Tea & Stones: Creative Meditation Experiences

06/18/2025

One simple word can change your life…

06/29/2024

Something special happened today…

06/29/2024

Today I assisted at Teen Summer Camp at the William King Museum of Art . One of the kids wanted to draw a portrait of someone, so I agreed to pose for him. When he was done, I drew him from the right side of my brain, then created a more traditional portrait.

I’ll be back after July 4th to assist with another week of Teen Art Camp, the theme being paper maché and puppetry - definitely something I’m familiar with.

03/20/2024

Here's what I did today to celebrate my Interspiritual Counseling & Companioning practice!

Adapt With Grace, the interspiritual counseling/companioning practice of Rev. Margie Ann Stanko helps you find your way to spiritual wholeness.

12/07/2023

This went off to the printer today. Many thanks to Empowerment.

04/24/2023

If you are near Abingdon, VA on May 10 or 21, join us for a wonderful Creative Meditative Experience.

03/31/2023

I \/m thrilled to announce that I will be leading a writing workshop at The William King Museum of Art in late April, early June in conjunction with their upcoming exhibit, Contemplating Characters: A Study of Portraits from 1760 - Present.

More information to follow..

01/20/2023

I will be leading an online writing circle for the International Women’s Writing Guild oon Wednesdays in March, 2023. Please go to www.iwwg.org to register.

Open The Door To Spiritual Wholeness

**Please note all times are listed in EST**

March 1, 8, 15, 22, 2023
4:00 - 6:00 pm EST

Register Now

To achieve a lasting comfort with self and grace requires taking action. The first three steps are being honest, open minded, and willing. In doing so we discover the wisdom that embraces us as we embrace it, finding ourselves so much closer to a new, deeper sense of self and purpose, engaging more fully in life.Using a variety of ways to engage with each spiritual principle, we will meditate, improvise, use visual, sound, and written prompts to define our journey.

Workshop #1: Honesty
Workshop #2: Open Mindedness
Workshop #3: Willingness
Workshop #4: Wisdom
This workshop will be presented in 4 sessions. Participants have the option to participate in all or chose from the workshops being offered in this series

Margie Ann Stanko has a BA in Dance & Religion/Creative Writing, is an ordained One Spirit Interspiritual Minister and Spiritual Counselor and Companion with an active practice. She holds certification in Gerontology, Person Centered Care, Blindness Basics, Therapeutic Touch/Energy Healing, Creative Arts Therapy, and Mindfulness Meditation. She has been recognized by The Brain Injury Association, Archcare, National Aphasia Association, Story Corps, Winterthur Museum, and The Stroke Connection for her writing and award winning work with persons with dementia, stroke and traumatic brain injury, end of life support for the dying and their families, and sensitivity training for caregivers, including medical practitioners.

As an artist in residence for the Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, Mt Sinai School of Medicine, Mt. Sinai Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mt. Sinai TBI Research, NYC Department of Education, St. Helens (Oregon)Education Department, and the Teachers & Writers Collaborative, she has led multi-modality creativity and community building workshops, blending language, movement and sound/music through meditation and improvisation.

She currently lives at Elderspirit, in the Appalachian region of southwest Virginia. Elderspirit is an intentional community for persons 55+that strives for independence, social activism, inclusiveness, and continued spiritual journeying. At Elderspirit she leads workshops in Art and Meditation, Torn Paper Collage, and Improvisation. She also is building relationships with local artist’s collaboratives to develop programs for children and families.

01/11/2023

Tea & Stones continues to expand. I am now available to work with you as a Spiritual Counselor and Companion, helping you open the door to your spiritual wholeness and be an officiant at your wedding, vow renewal, baby naming, house warming, new business celebration, cleansing and clarity ceremonies.

10/26/2020

This stone will be the nexus for a Sell It Again Auction, with all proceeds going to the Columbia Pacific Food Bank. The first bid of $10 was already made by Diane Ekizabeth Dunn. Thank you. More to follow!

08/25/2020

A sublime vehicle to mobilize my business.