See below for what is available with the Online and the Madison Studios Our Theme for November is Better Sleep In our theme this month, we will put our focus on sleep. Lack of sleep can be frustrating, challenging and cause issues for our mind and body. Together, we’ll discover strategies to help us change...
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October Classes
See below for what is available with the Online and the Madison Studios Our Theme for October is Calm Your Anxiety Online Studio All classes are recorded from the online studio and placed in the Meditation On-Demand Library or Applied Mindfulness classes are as an online course at Peaceful Wellness Institute. All times listed are...
Chair Yoga – Can It Help You?
This is a great article by my friends at Aura Wellness Center in Massachusetts. It presents good information on what Chair Yoga is and what it can do for you. If you are in the Madison area, I am offering a new Mindful Chair Yoga class starting in September 2022. Our first series will be...
Finding Refuge from an Overwhelming World
In an article in Yoga Journal, Judith Hanson Lasater shares how you can take a refuge from the busyness and stress. As she says, “(refuge) is not about running away, but rather it is about deciding what you want to move toward. Refuge is not dependent upon a location at all. Rather, it is actually...
7 Benefits of Guided Rest (Yoga Nidra)
Guided Rest Improves Sleep, Reduces Pain & PTSD and Decreases Stress & Anxiety As we watch in horror about a recent news event and global human suffering manifesting in various forms it seems to continually bombard us and we can feel the effects. In fact, we are exhausted, perhaps more anxious than usual, and our...
Rest & Restore: A Tool for Stress Management
I LOVE Restorative yoga! This type of resting yoga is what assisted me in my journey several years ago when I became extremely ill with mold-associated illness and its resulting challenges of fibromyalgia, fatigue, lack of concentration, IBS, and respiratory response, increased chronic migraine (which I had since age 13) to name a few. By...
Yoga & Meditation with Friends 3/9 – 3/15
Laura Bender Join Laura on Friday 3/11 for Vinyasa Yoga at 2:00 pm EST. Learn More Dawn Heywood Join Dawn on Friday 3/11 at 6:30 pm PST for a Yin class and on Monday 3/14 at 6:30 pm PST for a Relax and Restore class. Learn More Sarah Platanitis Sarah is a trauma-informed yoga teacher...
Yoga with Friends (Retreat & Classes)
Root to Rise Women’s Retreat with Kim Thompson and Rachel Malpasso March 19-20th Yorktown, Virginia Learn More Join Laura Bender on Friday 3/4 for Yin & Meditation at 8:00 am EST on YouTube Live. Learn More
Yoga Classes with Friends 2/23 – 2/28
Join in these yoga classes with my friends Laura and Dawn. Laura Bender Join Laura on Thursday 2/24 for Yin Yoga at 2:00 pm EST (Eastern Time) and on Friday 2/25 for Vinyasa Yoga at 9:00 am EST on YouTube Live. Learn More Time Converter Dawn Heywood Join Dawn for Yin Yoga on Friday 2/25...
The Healing Power of Mantras
When I discovered meditation back in 1980, I tried out a myriad of techniques. One of which was mantra meditation. If you are not familiar with mantra meditation, a mantra is a word or phrase that is repeated continually throughout the practice time. The words could be everyday words such as “Peace” or “I am...
The Journey to Wholeness and Well-Being
Last week I had some challenges with pain because of our week of rain. It provided the opportunity to recall again why I rebranded my office studio to the name Peaceful Wellness. This returns to my belief that if I can be at peace within, no matter the experience I may have, then it does...
Body Positivity Talk
In this short talk, I share the importance of body positivity based on my own journey.