Episoder
-
“Your body is vast consciousness. It’s not just one thing. And if you allow your body to be a container for how you're feeling then you can be like, “ok, there is anxiety in this body of mine, but there is also hope in this body of mine, and there is faith, and joy…. You’re holding space for a lot of things, but you are not one thing.” ~Rabia Meghani
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Rabia Meghani in a conversation about how to manage anxiety and uncertainty through Ayurveda. Rabia healed her dis-ease with C-Diff through practicing Ayurveda, yoga, meditation, and then left her studies in graduate school to devote her life to supporting others in tapping into their limitless potential. Rabia works with individuals and also teaches with other organizations including Black Swan Yoga’s Teacher Training program.
“If you start to feel that you are this one thing (ie, anxiety, illness), you start to live in this limited space. And it’s wild to think that it’s all purely from your mind. You create barriers—invisible barriers—just from your mind. And if you were to understand the barriers never existed, you can tap into that limitless potential of yours.” ~Rabia Meghani
In the first half of the podcast, Rabia and Beth discuss how we can reframe anxiety and uncertainty during times when life may occur highly stressful. Rabia also shares some of her life experiences that led her to focus on Ayurveda and yoga instead of pursuing a highly coveted masters degree in public and global health. In the second half, Rabia offers a meditation appropriate for most ages,and then offers tips for families to create grounding practices anytime and anywhere.
Rabia Meghani is an Ayurvedic Practitioner, Yoga Therapist, and Yoga Teacher. She leads the Ayuervedic sections for Black Swan Yoga’s RYT program. Rabia’s formal education is in public health and epidemiology. Merging her knowledge of disease and the ancient science of Ayurveda, Rabia aims to modernize Ayurvedic teachings and make them accessible to the masses. Her passion lies in harmonizing western medicine with eastern healing methodologies.Rabia uses her knowledge of yoga and ayurveda to help those experiencing physical and emotional ailments. When it comes to healing, Rabia believes that one size does not fit all. This is why she works on the full person - mind, body, and spirit. When she is not on her mat or crafting teas and tinctures, you can find her exploring the beauty found in nature. Rabia lives in Houston, TX, with her husband and half dozen plant babies.
Connect with Rabia:
Email: [email protected]
Web: rabiameghani.com
Instagram: Rabia Meghani
Connect with Beth:
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.yoginos.com
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
-
“In my 20s I felt more comfortable and more confident in myself to just let go of the seemingly needy attachments of having all my friends like me and approve of what I was doing… and just really became myself.” ~Richard Wilkinson
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Richard Wilkinson, RYT200, a yoga and meditation teacher and leader, in a conversation about the paths and possibilities of resourcing your true self. Richard also leads an iRest meditation—iRest yoga Nidra is approved by the U.S. Surgeon General and has been used by the U.S. military for over a dozen years. Richard is an international leader offering classes, workshops, and retreats individually and with his wife, Melissa Smith-Wilkinson.
“Over the years I’ve come to the point where it’s just basically be myself, and the people that are in my life will either be attracted to that or not, and the ones who are not attracted to that are welcome to move on.” ~Richard Wilkinson
iRest is a meditative practice that is wonderful for those of us who are happy and healthy. It can bring us more peace and joy and can even invite insight into our conscious state. iRest has also been shown to be quite helpful for those of us who struggle with issues such as: anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, fear, grief. iRest yoga Nidra is approved by the U.S. Surgeon General and has been used by the U.S. military for over a dozen years. For more information on iRest Yoga Nidra, please view their website: www.irest.org
“Holding space for people to allow them to work to their capability is really important in the way that I work with folks…. Letting people work with whatever they are capable of and that can change from day to day, week to week, month to month. And I’ve found that it creates a community of feeling safe.” ~Richard Wilkinson
Richard Wilkinson has been formally trained in Power Vinyasa Yoga by Frog Lotus Yoga in Massachusetts USA. He has taken additional Yoga Teacher Training from; Maureen Rae (Vinyasa Yoga), Jennifer Reis (Yoga Nidra), Alina Calinescu (Yin Yoga), Richard Miller (iRest Yoga Nidra), David Emerson (Trauma Sensitive Yoga). He weaves all of my training into the variety of classes that he teaches: Gentle Yoga, Hot Yoga, Hot Power Yoga, Yin Yoga and iRest Yoga Nidra. Richard’s teaching style would be classified as educational, informative and inclusive of all levels. He also places an emphasis on the Mind/Body connection and assumes that we are all in need of recovering or re-discovering our own human wholeness, on one level or another.
Connect with Richard:
email: [email protected]
phone: 505.557.7898
Skype: rick.wilkinson4
https://www.pranavayoga.studio/retreats
https://www.pranavayoga.studio/trainings
https://www.caregiverwellnessretreat.comConnect with Beth:
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.yoginos.com
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 -
Manglende episoder?
-
This quickie episode features a mindful meditation using the 5 senses as a means to connect the body and mind in the present moment nonjudgmentally anytime and anywhere—including out in public!
