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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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First Degree Reiki Training November 11 & 12!

A Special First Degree Reiki Training on Saturday and Sunday, November 11 & 12, 2023, from 1:00-6:00. First Degree Traditional Usui Reiki Training is where all new Reiki students begin their Reiki Training. In this class, students receive all four First Degree Reiki Attunements, practice sharing and receiving Reiki, and be ready to share Reiki with friends, family, and emergency situations. First Degree Traditional Usui Reiki Training is offered as a two-day Training. The fee for the two-day training is $175. Location in Warren, RI. Rhode Island Reiki Training - The ...

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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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Second Degree Reiki Training on October 7 & 8, 2023!

I am excited to offer a Second Degree Reiki Training on October 7 & 8 from 1:00 - 6:00!  Anyone who has completed First Degree Reiki Training (Reiki Level One) is invited to participate and move to the next level in your practice. This Reiki Training will be located in Warren, RI. Second Degree Reiki Training - Providence Holistic Counseling, Coaching and Reiki - Reiki Precepts ...

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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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You Can’t Change Anyone — You Can Only Make Them Think

Providence Holistic Counseling Services - Rumi - Change - Portrait of a boy with the map of the world painted on his face.
We can't change anyone who doesn't want or isn't ready to change. While I was still doing drugs and drinking alcohol, many people wanted me to change. They needed me to change. When I got sober in 1989, I often heard a woman named Claire share, "I didn't see the light. My ass was dragging, and I felt the heat"! This was me. The walls were closing in, and I felt like I had no options. I know that I am not alone in this experience of people wanting or needing someone to change, but they weren't ready or willing. My more than twenty-five years as a social worker, counselor, and coach have demonstrated that we can't change anyone who isn't invested in change. But we can inspire them, offer them a new perspective, and provide safety, support, and love....

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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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