by Nicole Havelka | Jun 9, 2021 | Change Leadership, Community, Healing, Mindfulness, Self Care
I have chanted the sound Om before and after yoga classes thousands of times. When I felt and heard the sound of Om reverberating off the walls in the actual room of my home yoga studio in Columbus, Ohio, for the first time in more than a year, I was awestruck. The...
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 | Mar 26, 2020 | Change Leadership, Community, Mindfulness, Self Care
Losing all the activities and communities I love in one fell swoop was too much. First, we moved the YoWo (Yoga + Worship) class I teach online. The same day my yoga studio closed for operation. A few days later, the YMCA closed. Churches closed for public...
by Nicole Havelka | Jan 21, 2020 | Community, Creativity, Healing, Mindfulness, Self Care
About a week ago, I polled folks on my social media about what prevented them from practicing self-care. The few answers I got named named lack of money or being too busy as the top reasons. I get it. I’m busy and broke, too. But, I wanted to go a little deeper. So I...
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...
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