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Jodi Golda Komitor, MA, E-RYT 500, RCYT, in a quickie mindful meditation practice that touches on each sense as a way to notice without judgement what’s happening in any given moment. This type of mindfulness of the body practice can be a powerful option for people who struggle with breathing, including people who have asthma and COPD, as well as generalized anxiety disorder. This mindful moment can be explored anytime and anywhere. It is a great tool for use in classrooms, homes, restaurants, during travel, and beyond!
This Mindful Moment episode is drawn from a previously published podcast here on The OHMazing Way, #16: Jodi Golda Komitor: Getting Comfortable Being Uncomfortable.
Jodi Golda Komitor is the founder of Next Generation Yoga® (NGY) - the first Kids Yoga studio in the world. Inspired by her background in education, Jodi Golda started Next Generation Yoga in 1998 in New York City, a company she operated for 21 years. While in leadership at NGY, Jodi Golda developed & implemented school & community-based programs, U.S. & international Teacher Trainings and multidimensional online offerings. Of course, she didn’t do any of this alone & is proud of the badass teachers, trainers & team with whom she hired, collaborated & grew NGY.
Her passion for mentoring Kids Yoga entrepreneurs remains strong. She is the organizer of a noncompetitive, like-minded international business group called The Biz of Kids Yoga™. Through The Biz of Kids Yoga™, Jodi Golda provides private and group coaching to Kids Yoga & Mindfulness professionals.
Connect with Jodi Golda:
Email: [email protected]
Founder, Next Generation Yoga: https://nextgenerationyoga.com/
Winner, Kids Yoga Service Award
Author, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Yoga with Kids: https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Idiots-Guide-Yoga-Kids/dp/0028639359
Coach, The Biz of Kids Yoga: https://nextgenerationyoga.com/the-biz-of-kids-yoga/
Creator, Whale Yoga for Kids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qn415ehzZ0
Star, Gaiam Kids Yoga Videos: https://www.gaiam.com/?q=kids%20yoga
Connect with Beth:
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.yoginos.com
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
-
"The challenge is that because we are human beings living in society we’re influenced and conditioned by all kinds of forces that can lead to us developing biases that are particularly destructive… and that cut us off from wholeheartedly connecting to others."
~Alison Cohen, MST and Certified Mindfulness Teacher/School CoachJoin The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Alison Cohen, MST and Certified Mindfulness Teacher / School Coach, in conversation and practice with the critically important and meaningful topic of implicit bias. Alison first leads us through clear and concise definitions and examples of bias, explicit bias, and implicit bias. After skillfully laying a foundation, she then offers suggestions and leads practices to support us in increasing awareness of our own biases so that we can curate the wholehearted lives we wish to create.
"In terms of implicit bias, research has shown there are really only a few ways currently to work with it meaningfully. One of those, interestingly enough, is loving kindness practice, as well as mindfulness meditation."
~Alison Cohen, MST and Certified Mindfulness Teacher/School CoachOne of the mindfulness tools Alison shares is a practice known as HALT. HALT stands for:
H: hungry
A: angry
L: lonely
T: tired
While the origination of this may be from Alcoholics Anonymous, neuroscientists, like Dr. Dan Siegel, recommend this practice for parents and others. Using HALT can be integrated into daily living in a myriad of ways. For example, before picking up your kids from school or entering a personal or professional conversation, pause and scan the mind and body for signs of being hungry, angry, lonely or tired. Without making yourself right or wrong, notice if any of those exist. If one or more do, name a way you can take care of yourself in the next moments so that you cultivate responses instead of habitual reactions. When you notice one or more of the "HALTs", a practice could be to pause and notice the breath, then feet, then belly, then hands. You might also choose to name aloud what you’re experiencing and share what you need before moving forward: In this moment I want to name that I notice I am tired and would like ________ (ie, to get some water, have a hug, take a walk, etc) before we continue.
"What we are really talking about is love. And what are the barriers to really loving each other…. And if some of those barriers come from what we’ve breathed in and what’s been imprinted—the thumbs of culture—then each of us can make a courageous commitment to chip away at those in the name of love, connection, and ultimately what comes to mind, both individual and collective liberation."
~Alison Cohen, MST and Certified Mindfulness Teacher/School CoachConnect with Alison:
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.mindfulchangefromtheinsideout.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alisonecoh
Twitter: @1984AliCo
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cohenalison/Connect with Beth:
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.yoginos.com
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 -
“Courageous communication is one of the ways we can build towards the world we want to see.” ~ Alison Cohen
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and mindfulness coach and mentor Alison Cohen in a conversation around mindful communication. Alison shares examples of mindful communication in the contexts of family and in schools. This podcast is the first of 2 conversations Beth and Alison had with the next one being on explicit and implicit bias.
