by Nicole Havelka | Jun 2, 2022 | Change Leadership, Creativity, Faith Formation, Healing, Mindfulness, Ritual, Self Care, Social Justice
Presence. That’s the word that emerged when Sharon Salzberg, the well-known Buddhist meditation teacher and author, invited us to reflect on dharma. The Buddhist concept, which can be understood in a wide variety of ways, can mean that which sustains us or what we can...
by Nicole Havelka | Mar 2, 2022 | Antiracism, Community, Faith Formation, Mindfulness, Ritual, Social Justice
I’m nervous about my next yoga series. That’s a good thing. I just started a yoga series for the Christian season of Lent that explores Christian prayer practices, yoga movement (asana) and breath (pranayama), and some of the teachings of yoga (yamas/niyamas). It’s a...
by Nicole Havelka | Apr 28, 2021 | Change Leadership, Community, Creativity, Faith Formation, Mindfulness, Pop Culture, Ritual
“We’re all storytellers.” The truth of the statement washed over my skin in tingly waves. I paused, drew a deep breath and continued our conversation about our recent Sparking Creativity Retreat. I had been incubating the idea for a retreat like this for years. Back...
by Nicole Havelka | Dec 9, 2020 | Advent & Christmas, Change Leadership, Community, Faith Formation, Healing, Mindfulness, Yoga & Church
“Peace can be difficult to feel because of the chaos that surrounds us.” I wrote that line more than a year ago for my 2019 Mindful Advent series, but is really true now. Everything in this year feels like chaos — the disruption of a pandemic, the helplessness created...
by Nicole Havelka | Apr 11, 2020 | Creativity, Faith Formation, Healing, Mindfulness, Organizations, Ritual, Social Justice
You may only know that Lent is a Christian season during which practitioners, “give something up,” as a spiritual practice. You may even know it is a season for preparing for Easter, or a big change more generally. This Lent which began for Christians on Feb. 26 has...
by Nicole Havelka | Dec 23, 2019 | Advent & Christmas, Community, Creativity, Faith Formation, Mindfulness, Self Care, Yoga & Church
Last year, my family attended a Christmas Eve Catholic mass, as we usually do. Though I grew up as a Roman Catholic, I left that church for the United Church of Christ many years ago. Over the years, I have learned to appreciate the richness of the Catholic tradition,...
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