Getting out of the way for the healing to take place is often easier said than done. Listen to this guided meditation to find support in grounding, noticing, relaxing, releasing tension, letting go, feeling held, breathing, allowing thoughts to move on, having courage, welcoming grace, and honoring yourself. Truly, these are all fundamental aspects of healing. Let go into the healing that is already and always happening. ~~~~~ This episode is being aired the day after Independence Day in the Uni...
Jul 05, 2023•21 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Breathing is happening. You are ALIVE!!! Feel your wind breath transform every moment. What does your breath carry into you? What are you welcoming into your life? What are you letting go of as you exhale? Let's meditate together and find out what gifts conscious breathing can bring to each of us today. ~~~~~ Beginning Bell - 9:25 Ending Bell - 17:48 ~~~~~ Young Audiences - If you are a minor, please check with a responsible adult you feel connected to before listening to this podcast. If there ...
Jun 28, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 51
What kind of wise adults might we all become with the ability to trust... and pause? What wisdom might we embody... or embody even more fully if we choose to trust the process of life moving though our experiences? Pause here and explore. Experiment with me through this guided meditation. You will receive cues such as: soften, relax, and let be. Together, we will discover what these words mean for each of us. How might we all live our lives while continually deepening our conscious awareness of ...
Jun 21, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 50
My dear friend and colleague, Nicki Koethner, MA, MFT, shares her professional wisdom with us about healing narcissism. She is a Somatic Expressive Arts Psychotherapist and a delightful soul offering her amazingly compassionate perspective to all of us. Together, we explore what narcissism is, how the narcissistic wound happens, how narcissism affects others' lives, how these tendencies get passed down through family legacy, and - most importantly - how healing happens! We move from the personal...
Jun 14, 2023•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 49
Open to miracles. Imagine the miracle most meaningful to you. Miracles happen. They do! This guided meditation honors the present moment, exactly as it is, and supports you in building a bridge from this moment into the reality desired. Try it out! Open to the miracles happening all around us, and open to the miracle of YOU!!! Beginning Bell: 2:36 Ending Bell: 8:26 Visit a Stillwater Meditation group online to co-create a guided meditation! Go to rainelizabeth.org and choose the Stillwater Medit...
Jun 07, 2023•9 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Healing from a toxic relationship, Christina Sommers discovers the superpowers of empathy and being a highly sensitive person. Together, we discover and affirm how lovable she is... as are we all. Christina Sommers is the host of the Loving Your Life Again podcast, a single mom to a 19 year old daughter, and she loves the outdoors. Christina is passionate about helping women find joy in the journey back to loving their lives again. After leaving a 10 year toxic marriage (19 year relationship) to...
Jun 05, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Notice what is happening for you right now. Gently accept yourself completely. Trust your place in whatever is unfolding as well as your unique place in this world. Great trust begins with gentle acceptance. Enjoy this guided meditation as many times as you would like. Rate, review, and share freely. Thank you! Beginning Meditation Bell - 6:40 Ending Meditation Bell - 17:54 Visit an online Stillwater Meditation group to co-create a guided meditation! Go to rainelizabeth.org and choose the Stillw...
May 24, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 46
What do cinnamon, neuroscience, and sugar all have in common?! When used (or not used) in a unique way for you to support your own flourishing, they all are part of eudaemonia. Eudaemonia is an old word from Aristotle meaning wellness for your highest good. These are three topics explored in this fun loving and honest conversation with Emily Geizer, Health Coach. Emily is a life and wellness coach for women who are exhausted and juggling too many balls. She takes a food first approach to wellnes...
May 17, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Today is our first Wednesday episode! Every Moment Is Sacred will now air once a week on Wednesdays and interchange topics of meditation, healing, and tidbits from my personal life. Listen in to find out what is growing in my garden and to hear the latest Stillwater guided meditation. Through meditative guidance, we breathe into REST, PRESENCE, and COMPOSURE. What is composure really, and what does it have to do with meditation? In this episode, we explore composure as a form of integrity by bei...
May 10, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Happy Cinco de Mayo! I have a special announcement for everyone about Self Care. Taking excellent care of myself is how I am able to do the work I do with individuals, couples, parents, meditators, and all of you through this podcast! Beginning next week on May 10th, this show will air once a week on Wednesdays!!! This is a rebalancing of self care and how much time I spend in front of a computer as well as being outdoors and doing other things I love. Some self care practices I truly enjoy: jou...