“Each of us wants to be able to live in ways that are aligned with our conscious values and yet part of being human is that sometimes we miss the mark!” ~ Alison Cohen
In this conversation Alison references and wishes to share the following resources:
The engaged feedback checklist from Brene Brown's book Dare to Lead: Go to https://brenebrown.com/downloads/, then scroll down and click on "Engaged Feedback Checklist"Mindful Communication one-page handout of mine that many students of mine have found helpful: attached (if it's possible to attach a document)Ruth King's racial justice and social justice resource list: https://ruthking.net/racial-awareness-resources/Books: Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication by Oren Jay Sofer, Mindful of Race by Ruth King, Blindspot by Dr. Mahzarin BanajiAlison Cohen, MST
Certified Mindfulness Teacher / School Coach
www.mindfulchangefromtheinsideout.com3 Essential Elements of Mindful Communication + Mindful Communication Tips
(adapted from Dr. Lynn Rossy’s Mindful Communication work)1. Cultivating Presence
“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand. They listen with the intent to reply.”
~ Stephen CoveyTo become a more mindful, effective communicator, consider tuning into:
• Your awareness level: What feelings, thoughts, sounds, etc. are you aware of before the conversation begins and as the conversation begins?
• Your mind: Where is your attention in this moment?
• Your body: What message(s) do you want your body language to send during the interaction?
• Your intention: What is your intention for how you will show up during this interaction?
2. Listening With All the Channels
“People begin to heal the moment they feel heard.” ~ Cheryl Richardson• Be present and listen “with all the channels,” especially during the first few minutes of any conversation.
• In communication, especially difficult communication, connect with the sensations of your body (feel your feet on the floor and sense the movement of your breath) as a way of staying open to what the other person says. Difficult communication often brings up fear in us, and staying with the breath and the body can be grounding.
3. Speaking Wisely
“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.” ~ Plato• If it’s appropriate, consider paraphrasing what you heard the other person say so that you’re sure you understood that person. We often only hear our version of what the person said.
• [WE WILL NOT BE DOING THIS] Before giving someone your advice, ask if it is wanted. We love to help but sometimes people just want to be heard. Simply having a sounding board can often help someone tap into their own internal wisdom.
“There are days when things are really rough. And, it’s different if you’re having a bad day and you’re sitting in front of a computer typing away, and when you’re working with a group of students who have dealt with oppressions of all kinds and have a fragile sense of being able to accomplish what you’re asking.” ~ Alison Cohen
Alison Cohen cherishes any and all opportunities to integrate community-building, contemplative practice, social justice, and joy. She incorporates trauma-informed mindfulness into her instructional coaching and leadership work with educators, school leaders, and young adults. Alison also offers mindfulness-based courses and workshops throughout the US and mentors participants in Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield’s two-year Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training Program. She is a Mindful Schools Certified Mindfulness Instructor, an MBSR teacher, and an avid retreat goer.Connect with Alison:
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.mindfulchangefromtheinsideout.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alisonecoh
Twitter: @1984AliCo
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cohenalison/
Connect with Beth:
Email: [email protected]
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
-
This quickie episode shares Sound Meditation as a mindful tool to practice paying attention with intention and compassion, and without judgement. It's a great strategy to practice anytime, anywhere!
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Randi Jo Greenberg, in a quickie podcast featuring a mindful tool, sounds meditation. This is a practice that can be used anytime and anywhere, and is great to share with kids, too, as we learn to practice being present through sound. Sound meditation can be a great alternative for people who struggle with breathing, including people who have asthma and COPD, as well as generalized anxiety disorder.
This quickie episode is based in part on the original conversation between Beth and Randi Jo, Episode #4: From Loss to Light: Being a Mindful Mom, Educator and Leader with Randi Jo Greenberg.
Randi Jo discovered yoga in the mid 90s and has been a full time certified yoga teacher since 1999. She fondly recalls of her first yoga.training that “I was the only one in this training asking, can you tell me what ‘namaste’ means?” She's lived and worked in Park City, Utah for over 14 years. She began teaching pre-natal yoga when she became pregnant in 2004 and that led to post-natal yoga, mommy and me and then kids yoga.
Connect with Randi Jo:
Randi Jo Greenberg
RJ@yogawithrandijo
Yogawithrandijo.com
Yoga with Randi Jo (Facebook)
Yogawithrandijo (Instagram)Connect with Beth:
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.yoginos.com
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 -
“Sometimes superhero love is about making tough decisions. It’s tuning in to that deep wisdom within ourselves to look at and make sure our intention, our motive, our motivation is coming from a place of, ‘am I being love?” ~Athea Davis
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Athea Davis, M.Ed., E-RYT 500, RCYT, YACEP, in conversations about mindfulness practices with our kids, marriages, divorces, and in education. In the first half Athea discusses what superhero love looks like with her son and while going through a divorce. In the second half Athea shares mindful practices and then describes her education resources including Mindfulness Education University.
“My former spouse was an alcoholic and eventually took his own life…. The whole experience of being committed to family and to love.... And loving someone no matter what… and then ultimately having to come to the point—with courage and bravery and say, ‘you know what? I love you, and I love this family, but I have an obligation and a duty to raise my son in a different kind of environment. This family pattern of alcoholism and this dynamic… it stops here.” ~Athea Davis
Athea Davis, M.Ed., E-RYT 500, RCYT, YACEP, is a mindfulness expert, health and wellness educator, and youth mentor. She’s the author of Today’s Gonna Be Awesomesauce: Daily Meditations for Youth, Parents & Families. Athea owns Sol Sense Yoga, a mindfully-infused education and leadership company, where she leads live mindfulness trainings + digital courses for leaders, educators, and parents. She lives with her superhero love family in Houston, Texas and is dedicated to spreading the awesomesauce sparkle here, there, and everywhere!
