Full Bloomed Lotus Center for Self Awareness

Full Bloomed Lotus Center for Self Awareness A meditation and self-awareness center addressing the mind, the body and the soul, where you can release your fears, and realize your dreams.

Full Bloomed Lotus started off in the home of its founder Ramaa Krishnan as informal gatherings where Ramaa shared her wisdom and perspectives from the land of her birth (India) and taught other moms like herself how to apply these to the demands of present day life and situations. By word of mouth as more and more joined her group to be inspired to change their lives by changing their thoughts, a

need was felt to take this to a more formal place and setting so as to make this accessible to greater numbers. Ramaa relocated her groups first to a studio on Washington Avenue in Wilmette, then to a new studio a few doors down on Green Bay Road, and now she provides guided classes in Full Bloomed Lotus' online space. Her offerings have continued to grow over the years to include several tools and teachings, and she now offers online classes, meditations, and study groups on Mindfulness. Full Bloomed Lotus' mission is to integrate the emotional intelligence of the East with the intellectual strengths of the West by sharing Eastern Mindfulness teachings and exercises alongside the findings of science that support these practices. By regularly adhering to a routine of emotional and physical self-care we can indeed release our fears and realize our dreams.

It is said,”If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” We say, if you want to go far, “grow”...
07/23/2025

It is said,”If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
We say, if you want to go far, “grow” together.
In nature, nothing blooms alone. 🌸 And in Full Bloomed Lotus, we all bloom together. Coming together to contemplate the wisdom teachings, face the challenges that confront us and inspiring one another, we grow where life has planted us.
Our adult classes on inner work are more than just teachings—they’re containers for transformation. In Sangha, we learn to bloom together… and go far.
Want to join us? Sign up for our fall retreat or for our newsletters so you know when our fall sessions begin.

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It is said,”If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” We say, if you want to go far, “grow...
07/23/2025

It is said,”If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” We say, if you want to go far, “grow” together.
In nature, nothing blooms alone. 🌸 And in Full Bloomed Lotus, we all bloom together. Coming together to contemplate the wisdom teachings, facing the challenges that confront us, and inspiring one another, we grow where life has planted us.
Our adult classes on inner work are more than just teachings—they’re containers for transformation. In Sangha, we learn to bloom together… and go far.
Want to join us? Sign up for our fall retreat or for our newsletters so you know when our fall sessions begin.

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Self-love isn’t just static. It grows and changes. Beginning as self-care - tending to your needs, setting boundaries, ...
07/08/2025

Self-love isn’t just static. It grows and changes. Beginning as self-care - tending to your needs, setting boundaries, offering yourself rest- it is not about selfishly contracting into yourself. We continue on the path, asking ourselves just how much joy and freedom we are worthy of and move towards it. In its deepest expression, self-love becomes a path of awakening, a return to your wholeness. A realization of who you truly ARE. This is why I call it The Yoga of Self-Love. The love that can gradually expand into the rest of the world.
✨ I explore this path in my book, The Yoga of Self-Love: The Sacred Path to Wholeness and Healing through Inner-Child Work. May it be a gentle companion on your way.

💗 The Seven Faces of Self-Love 💗
🌿 Self-Care – honoring your needs
🌿 Self-Acceptance – embracing your whole self
🌿 Self-Esteem – remembering your worth
🌿 Self-Forgiveness – letting go with grace
🌿 Self-Actualization – blooming into your truth
🌿 Self-Leadership – guiding yourself with love
🌿 Self-Realization – awakening to your true nature

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Meet Jose.The morning after the fireworks, while most of our world slept, he was up early, cleaning up the toilets and s...
07/07/2025

Meet Jose.
The morning after the fireworks, while most of our world slept, he was up early, cleaning up the toilets and so cheerfully at that. Behind every celebration, someone shows up to tend to what’s left behind.
Celebration is fleeting. Service is enduring. Let’s not miss the quiet heroes.



Positivity is Possibility. 🌱(Yes, I just made that up! ☺️) While some people are born with positivity many of us will h...
07/02/2025

Positivity is Possibility. 🌱
(Yes, I just made that up! ☺️) While some people are born with positivity many of us will have to work on it. Every day. Especially when the going is rough.
When life feels hard, “staying positive” can sound like denial. But real positivity is not about ignoring pain. It’s about staying open—to healing, to hope, to what else might be possible.

