The fabric and cotton-stuffing are included in the cost of the class.
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Sew Your Own Yoga or Meditation Shawl
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The yoga or meditation shawl is a wool blanket size draping garment. The shawls are often used for warmth and to create a feeling of protection. Traditionally, they are worn to help symbolically shift your mindset during your practice. For some, they are often compared to being like portable tabernacles and temples. For others, they are mostly about the fashion. Whether the garment will be used for fashion or creating that mental shift when you engage your practice is up to you.
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Meditation: An Intro to Different Methods
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Meditation is one of the more powerful ways to manage stress in our lives and increase our self-awareness. In this class, we talk about meditation's role in our daily life and have the opportunity to practice many different types of meditation so participants can try out several different forms.
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Heartfulness Meditation |
Heartfulness Meditation, sometimes called Heart-Centered Meditation, is a way to connect with the emotions held within your body. It is a form of quiet awareness and presence with what is present without additional processing or even labeling during the time present.
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Month of Mindfulness:
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Join us in January for a free mindfulness meditation class and joint practice sessions. Over the course of four weeks with a fifth meeting date to wrap up and allow for questions after learning the complete basic practice, you have the opportunity to learn to meditate with an online group and receive the basic instruction for starting your mindfulness meditation practice.
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