This 30-minute class varies each week as we explore different paths to meditation. This helps you to learn what techniques work best for you. You will learn to relieve stress and anxiety with mindfulness, guided visualizations, heart and chakra based practices, breathwork, relaxation, and guided rest (aka yoga nidra).

You can see the upcoming class themes and practices on my social media or in the weekly newsletter.

Descriptions of Types of Meditation
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Fee: $5 or Membership

Time Listed is (CST) Central Time Zone (Chicago). See https://timezoneconversion.org to convert to your Time Zone.

The Tuesday evening session is what I call a "Quiet Vipassana Meditation." This means that it is lightly guided with brief instructions at the beginning after an inspiration is read. Most of the class is held in silence.

Vipassana or “Insight” Meditation practice emphasizes mindful attention to the breath, physical sensations, thoughts, and even emotions, to develop a loving awareness of one’s life experience.

Fee: $5 or Membership

Time Listed is (CST) Central Time Zone (Chicago). See https://timezoneconversion.org to convert to your Time Zone.

In this short meditation there will no guidance but the gentle sounds of Tibetan Singing Bowls. Follow the sounds into the silence.
This will be livestreamed to my YouTube Channel.
10-15 minutes.
Be sure to subscribe to my YouTube Channel to receive updates when I go live or upload a new video.

Join us for our offering of Vipassana or “Insight” Meditation. This practice emphasizes mindful attention to the breath, physical sensations, thoughts, and even emotions, to develop a loving awareness of one’s life experience. Loving-Kindness, Compassion, Joy and Equanimity practices are at times added to the meditation. It varies each session.

Fee: $5 or Membership

Time Listed is (CST) Central Time Zone (Chicago). See https://timezoneconversion.org to convert to your Time Zone.

In this online class series, we will be sampling a variety of methods for meditation. There will be two meditations for each session with time allotted for teaching and sharing to ask questions and get support for your personal practice. All meditations will be guided by the instructor.

We'll experience:
Week 1: 1/14 – Relaxation Meditation/Focus Meditation
Week 2: 1/21 – Focus Meditation/Guided Visualization
Week 3: 1/28 – Mindfulness/Body Scan
Week 4: 2/4 – Relaxation Meditation/Sound Meditation
Week 5: 2/11 – Focus Meditation/Yoga Nidra (Guided Rest)

Class will be 45-60 minutes in length depending on questions asked.

Fee: $10 per each week's class or Studio Membership
Sign up for the individual sessions you would like to attend.

These sessions are to bring relaxation to your mind and body and de-stress from your busy life. Sessions are a guided rest meditation (yoga nidra) with at times crystal singing bowls added to soothe and bring additional calm.

The session will indicate if crystal singing bowls will be used.

We may start off with some warming up our joints and short seated practice, then move into the practice where you can lie down.

Class meditation varies each week of what is offered as you lie on a yoga mat with blankets, bolsters, and other props.

Depending on the session, the video will be edited for the library.
Fee: $10 or Membership
Session can any where from 35-45-60 minutes depending on the meditation chosen and if crystal singing bowls are used.

Time Listed is (CST) Central Time Zone (Chicago). See https://timezoneconversion.org to convert to your Time Zone.

Join us for our offering of Vipassana or “Insight” Meditation. This practice emphasizes mindful attention to the breath, physical sensations, thoughts, and even emotions, to develop a loving awareness of one’s life experience. Loving-Kindness, Compassion, Joy and Equanimity practices are at times added to the meditation. It varies each session.
Fee: $5 or Membership

Time Listed is (CST) Central Time Zone (Chicago). See https://timezoneconversion.org to convert to your Time Zone.

Our goal for the Mindful Book Group is to embrace mindfulness practices in all areas of our lives. All the books that are chosen for our group are either from teachers of mindfulness or otherwise rooted in mindfulness practices.

Meets every other week.

Fee: By Donation or Monthly Membership
You will receive an email after the class that will indicate you can pay what you like.

More information at the Mindful Book Group website, see link below.

Our new book starts January 13th.

Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive by Kristin Neff

The author of Self-Compassion follows up her groundbreaking book with new ideas that expand our notion of self-kindness and its capacity to transform our lives, showing women how to balance tender self-acceptance with fierce action to claim their power and change the world.

Kristin Neff changed how we talk about self-care with her enormously popular first book, Self-Compassion. Now, ten years and many studies later, she expands her body of work to explore a brand-new take on self-compassion. Although kindness and self-acceptance allow us to be with ourselves as we are, in all our glorious imperfection, the desire to alleviate suffering at the heart of this mindset isn't always gentle, sometimes it's fierce. We must also act courageously in order to protect ourselves from harm and injustice, say no to others so we can meet our own needs, and motivate necessary change in ourselves and society. Gender roles demand that women be soft and nurturing, not angry or powerful. But like yin and yang, the energies of fierce and tender self-compassion must be balanced for wholeness and wellbeing.

