Every Moment Is Sacred

Get cozy. Find a quiet place, and sit down... even lie down. Take a deep breath, and notice how you are. In this guided meditation, I welcome you to celebrate yourself today! This day was made especially for you!!! Take the risk of being grateful and glad for yourself. You are so powerful, wonderful, and free! Beginning Bell - 3:45 Ending Bell - 10:53 This episode is appropriate for all audiences!...

Happy New Year! We take a moment to reflect, welcome, let go, and step into new learning. At the end of the episode, I share my mother's poem "treasure". These poetic lines are perfect for beginning 2024 in a good, open hearted way. Enjoy! Thank you for being here!!! YOU make this podcast possible! Freebie: receive the poem "treasure" in a downloadable / printable pdf + cou...

Happy New Year's Eve!!! What does a nine year old boy want a story about from his father who is traveling for work?! Young Rascally Raccoon, a random person's garage, and a rocket motorcycle! Find out what happens in this special end of the year episode featuring my life partner, Todd, storyteller extraordinaire!!! If you haven't listened to the first story of Rascally Raccoon, go back...

What does a nine year old boy want a story about from his father who is traveling for work?! A rascally raccoon, a random person's house, and a rocket pack! Find out what happens in this special end of the year episode featuring my life partner, Todd, storyteller extraordinaire!!! Stay tuned for the second story of Rascally Raccoon coming your way on New Year's Eve, as we round up the year...

Get cozy! Sit down and relax. Lie down. If you're busy with your day, that's ok! Breathe and notice how you are... get ready... and enjoy this guided meditation. In this meditation, we explore more aspects and qualities of clarity. ~ Right here, and right now, there is no next. ~ What if I choose to live in the light of my own clarity? Beginning Bell - 4:12 Ending Bell - 10:52 2024 Meditat...

Happy Solstice! On the darkest day of the year, in the northern hemisphere, we celebrate with some meditation announcements and a poem I wrote titled, Grief. The poem begins... "I am made to listen to water more deeply." Gentle warning... Young Audiences - This episode contains mature content regarding death. If you are a minor, please check with a responsible adult you feel connected to...

Get cozy! Sit down and relax. Lie down. If you're busy with your day, that's ok! Breathe and notice how you are... get ready... and enjoy this guided meditation. In this meditation, we explore aspects and qualities of clarity. ~ Meditation can help with clarity! ~ The universe supports us all of the time. ~ Clarity has to do with NOW, the present moment. ~ Live with the clarity of being al...

Get cozy! Sit down and relax. Lie down. If you're busy with your day, that's ok! Breathe and notice how you are... get ready... and enjoy this guided meditation. In this meditation, we explore aspects and qualities of love. ~ Live in love. ~ Love for the time of pandemic we all went through. ~ Love for those who have passed away. ~ Love for yourself! The world needs YOU!!! Beginning Bell -...

Get cozy! Sit down and relax. Lie down. If you're busy with your day, that's ok too! Breathe and notice how you are... get ready... and enjoy this guided meditation. In this meditation, we explore the gifts and qualities of water. ~ I invite you to feel the spaciousness of water. ~ Imagine the space that opens up as you drink water. ~ Water also erodes boulders over time with its own play...

The end of my podcasting birthday month finds me celebrating the guests of the show, sharing a little bit of wisdom I've learned from this endeavor, excited about completing 100 episodes by December 31st, and sharing the new schedule of Every Moment Is Sacred. Thank you for being a listener! Please join our NEW weekly email list to guide you in your listening adventure... and there will be lot...

Meditative guidance for body, mind, heart, and spirit. This guided meditation, as well as the others in this podcast, was originally recorded in a Stillwater Meditation group. Get cozy, take a deep breath, and melt into your true self. Beginning Bell - 10:39 Ending Bell - 18:37 ONE YEAR OF PODCASTING!!! Woohoooo! Thank you for making this journey possible. Each of you, as listeners and as guests,...

"We've got to create beauty from the ashes of our lives." ~ Karaleigh Garrison An amazing, rockstar parent, singer / songwriter, motivational speaker, and passion coach, Karaleigh shares with us her story of courage, creativity, spirituality, and motherhood. Host of the Seeking Sunshine podcast, she is inspired to support others in lighting themselves up! Karaleigh loves helping peop...

