It’s a bit puzzling to me why more people don’t engage in daily rituals that affirm their personal purpose, aspirations, or positive wishes for the benefit of themselves and others. It is such a concrete and do-able form of action in a world in which positive actions sometimes seem hard to come by. I find
The good news is now being confirmed: there is great potential to heal our nervous systems and memories in this present moment through the power of intentional, caring, calm and resonant presence from one or more people (or pets or nature). Some types of individual and group therapy incorporate this reality, as do some aspects
Below is a list of links with resources that I have found helpful in my process of responding to Long Covid. The key issue for me has been to learn to understand, calm and retrain my nervous system. Resources I have found helpful – take what’s useful and leave the rest!
This is too long a story to tell in full right now. But as I aspire to be entering a new phase of the story, I feel the need to share this post about my long silence of the last year. In December of 2021 I contracted covid-19; and in January 2022 I started to have
Here is a link to an example of a template for a non-denominational written spiritual advance directive, sometimes called a “spiritual will”: http://www.heartmindspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Spiritual-Care-Advance-Directive-Sample-Draft-4-2-21.docx I’ve recorded some general thoughts about what kinds of things might be included in such a spiritual will, so that close friends and family know your spiritual wishes in regards to your
Women’s Circle of Connection is a participatory learning circle, structured to gently encourage deeper connection to ourselves and each other through practicing simple meditative-based skills for listening and speaking with calm presence, good heartedness, and clear awareness. Drop in to one or more sessions between June 17 and August 12, Thursdays 12:00 to 1:15 PM EDT. No
What Matters Most in 2021 – Setting Our Inner GPS How do we set meaningful priorities in 2021? What really matters most in our lives? Using guided meditation and facilitated exercises this gathering will offer the opportunity to connect with our deeper inner voices about what matters most to us in 2021, and energize those voices into action
Feel free to drop-in for this 30 minute guided meditation to become more centered in calm, good heart, and spacious awareness during this stressful end-of-year season. Join at zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/99982483230 Each Friday in December, including December 25. Offered by donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/paypalShana
New Circles of Connection are forming now. These online “we-spaces” are designed to learn and practice meditative-based skills of listening with calm presence, good-heartedness, and clear awareness in order to offer harmonious support to self, others, and our collective interconnections during these difficult times. Email shana.l.klinger@gmail.com to receive an invitation to new circles. Click HERE
I aspire to offer coaching and mentoring during this pandemic in ways that meet the material needs of those who are truly interested. In addition to my regular affordable fee of $50 per hour, scholarships are available, as well as arrangements for barter (exchange of services or goods) and interdependent giving (your service to others