by Nicole Havelka | Oct 31, 2019 | Change Leadership, Community, Self Care
In honor of my 15th Ordination Anniversary, I ask you to do two things — 1.) Do something today to take care of yourself; and 2.) Support the Yoga on High Foundation Today is the 15th anniversary of my ordination into ministry in the United Church of Christ. Fifteen....
by Nicole Havelka | Oct 15, 2019 | Change Leadership, Community, Healing, Self Care
I haven’t written much about my passion for Reiki — the Japanese energy healing modality that I have been training in for the past couple of years. More than anything else in my advanced yoga/meditation/mindfulness training — Reiki has resonated with me the most. At...
by Nicole Havelka | Oct 8, 2019 | Change Leadership, Community, Self Care, Yoga & Church
I started doing yoga asana (movement) 15 years ago largely to avoid silence. Whenever I attempted to settle into the quiet of meditation or prayer, my mind assaulted me with memories of past negative experiences just dying to surface, with pervasive thoughts of the...
by Nicole Havelka | Oct 2, 2019 | Change Leadership, Creativity, Faith Formation, Healing, Self Care, Yoga & Church
Last week I attended a free meditation class hosted by a local church. The leader, a very experienced mediation teacher, reflected that he often hears people push back about meditation — saying that it, and other mindfulness and self-care practices, were selfish. The...
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