Connect with Athea:
Email: [email protected]
Web: https://www.solsenseyoga.com/
Facebook personal: https://www.facebook.com/athea.davis.1
Faecebook Sol Sense: https://www.facebook.com/solsenseyoga/
Instagram: atheadavis
LinkedIn: Athea Davis, M.Ed., E-RYT, RCYTConnect with Beth:
Email: [email protected]
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 -
This quickie episode shares STOP as a mindful tool to disrupt habitual thoughts and verbal outrage.
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Dawn Mauricio, in a quickie podcast featuring a mindful tool, STOP. This is a practice that can be used anytime and anywhere, and is great to share with kids, too, as we learn to disrupt habitual thoughts and actions that could result in outrage. Instead, we can use STOP to pause and curate an intentional response—even with a dash of compassion and kindness!
One of the tools Dawn uses to support herself and awaken her presence throughout each day is STOP:
Stop
Take a breath
Observe what is attracting our attention
ProceedThis quickie episode is based in part on the original conversation between Beth and Dawn in episode 15, "Dawn Mauricio: Awakening Presence on Family Vacation, Technology, and in Communication". For more ideas on practicing and sharing this tool in your daily life, see our blog: https://www.yoginos.com/ohmusings-blog/
Dawn is a meditation teacher with a playful, dynamic, and centered approach. She is known for her boundless energy, and smiling personality that are both contagious, and motivating. Teaching since 2006, she has received certifications from Spirit Rock Meditation Center, True North Insight, Inward Bound Mindfulness Education, Naada Yoga, and Yoga Tune Up®.
Connect with Dawn:
IG: http://instagram.com/dawnmauricio
FB: http://facebook.com/dawnmauricio
TW: http://twitter.com/dawnmauricio
Web: http://dawnmauricio.com
Dawn is also on Insight Timer.Connect with Beth:
Email: [email protected]
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 -
“Our peacefulness should actually be in relationship to things, so everything around us doesn’t have to be in peace all of the time for us to have some peacefulness. And just because there’s disruption in the field because things are being pointed out and things that have been avoided or actually revealed does not mean that our personal peace is being disrupted.”
~ Sebene SelassieJoin The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Sebene Selassie, a Brooklyn-based teacher & writer who explore the themes of belonging and identity through meditation and spirituality. In the first half of the podcast they discuss using mindfulness as a doorway to explore pain associated with cancer, and cultivating presence and peace. In the second half, Sebene leads a mindfulness practice, shares about her forthcoming book on belonging, and they discuss mindfully investigating race and identity.
“Often the dominant culture has taught us that we don’t want disruption because we want to keep things in status quo. So disruption feels like non-spiritual. When something is disrupted people feel like it’s an attack on the truth, when actually the truth is being revealed, and we can be in peace in relationship to that.”
~ Sebene SelassieSebene Selassie is a Brooklyn-based teacher & writer who explores the themes of belonging and identity through meditation and spirituality. She began studying Buddhism over 25 years ago as an undergraduate at McGill University where she majored in Comparative Religious Studies. She has an MA from the New School where she focused on race and cultural studies. She serves on the boards of the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies and Sacred Mountain Sangha. Sebene is passionate about making the dharma accessible and relevant for our times and teaches on the 10% Happier app, in New York City, and nationally. Her first book, Born to Belong, will be published by HarperOne in 2020.
Connect with Sebene:
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.sebeneselassie.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sebene.selassie
Instagram: sebeneselassie: www.instagram.com/sebeneselassieConnect with Beth:
Email: [email protected]
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 -
“The biggest factor [contributing to emotional challenges] that we see right now with all of my kids has been one or more forms of trauma in their lives.” ~ Rick Yoder
Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Rick Yoder, a Special Education Teacher in San Antonio, Texas, who works with youth who have been diagnosed as being emotionally challenged or with “Emotional Disturbance” disorder. In this podcast they discuss integrating and adapting mindfulness and yoga into the emotionally challenged classroom—which can also be used in a general classroom, home, gym, and studio.
“I am trying to insure that I establish a learning environment where my kids will feel that they are the most successful and are able to work around their challenges.” ~ Rick Yoder
In the first half they explore the difference between big emotions and someone who is diagnosed with an “ED” or emotional disturbance, plus why Rick dislikes the term, emotional disturbance, and labels in general. In the second half Rick shares several mindfulness and yoga adaptations he uses in his classroom as Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), to teach self-regulation, and social emotional learning (SEL).
“Shanti hug—like a bear hug—is a good way to start and end the day.”
