“When we pay attention it gives us remembrance of choice to move through life in a different way than we have been accustomed to or habituated by.”
~La Sarmiento
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest La Sarmiento, LMT, CDL4, a non-binary, Filipino-American, body/energyworker and song-spoofing dharma teacher, in a conversation about what mindfulness is, and some of the ways mindfulness meditation and related practices have impacted La’s life including expanding self-acceptance and self-love. In the second half, La leads a self-compassion meditation to cultivate loving-kindness within and shares about their experiences and tips when working with tweens and teens.
La Sarmiento is a non-binary, Filipino-American, body/energyworker and song-spoofing dharma teacher. They have are a retreat teacher/manager and guiding teacher of the LGBTIQ and People of Color Sanghas with the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, teach retreats for LGBTIQ at the Garrison Institute, young adults at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and is a mentor for the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. They live in Towson, MD with their life partner Wendy and their two Cairn Terriers Annabel and MacGregor.
Connect with La:
3rd Person Pronouns: they/their/them
Mobile: 202.997.1399
Web: www.lasarmiento.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BodhiLa/
Connect with Beth:
Web: www.yoginos.com
Cell: +1 361 563 7448
Facebook: personal: www.facebook.com/elizreese
Facebook: Yogiños: Yoga for Youth®: www.facebook.com/yoginos/
Instagram: yoginosyogaforyouth: www.instagram.com/yoginosyogaforyouth
Twitter: @yoginos: twitter.com/Yoginos
LinkedIn: Beth Reese, PhD