Chanting our prayers as a prelude to meditation is not exclusive to major Eastern world religions. As chant master Michael Stillwater demonstrates in this second part of our March Practice Project, we can give voice to universal spiritual themes and facilitate our inner journey to stillness with mantras from our Western faith traditions too.

Episode guest, Ramdesh Kaur, certainly knows a thing or two when it comes to the practice of mantra as a meditation. So with mantra on our minds during this month’s Practice Project, who better than the host of Spirit Voyage Radio to help us give voice to mystic melodies that provide manna for the soul.

It’s not the old-fashioned school bell you’ll hear ringing in your ears in preparation for this episode’s meditation, but a mindfulness call to bring us back to the present moment.

Formal attire is not required for this special invitation to join our host for tea—as she uses the occasion to illustrate how to find the sacred in everyday living, as part of Touching the Stillness’ Practice Project for the month of February.

We’re borrowing a line from the popular Biblical Proverb that says, “Where there is no vision the people perish,” and using it as inspiration to raise our intentions to new heights. Guided in a process facilitated by guest Rev. Michael Gott, we’ll journey to where there’s a great view of what’s infinitely possible.

If you’ve set a freshly minted intention to start meditating or you’re someone who has let your practice slip through the cracks, then this back-to-basics episode may be just what is needed to kick-start or revive your meditation practice ... when guest and Hay House author Sarah McLean introduces us to the Five Essentials of Meditation.

There’s something new on the horizon for Touching the Stillness this year; and special guest Alex Sheen, founder of Because I Said I Would, joins our host to set it all in motion with an ingenious initiative designed to help us keep our word.

Our host knows it’s a lot to ask—but one Christmas wish she has is that her beloved listeners will set the intention to carve out time, in all the busyness of the holiday season, to practice the art of doing nothing.

Each year we devote an episode of Touching the Stillness to listeners who are experiencing grief during the holiday period. In this broadcast we tend the grieving heart with music and meditation.

There’s a gift we can share with anyone at any time that requires no wrapping or bows and costs nothing but a breath. Learn more during this episode with guest Kim Cope Tait, who helps us share the gift of a different kind.