The Art of Creating Space Within
A 6-week course to calm your mind
Learning to meet yourself with patience, self-kindness, and calm
The Art of Creating Space Within FEATURES
One-On-One 30-Minute Coaching Session
A one-on-one introductory session—a warm, personal opportunity for us to connect before the group begins, answer your questions, and gain a clear understanding of where you are and what you hope to gain from the course.
Weekly One-Hour Group Lessons With Instructor
Comprehensive lessons featuring stories, guided meditations, mindful attention and movement integration practices, plus handouts and takeaways so you gain the tools and confidence to create your own calming, sustainable practice.
Daily Recorded Practice Meditations
Each week includes a themed guided meditation during class, followed by an email with a short recorded meditation practice to support and deepen your ongoing journey.
Daily Grounding Exercises
During each class, you’ll take part in grounding activities, and afterward you’ll receive a weekly email with key takeaways, simple exercises, and practical tips to help you build lasting routines.
Meditation Community Groups
A private group created just for your class - similar to Facebook but by invitation only. Ask questions, share experiences, or simply let out what’s on your mind, knowing you’re supported by a safe, compassionate community.
Add-On Sessions
Interested in one-on-one sessions?
Curious about joining a meditation group?
Let’s talk.
The Art of Creating Space Within Curriculum
Beginning Where You Are
Understanding what meditation is (and isn’t), setting a personal intention, posture that's supportive, and learning how to work with the natural rhythm of your breath.
Listening to Your Body
Exploring how awareness of the body helps create a sense of steadiness and ease.
Making Space for Thoughts
Exploring how to witness thoughts without getting hooked by them, creating a mental gap that adllows for a calmer response.
Acceptance & Staying Within
Moving from resisting uncomfortable emotions to accepting them as they are. Focusing on how to stay present within your own experience.
A Calm Environment & Connections
Focusing on extending calm to your physical surroundings and relationships using active listening and intentional silence to create space for others.
Sustaining the Practice for Lifelong Peace
Creating a roadmap for making space a permanent habit so you develop daily implementations to ensure your practice continues.
From The Hearts Of My Clients
TESTIMONIALS
Connie
"Jill’s meditations have made a real difference in my life. Relaxing and centering myself while her soothing voice guides me through an inner journey makes my entire day go more smoothly. This may sound rather ordinary, but it makes an extraordinary difference in my day when I participate. I find I can embrace life, both good and bad, with understanding and compassion for myself and others. As a spiritual director and an end-of-life doula, I would not hesitate to recommend Jill to any of my clients."
Mary
"Nothing short of inspiring. From the moment we started chatting, I could hear the fervor in Jill’s voice and the genuine passion she held for wanting to help me. Jill radiates such enthusiasm, and I felt compelled to share my experience. We connected immediately. Jill understood the unique challenge I was facing. Her empathetic approach has helped me and continues to help."
Tamara
"Jill is absolutely incredible at honing in on what’s bothering me and applying meditation to get it resolved. Her voice is so calming and healing - whether it’s a health issue, a relationship problem, a work stressor, or something else. Jill helps me work through it by applying meditation and helping me on my journey. She’s truly so good. I highly recommend her."
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Disclaimer
I understand that by using this website, I will be receiving coaching services from Meditation To Live Well LLC, which are not intended to substitute for professional mental health care or medical care, and are not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any mental health or medical conditions. I also understand that Meditation To Live Well LLC is not acting as a mental health counselor or a medical professional.
Embracing Stillness & Relaxation: Cultivating Inner Peace and Tranquility
There is a quiet magic in stillness
like freshly fallen snow blanketing the earth.
It quiets the roughness of our hurried lives, offering a space to rest and breathe. Every time we get a big snowfall, I am so comforted by the silence. The world seems to slow down, and it reminds me that peace is not something to take for granted. It is already here, waiting beneath the surface.
Embracing stillness means taking moments of intentional quiet where your mind and body can rest without outside distractions. This doesn’t mean you need to be sitting in a meditative posture; you can be just sitting quietly in nature or in a place where you can be undisturbed and take time to breathe deeply.
Relaxation is the doorway into this quiet. Imagine your body releasing its weight into the chair beneath you, as though the earth itself is holding you. Each breath moves like a gentle tide, melting away tension. Muscles loosen, shoulders drop, and your inner self begins to settle like a snowflake floating lazily to the ground.
Inner peace often doesn’t surface during times of stress but starts with grounding practices like deep breathing, meditation, and self-reflection. It may arrive during my meditation, As Snowflakes Fall, on a cold winter’s day, in a warm log cabin, by the warmth of a fire, looking through a large window out at the falling snow, or in the simple rhythm of your breath. When we notice these moments, we discover that tranquility is not a place we go, but a state of being we return to, we want to return to . . again . . and again.
Cultivating this peace is a practice of attention, of intention. It is choosing to pause when the world says “hurry.” It is listening for the quiet between sounds, the silence between thoughts. Each time we turn inward, we touch the calm that lives within us, steady and unshaken.
Being able to find stillness will calm your mind allowing you to feel more at peace and less stressed out.
One of the practices that I have incorporated into my life is that when I finish work, I spend at least 10 minutes doing nothing … yes, doing nothing. No TV, computer, phones, books, cooking, talking. I sit on my deck (weather permitting) and stare out. I breathe. When I start thinking about other things, I bring myself back to my breath. I don't beat myself up about it. I just bring my thoughts back to my breathing every time. I’ve been doing this every day, or as much as possible, because it is not possible to become a master without practice. I’m building up to 20 minutes each day.
This practice helps me break the work cycle. I actually sleep better at night.
This week, let yourself rest in stillness. Feel how even one mindful breath can shift the weight you carry. Allow the quiet to wrap around you like a soft blanket, reminding you that you are safe, whole, and peaceful.
Tranquility is yours to return to, again and again, like snowflakes falling gently, endlessly, within.
As Snowflakes Fall Micro Meditation Podcast
As Snowflakes Fall Micro Meditation Video
