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July 26, 2024

The Potential of Constraints

Constraints don't lack potential, they create potential. Registration for Half-Day Retreat now open!

Be here with me, in the Truth.

PRACTICES TO SUPPORT YOUR LIFE
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Constraints don’t lack potential, they create potential.

 

As a teacher, I offer opportunities for half-day and multi-day silent and partially silent retreats. These retreats offer a container through which one can deepen Self-understanding and Self-knowledge through awareness-based meditation practice coupled with practicing internal and externalized silence.
 

How?


When we choose to enter a specific environment, in this case one that is defined by the “constraints” of inhibiting communication, restricting sensory and intellectual input, and staying physically still, we are placing ourselves, intentionally, in an environment that fuels our growth. 

 

Why?

 

Because when we inhibit our habitual, conditioned responses and unconscious ways of relating to the world around us, we are forcing ourselves out of the grooves of the well-worn neural pathways in our brains and stepping into a place of pure potential and possibility.



Upcoming opportunities for practice, guidance and growth:

Half-Day Silent Meditation Retreat - August 3rd, 9am-12:30pm

1:1 Coaching - now accepting new clients for Fall

Small Group Coaching - now enrolling for Fall/Winter Session

Meditation & Coaching Groups - weekly/ongoing


Fall Meditation Retreat - Oct 18-20 - waitlist only!


With Love,

 

Half-Day Silent Meditation Retreat
Saturday, August 3rd, 9am-12:30pm
The Yellow House (Richmond, VA)

 

The Half-Day Silent Retreat offers a container through which one can deepen Self-understanding and Self-knowledge through awareness-based meditation practice.  

 

Silence will be held for the duration of the retreat; some of the sits will be guided, some will be silent. Space will be held at the end of the retreat for guidance on experiences during the retreat. 
 

Light snacks and tea will be provided.

REGISTER HERE
Work with Me

1:1 Coaching
I have temporarily REOPENED my books and will now be accepting new (or returning) 1:1 clients! If you or someone you know is interested in working with me, please complete this form. 

Group Coaching
I am accepting applications for Group Coaching -- next cohort will begin this Fall! If you are interested, please complete the application on my website. 

Meditation & Coaching Groups
These virtual weekly groups support ongoing, awareness-based inner work in connection with meditation practice. The support and presence of a group of committed peers helps to guide individuals in personal growth and transformation. No prior meditation experience necessary.

Current Groups:
Tuesdays, 11:30am-12:30pm
Wednesdays, 1-2pm
Thursdays, 11:30am-12:30pm
(all EST)
INTERESTED? CONTACT ME HERE

Saturday Sit -
Next Sit: Sept 7th

This is a monthly, in-person (or via Zoom!) guided meditation. Join us on Saturday, December 2nd from 9-10am for a 30-40 minute sit followed by space to share experiences and ask questions.  No prior meditation experience necessary.

By donation - suggested range: $10-$35

REGISTER HERE for the Sept 7th Sit
*if you plan to attend virtually, please note that in your registration

2024 Saturday Sit Dates
Aug 3rd - HALF-DAY RETREAT*
Sept 7th
Oct - no sit
Nov 2nd
Dec 7th - HALF-DAY RETREAT
*registration below

REGISTER FOR SEPT SIT

Fall Meditation Retreat
October 18-20

at Heartstone Lodge & Retreat Center **WAITLIST ONLY**

The Fall Meditation Retreat will be an intentionally smaller, more intimate 3 day / 2 night retreat container that will center around meditation, deeper inner work and will have an emphasis on silence.

Each day will offer multiple meditation practices along with space for individual movement, relaxation, and quiet. We will be in silence for the majority of the time but this will not be a completely silent retreat. All are welcome.

 

Meals will be intentionally-sourced, hyper-local, organic, curated-for-body/soul-nourishment meals. We will do our best to incorporate all dietary requirements.


What you can expect on the retreat:

  • Multiple Guided & Silent Meditations each day
  • Direct Guidance on Experiences
  • Plenty Of Time For Deep Rest & Nervous System Recalibration
  • 250 Acres Of Rolling Shenandoah Farmland & Nature Preserve (& Gorgeous Mountain Top Labyrinth) 
  • Intentionally Sourced, Organic, Farm-To-Table Meals
EMAIL ME TO GET ON THE WAITLIST
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"Until we make the unconscious conscious it directs our life and we call it fate." {Carl Jung}

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