Begin the week with a supportive guided meditation designed to help you pause, settle, and reconnect with yourself.

Each week’s practice explores a different theme or meditation technique, which may include breath awareness, grounding, body awareness, visualization, relaxation, emotional support, or present-moment awareness.

These gentle practices are suitable for beginners and experienced meditators alike. You are welcome to sit, lie down, keep your eyes open, or adapt the meditation in whatever way feels most supportive.

No previous meditation experience is needed.

Class is taught by Deb Phelps, a Meditation and Mindfulness Practitioner (and Certified Teacher) for over four decades.

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

This gentle October practice invites you to soften, surrender, and release. Through mindful forward folds and intentional movement, we’ll create space through the waist and lower back, easing tension and cultivating a deeper sense of physical ease. A quiet invitation to slow down, let go, and move into the season with softness and spaciousness.
This class is a sweet and gentle blend of Yoga Styles ending in a 10 to 15 min relaxing and restoring Yoga Nidra and designed for the ones among us with busy and active lifestyles especially if you have been feeling a little tense or pressed for time.

With a monthly rotating focus we usually start the class with some centering and breath work , holding poses for slightly longer periods of time, targeting the connective tissues of the body to help release deeply stored tension It is often experienced as deeply meditative, as it invites the practitioner to completely release and let go.
From there we will be moving slowly up with a gentle breath-based Vinyasa flow to build mind/ body strength and flexibility, challenging balance and concentration, and harnessing that energy to promote inner stillness and peace.
At the end of the class of about 45 min there is a choice to quietly leave after a short savasana or stay for a brief 10 to 15 min Yoga Nidra or restorative Yoga practice . Yoga NIDRA is the practice of yogic sleep , a guided meditation technique, which utilizes various practices of body, breath, mind, energy & spirit to draw individuals into deeper and subtler states of being where total relaxation and peace and profound healing becomes available. A nourishing and grounding practice, that does not require any extra preparation or knowledge, Nidra is the perfect way to round out your practice and return to your busy life peaceful, rejuvenated and restored.
This class is suitable for anybody basic fitness level and up, who does not have any contraindication to exercise or practice yoga. Throughout the class suggestions for modifications will be provided for you to meet your body where it is at in the present time.
Please bring a mat and a blanket / towel and a water bottle and any props you might have (Blocks / bolsters, to support your practice when called for.



Sabine Lang RYT 500 has been practicing yoga, meditation for many years, but really started her Karma Yoga teaching practice during Covid. Her main training is in Vinyasa and Gentle Flow based Yoga as well as Mediation and Yoga Nidra and Autogenic Training.

Contact Sabine: sabineflang@gmail.com

NOTE: Registration closes one hour before class. Because this is a community class, a minimum of 2 participants is needed for the session to be held. If fewer than 2 people are registered when registration closes, the live session will be canceled.

If Deb was scheduled to teach that evening, she will record the meditation and share it the following day.

Join us each Tuesday evening for a gentle 10–15 minute community meditation followed by optional time for connection, reflection, and questions about your practice.

This is a simple midweek space to pause, breathe, reconnect, and spend a little time together in community. The meditation itself is short, welcoming, and open to everyone. You’re invited to come as you are, settle in, and share a few moments of practice together.

Afterward, you’re welcome to stay for conversation, practice questions, or simply a little connection with others. Sharing is always optional.

No experience is needed. Just arrive and breathe.

Sessions may be led by Deb, Peaceful Wellness Meditation Training graduates, or current teacher-training students.

When Deb leads the meditation, the audio is recorded and shared afterward, with any group conversation edited out.

See link below for the most recent of Deb's meditations.

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NOTE: TIME CHANGE AND WEEK FOR THIS MEDITATION
2nd & 4th (Sometimes 5th depending) Wednesdays • 12 PM CT

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This midweek mindfulness practice invites you to slow down and observe your present-moment experience with curiosity and less judgment.

Practices may include mindfulness of breathing, body sensations, thoughts, emotions, sounds, or open awareness. Inspired by insight meditation, each session supports a greater understanding of your inner experience while helping you practice responding with awareness rather than reacting automatically.

The meditation is gently guided and accessible to both beginners and experienced practitioners. You are always welcome to adjust your position, keep your eyes open, or return to a grounding anchor whenever needed.

Be sure to join our FREE online community space with no ads and no distractions!
Connect with others and support your practice!
Go to: https://www.skool.com/peaceful-wellness-6341

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

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE: 1st & 3rd Thursdays • 6:30 PM CT — Yoga Nidra, Healing Circle, or another special practice

Most weeks are a deeply restful Meditation called Yoga Nidra (means yogic sleep).
Occasionally at times, I may announce other healing types of sessions. These gentle, restful and restorative offerings that may include meditation, restorative yoga, or healing circle sessions.
If so, it will be in the title of the class.

Chair Relax and Restore
Contact Dawn: dawn@dawnheywood.com