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 | Feb 3, 2021 | Change Leadership, Community, Healing, Mindfulness, Self Care
Warning: This blog post is going to get a little woo-woo. I’m not inclined toward long flights of ethereal new age speak or reflection on religious mysticism. But this past year has been a very different time. So strap in for a little woo-woo. When social distancing...
by Nicole Havelka | Aug 3, 2020 | Change Leadership, Community, Healing, Mindfulness, Self Care
I have a very good friend who I call when I’m having a lot of feelings. They tell me that they treasure these rambling voicemail messages that usually start sometime like, “I’m having two or three feelings at one time, and I’m not quite sure what to do …” So the fact...
by Nicole Havelka | Jul 29, 2020 | Community, Healing, Mindfulness, Self Care, Social Justice
One of my goals lately has been to keep myself uncomfortable. For white people like me, it is far too easy to tune out the suffering caused by hundreds of years of enslavement, segregation, and mass incarceration of Black people in the U.S. We are made more...
by Nicole Havelka | Mar 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
Fear, anxiety and confusion may be taking an unhealthy grip on us. Already we were immersed in an anxious, divisive culture, and in walks the corona virus, threatening us, our loved ones and the most vulnerable among us. Yes, there’s lots to be anxious about. Here’s...
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