Mindfulness & Somatic-Based Coaching
The World Needs You!
In a world that reinvents itself daily, we empower people to adapt, integrate, and flourish from the inside out with kindness and love for the benefit of all sentient beings.
Buddhist Chaplain, Psychotherapist, Coach
Join Us for Our Free Mindfulness Coaching Call
On the first Monday of each month, we host a live free community coaching and mindfulness call. There’s no better way to experience what we’re all about!
Here’s what our students have to say
Cushion Wisdom by Ann-Marie McKelvey
Brother David and Me: The Ring of Gratitude
by: Ann-Marie McKelvey, LPCC, MCC Founder and HeadLearner at MCS The very first thing I noticed about Brother David Steindahl-Rast was his hands. Upon entering the Zendo he bowed, reverently greeting each of us with...
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing’s going to get better. – Dr. Suess
By Ann-Marie McKelvey, LPCC, MCC In Dr. Suess' book, The Lorax, the Once-ler is the industrialist (inside all of us) whose greed of the planet’s resources prohibits him from thinking long-term. He cuts down one...
Be Discerning
In what parts of your body
Has the Outside World landed?
A reminder;
The Outside World
Is not you.
Be discerning.
Breathe out all that is not needed,
Breathe in all that is needed.
Cultivating Your Spirit Opener List
What are your Spirit Openers? Here are mine…
Today’s Spirit Opener List
•Breathing exercises
•Meditation
•Contemplative writing
•Collaboration with colleagues
•Biking to Galisteo Basin
•Exchanging ideas at CoFe
OverThinking
OverThinking
Depletes
The passionate energy
Of manifesting.
Today’s Mindful Practice:
•Keep it simple!
•Under-Think-It
•Don’t wait another moment
•Just jump…into the Friendly Unknown.
What arises?
Your Expiration Date
The gravestones
And Urns
Wait patiently
Knowing
Your expiration date
Is sooner
Than before.
Countries
We have students from all over the world!
The Mindfulness Coaching School stands in solidarity with our Black, Latino and Indigenous communities.
The challenge of these days requires us to explore our own way of being as educators and as a community. We re-commit ourselves to learning, teaching and acting as more intentional allies.