MEDITATION
I am passionate about my spiritual practices which include mindfulness meditation, chanting and more. If you are looking to start a meditation/spiritual practice I offer spiritual coaching to help you create/develop your practice. Mindfulness meditation assists in the following ways: reduced stress, emotional balance, increased focus, reduced anxiety, increased creativity, increased memory, and reduced depression. I am drawn to the practices of Thich Nhat Hanh, Pema Chodron, Ram Dass, Krishna Das, Jack Kornfield, Eckhart Tolle, Sharon Salzberg to name just a few. I was truly transformed by the 7 day silent retreat I attended in the mountains of Taos, New Mexico…one of my greatest experiences in my life.
Thich Nhat Hanh says:
“Enlightenment is growing all the time. It is not something that happens once and is then complete.”
“Sitting in meditation is nourishment for your spirit and nourishment for your body, as well.”
“The best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment.”
“Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.”
“Your body is your first home. Breathing in, I arrive in my body. Breathing out, I am home.”
“In true love, you attain freedom.”
“When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?”
“Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice…No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out.”
Sharon Petzel LCSW
stpetzel61@gmail.com
847-894-7070
“Be at least as interested in what goes on inside you as what happens outside. If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place.” -Eckhart Tolle