~ Rick YoderSome of the specific mindfulness and mindful movement tools he integrates into his classroom include (FMI see yoginos.com):
Shanti hug
Flower power breath
Peace place with a bean bag and a couple of yoga mats
Starting day with a sun salutation
Glitter bottles and jars: https://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Calming-Glitter-Jars/Rick asked us to share these links as well:
Association for Children's Mental Health
http://www.acmh-mi.org/get-help/navigating/problems-at-school/National Alliance on Mental Illness
https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Public-Policy/Mental-Health-in-SchoolsMentalHealth.gov
https://www.mentalhealth.gov/talk/educatorsNational Association of School Psychologists
https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/mental-health/school-psychology-and-mental-health/school-based-mental-health-servicesChild Mind Institute (includes resources in Spanish)
https://childmind.org/blog/anxiety-in-schools-nasp-2018-childrens-mental-health-report/Rick is an educator with 16 years of experience in elementary and secondary school settings. His experience includes School Administration, Special Education, Math, and English Language Arts. During his tenure as an educator, he has always worked with high risk, high need student populations. especially those with severe emotional challenges. He is also in the dissertation phase of his PhD in Educational Leadership from The University of Texas San Antonio. His qualitative research focuses on exploring student voice for marginalized student groups. Rick is on his third personal journey with yoga with the most recent beginning in October 2018. He practices yoga for therapeutic purposes: as an ongoing means to continue healing a cervical disc injury as well as an outlet for channeling the related stressors from working with high-risk, high need student populations. As a result, Rick sees the therapeutic benefit he has derived from his yoga practice as one that can be of great value for his students. He has chosen to pursue his RYT-200 Yoga Teacher certification as well as the completion of the RCYT through Yogiños: Yoga for Youth®. His goal through this training is to bring yoga into his classroom as a means for his emotionally challenged students to learn self-regulating behaviors so that they can positively channel their emotional energy in order to more readily focus on their individual academic needs.
Connect with Rick:
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Cell: 210-363-6043
Facebook: www.facebook.com/rick.yoder.18
Twitter: twitter.com/rickfromsa (@rickfromsa)
LinkedIn: Rick YoderConnect with Beth:
Email: [email protected]
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 -
“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 SarmientoJoin 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. La says that as a five year old they felt like God didn’t make them the right way. “I had to figure out how am I going to survive being who I am in this world that’s nothing like me,” reflects La.
In the second half, La leads a self-compassion meditation to cultivate loving-kindness within. La shares that these practices helped them come to believe that “no matter what the world thinks of me, what matters most is what I think about myself.”
Additionally, La discusses their experiences and tips when working with tweens and teens and offers their insight: “what I have found most useful and powerful in working with teens is just being with them, being really present, and at the same time, as much as possible, embodying my practice, embodying compassion and loving kindness, and especially embodying patience—for them and for myself.”
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
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.lasarmiento.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BodhiLa/Connect with Beth:
Email: [email protected]
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 -
“Some people who need yoga probably don’t have access or information to it, and that was the moment (my second class) when I knew this was my path.”
~ Jodi SmithJoin The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Jodi Smith, MBA, E-RYT in a conversation about how yoga had made a difference in her life—and how she impacts others through the practice. In the first half of the podcast they discuss how she started yoga to improve her health, changing her career path to teach yoga, especially to communities who traditionally have not had equal access to the information and practices. She also shares how she empowers diversity and inclusion in her classes and addresses implicit bias through her teachings.
“Implicit bias is a mind’s short cut. It’s taking all of your past experiences and awarenesses and making a kind of snap judgement. And in that perspective people can accept, ‘Oh yeah, I have some’.”
~ Jodi SmithIn the second half Jodi shares how she practices self-care so that she can be her best self to the hundreds of urban youth she teaches at KIPP, a public charter school system, as well as to adults at YogaWorks, and within her kids yoga business, Mosaic Kids Yoga.
“It’s important for me as an educator to remind myself that you do not take yesterday’s issues into your classroom tomorrow. You let it go.”
~ Jodi SmithJodi Smith was introduced to yoga practice after her doctor “prescribed” yoga to relieve high-level stress and anxiety. Through her practice with yoga and meditation, she recognized her privilege of having access to a medical professional who understood the benefits of yoga and the privilege of having the means to pay for and attend yoga classes. This awareness fueled her desire to teach and share yoga to all people who had limited access to yoga.
After completing her 200-hour yoga training, she embarked on the journey to impact communities of color. She became a full-time children’s yoga teacher in the KIPP Texas network. In this role, she has taught more than 1400 yoga and mindfulness classes to more than 800 elementary school children while impacting an estimated 4000 family members within the Houston, TX area. As a teacher in title one public schools, it was important for her to leverage the backgrounds and cultural experiences of students to make her yoga classes engaging and relevant. Drawing from her work in culturally and social economic-diverse school communities, Ms. Smith created Mosaic Kids Yoga to promote academic, social, and emotional learning while championing diversity and inclusion.
The work she does in the schools and with communities of color reflects her personal interest in how the intersection between social justice, inclusion, and yoga can foster change in underserved communities.
