Many people ask me if meditation, mindfulness, yoga, and other mind-body practices will help them heal. This is a loaded question that’s difficult to answer in a few words. So today I’m re-sharing an important long-form interview with my colleague, mentor, and friend Chris Dierkes. “Meditation & Mindfulness [...]
A while back, I posted a bold statement on the social media interwebs: “I do not believe that any child should learn how to meditate and be mindful.” (The keyword to pay attention to up there is “learn.” They should not have to LEARN. Very different from it [...]
Two of the most important elements when it comes to somatically-based therapeutic practices (my expertise and specialty!) is learning how to cultivate the power of intention and attention. For the work I teach my students: Intention is important for directing our awareness for self-healing, whereas, Attention is important [...]
I’m thrilled to bring you round three with my good friend, mentor, and expert on all things soul and spirit, Chris Dierkes. In our most recent chat, we start off our conversation around the uptick in folks moving towards plant medicines and other psychedelics for healing (plus the [...]
This article was originally posted by Irene on the Medium platform on November 30, 2016. * * * The mind-body industry is captivating. It’s slick marketing and soulful promises. The hip clothing lines, pretty faces and exotic retreat centres promise to draw us away from the daily [...]
Today’s video and the two that preceded it were inspired by comments and questions from my students who have been participating in my online drop-in classes. What I hope you understand after this week’s video is there is no such thing as a strange sensation, a weird feeling, [...]
Last week I shared a video that poses the question: “Do you feel like fleeing ..when practicing mindfulness?” THIS WEEK, we get into the polar opposite of this which is: “What if I feel nothing, am bored, and just want to look at my phone” (when I practice [...]
Meditation is exploding right now. I’m predicting that if we don’t understand a few essential pieces around it, and take the right steps to do what’s best suited for each individual, we could have a massive disaster on our hands. Remember Dr. Frankenstein? He was so passionate about creating [...]
The medicine I’m talking about? Feeling. And by feeling, I don't just mean emotions. I mean being able to really FEEL your body, your sensations, your insides: what your biology is up to. So many folks are trying to shift, transform and change their stuff -- their harmful [...]
How are those new year’s resolutions going folks? I would love to share this story with you as I’m sure that many of you (even if you didn’t express your resolutions out in public or on paper) are looking to change “something” in your life as the New [...]
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