✨ Tomorrow we begin our 5-week journey on Reclaiming Joy with this theme:
Positivity in Adversity.
If the theme speaks to you, join us! 🪷
Details on our website [link in the bio].


The teachings seem to follow me everywhere! When I saw this lemonade stand over the weekend, I chuckled. “The Big Squeez...
05/28/2025

The teachings seem to follow me everywhere! When I saw this lemonade stand over the weekend, I chuckled.
“The Big Squeeze” : coined by the great mindfulness teacher, Pema Chodron (and one of my favorite expressions), it refers to the times we are caught between two ends without hopes for an escape. It’s those tight, raw moments when nothing feels okay. And yet, if we stay with it, something wiser, softer, and stronger begins to emerge.
Our hearts break open, and we grow. When life gives you lemons… welcome to The Big Squeeze. 🍋




His energy - rooted in humility, moral clarity, and fierce compassion — feels especially needed today, in a world so tor...
05/25/2025

His energy - rooted in humility, moral clarity, and fierce compassion — feels especially needed today, in a world so torn apart by fear, polarity, and disconnection.

What a visionary he was, persevering amidst such challenging circumstances and leading with heart, even when the cost was great!🙏🏾

Among many moving moments, this quote stayed with me:
“The struggle of today is not altogether for today – it is for a vast future also.”

May we draw courage from his example… and continue our own inner and outer work, not just for today, but for the vast future also.

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In every moment, I have the power to choose my response.We don’t always get to choose what life brings…But we do get to ...
05/22/2025

In every moment, I have the power to choose my response.
We don’t always get to choose what life brings…But we do get to choose how we meet it.

The seeds of choice already live within us - but like any seed, they need tending.
Watered with awareness, patience, and practice,
they grow strong enough to guide us even under pressure.

This is where real power lives - not in control , but in choice. 💫





This quote invited us into our first insight in Faith and Fear Along the Rainbow Ladder, where we explored the root chak...
05/13/2025

This quote invited us into our first insight in Faith and Fear Along the Rainbow Ladder, where we explored the root chakra and what it really means to ground in groundlessness.

Even in times of uncertainty, your presence is powerful. You’re not a powerless victim- you’re a participating witness.

You can still join us for the remaining sessions as we continue climbing the rainbow ladder—week by week, chakra by chakra. Each class stands on its own.

Sign up now or drop in for a single session. Let’s walk the rainbow ladder together.


Léo Errera was a 19th-century botanist who saw the patterns of nature as pathways to deeper truths. His words are a beau...
05/02/2025

Léo Errera was a 19th-century botanist who saw the patterns of nature as pathways to deeper truths. His words are a beautiful reminder that wisdom often hides in the tension between opposites—just like the journey through faith and fear, power and powerlessness, self-worth and humility. In our 7-week class, we meet these inner tensions, not as opposites to reconcile but as invitations to deeper wholeness. A journey where paradox becomes possibility.

🌈 Sign up for one, some, or all weeks
✨ Wednesdays (Zoom) or Thursdays (Hybrid)
🔗 Link in bio for full details and weekly themes


With the wedding behind us, we visited my husband’s ancestral village in Kerala. This quiet street—simple, sunlit—leads ...
04/27/2025

With the wedding behind us, we visited my husband’s ancestral village in Kerala. This quiet street—simple, sunlit—leads to a small temple where his ancestors once prayed. The image in the sanctum is over 600 years old. Just behind it, an age-old pond still mirrors the sky, while holding the memory of generations who bathed, prayed, and lived here.

His grandfather, like many others, left the village for the big cities in search of opportunity. Yet it’s still believed that returning here, and offering prayers at this ancient temple—brings good fortune to the family.

There was something timeless in walking that path—knowing it had been walked by those whose names we may never know, but whose presence we still feel.

Do you know where your ancestors once lived?
Have you ever stood where they might have stood?


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Tuesday 9am - 3pm
Wednesday 9am - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 3pm

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