Red Camellias is a poem my mother wrote, after becoming a mother, but reflecting back on the time in her life before she was a mother. Poem begins: 9:13 Poem ends: 10:55 Leslye Layne Russell, was a poet and true creative spirit. She passed away before she published her poetry, and in the months prior to her death, I promised to publish and share her work. Here it is!!! ONE YEAR OF PODCASTING!!! Wo...

Discernment is a tool we use when we are able see clearly without judgement. This skill is so useful in spiritual practice as well as in daily life. This is not an emotional bypass but rather a way of allowing for all sensations, thoughts, feelings, as well as intelligence of the spirit. We can all do this! Let's practice together and strengthen our ability to courageously discern. Beginning B...

Nagarjuna was an Indian Mahayana Buddhist philosopher, scholar, and monk. He visited me in a dream one night, and this is my mother's eloquent poem about him! It is all about the Middle Way. ~~~~~ My mother, Leslye Layne Russell, was a poet and true creative spirit. She passed away before she published her poetry, and in the months prior to her death, I promised to publish and share her work....

Today's guest is the delightful abundance coach, Athena Thiel! We share a spicy conversation with listener questions and deep, personal reflections. I appreciate Athena's ability and willingness to play with me in conversation, defining terms of abundance and unfolding a deeper understanding of a possible paradigm shift in the amazing world of manifestation. Athena helps women turn their p...

Allowing is a guided meditation, created in an online Stillwater Meditation group and shared with you here, for your own personal practice. Get cozy, take a deep breath, and notice how you are. The meditation begins with a bell and ends with a bell. The timestamps are below. Enjoy! Beginning Bell - 7:49 Ending Bell - 17:56 ~~~~~ ONE YEAR OF PODCASTING!!! Woohoooo! Thank you for making this journey...

ONE YEAR OF PODCASTING!!! Woohoooo! Thank you for making this journey possible. Each of you, as listeners and as guests, have made a positive difference for so many. Because of you, we have held steady in the top 5% of podcasts globally, reaching over 30 countries around the world. Let me know anything you would like to see in the second year of this show. Email healing@rainelizabeth.org. I happil...

"We are living in a sonic universe. Just pay attention." ~ Bodhi Starwater What is the difference between music & sound healing? There is a poetic distinction between the two, and Bodhi Starwater eloquently describes his experience with both. Bodhi is a world-famous sound healer, AND he is my stepfather from childhood. I am so honored to share his journey through music and sound heal...

In true silence, there is no opposition. There is a silence that holds even the loud, rolling thunder of human life. This guided meditation leads the listener into the great silence that holds the silence that comes and goes as well as sound. Notice if you can feel into and listen to the silence that is untouched by anything that is going on. Deep listening at its best rests into the presence that...

"in out" is one of my mom's spiritual poems. All of her poems have a spiritual inclination, and there are some that are pointing directly to that which we all know but rarely are there accurate words for. I get a true felt sense of the unfolding, ever present, rather mysterious quality of life while reading these poetic lines. Do you also know what she's writing about? If not, ar...

"The deeper I go into my art, the less I censor divine inspiration." ~ Bodhi Starwater Bodhi is a world-famous sound healer, AND he is my stepfather from childhood. I am so honored to share his journey through music and into sound healing with you! Bodhi is a musician, sound healer, author, and recording artist. His intention is to empower people to manifest their deepest dreams and ulti...

This guided meditation is not what you think! Rather than offering patience and trust to the people, things, and events in your life... how about feeling into how life is trusting YOU!!! Yes, you. What if life itself is having patience in you, in your own beautiful unfolding? Feel into this, how you are so held and trusted... exactly as you are, moving at your own pace and embodying your unique, a...

One evening, as I was walking across my yard, I saw a beautiful crescent moon above the Adirondacks. I thought to myself, "I bet my mom has a poem about the moon." She does! I found it, and I am sharing her romantic, moon-filled words with you here. Enjoy! My mother, Leslye Layne Russell, was a poet and true creative spirit. She passed away before she published her poetry, and in the mon...

Jennifer Chambers (writer, speaker, podcaster) has quite a story to tell that takes the listener on a journey through different realms of life. She and I dive into true crime but first begin with her own healing journey from a traumatic brain injury. As a teenager, she had to relearn everything from walking, talking, and tying shoes. I feel honored to share with you about Jennifer's healing pr...