Mindfulness in the Heartland

06/30/2026

On Saturday, July 25th, we're hosting Mucha Mindful Looking at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. This beautiful, unhurried experience invites you to slow down and truly be present with extraordinary art.

Our board member and certified mindfulness & meditation teacher, Amy Zoe Schonhoff (Mindfulness in the Heartland), will guide the group through a mindful looking practice in the Timeless Mucha special exhibition, featuring over 100 stunning works by Czech artist Alphonse Mucha. We'll also have a special conversation with the Head of Library & Archives at the Spencer Art Reference Library.

After the practice, join us for optional coffee and conversation at Thou Mayest inside the Bloch Building. ☕

Participants are invited to donate to The Resilient Activist in support of its ongoing work cultivating resilience, connection, and sustainable engagement in times of challenge and change.

Spots are limited! Grab yours now!! 👇

🔗 https://events.humanitix.com/mucha-mindful-looking-at-the-nelson-atkins

Share this with a friend who needs a mindful afternoon out! 🙌

Join The Resilient Activist for Mindful Looking at the Nelson-Atkins, exploring Timeless Mucha. Free tickets; donations support our work.

05/16/2026

I'm excited to share that my weekly community practice 🧘‍♀️ Mindful Movement & Meditation 🧘‍♂️ is relocating to The Studio at Panacea, located in Prairie Village.

You can join us this Wednesday, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. for some gentle, restorative movement and guided meditation.

New and established mindfulness practitioners are welcome!

You can register to join us here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1989231603274?aff=oddtdtcreator

04/18/2026

**Important Announcement**

If you attend our weekly Sacred Space gatherings, please be advised that the Pilgrim Chapel will be temporarily closed for a few weeks beginning April 19th to allow the Pilgrim Center to complete facility updates at the chapel.

In the interim, please join us for Sacred Space on Sundays from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., online via Zoom.

The Zoom meeting link can be found at the Sacred Space page on the Pilgrim Center's website: pilgrimcenterkc.org/welcoming-sacred-space

04/15/2026

GRIEVANCE VS. GROWTH

I noticed this morning how easily I slip into grievance as a train of thought. Resisting what is. Rehearsing what’s wrong.

It’s a habit. One that runs deep. And while it feels familiar, it comes at a cost.

Grievance keeps us from the lesson.

Because underneath every grievance, there’s something else:

* A need that isn’t being met.
* A truth asking to be seen.
* An invitation to change.

And when we turn toward that—when we ask, What is this trying to teach me?—something shifts. We move out of stuckness and back into agency.

This is where our power lies.

If you'd like to join me for a half-day retreat on May 2nd to reflect on some of these springtime themes along with some mindful movement and meditation, check out this link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/emerge-a-spring-half-day-mindfulness-retreat-tickets-1985818286953?aff=oddtdtcreator

04/07/2026

Are you feeling a bit stressed out? Yeah, me too.

The world may be on fire, but thankfully, we've got each other.

If you are looking for a place to land this week, and you live in the KC area, join me for some community practice tomorrow at Seeking Solace in Overland Park from 6:30 to 7:30

We'll gently move our bodies and meditate. Basic goodness for body, heart, and mind.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mindful-movement-meditation-weekly-community-practice-in-overland-park-tickets-1985331748704?aff=oddtdtcreator

04/05/2026

🌸 April Newsletter | Being the Knowing 🌸

https://mailchi.mp/mindfulheartland.com/newsletter_april2026

Meditation practice is a powerful place to learn how to aim and sustain the attention with intention. Rather than making the mind's propensity to wander a problem, we notice when our attention has wandered from the focus of our meditation, and gently bring ourselves back. No judgment, no criticism, just continuing to aim and sustain, to the best of our ability.

Over time, this steady rhythm of aiming, sustaining, and returning develops a mind that is less scattered and more settled. And as the mind grows steadier, something important becomes easier to recognize—the thoughts, emotions, and bodily sensations that continually arise are simply experiences moving through our awareness.

04/04/2026

I'm pleased to share that some of my guided meditations are now housed on Insight Timer.

20 million people use Insight Timer to sleep better, reduce anxiety, improve their happiness and learn to meditate. With more than 120,000 free titles, Insight Timer has the largest free library of sleep tools, music tracks and guided meditations on earth

04/02/2026

🧘‍♀️ New Guided Meditation | Cultivating Attention 🧘

Much like the anchor of a ship keeps a boat from going adrift, an anchor within a meditation practice provides a single-pointed focus of attention that lands us in the present moment and gives us something to return to when the mind becomes distracted.

Working with an anchor helps to strengthen our capacity to direct, focus, and concentrate the attention while developing our ability to reside in the present moment.

https://youtu.be/5qpwiJMXXww

03/31/2026

Needing some time and space to fill your own cup? Join me this Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. for an hour of Mindful Movement & Meditation at Seeking Solace Yoga Studio in Overland Park, KS.

Learn more and register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mindful-movement-meditation-weekly-community-practice-in-overland-park-tickets-1985331748704?aff=oddtdtcreator

03/18/2026

We live in a culture that celebrates constant doing. But the truth is rest is not the opposite of productivity. It is an essential element of productivity that makes it sustainable.

In the natural world, everything moves in cycles—day and night, the turning of seasons, the cycle of the breath.

Activity is always paired with rest.

Yet many of us live as though we are meant to keep going without pause. We push, strive, and tend to all that needs doing—often forgetting that renewal is part of the rhythm of a healthy life.

For those of us who are always doing all the things—supporting others, carrying responsibilities, keeping life moving—learning how to rest may be one of the most powerful forms of self-care we can practice.

And real rest doesn’t have to be complicated. It might be:
• a slow walk beneath the open sky
• a few quiet minutes of mindful breathing
• setting down the electronic device and simply being
• gentle movement that softens the body
• savoring a warm cup of tea in silence

Rest is not lost time. It is the time we take that restores our capacity to live, serve, and love well.

If you'd like to do some restoration in community, join us next Wednesday for some Mindful Movement & Meditation at Seeking Solace Yoga Studio in Overland Park.

Info is available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mindful-movement-meditation-weekly-community-practice-in-overland-park-tickets-1985331748704?aff=oddtdtcreator