01 — Focused Listening and Witnessing

You talk, I listen. It’s as simple as that. I may guide the session with prompts or queries, but there is no advice or practice given on my part. This is your chance to get it all out, express yourself, work through ideas, tell your secrets, or make sense of your thoughts in a 100% uninterrupted, confidential, non-judgmental space.

*If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts, you are not alone and there is help - please contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255. If you express intent to harm someone else, I am required by law to make a report.

02 — Mindfulness and Guided Meditation

Mindfulness is the effect of listening - it is awareness in thought, speech, and action. Meditation is bringing your awareness to a single point of focus and holding it there in equanimity, as you observe what arises. Together, these practices can help you develop more focus, creativity, and productivity in your work or artistic practices, quell an anxious or restless mind, or bring you home to yourself if you feel disconnected or lost.

03 — Self-Inquiry Journaling

Knowing the right questions to ask is paramount in any exploration. Journaling can be a cathartic and sometimes surprising means of introspection and learning along the way. With guidance from the “right” questions, this contemplative practice can be much more than chronicling your day. It can help shed light on a particular difficulty or habit you’ve been unable to overcome, break through creative blocks, or even help envision your future or set goals. With the right questions posed to yourself, you practice listening through the act of writing.

04 — Sensory Experiences

Do you know the phrase “You don’t know what you got till it’s gone.”? Pratyahara is known as “sensory deprivation” in Sanskrit, and is the practice of withdrawing one or more of our senses in order to regain sensitivity and find stillness. These days we move so quickly through our daily tasks and to-dos; our senses are bombarded with images, smells, sounds, feelings, etc. We often miss “the smell of the roses” or the sound of the wind blowing through the trees. We can miss the still small voice of the sacred because our senses are dulled and numb. When you partake in a Sensory Experience, you will first be led through certain forms of quieting and stilling, and then into fully re-engaging your senses—sight, smell, taste, hearing, touch, and interoception (sensing within). The result is being more attuned to your environment—to the beauty and wonder all around you—and being more in touch with what your body is telling you.