Touching the Stillness

Longing for a moment's peace herself, our host gifted listeners with this special episode, designed to soothe those who also yearn for some time to themselves—to just regroup and breathe.

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In the final episode of our four-part Sizzling Summer Q&A series, our host answers this listener question: "Do you ever have times in meditation when you're not fully present? If so, what works to get you past distractions?"

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If you're someone who shunned meditation because you believed there's only one way to engage in the practice, part three of our month-long Sizzling Summer Q&A Series may leave you pleasantly surprised.

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"How do you distinguish intuitive guidance from wishful thinking?"

In part two of our four-week 'Sizzling Summer Q&A Series', our host responds to this listener question with personal examples, before leading a meditation designed to increase our capacity to discern.

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Is there a difference between prayer and meditation? It depends on who you ask. Though answers garnered from her colleagues provide distinctions, our host says, at the end of the day, it's not about how we define the terms. What matters is we do one or both.

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Don't be fooled into thinking we're supposed to come up with the answers to the four Soul Questions in this episode's meditation. According to guest, Suzi Von Mensenkampff, they don't typically show up until after we've left the meditation mat.

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By not noticing their absence, could spiritual communities unwittingly be excluding certain groups of people from their gatherings? Our host offers a meditation and affirmations designed to erase blindspots and expand our heart's wingspan to let others in.

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Inclusivity and spiritual coach Tracy Brown RScP is frank and transparent about being a person of color in spiritual community; and speaks into existence a prayer, so powerful, it can't help but provoke positive action.

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It's time to take a stand—literally. Which is why the Standing Meditation practice in this episode, is also a metaphor for being upright, in alignment, and "standing our ground" in our own lives.

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With a heavy heart, and not knowing what else to do as the country becomes inflamed by the senseless death of yet another African American man, our host created a short bonus prayer episode to help heal our collective hearts.

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