May 05, 2023•11 min•Season 1Ep. 43
There is space all around you and space within you. Breathe into this space and exhale, completely. Notice what is above you; notice all the space above you.... This meditation is an exploration of spaciousness and presence. Learn to discern space from presence, your very personal and precious presence. This is the most recent meditation from Stillwater Meditation. It is a beautiful practice to rest in silence prior to the beginning of the guidance... and then rest in silence again after the med...
May 01, 2023•16 min•Season 1Ep. 42
I invite you back into Darci's healing story, this time stepping into the moment when she heard her own intense call into self care. After many, many years of supporting her daughter in the healing of a serious brain injury, Darci's body created symptoms that could not be ignored. It was Darci's turn to heal and find her own way from rock bottom burnout to thriving! She made it, addressing her own root cause, and now she helps other women to do the same... grow and thrive into their own vibrant ...
Apr 28, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Meditation and prayer can feel similar sometimes. Here are some simple instructions for prayer that can be embodied in a meditative way. Through prayer and meditation, we can open to grace. Acceptance helps. Release of control helps. Allowing for what comes helps. Grace is the magical gift that answers prayers. ~~~~~~~ FREE Online Meditation Retreat Monday, May 8 - Thursday, May 11, 2023 Email with any questions & for registration: meditation@rainelizabeth.org ~~~~~~~ The Healing Presence of...
Apr 24, 2023•16 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Darci Hawxhurst has my heart. She was a young, single woman in college, pregnant and excited about becoming a single mom! What she didn't know then was at 12 days old, her newborn daughter would spike a high fever and initiate them both on an intense and profound healing journey that involves brain injury and addressing the root cause over time. This episode is the first part of their healing story. Darci openly, vulnerably, and honestly shares about what happened for her daughter and what they ...
Apr 21, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 39
This re-edited episode is a guided meditation inspired by the joyful imagery of a 'dog in a field'. Discover the kindness of breath. Consider that you are made of love. Open the doors and windows of your mind! Gaze upon the open field before you... what's that?! Do you see it? A dog, running and leaping, rolling and playing, in a field. Allow your mind to be as free as a joyful dog. Enjoy frolicking in an open space just for fun and allowing curiosity about everything. Discover the beauty of 'fe...
Apr 17, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Miracles, timelessness & love. What more is there?! Magic and enchantment!!! We cover it all in this friendly, meandering conversation journeying through life. Find out what miracle happened for Cat and her family when on the road on a hot day in July... and suddenly it wasn't clear what to do! Sometimes answers appear before us... prayer helps. Letting go helps. Relaxing and letting go of time as we know it helps. Discover all the wisdom Cat Caldwell Myers has to share with us, and also lis...
Apr 14, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 37
I really enjoy how Alicia Sutton shares the story of running uphill, the amount of presence and breathwork it takes to do that, and the connection between this physical experience and the simple practice of meditation. Alicia was once a lawyer, then an actress, and now an executive coach. She has a podcast that is just beginning called, You're Allowed. You can already listen to the wonderful, clear, and inspiring trailer! Get ready for her episodes coming soon!!! Alicia was born in New Zealand a...
Apr 10, 2023•39 min
Join me in this magical healing conversation with Cat Caldwell Myers! Cat shares insight and wisdom through telling fascinating stories of her life, including horses, children, weather, surprises, loss, compassion, grief, time, timelessness, and grace interweaving everything together. This is part one of a two part conversation. Tune in next Friday for part two! Gabrielle Roth quote: In many shamanic societies, if you came to a medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited, or de...
Apr 07, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 35
I love this conversation! Billy does already practice meditation in her life, but she hasn't yet experienced the benefits. Together, we co-create a guided meditation just right for her... and listen to what happens! P.S. My 9 year old son accompanies me during the greeting of this episode. He is so sweet and cute! The edit did become a little mishmashed, but this is real life as a mom. :) Truly, he is welcome anytime. I hope he appears again! Meditation on abundance begins at 18:04 and goes unti...
Apr 03, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Once a banker, now a healer, Aneta Ardelian Kuzma shares a bit about her personal journey, including her career change and how she has settled into her transformed life. Aneta is a wife, mother, coach, consultant, author, podcaster, and a lover of nature! Listen as I give her an example of a client with specific presenting complaints to work with, and she takes us through what she would be curious about in them and how she would support their health and wellness. Connect with Aneta: Website: ane...
