MINDFULNESS MEDITATION, WEEKLY VIRTUAL PRACTICE SESSION: THURSDAY MORNINGS
**NEW TIME & VIRTUAL ONLY**
Thursdays 7:00-7:45am CST
Via Google Meet
No pre-registration needed!
Drop-in suggested fee per session is $5-$10
Led by Deanna Sophia Danger (they/them/theirs)
A weekly, guided, mindfulness "vipassana" meditation practice session, open to all experience levels & identities. Each month will rotate weekly with guided coaching themed around the 4 Foundations of Mindfulness (Satipatthana Sutra), to offer you a structured practice container. All classes, workshops & coaching from Deanna Sophia Danger build up from these four foundational skills, and attending a weekly practice supports your consistency, development & depth of skill building with these basics.
What to Expect:
Brief welcome & check-in (5 min)
Basic instructions for new meditators (5-10 min)
Guided practice theme (5 min)
Guided meditation (15-20 mins)
Q&A and time for reflection (5-10 min)
We start on time! If you need to arrive late, slide right in wherever we are.
Click here to view the full practice session info & link to join virtually.
Interested to learn the foundational skills of mindfulness meditation? Deanna is teaching a Beginners Workshop this summer!
How to Arrive:
Please arrive 2-3 minutes early, with microphone muted, camera on if that's accessible for you
Please utilize the hand raise function during the Q&A period
Closed captioning available
Please reference community discussion agreements here
Sharing & discussion is not mandatory - it's your choice to engage with the prompts vocally or via chat.
Monthly Practice Structure:
Each month will rotate weekly with guided coaching themed around the 4 Foundations of Mindfulness (Satipatthana Sutra), to offer you a structured practice container.
All classes, workshops & coaching build up from these four foundational skills. Attending a weekly practice supports your consistency, development & depth of skill building with these basics.
WEEK 1
1st Foundation of Mindfulness:
Breath & Other Accessible Anchors
WEEK 2
2nd Foundation of Mindfulness:
Sensations & Emotions
WEEK 3
3rd Foundation of Mindfulness:
Thoughts & Thought Patterns
WEEK 4
4th Foundation of Mindfulness:
The Dharma / Experience
(Bringing the tool of mindfulness into day-to-day life)
WEEK 5
Wild card topic
Contributions:
Drop-in suggested contribution per session is $5-$10.
Venmo: @deannadanger
Cash App: $deannadanger
Paypal: deanna@deannadanger.com
No one turned away for lack of funds - email deanna@deannadanger.com for questions & info. Scholarship is available for educational skill building see classes page for details.
How to Join
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Meet Deanna
Deanna Sophia Danger (they/them) is certified mindfulness meditation teacher, a community wellBEing coach, a retired performance artist and all around “Professional Catalyst.” With over a decade of experience cultivating LGBTQIA2S+ arts & entertainment community, Deanna’s approach to mindfulness facilitation is creative, expressive and grounded in a down-to-earth, “rawthentic” vibe. Suitable for all experience levels & identities, Deanna’s coaching offers an intrinsically trauma-sensitive & anti-oppressive foundation. Their coaching style supports students’ wellness journey’s from exactly where they are, towards cultivating a resonant relationship with their own nervous system, honing self-agency, dissolving self-shame & blame, increasing access to joy, and developing a felt-sense of true belonging.
Deanna has studied mindfulness with phD psychology scholars & authors, Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach as a scholarship recipient, and 2023 graduate of the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program, accredited by the Awareness Training Institute and the Greater Good Science Center at The University of California at Berkeley. As a working class, neurodiverse, queer, nonbinary, IPV & trauma survivor, and former sex worker Deanna is passionate about retrieving inaccessible “self care” from the corporate wellness industry to foster sustainable, survival care for under-resourced communities and Mother Earth herself. With a bachelors in Communications: Mass Media, Deanna is also a fervent activist towards media mindfulness, digital privacy & ethics and holistic, community-driven media culture.
Visit deannadanger.com to learn more about Deanna’s offerings, sign up for their newsletter, read their blog and connect on social media.