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 & wellBEing coach, dharma teacher, and all around "Professional Catalyst." Their approach to wellBEing is community centric, artful, and grounded in a down-to-earth “rawthentic” vibe that is relatable for all identities & experience levels. Deanna supports as an Advisory Circle Member at Empowered Spaces, a St. Louis integrative healing collective, and is a member of the St. Louis Queer Helpline (SQSH) STARLING Somatic Healers Program. Deanna is accredited in vipassana meditation through The Awareness Training Institute and the Greater Good Science Center of the University of California at Berkeley. They are also currently enrolled under full scholarship to the Mindfulness Mentor Training Program under the guidance of internationally recognized authors, Theravada Buddhist meditation teachers, and psychologists, Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield.
Deanna facilitates survivor-led-support from an anti-oppressive, trauma & neurocognitive informed foundation as a working class, queer, nonbinary, neurodiverse, chronically ill, IPV + trauma survivor, and former sex worker. Deanna is passionate about cultivating community connective webs of wellBEing that are alternative to western medical industrial and Americanized wellness culture models that pathologize & individualize the dis-ease of oppression & trauma. Deanna specializes in teaching the tools for nervous system resonance, honing self esteem & agency, dissolving self shame & blame, increasing access to joy, pleasure, resiliency and that rawthentic, unconditional, felt-sense true belonging.