For those are seeking mindfulness instruction, guidance, support, or spiritual direction, I am now offering a bespoke mentoring container. In mentoring sessions we will explore explore classical and secular mindfulness teachings, somatic and movement based practices, as well as creative and expressive practices or even nature connection to help you cultivate insight, well being and a wise heart as you as dig into the deeper questions of your life.
Mentoring sessions can be held virtually or in person, indoors or in nature, or anywhere that inspires your vision and imagination. We will meet 2x a month, giving you time and space between sessions for home practices and creative explorations.
1:1 Mindfulness
Mentoring
your power is in being present!
Can you imagine feeling more at ease in your body, calm in your mind, and open-hearted?
Can you imagine showing up for life fully present?
Mindfulness practice can help support:
cultivating present moment awareness
stress reduction
cultivating general well being, ease, happiness and joy
cultivating self/other awareness
body awareness / nervous system regulation
emotion regulation, and ability to be with challenging emotions
addressing the deeper questions of your life
navigating life transitions
expanding your emotional capacity
etc.
During these sessions, we will:
explore experiential mindfulness practices
engage in discussion about your mindfulness practice
explore somatic/movement based practices, or nature based explorations and mindfulness based creative practices
dive into the many questions you have about how your mindfulness practice is shaping your life, views and values, and how it serves as a profound tool for spiritual, and personal growth.
"With Nichole I am able to learn and grow my meditation practice in ways that are tied to my actual experience. She has helped me develop tools for navigating the most challenging time in my life in ways that I would not have thought possible. She is flexible and responsive to what is going on, brings deep knowledge, experience, and compassion to the work. Her openness about her own meditation experience and struggles really demystifies the process and makes it easier to step into."
-Susan S. philanthropist, private mindfulness/meditation student
Mindfulness Instruction that is fully present, trauma informed, emotionally engaged, and oriented toward curiosity and awareness….
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Bi-weekly 50 minute video sessions.
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Mindfulness and Somatic Nervous System regulation practices to support present moment awareness, healthy nervous system response, and overall wellbeing and healthy regulation.
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Occasional email support between sessions is available. You send me messages for support, feedback, celebrate wins, ask questions or explore ideas. I aim to respond within 48 hours.
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I will send you home with practices to do between sessions. These practices will be specific to your growing practice, and will support you ongoing presence and awareness.
$350/mo
Meet your mentor…. Nichole Proffitt
An avid student of various disciplines of meditation and mindfulness practice since her early 20’s (25+years) Nichole sees her students learn to live with more ease (less stress), experience more open-heartedness, feel more connection with themselves and others, become better equipped to handle challenging experiences or uncomfortable emotions, experience more healthy nervous system regulation, alleviate complicated health issues, and cultivate more joy. A certified mindfulness teacher (UCAL/Mindful Awareness Research Center), Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, trained grief ritual facilitator and dance & movement teacher, Nichole has taught Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction at UCSF for over a decade; She developed and teaches Mindful HEART- Healing and Embodied Awareness for Recovery from Trauma at UCSF; And has worked on several mindfulness research studies, researching the efficacy of mindfulness based interventions on such medical and mental health conditions, as Type 2 diabetes, HIV/AIDS related cognitive decline, rheumatoid arthritis and more. Nichole’s own mindfulness practice has led her to study with teachers from Buddhist monastic and modern meditation traditions, including intensive long term silent retreat practice at Buddhist monasteries and meditation centers all over the world. In her mindfulness teaching, Nichole believes mindfulness brings us closer to the truth and emphasizes embodied awareness, self compassion, engaged curiosity, and how to show up for the joys and sorrows of life with an equally open heart.