Addition to her yoga experience, Ms. Smith holds an MBA from Duke University/Fuqua School of Business and is a lover of art, reading and traveling.
Connect with Jodi
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.mosaickidsyoga.com
Facebook: mosaic kids yoga : www.facebook.com/mosaickidsyogahtx
Instagram: mosaickidsyoga www.instagram.com/mosaickidsyoga
Best way to contact: Direct Message via Instagram
Pinterest @mosaickidsyoga www.pinterest.com/mosiackidsyogaConnect with Beth:
Email: [email protected]
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 -
“I would like to use this time (of sabbatical) of dismantling this identity that I’ve had for 21 years in a very conscious way and allow my next version of me to come through in a very clear and integrous way.”
~ Jodi Golda KomitorJoin The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Jodi Golda Komitor, MA, E-RYT 500, RCYT, in a conversation about how yoga found her, starting the first kids yoga studio, being a successful entrepreneur, and how she has seen the world of kids yoga change since 1998.
“I love the culture of mindfulness that has impacted so many children’s home life, school life, community life, and this is how we are going to make the world a better place.”
~ Jodi Golda KomitorIn the second half, Jodi shares a brief mindfulness meditation technique and then shares her path for selling her 21 year old business, Next Generation Yoga, choosing to share authentically and vulnerably, as well as what’s next in her life!
“This is the yoga off the mat: letting people in, letting people support me, letting people offer feedback and receiving it.” ~ Jodi Golda Komitor
Jodi Golda Komitor is the founder of Next Generation Yoga® (NGY) - the first Kids Yoga studio in the world. Inspired by her background in education, Jodi Golda started Next Generation Yoga in 1998 in New York City, a company she operated for 21 years. While in leadership at NGY, Jodi Golda developed & implemented school & community-based programs, U.S. & international Teacher Trainings and multidimensional online offerings. Of course, she didn’t do any of this alone & is proud of the badass teachers, trainers & team with whom she hired, collaborated & grew NGY.
And yet, Jodi Golda recognizes and values the law of change. In May of 2019, she passed the baton and sold Next Generation Yoga.
Her passion for mentoring Kids Yoga entrepreneurs remains strong. She is the organizer of a noncompetitive, like-minded international business group called The Biz of Kids Yoga™. Through The Biz of Kids Yoga™, Jodi Golda provides private and group coaching to Kids Yoga & Mindfulness professionals.
Jodi Golda currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and when she is not business coaching, she can be found practicing the arts of unwinding, romping in nature, spending quality time with loved ones, and performing random acts of kindness. Her main focus now? Searching for the right and perfect location for an upcoming sabbatical.
Connect with Jodi Golda:
Email: [email protected]
Founder, Next Generation Yoga: https://nextgenerationyoga.com/
Winner, Kids Yoga Service Award
Author, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Yoga with Kids: https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Idiots-Guide-Yoga-Kids/dp/0028639359
Coach, The Biz of Kids Yoga: https://nextgenerationyoga.com/the-biz-of-kids-yoga/
Creator, Whale Yoga for Kids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qn415ehzZ0
Star, Gaiam Kids Yoga Videos: https://www.gaiam.com/?q=kids%20yogaConnect with Beth:
Email: [email protected]
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 -
“At first at the end of the day I would ask myself, ‘was I mindful today? And loving and kind?’ And it’s virtually impossible to be either of those two things 100% of the time.”
~Dawn MauricioJoin The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Dawn Mauricio in a conversation about cultivating mindfulness with family, technology, and within our communications. In the second half Dawn shares a practical tool to help us awaken presence that takes as little as 10 seconds!
“The moments of contraction or of closing is our body telling us that it needs something. But often it’s society, marketing, whatever telling us, ‘no, no, it’s all about being pleasant and open all of the time.’ And so we tend to override the system that’s telling us I need to rest or I need something.” ~Dawn Mauricio
One of the tools Dawn uses to support herself and awaken her presence throughout each day is STOP:
Stop
Take a breath
Observe what is attracting our attention
ProceedDawn is a meditation teacher with a playful, dynamic, and centered approach. She is known for her boundless energy, and smiling personality that are both contagious, and motivating. Teaching since 2006, she has received certifications from Spirit Rock Meditation Center, True North Insight, Inward Bound Mindfulness Education, Naada Yoga, and Yoga Tune Up®.
Dawn has been practicing and studying Insight Meditation since 2005, and has completed numerous silent residential retreats in Canada, the US, Thailand, and Burma, including a 3-month silent retreat at Insight Meditation Society. She has completed several programs of meditation studies from True North Insight (2-year teaching mentorship), and Spirit Rock Meditation Center (18-month Mindfulness Yoga and Meditation Training, 2-year Dedicated Practitioners' Program). Currently, Dawn is a student in a multi-year teacher training program to enable her to lead silent residential retreats for adults with Spirit Rock Meditation Center.
In 2007 she co-founded the Yoga Mala Foundation, a Montreal-based non-profit organization that supports the development of yoga programs in underserved communities. Dawn continues to be involved as a board member. She is also a board member for True North Insight, a charitable organization offering a full schedule of Buddhist Insight (Vipassana) meditation retreats and courses in English and French.
