Mindfulness in the Heartland

04/18/2026

**Important Announcement**

If you attend our weekly Sacred Space gatherings, please be advised that the Pilgrim Chapel will be temporarily closed for a few weeks beginning April 19th to allow the Pilgrim Center to complete facility updates at the chapel.

In the interim, please join us for Sacred Space on Sundays from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., online via Zoom.

The Zoom meeting link can be found at the Sacred Space page on the Pilgrim Center's website: pilgrimcenterkc.org/welcoming-sacred-space

04/15/2026

GRIEVANCE VS. GROWTH

I noticed this morning how easily I slip into grievance as a train of thought. Resisting what is. Rehearsing what’s wrong.

It’s a habit. One that runs deep. And while it feels familiar, it comes at a cost.

Grievance keeps us from the lesson.

Because underneath every grievance, there’s something else:

* A need that isn’t being met.
* A truth asking to be seen.
* An invitation to change.

And when we turn toward that—when we ask, What is this trying to teach me?—something shifts. We move out of stuckness and back into agency.

This is where our power lies.

If you'd like to join me for a half-day retreat on May 2nd to reflect on some of these springtime themes along with some mindful movement and meditation, check out this link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/emerge-a-spring-half-day-mindfulness-retreat-tickets-1985818286953?aff=oddtdtcreator

04/07/2026

Are you feeling a bit stressed out? Yeah, me too.

The world may be on fire, but thankfully, we've got each other.

If you are looking for a place to land this week, and you live in the KC area, join me for some community practice tomorrow at Seeking Solace in Overland Park from 6:30 to 7:30

We'll gently move our bodies and meditate. Basic goodness for body, heart, and mind.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mindful-movement-meditation-weekly-community-practice-in-overland-park-tickets-1985331748704?aff=oddtdtcreator

04/05/2026

🌸 April Newsletter | Being the Knowing 🌸

https://mailchi.mp/mindfulheartland.com/newsletter_april2026

Meditation practice is a powerful place to learn how to aim and sustain the attention with intention. Rather than making the mind's propensity to wander a problem, we notice when our attention has wandered from the focus of our meditation, and gently bring ourselves back. No judgment, no criticism, just continuing to aim and sustain, to the best of our ability.

Over time, this steady rhythm of aiming, sustaining, and returning develops a mind that is less scattered and more settled. And as the mind grows steadier, something important becomes easier to recognize—the thoughts, emotions, and bodily sensations that continually arise are simply experiences moving through our awareness.

04/04/2026

I'm pleased to share that some of my guided meditations are now housed on Insight Timer.

20 million people use Insight Timer to sleep better, reduce anxiety, improve their happiness and learn to meditate. With more than 120,000 free titles, Insight Timer has the largest free library of sleep tools, music tracks and guided meditations on earth

04/02/2026

🧘‍♀️ New Guided Meditation | Cultivating Attention 🧘

Much like the anchor of a ship keeps a boat from going adrift, an anchor within a meditation practice provides a single-pointed focus of attention that lands us in the present moment and gives us something to return to when the mind becomes distracted.

Working with an anchor helps to strengthen our capacity to direct, focus, and concentrate the attention while developing our ability to reside in the present moment.

https://youtu.be/5qpwiJMXXww

03/31/2026

Needing some time and space to fill your own cup? Join me this Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. for an hour of Mindful Movement & Meditation at Seeking Solace Yoga Studio in Overland Park, KS.

Learn more and register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mindful-movement-meditation-weekly-community-practice-in-overland-park-tickets-1985331748704?aff=oddtdtcreator

03/18/2026

We live in a culture that celebrates constant doing. But the truth is rest is not the opposite of productivity. It is an essential element of productivity that makes it sustainable.

In the natural world, everything moves in cycles—day and night, the turning of seasons, the cycle of the breath.

Activity is always paired with rest.

Yet many of us live as though we are meant to keep going without pause. We push, strive, and tend to all that needs doing—often forgetting that renewal is part of the rhythm of a healthy life.

For those of us who are always doing all the things—supporting others, carrying responsibilities, keeping life moving—learning how to rest may be one of the most powerful forms of self-care we can practice.

And real rest doesn’t have to be complicated. It might be:
• a slow walk beneath the open sky
• a few quiet minutes of mindful breathing
• setting down the electronic device and simply being
• gentle movement that softens the body
• savoring a warm cup of tea in silence

Rest is not lost time. It is the time we take that restores our capacity to live, serve, and love well.

If you'd like to do some restoration in community, join us next Wednesday for some Mindful Movement & Meditation at Seeking Solace Yoga Studio in Overland Park.

Info is available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mindful-movement-meditation-weekly-community-practice-in-overland-park-tickets-1985331748704?aff=oddtdtcreator

03/09/2026

Join us this Thursday and Friday, March 12th and 13th, for the Mindful World Summit!

This online event brings together mindful leaders to explore how we can live, work, and relate with more presence, compassion, and intention. You’ll find sessions on mindful wellbeing, relationships, community building, culture, work, and more.

When: March 12–13, 2026
Where: Online (join from anywhere!)
Save your spot and register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-mindful-world-summit-tickets-1297742555919

Whether you’re new to mindfulness or deeply rooted in your practice, this summit is an opportunity to learn from inspiring voices and cultivate more presence in your life.

03/06/2026

March Newsletter | A Practice That Overcomes Fear - https://mailchi.mp/mindfulheartland.com/newsletter_march2026

Loving-kindness is not merely a pleasant sentiment. It is a discipline of the heart. Practiced consistently, it helps interrupt the cycles of fear, resentment, and confusion that so easily take hold in our lives.

When paired with mindfulness, it becomes one of the great guardians of the heart. Mindfulness helps us see clearly when we are caught in reactivity, and loving-kindness softens and befriends what we find there.

03/05/2026

❤ New Guided Meditation | Befriend Yourself ❤

Loving-kindness is a formal meditation practice that cultivates the quality of loving-acceptance. At its heart, loving-kindness is the simple desire for happiness and well-being—for ourselves and for others. It is not dependent on performance, worthiness, or conditions being just right. It is an unconditional gesture of the heart.

The practice of loving-kindness begins with ourselves. In this meditation, we gently lift those foundations—cultivating a sense of inner homecoming, and tending the roots of loving-kindness within ourselves.

03/05/2026

Loving-kindness is a formal meditation practice that cultivates the quality of loving-acceptance. At its heart, loving-kindness is the simple desire for happiness and well-being—for ourselves and for others. It is not dependent on performance, worthiness, or conditions being just right. It is an unconditional gesture of the heart.

The practice of loving-kindness begins with ourselves. In this meditation, we gently lift those foundations—cultivating a sense of inner homecoming, and tending the roots of loving-kindness within ourselves.

Loving-kindness is a formal meditation practice that cultivates the quality of loving-acceptance. At its heart, loving-kindness is the simple desire for happ...