Drawing on a wealth of research, her personal life story and empirically supported practices, Neff demonstrates how women can use fierce and tender self-compassion to succeed in the workplace, engage in caregiving without burning out, be authentic in relationships, and end the silence around sexual harassment and abuse. Most women intuitively recognize fierceness as part of their true nature, but have been discouraged from developing it. Women must reclaim their power in order to create a healthier society and find lasting happiness. In this wise, caring, and enlightening book, Neff shows women how to reclaim balance within themselves, so they can help restore balance in the world.

Time Listed is (CST) Central Time Zone (Chicago). See https://timezoneconversion.org to convert to your Time Zone.

The main method I use is mindfulness but will incorporate other types of meditation.

This may include Sound Meditations. Be aware that this is more of a meditation session, rather than a sound bath. I will be guiding the meditation and will incorporate the Tibetan singing bowls as we practice mindful listening coupled with a unique activity to make it more interactive. These will be noted on the title of the class on a specific date.

There may be one or two meditations in each session with time allotted for sharing and the opportunity to ask questions to get support for your personal practice. All meditations will be guided by the instructor.

Class will be 45-60 minutes in length depending on if there are questions asked about your meditation practice.

Fee: $12.00 per each week's class or Studio Membership

Sign up for the individual sessions you would like to attend.

Future classes will be based on the needs and suggestions of attending members.

Location: Peaceful Wellness Madison Studio

2114 N. Sherman Avenue, Suite 6-8 (formerly Northside Yoga’s space) We are located downstairs of DuWayne’s Salon and Massage East.

Come for an afternoon of meditation and sound.

I will be offering individual seated sound energy healing along with the walking the heart-shaped labyrinth lit with candles which will be open from 1:30 – 2:45 pm. At different points in the labyrinth, there will be small singing bowls, and other items placed for you to sound and chime.

You can stay in the room to sit in meditation while others walk and/or receive healing.

At 3:00 pm, we will shift as I present a sound bath.

This sound bath will use Crystal and Tibetan singing bowls, but I may use other instruments, like gongs, chimes, monochord, drum, and more.

Enjoy the journey of sound where you are completely bathed in the gentle, healing vibrations.

For the sound bath, you can sit or lie on the floor supported by various props, yoga mats, blankets, bolsters, heated rice bags, eye pillows, and sand bags to bring comfort to the body. These are available at the studio.

I would recommend for additional comfort, you may wish to bring your own yoga mat, pillow, and blankets.

Space is limited.

Location: Peaceful Wellness Madison Studio
2114 N. Sherman Avenue, Suite 6-8 (formerly Northside Yoga’s space) We are located downstairs of DuWayne’s Salon and Massage East.

Fee: $35 or Monthly Membership

The Sunday session is shifting to the silent Meditation Circle.

We begin with a short inspirational reading that you can choose to reflect on during your meditation. The meditation is 20 minutes and not guided, so you can choose whatever you like for your meditation during this session.

You can listen to a guided meditation, focus on your breath, repeat a mantra, gaze at a candle flame, or whatever works best for you.

A mindful bell is rung once at the beginning, once every 5 minutes to bring you back to center, and once at the end to close the meditation.

After the 20 minutes of meditation, we will have a mindful sharing of our experience with others in our community circle.

Fee: Free, By Donation, or Monthly Membership
You will receive an email after the class that will indicate you can pay what you like.

Time Listed is (CST) Central Time Zone (Chicago). See https://timezoneconversion.org to convert to your Time Zone.

The main method I teach is mindfulness but I will at times incorporate other types of meditation into our class sessions.

This may include Sound Meditation. Be aware that this is more of a meditation session, rather than a sound bath. I will be guiding the meditation and will incorporate the Tibetan singing bowls as we practice mindful listening coupled with a unique activity to make it more interactive. These will be noted on the title of the class on a specific date.

In addition to that, I will also hold a Sound Bath on occasion which would be 30-minute session with multiple singing bowls and instruments. This also will be noted in the title of the class on a specific date.

Otherwise, there may be one or two meditations in each session with time allotted for sharing and the opportunity to ask questions to get support for your personal practice. All meditations will be guided by the instructor.

Class will be 45 minutes with time allotted for answering your questions about your meditation practice.

Fee: $12.00 per each week's class or Studio Membership

NOTE: Outside door is unlocked 10 minutes before class and will be locked again at the start of class so be sure to come early.

Also note, in the future there may be some Sundays that we do not meet. Keep an eye on the schedule and register for the classes you would like to attend. Future themes will be based on the needs and suggestions of attending members.

Location: Peaceful Wellness Madison Studio

2114 N. Sherman Avenue, Suite 6-8 (formerly Northside Yoga’s space) We are located downstairs of DuWayne’s Salon and Massage East.