The Meditation Ward
An interview podcast where host, Nadeya Ward, talks to meditation practitioners about their journey into meditation, their actual practice and any advice or tools they would like to share. Each episode is followed by a second episode of a guided meditation that you can come back to and listen whenever you need it!
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Monday Nov 13, 2023
Monday Nov 13, 2023
Enjoy this super fun episode where Nadeya gets to chat it up with Alik & Lauren Colbert- Laughing Lovebugs!
Introducing Laughing Lovebugs, Lauren and Alik Colbert, a husband and wife duo of certified laughter yoga professionals.
Laughing Lovebugs provides wellness support services via laughter yoga. Working with people to diminish the stress and amplify the joy and connectedness in their lives. In laughter yoga sessions people are helped to feel comfortable, safe, and trust being vulnerable. Laughter yoga is perhaps the only exercise routine that helps to ease physical, mental and emotional stress all at the same time.
Scientific studies show that laughter yoga strengthens the immune system, increases the presence of infection fighting antibodies, alleviates pain, relieves tensions, lowers blood pressure, controls blood sugar, and keeps the heart healthy. Other proven benefits include but are not limited to boost in confidence and motivation, reduced burnout, and improved sleeping patterns.
Laughter is a wordless form of communication and links people together. Most importantly, laughter yoga allows the opportunity to experience the present moment.
Laughing Lovebugs currently offer customized laughter yoga sessions for individuals, groups, couples, workplaces, schools, mental health organizations, summits, retreats, hospitals, senior centers and more.
LaughingLoveBugs.com
On all social platforms - @laughinglovebugs
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Enjoy this Loving Kindness Meditation.
Rev. Mikey Noechel, MS is the guiding teacher and co-director of Wild Heart Meditation Center. In 2020, Mikey received lay ordination and empowerment to teach as a Dharmacharya (Dharma Teacher) in both Theravada and Mahayana Buddhist traditions through the authorization of Ven. Pannavati Bhikkhuni and Ven. Pannadipa Bhikkhu. Mikey was given the name Rogahari Sokatura which means, “healer of the broken hearted.” Through this empowerment, he is committed to bringing the Buddha’s teachings into nontraditional settings such as addiction treatment centers, jails, and a variety of settings. Mikey also regularly teaches residential retreats, weekly classes, and workshops. He holds a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Troy University and has been trained to facilitate meditation groups through Against The Stream Buddhist Meditation Society under the guidance of JoAnna Hardy and Vinny Ferrero. Mikey lives in Nashville, TN with his wife Cassie, their dog Durt McGurt and kitty cat Mafia.
wildheartmeditationcenter.org
Instagram: @wildheartnashville Facebook: facebook.com/WildHeartNashville YouTube: youtube.com/@wildheartnashville TikTok: tiktok.com/@wildheartmeditation
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Rev. Mikey Noechel, MS is the guiding teacher and co-director of Wild Heart Meditation Center. In 2020, Mikey received lay ordination and empowerment to teach as a Dharmacharya (Dharma Teacher) in both Theravada and Mahayana Buddhist traditions through the authorization of Ven. Pannavati Bhikkhuni and Ven. Pannadipa Bhikkhu. Mikey was given the name Rogahari Sokatura which means, “healer of the broken hearted.” Through this empowerment, he is committed to bringing the Buddha’s teachings into nontraditional settings such as addiction treatment centers, jails, and a variety of settings. Mikey also regularly teaches residential retreats, weekly classes, and workshops. He holds a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Troy University and has been trained to facilitate meditation groups through Against The Stream Buddhist Meditation Society under the guidance of JoAnna Hardy and Vinny Ferrero. Mikey lives in Nashville, TN with his wife Cassie, their dog Durt McGurt and kitty cat Mafia.
wildheartmeditationcenter.org
Instagram: @wildheartnashville
Facebook: facebook.com/WildHeartNashville
YouTube: youtube.com/@wildheartnashville
TikTok: tiktok.com/@wildheartmeditation
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Enjoy this reiki infused meditation from Lily Goodman
Lily's Instagram
Lily's website www.crystalchakrayogi.com
Get Lily's Journal- Creating Change
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Enjoy this episode where we talk about habits, self-disscipline, self-care, crystals, the ripple effect and so much more! Lily is a yoga teacher, Reiki master, and tarot reader living in Richmond, Virginia. She founded Crystal Chakra Yogi to share these modalities with her clients and help guide them on their journey to finding peace. She believes that as we each cultivate our own personal peace practices, we simultaneously bring more serenity to the world—inspiring positive global change. Outside of these practices, Lily services others through human rights activism and will attend law school in the Fall of 2024.
