30 results for tag: Providence Meditation Teacher


Sports, Yoga and Meditation Together

It has been a growing relationship for the last decade or so; sports, Yoga and Meditation together as a means of success. The number of professional athletes beginning meditation expands nearly daily, and we are not talking about just the "finesse players" these are hardcore athletes who win and perform at an incredibly high level consistently during high stakes situations. I have played sports all my  life, and found that after I began to meditate in 1990 or so, my focus, attention and endurance increased dramatically. I am not alone, not did I create this concept. ...

Providence Life Coach: Dating First Impressions

We have all had the experience of preparing for a first date with a relative stranger, or acquaintance. The fear and doubt mixed with the joy and hope of meeting an amazing partner, lover, or both, fill our mind and body leading up to the designated meet. We all know deep inside that dating first impressions are critical to the dating experience success or failure. It is not the way it should be in a perfect world, but it is the way it is in our world, at least currently....

Do We Have To Make Meditation Entertaining?

I have to admit, when I first saw the headline, David Romanelli sets out to make meditation entertaining, I cringed. I really did. The last few years has challenged me, observing many of our Sacred and Venerable rituals and practices become watered-down and made cute or sexy by Mother Culture. My immediate thought was simple, "Oh no, not meditation, please do not do this to meditation." This phenomenon has manifested with Reiki, Hatha Yoga, Qi Gong, Acupuncture and many other traditional healing practices. Isn't it enough that almost every image of meditation has a very thin, white female with perfect hair and skin with no pores? Please not meditation....

I Am Not a Healer

It’s now been forty minutes in an altered brain rhythm, slipping from below ordinary consciousness, even below psychic, all the way down to spiritual healing.  It is a state where words, thoughts and actions are not completely ruled by the ego.  The shadow has quieted enough to allow the True Self to speak and be present.  The answers are usually simple, a word, a phrase or maybe even just a syllable. In this case, very simple: “Yes”.  This is my life as a Reiki Practitioner.

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Should Spiritual Teachers Be Paid?

Whether Spiritual Teachers should accept payment is an issue that's been a point of inner conflict for me for many years. I have shifted from a firm "No", I then adapting the principle that "I need to get paid and my work is incredibly worthwhile". Most recently, I have shifted to somewhere in the middle, accepting I am very valuable as a resource to the community at large and the work is important. With that said, there is some work I will not accept payment. Of course, anyone who has done any real spiritual work, knows that there is always some form of payment that the student "pays". Payment may be in the form of servitude, Karma or a sense of responsibility to others. The payment may not be directed to the Teacher, but a karmic exchange must take place....

Tibetan Buddhist Anyen Rinpoche to Visit Rhode Island

Tibetan Buddhist Anyen Rinpoche to Visit Rhode Island at the Westminster Unitarian Church in East Greenwich, Rhode Island will be hosting the Tibetan Buddhist Tulku, Anyen Rinpoche on Friday April 4th and Saturday April 5th....

Meditation Retreat at Portsmouth Abbey

Last week I participated in a solo, two-day meditation retreat at Portsmouth Abbey in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, just north of Newport.  I was grateful for the opportunity to pray, meditate, sit and chant with the monks at Portsmouth Abbey.

Meditation Retreat at Portsmouth Abbey - The Chapel

Meditation Retreat at Portsmouth Abbey - Providence Life Coaching & Spiritual Training - portsmouth abbey chapel outside

If you have never visited a Benedictine Monastery before, they wake early in the morning, typically around 5:00a.m., beginning the day with the first of seven "Offices", or times of communal prayer through chanting. As a guest, you are welcome to join them for as much or as little of their daily routine as you feel moved. I did not choose to take part in the early morning prayer-time, instead I stayed in my room for silent prayer and meditation. I went there for silence and meditation....