Drawing from her deep experience in yoga and meditation, she delivers an effective balance of clear, precise instruction and mental reflection. Dawn firmly believes that how we offer ourselves in practice reflects how we offer ourselves in life, inspiring her to find new ways to extend her practice beyond the yoga mat and meditation cushion - and encouraging her students to do the same.
Connect with Dawn:
IG: http://instagram.com/dawnmauricio
FB: http://facebook.com/dawnmauricio
TW: http://twitter.com/dawnmauricio
Web: http://dawnmauricio.com
Dawn is also on Insight Timer.Connect with Beth:
Email: [email protected]
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 -
“I put so much pressure on myself and exerted so much effort in achieving my goals that it kind of came back to bite me.”
~ Victoria ReeseJoin The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Victoria Reese, in a conversation about coping with burnout and body image issues in high school, to managing her health—including anxiety—in college. With interest in public health, Victoria also shares her experience presenting her research to Congress about the relationship between fast food and obesity related hospitalizations. Victoria is Beth's "favorite" niece.
“Through all this I’ve come to accept who I am and what I look like regardless of everything which is definitely a journey… And there really isn’t an end to that.”
~ Victoria ReeseVictoria believes that while academics are important, her 3 key factors for success in college include:
~ Eating right
~ Getting enough sleep
~ FriendshipsIn April 2019, Victoria and a fellow college student were two of 60 students selected nationwide to present their research at the Posters on the Hill. Their research is entitled, "Relationship between Fast Food Density and Obesity Related Hospitalizations in Virginia".
Victoria “Tori” Reese is a rising senior at William and Mary studying Applied Mathematics and Economics. While she enjoys the analytical nature of math and economics, she is truly passionate about applying economic concepts to influence others to make healthy decisions through public policy. In her free time, Tori loves long distance running and swimming, cooking, and spending time with friends and family.
Connect with Beth:
Email: [email protected]
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 -
“I don’t think enough parents talk to their kids about their own personal struggles with eating and body image and self-esteem.”
~ Danielle Etter, MS, LPC, CEDSJoin The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Danielle Etter, MS, LPC, CEDS, a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist, in a conversation about sources and characteristics of eating disorders and body image issues. They also discuss what to do if you or someone you love is experiencing these challenges, as well as ways to prevent the onset. Beth shares her personal journey of having a disorder and how it’s now showing up in her family. In Episode #14, Beth and her 21 year old niece, Victoria, have a conversation where Victoria shares her experiences of having encountered challenges with these issues in high school, and how she continues to manage her health.
When Beth’s 12 year old daughter came to her sharing she had not eaten for 3 days and was struggling with eating and body image issues, they soon thereafter started seeing Danielle. Over the next few months they learned that there are internal factors, like genetics, and external factors, including social media.
“We stay sick if we live with shame and we allow shame to keep the eating disorder a secret… and more people are being courageous and coming out and saying, ‘I’ve had this eating disorder for twenty years and I’m done having it.’”
~ Danielle Etter, MS, LPC, CEDSDanielle shares specific tips on eating disorders and body image issues:
~ What to look for when someone is experiencing this illness
~ Risk factors, including internal and external
~ What to do if you or someone you love is experiencing these illnesses
~ And how to prevent these challengesDanielle Etter, MS, LPC, CEDS is a licensed professional counselor with a private practice in Houston and a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist. She has been treating clients with eating disorders for a decade. Her career as a therapist began at the Renfrew Center is Connecticut. She enjoys working with clients individually and in conjunction with their families and other providers. She has experience working with male and female clients ages 12 years old and older. Danielle believes that supportive client/therapist relationships are the key to successful therapy.
Connect with Danielle:
Email: [email protected]Connect with Beth:
Email: [email protected]
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 -
“Things that they tried to teach me for 10 years, and all of a sudden when I started practicing (yoga) on the mat it’s like, Oh my gosh, you’ve been trying to say this for like 10 years and NOW I’m getting it?”
~ Jamie DemerisJoin The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Jamie Demeris, RYT, in a conversation about addiction, recovery, yoga and the power of intention. In the first half of the podcast, Jamie shares his journey from being an addict to recovery and finding the power of practicing and teaching yoga. In the second half, Jamie shares how the power of intention and an attitude of gratitude has literally transformed not only his personal and professional life, but also created a ripple effect in the lives of people around him.
Jamie practices creating his day each morning by:
~ Attitude of gratitude: Write 3 things with which you feel gratitude, remembering that research shows it’s 3:1 positive over corrective to make a difference
~ Set your intention: create who will show up to be each day
~ Acknowledgements: creatively acknowledge yourself and others for what they shareJamie Demeris is a yoga instructor and manager of Demeris BBQ in Houston, TX. In 2018, Jamie celebrated 12 years of sobriety.
Connect with Jamie:
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: personal: www.facebook.com/jamie.demeris
Instagram: jgdemeris; www.instagram.com/jgdemerisConnect with Beth:
Email: [email protected]
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 -
“What I found is that I can’t help animals without helping people—they are so connected.”
