Meditation and Self-Care Practices

Every Moment Is Sacred is a podcast interweaving meditation and healing into everyday life. In this episode, host Rain Elizabeth Stickney guides listeners through a meditation practice. She discusses the importance of presence, self-love, and self-care, while offering practical ways to integrate these into daily life. This episode encourages listeners to transition into and out of meditation mindfully, and to be present with their experiences, whether they are comfortable or challenging.

00:00 Welcome to Every Moment Is Sacred

00:40 Introducing Stillwater Meditation

02:00 Various Ways to Meditate Together

04:52 Guided Meditation Begins with a Bell

05:06 Give Yourself a Hug to Begin Practice

08:22 The Essence of Presence in Meditation

13:19 Consciously Transitioning Out of Meditation

14:19 Closing Thoughts and Gratitude

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FREE in person meditation at the Charlotte Library, Vermont

⁠https://rainelizabeth.org/stillwater-meditation/#charlotte-library⁠

Liminal Heart monthly online meditations, donations welcome

https://rainelizabeth.myflodesk.com/liminal2026

Stillwater Meditation: Private Online Group

⁠https://forms.gle/yHUMB86L3fR8gR446⁠

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Contact Rain!

Website: ⁠rainelizabeth.org⁠

Email: ⁠healing@rainelizabeth.org⁠

Pinterest: ⁠@rainelizabeth⁠

Substack: ⁠@rainelizabethstickney⁠

LinkedIn: ⁠Rain Elizabeth Stickney⁠

YouTube: ⁠@rainelizabethhealingarts⁠

Insight Timer: ⁠Rain Elizabeth Stickney⁠

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Thank you to my crew!

Assistance: Greta Hagios

Sound Editing: Ferrara Pan

Web Design:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠kojolapower.com⁠⁠⁠

Transition Music: ⁠Bodhi Starwater⁠

Intro & Outro Music:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Layne Russell⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠James Russell⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Song:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠May Your Dreams Draw You Gently⁠⁠⁠⁠ from ⁠My Oh My⁠

And thank you to YOU!!! Your presence is truly a blessing! xoxox

Releasing Pain Through Meditation

This guided meditation is part of Stillwater 2025. Although it was not recorded in this particular group, I am offering it in replacement of a recording that is a bit difficult to edit. This meditation was recorded on October 22, 2017. It is along the same theme of the meditation that was given in the 28th week of our practice in Stillwater 2025. Visit YouTube to listen to all 41 meditations that comprise a year of sacred gatherings in this private, online group.

Interested in enrolling for Stillwater 2026? Begin enrollment here: https://forms.gle/nwVTHWYU4crgM9YP9

In this episode of 'Every Moment Is Sacred,' host Rain Elizabeth Stickney guides listeners through a healing meditation focused on releasing pain, noticing space, and embracing freedom. Rain emphasizes the transformative power of breath and the importance of letting go of control as essential elements of moving beyond pain, feeling more spaciousness, and embodying freedom of the true self.

00:00 Welcome to Every Moment Is Sacred

00:40 Introducing Stillwater Meditation

02:00 Various Ways to Meditate Together

04:52 Guided Meditation Begins with a Bell

10:15 Releasing Control and Exploring Freedom

16:08 Closing Thoughts and Gratitude

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FREE in person meditation at the Charlotte Library, Vermont

⁠https://rainelizabeth.org/stillwater-meditation/#charlotte-library⁠

Liminal Heart monthly online meditations, donations welcome

https://rainelizabeth.myflodesk.com/liminal2026

Stillwater Meditation: Private Online Group

⁠https://forms.gle/yHUMB86L3fR8gR446⁠

~~~~~

Contact Rain!

Website: ⁠rainelizabeth.org⁠

Email: ⁠healing@rainelizabeth.org⁠

Pinterest: ⁠@rainelizabeth⁠

Substack: ⁠@rainelizabethstickney⁠

LinkedIn: ⁠Rain Elizabeth Stickney⁠

YouTube: ⁠@rainelizabethhealingarts⁠

Insight Timer: ⁠Rain Elizabeth Stickney⁠

~~~~~

Thank you to my crew!

Assistance: Greta Hagios

Sound Editing: Ferrara Pan

Web Design:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠kojolapower.com⁠⁠⁠

Transition Music: ⁠Bodhi Starwater⁠

Intro & Outro Music:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Layne Russell⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠James Russell⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Song:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠May Your Dreams Draw You Gently⁠⁠⁠⁠ from ⁠My Oh My⁠

And thank you to YOU!!! Your presence is truly a blessing! xoxox