In this Podcast, Heather encourages us to be fully aware of what the holiday season is bringing us this year; including the challenges. When we meet the holidays with Mindfulness and notice how we are actually feeling and where there is difficulty, we create space for more authentic expressions of joy, peace, love, and gratitude. This session includes teachings from Heather, self-inquiry exercises, and meditation.

Quotes

"Fully experiencing our own hurt is the gateway to compassion toward other human beings. Feelings of loss, abandonment, loneliness, and fear are universal, and, in that sense, all feelings are created equal. Regardless of what leads us to feel the way we do, our comprehension of what it means to be human is deepened by our own experiences. Our personal lives provide us with the material we need to become fully conscious. If we reject our emotions because we think our experiences are not dramatic or important enough, we are missing out on our own humanity. We honor and value the human condition when we fully inhabit our bodies so we can experience and feel life fully. Accepting our emotions and allowing ourselves to feel them connects us to all human beings. Then, when we hear the stories of other people's suffering, our hearts can resonate with understanding and compassion--for all of us." - Madison Taylor

"Challenges are gifts that forces us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand." - Oprah Winfrey

"I am grateful for my limits that teach me patience and pace

I am grateful for challenge, defeat, and loss

They teach me hope is not a light at the end of the dark tunnel It’s the ember burning within me that I forgot to fan

 I am grateful to my teachers for introducing me to myself

 I am grateful for my past that has delivered me to my present

 I am grateful for all I have found and all I have lost Both remind me I can live with and without

 I am grateful for silence and for laughter And for my ears that can hear both

 I am grateful to my heart that beats and breaks and heals

I am grateful for the fullness of my life For the brief, heartbreaking, heartwarming fullness of life."  -Jeanie Manchester