~Lee WeinbergerJoin The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, and guest Lee Weinberger, founder of Canine Counselor, in a conversation about creating a foundation of positive communication and empathy to create an amazing relationship with your pet. In the first half, Lee shares her story about how rescuing a dog which she could not keep revealed her path to switch from using psychology in counseling only people, to using her studies to impact human relationships with other animals, especially dogs. In the second half, they discuss effective tips and solutions for pet owners to create functional, loving, and compassionate family systems with your pets.
“Look, we’re all animals.. And learning theory doesn’t change that much across species.”
~Lee WeinbergerTips discussed for effective solutions of common challenges:
~ New ways to look at existing behavior to explore the behavior we want
~ Investigating our own behavior and our consistency; what am I communicating?
~ What does learning theory tell us?
~ Extreme temperature tips
~ Recall variations
~ Exploring nonverbal communication
~ “Paying” pets for work
~ Recovering from making “mistakes”Lee Weinberger graduated from Tulane University with a B.S. in Psychology and is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer through the Animal Behavior College. She has been training dogs professionally since 2011 and has taught a variety of classes including puppy basic obedience and socialization, adult basic and advanced obedience, and AKC Canine Good Citizen preparation. She is also an AKC certified evaluator and is a member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers. She founded her own company, Canine Counselor, after moving back to Houston from Maui in 2015.
Lee values positive communication and empathy and strives to provide both to every individual, human or otherwise, that she encounters. Lee is committed to providing effective solutions for her clients’ training needs. She is devoted to helping dogs become functional members of the family—that means good manners in and out of the house. She believes that building a strong, positive bond with your dog is vital to success and happiness.
Connect with Lee:
Email: [email protected]
Web: https://canine-counselor.com/Connect with Beth:
Email: [email protected]
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 -
“My youngest son is the one who got me into yoga and meditation about 10 years ago, and I wish I had discovered it much earlier.“
~ Alan Steelman, Former US CongressmanJoin The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, and guest former US Congressman, Alan Steelman, MLA, RYT, in a conversation about learning how to follow your own “Yellow Brick Road” and cultivate your own “Emerald City” through mindfulness of meditation and yoga. In the first half Alan shares how he used mindfulness to “Exit the ASAP Lane,” with ASAP standing for Anxiety, Stress, Addiction, Pressure. In the second half Alan offers 3 tips for practicing being present in daily life:
~ Mindful Driving
~ Mindful Eating
~ Mindful WalkingLastly, he discusses his second book, Managing Your Monkey-Mind FItness: Change Your Life, Save Your Life, coming out later this year.
Alan is a best-selling author, a former member of the U.S. Congress, a former Member of the White House Staff, and former Vice-Chairman of Alexander Proudfoot Company. He has been a Chairman of the Dallas Council on World Affairs, a Board Member of Sterling Software (NYSE), Aristocrat Technologies (ASX), and the Texas Growth Fund. He is a graduate of Baylor University, holds a Master’s Degree from SMU and was a resident fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard University.
His career in politics was marked with distinction. Time Magazine featured him as one of the 200 Emerging Young Leaders in the United States, The Dallas Times Herald said, “he was one of the best ever sent to Congress from Texas.” and New Times Magazine named him one of the top ten best Congressmen in the country during his second term.
Connect with Beth:
Email: [email protected]
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, PhDConnect with Alan:
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.alansteelman.net
Cell: 214 402 3351
Facebook: www.facebook.com/alansteelman
LinkedIn: Alan Steelman -
Why do you stay in prison
When the door is wide open?
~RumiWhat is a silent retreat? What do you actually do on a 7-day silent retreat other than, well, be silent? Join our host Beth Reese, PhD, as she shares her experience and insight into her first Insight (Vipassana) Silent Meditation Retreat and how she discovered the “prison door” to love and action was open all along. Beth attended this retreat as part of her course work for the Mindful Meditation Teacher Certification Program led by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield that she’s participating in with over 1400 others from around the world.
This Insight Silent Meditation Retreat was led by James Baraz, Konda Mason, Leslie Booker, Solwazi Johnson, Dawn Mauricio, La Sarmiento, and Sebene Selassie. Learn a bit about each leader and the golden nuggets of wisdom Beth gathered from each of them.
Beth has a commitment to think clearly and be present in as many moments as possible in her daily life. On the retreat she noticed how various thoughts—pleasant, unpleasant, neutral—could take her out of the moment and into a rabbit hole of other thoughts or adventure down memory lane. While there’s nothing innately wrong with that, if Beth is committed to be present with a clear mind, she noticed she could use this process to help stay in the present. Beth calls it Mindful TIME:
T: Thought or Trance—can you notice them as they show up?
I: invite it to tea; you don’t have to to engage with the thought or trance, but don’t be rude
M: Mine the thought for where it is in your body, and for the emotion and message behind it
E: Experience what there is to experience about it, then Exhale it.Connect with Beth:
Email: [email protected]
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 - Vis mere
