Art, Dance, Poetry & Writing


Online Lunch Meditation Practice Tuesdays!

Spiritual Bypassing, Relationships and The Shadow - Providence Holistic Counseling Services
I am incredibly excited about offering an online lunch meditation practice on Tuesdays from 12:15 to 12:45 (Eastern Time)! We will practice multiple forms of moving and sitting meditation to discover and meet various mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual needs. This is a drop-in practice; you do not need to register or sign up to participate. It is OK to join after we have started. No previous meditation experience is necessary! There is no fee for participation. We want you to join us! We will begin our online lunch meditation practice by saying hello and ...

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A Healing Retreat in Costa Rica: Connecting with The Higher Self 2024!

The Healing Apprenticeship and Reiki Healing Certification in Costa Rica 2024! We are currently offering an opportunity for you to join our retreat with a friend or partner. If you book together, both of you receive a $200 discount! Are you ready to clear the obstacles that prevent you from sustainably being yourself? Have you had enough of the same problems showing up again and again, no matter how long you are in therapy or practicing meditation, yoga, or other spiritual practices? Imagine a week where your sole focus is your own healing through powerful guided ...

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Two-Part Workshop: Surviving Technology – Creating Spiritual and Energetic Safety

Surviving Technology - Creating Spiritual and Energetic Safety - Michael Swerdloff - Providence Holistic Counselor, Coach and Reiki
Who thought surviving technology would be a cultural crisis? In the early days of this thing that we call the World Wide Web, I was deep into my most committed and intense period of mental, emotional, spiritual, and energetic awareness and development. To be fully transparent, I couldn't do much outside of my work at the Urban League: meditation, Reiki, meals, and sleep. I remember booting up my first white MacBook. I would connect to the Internet, and minutes later, I would feel a tingling in my feet like they were asleep, agitation in my solar plexus and chest, fogginess ...

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I Want To Know How Human You Are

Can we be unmistakenly human? Are we willing to dive completely into the full human experience without holding back? How human are you? I mean, really human without masks, protection, and deception? I invite you to read Taylor Rose Godfrey's painfully beautiful essay on being human in Elephant Journal with an open heart and mind....

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Why I Keep My Car & Desk Messy

Why I Keep My Car & Desk Messy. I have another article published in the Elephant Journal. Here is an excerpt. The full article can be accessed through the link below. "When I used to consume alcohol and drugs, everything in my life was messy. My bedroom was messy. My refrigerator was messy. My bathroom was messy. My laundry was messy. My car was messy. My relationships were messy. My legal situation was messy. My finances were messy. My friendships were messy. My mind was messy. My body was messy. If I got involved, it would be messy." Please read the full article ...

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Honest Sex – An Updated Definition of Sex

Honest Sex. It is time for an updated, honest definition of sex. It is not 1958, and we are not the people we were then culturally. We want honest sex that meets the needs of all of us, not just a few. We look different, dress differently, connect differently, and act differently; we meet our dates and partners differently. Why would we not want to update our definition of sex? Let's explore this article on Honest Sex by Shana James from The Gottman Institute....

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Brought Back to Life By A Dance Class

What do we need to be brought back to life? We all get stuck from time to time. The "sparkplug" differs from person to person and depends on where we are in our lives and the circumstances we are experiencing.
"I don’t have a lot of wisdom to offer, but I do know that showing up was an act of self-care." Daphnée
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