Bi-Weekly WellBEing Meditation Sessions
Every 1st & 3rd Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30pm CST
Led by Deanna Sophia Danger (they/them/theirs)
A bi-weekly, guided, wellBEing meditation practice session open to all experience levels & identities, with rotating structured themes & teachings of the “Four Foundations of Vipassana,” from Certified Meditation Coach & Dharma Teacher, Deanna Sophia Danger.
Meditators will be guided to cultivate the four foundational skills of the Satipatthana Sutra, as a structured practice container to facilitate rawthentic (aka messy & real) wellBEing. These four foundations are interrelated tools meant to be learned in unison and in community, to cultivate ease, stability, flexibility, nurturance, joy and felt-sense BElonging…Forming accessible, relatable & practical techniques to support all human BEings.
Odd months:
1st Session: Breath & Other Accessible Anchors
Meditators will practice establishing meditative anchors for ease, stability & nervous system resonance.
2nd Session: Sensations & Emotions
Meditators will practice differentiating the languages of sensations & emotions to support reconnection of body, mind & spirit.
Even Months:
1st Session: Thoughts & Thought Patterns
Meditators will practice working with & releasing harmful thought patterns, and increasing access to agency & choice.
2nd Session: The Dharma / Experience
Meditators will practice integrating the basics of vipassana with other teachings of the dharma to deepen skill building, wisdom, rawthenticity, felt-sense BElonging, personal & collective wellBEing, and more.
All sessions are anti-oppressive & trauma-informed, with virtual attendance options available. It is recommended that beginning meditators learn & practice each of the 4 foundations to gain a fuller understanding of "how to meditate." Join as many as you can and often to get a feel for how to support your own meditation practice "on and off the cushion."
How to Join
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FULL SESSION INFO & PRE-REGISTER: includes how to prepare & arrive, what to expect and the link for virtual attendance. Pre-registration is not necessary, but you can choose to register & contribute in advance.
$5 Supported Contribution
$10 Sustainer Contribution
$15 Supporter Contribution
$20 Benefactor Contribution
No one turned away for lack of funds - email deanna@deannadanger.com for questions & info.
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Visit www.deannadangermindfulness.com for more information about Deanna’s training, certification, accessibility, praxis, values, accountability and further knowledge about vipassana meditation.
Meet Deanna
Deanna Sophia Danger (they/them) is a certified vipassana meditation coach, dharma teacher, wellBEing facilitator, and all around "Professional Catalyst." As a retired, professional performance artist, Deanna has over a decade of experience cultivating LGBTQIATS+ arts & entertainment community, and their approach to wellBEing facilitation is creative, expressive and grounded in a down-to-earth, “rawthentic” vibe. Suitable for all experience levels & identities, their coaching offers an intrinsically anti-oppressive & trauma-informed foundation.
Deanna’s facilitation style supports your wellBEing journey from exactly where YOU are, towards cultivating a resonant relationship with your own nervous system, honing your self-agency, dissolving your self-shame & blame, increasing your access to joy, and assisting you in developing a felt-sense of true belonging.
As a working class, queer, nonbinary, neurodiverse & chronically ill, IPV + trauma survivor, and former sex worker Deanna is passionate about cultivating community connective wellBEing. Instead of transactional silos of care, Deanna facilitates present, supportive and ongoing webs of care that are alternative to the individualistic, inaccessible & commodified destination-achievement-style "wellness" that is typically marketed as "self care" in today's western wellness industry. With a bachelors in Communications: Mass Media, they are also a fervent, and outspoken activist of media & digital ethics & privacy, and a proponent of collaborative, holistic, community-driven media culture.