by adminwomen | Feb 6, 2023 | Phase II — Finding A Mooring, Self-Compassion
MINDFULNESS BREATHING PRACTICES HELP US FEEL OUR WHOLENESS What we feel when we breathe is different than what we think about ourselves. Breathing gets us in touch with our wholeness; our thoughts and our mind often is in charge of finding our “brokenness”. What’s...
by adminwomen | Nov 14, 2022 | Phase II — Finding A Mooring, Self-Compassion
This October twelve women courageously walked deeper into their pain, grief and despair at this fall’s retreat entitled “Healing Yourself, Healing the World: A Self-Compassionate Path through Grief.” Like “Kali” the Dark Goddess in the Hindu pantheon, we found that...
by adminwomen | Oct 8, 2021 | Phase III — Diving Into The Deep, Self-Compassion
Why do we start with witnessing? Several years ago I went with the UCC youth group to the Oglala Lakota Reservation in Pine Ridge, S.Dakota for a Mission Work Week. The intentions we went with were totally changed by the time we had been there for 2 days because our...
by adminwomen | Jul 5, 2021 | Phase II — Finding A Mooring, Self-Compassion
“FULL BODY YES” STARTS WITH SELF-AWARENESS— THE ABILITY TO LISTEN INSIDE What helps us to create the shift in our lives from “me, me, me it’s all about me” to “I am a part of something bigger and I have a role in creating what I want that to look like?” These two...
by adminwomen | Feb 8, 2021 | Phase II — Finding A Mooring, Self-Compassion
When we practice mindfulness, we can cultivate kindness within ourselves and develop an “unconditional friendliness” with ourselves and others and over time, with deep practice, our brain changes to a less reactive, more calm place. But did you know that you can...
by adminwomen | Jun 21, 2019 | Phase II — Finding A Mooring, Self-Compassion
Self-compassion is the opposite of being selfish! It turns on your brain’s capacity to offer caring actions. Moving beyond Empathy to Compassion and learning self-compassion can change our human responses to each other, to ourselves, and to our Earth. THE...