Lily's Instagram
Lily's website www.crystalchakrayogi.com
Get Lily's Journal- Creating Change
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Alex Montagu and Nadeya chat about the mind and how the thoughts of the mind are not us. It is a beautiful and deep conversation that we hope you enjoy
Alex is a certified Meditation & Mindfulness Teacher, as well as the founding partner of New York-based Montagu Law. He created TranquilLawyer.com as a platform to guide fellow lawyers and other professionals in high-stress fields toward more fulfilling lives through meditation and mindfulness practices.
Alex is the author of the novel “The Riddle of the Sphinx”, a historic thriller and semi-biographical journey of self-discovery
He received degrees from
Princeton University
Harvard Law School
University of Cambridge
In the last two years he has brought more concentration into spiritual studies threough a Buddhist view and its teachings on meditation, mindfulness, wisdom and compassion
https://tranquilawyer.com/
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Enjoy this mediation with Alex Montagu
Feel yourself, in your body, in the space, watch it all, experience yourself arrive.
tranquilawyer.com
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Dianna is the founder and creative visionary behind the good vibe lifestyle brand for the mind, body and spirit, Hadobody.Dianna elected to have a double mastectomy in 2010 after receiving a breast cancer diagnosis. Enduring this experience would launch her on a spiritual journey that continues to this day. She has transformed the way she thinks and feels through metaphysical studies, daily meditation and mindfulness. Dianna has combined her love of unleashing the power of thought with her fascination of fashion design to create a visionary brand based on the power of positive affirmations. Her made in America garments are designed to gently promote energetic intentions while being incredibly comfortable and sustainable. Her Hadobody lifestyle goods are designed to help bring you into vibrational alignment with your desires leading you to live your best life.
Insta-
https://instagram.com/hadobody?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==
Facebook-
https://www.facebook.com/Hadobody?mibextid=LQQJ4d
Tiktok-
https://www.tiktok.com/@hadobody1?_t=8gB1ULTViPf&_r=1
Threads-
https://www.threads.net/@hadobody
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Enjoy this meditation by Dianna Smith
Not only is it a meditation bringing gratitude, bliss and joy AND she also teaches you a quick way to bless and bring love to your water which infuses in your cells/body.
Where to find Dianna
Insta-
https://instagram.com/hadobody?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==
Facebook-
https://www.facebook.com/Hadobody?mibextid=LQQJ4d
Tiktok-
https://www.tiktok.com/@hadobody1?_t=8gB1ULTViPf&_r=1
Threads-
https://www.threads.net/@hadobody
Monday Oct 09, 2023
Monday Oct 09, 2023
Enjoy the beautiful mediation on your breath from Joy Polefrone.
A conscientious student of yoga since 1998, Joy has been teaching since 2001. Joy’s since completed her 200- and 500-hr certifications through Yoga Source in Richmond, VA and Boston Yoga School in MA. With a background rooted in the sciences, Joy’s teaching emphasizes an observer’s inquisitive awareness and cultivation of presence in postures both on and off the mat. Joy’s teaching has been inspired by senior teachers in Ashtanga, Iyengar, Tantra, Yin yoga, meditation and mindfulness, somatic movement and bodywork and she is blessed to have studied with a breadth of teachers globally who have each transmitted impactful nuggets of wisdom that have and continue to shape her practice and teaching. She is continually grateful for the amazing circle of fellow students, seekers and yogi friends, who provide her with the gift of open-heartedness, unmasked presence and clear reflections. Her current favorite travel destination to drop into practice with fellow students is in Nosara, Costa Rica where she’s traveled each of the past four years to study in the Tantric lineage, most recently with Rod Stryker at Blue Spirit. In addition to her yoga studies, Joy holds bachelor’s and doctorate degrees in Chemistry from the University of Virginia, has worked extensively for global healthcare companies that have taken her all over the world to live and work and currently spends her working days bringing mindfulness into the workplace.
https://www.joypolefrone.com/
https://www.instagram.com/joymariepolefrone/