Alyssa Vincent - Nurturing Roots Holistic Health

09/22/2026

Listening is easier when we have somewhere to return.

The breath, the hands, the feet, even the simple softening of the jaw can become anchors to presence.

When you notice your mind drifting during a conversation, try returning briefly to the body.

Then reopen your attention to the person speaking.

09/22/2026

09/22/2026

Jillian Turecki

09/12/2026

Some people don't just notice what others are feeling. They absorb it, in their bodies and their nervous systems, often without meaning to.

Understanding empathic sensitivity can be the first step toward learning how to hold it with more care. ✨

What's one word that describes how you recharge? 🌿

09/12/2026

DBT Skills. Dialectics - when two seemingly opposing issues can both be true at the same time.

09/11/2026

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09/04/2026

Meditation: Basic Body Scan (20 min.) 🙏💕

In this guided body scan meditation, we explore a simple and nourishing pathway into presence—awakening awareness through the living sensations of the body.

Beginning with a gentle softening of the eyes, face and shoulders, we gradually move awareness through the hands, heart, belly, legs and feet, sensing the aliveness that is already here. As the meditation unfolds, we widen our attention to experience the whole body as a field of sensation, allowing the breath and this moment to be just as they are.

When the mind wanders, we practice simply relaxing back into presence—again and again choosing a relaxed, receptive attentiveness. We close by bringing kindness to our own being and allowing that care to widen outward toward all beings.

This meditation can support relaxation, embodied awareness, mindfulness, nervous system settling and a deeper sense of presence in daily life.

https://www.tarabrach.com/meditation-basic-body-scan-2-2/

08/29/2026

Meditation: Relax into Happiness (19:38 min.) 💕🙏

What if happiness is not something we need to create or strive for, but something we discover when we soften and let go?

In this guided meditation, we awaken through the body, inviting the energy of a smile into the eyes, heart, belly and whole field of awareness. As we relax habitual tension and release the effort to control our experience, we begin to sense the aliveness and openness that are already here.

The practice guides us to rest back into presence—meeting sensations, sounds and thoughts with a receptive awareness. Again and again, we discover that the pathway to happiness can be surprisingly simple: relaxing our grasping and allowing ourselves to be fully here.

This meditation is especially supportive for:

✨ Relaxation and stress relief
✨ Mindfulness and embodied presence
✨ Letting go of tension and over-efforting
✨ Cultivating happiness and inner peace
✨ Reconnecting with the aliveness of the present moment

https://www.tarabrach.com/meditation-relax-into-happiness-2026/