2.09 We Are Nature
Meryl Arnett is a mama, meditation teacher, the creator of The Mindful Minute podcast, and the head of meditation for Shoreline meditation app. Her passion is introducing mindfulness in ways that are accessible to all of us.
Meryl's meditation classes have been featured on CNN Headline News, WXIA-TV and Atlanta Magazine, and her podcast has been named a Top 10 meditation podcast. She has been teaching corporate, private & group meditation classes since 2010, and she co-created Sacred Chill {West}, the first meditation + yoga studio in Atlanta to offer regular, independent meditation classes.
Meryl continues to study, practice, and find great inspiration from her teachers, Tracee Stanley and Chanti Tacoronte-Perez. She delights in combining the magical and the mundane - using nature, art, literature, and dream interpretation alongside the endless laundry, dishes and bills of real life to inspire and inform her teaching. Her classes are a mash-up of creative inspirations, ancient teachings, and her own experiences on the meditation cushion. You’ll often hear Meryl reference her favorite podcasts, alongside countless books, poems and works of art. Her goal as a teacher is to use meditation practices to infuse our real, everyday lives with the magic of an awakened heart.
Off the cushion, Meryl is the mom to two amazing children (Asa & Maple), partners with her high school crush and the oldest of four kids. She graduated from the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communications (Go Dawgs!), and there is nothing she loves more than spending time in the mountains with her family camping, hiking and marshmallow roasting.
In this special episode we discuss:
Nature
The Healing Power of Nature
Ancestral Connections
Ancestral Concerns and Resilience
Ancestral Practices
Elemental Energy
The Marco and Micro
Remembering
Meditation in Nature
Spiritual Practice
Magic
To learn more about Meryl, you can connect with her on her website or on Instagram.
Download the Shoreline meditation app.
Podcast music by Charles Kurtz