Mar 31, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Born in Dublin and living in Taos, New Mexico, Seamus Berkeley gently shares with us the profound practice of entering the contemplative realm through one's visual experience. A professional and very talented artist, Seamus illustrates how the natural world is a teacher bestowing gifts upon all of us. Gather together and listen as we unfold a meditative conversation in presence, celebrating the ability we all have to let go of constructs and begin to see things as they are. Seamus Reminds Us: ~ ...
Mar 27, 2023•58 min•Season 1Ep. 32
First Replay!!! Sara Kostelnik shares openly and vulnerably about being raised by a narcissistic father. As she unfolds her journey, Sara includes what it's like to be a mother now and all she's learned along the way to make better choices than the experiences she had in her own childhood. Empathetic, compassionate, and truthful are all qualities Sara holds and offers with a loving heart. If you missed this story the first time around, listen now!!! If you have already heard about Sara's kindnes...
Mar 24, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Happy Spring! It is the vernal equinox today. Here is a new song and new intro!!! This song is a chant my late mother wrote and sang when I was just a baby. How do you like it?! Let me know: healing@rainelizabeth.org Our meditation today is from Stillwater Meditation, which currently meets on Thursdays at 3:30pm EDT. Click here to register! Use the coupon code FIRST to grab a seat for FREE!!! rainelizabeth.org/stillwater-meditation/ Pay per group or become a monthly subscriber ! Helpful Reminder...
Mar 20, 2023•13 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Donna Fields wrote her dissertation on fairy tales! She discovered that, in stories as in life, the witch is heroine because she is the character that pushes us forward to find our own true strength and power. Raised by a narcissistic and emotionally abusive mother, Donna moved from her home state of New York and became a teacher in New Mexico. She currently lives in Spain and has lived there for 20 years. Donna is a highly skilled and talented educator who supports and creates playful ways of a...
Mar 17, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Listen in as Tennille and I co-create and explore a centering and calming meditation together. Tennille Martinez is a seasoned educator, currently teaching 8th grade language arts in Florida. She is also an instructional coach and facilitator specializing in clarity and intentional action for achieving one's dreams! Tennille has a weekly podcast called The Book Advantage where the power and impact of books is discussed especially as they relate to life purpose, mindset, and personal growth. The ...
Mar 13, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Bria Burton is a 22 year old entrepreneur, influencer and soon to be domestic violence advocate. Bria shares with us a recent healing journey she and her family have gone through regarding a narcissistic family member. Bria's courage, care, and creative thinking are self evident as she describes self discovery, intensive healing work, and her own definition of hope with deep compassion for the world. Helpful Reminders: ~ Envision everyone being at peace with themselves. ~ Hope = looking up + not...
Mar 10, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Can you imagine a world without acceptance and loving kindness? It is said that awareness is the first step of change. With awareness, we can choose how to move forward in our lives. How about the choice to accept ourselves and others fully and completely? Acceptance is paired nicely with loving kindness. With awareness, acceptance, and loving kindness, we have the opportunity to not only honor ourselves but also all beings everywhere. Guided Meditation begins on 6:47 and goes until 18:00. Basic...
Mar 06, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Tired of seeing too many amazing people not using their natural talents and settling for mediocrity in life, Sheri Miter is on a mission to help individuals unleash their strengths and discover their true calling. Here, she shares with us her personal journey from a feeling of angst into becoming aware of and aligned with what life was truly calling her to do! She breaks down how she uses her own experience, gifts, and talents to help others understand, develop, and share their passions successf...
Mar 03, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 25
In times of struggle, any kind of struggle - big or small, turn toward your innate wholeness. Here is a 7 minute guided meditation to remind you of your wholeness and completeness, just as you are. Recorded for Stillwater Meditation on April 29, 2018, you'll find the sound a little different than usual. I was using a different mic back then! The teaching is good though, and I stand behind it. Please forgive a couple of sound artifacts. :) Thank you for your understanding! Guided meditation begin...
Feb 27, 2023•15 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Do you believe in a world of possibilities?! Sarah Cross, master storyteller, does! Enjoy this delightful conversation FILLED with stories from all over the world and discover the healing power of timeless storytelling. Born in the UK and currently living in New Zealand, Sarah openly shares about her travels around the world and what it means to become a more confident and happier storyteller... which she sees potential for in all of us. Sarah Cross is a two-time international bestselling author...
Feb 24, 2023•58 min•Season 1Ep. 23
