It feels that my whole life feels meditative
Kelly Boys
This episode is brought to you by my upcoming LOVE FESTIVAL – RETREAT. It’s a weekend-long retreat with the intention of opening our hearts.
Kelly Boys is a trainer with the United Nations Foundation where she co-developed and works to deliver a mindfulness and well-being program called “Peace on Purpose” for UN humanitarian and development workers on the front lines. She has delivered programs with UNDP (UN Development Program), UNICEF, UNFPA (UN Population Fund), UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency), and UNRWA (UN Relief for Palestinian Refugees) from New York to the Middle East to Central Asia. She was the host of the Mindfulness Monthly Program with Sounds True Media Company, which launched February 2017, featuring interviews and fresh content with leading meditation teachers on various themes each month. Her book The Blind Spot Effect was released July, 2018 in English, May, 2019 in Spanish, and September, 2019 in Chinese.
She spent two years volunteering with James Fox of the Prison Yoga Project to create and deliver a weekly trauma-sensitive mindfulness and yoga program at San Quentin State Prison for incarcerated veterans, and has worked extensively in the field of trauma sensitive mindfulness, teaching meditation to US veterans with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injuries (TBI).
Kelly has been mentored for several years by clinical psychologist and founder of iRest Richard Miller, as well as psychotherapist John Prendergast, author of In Touch: How to Tune in to the Inner Guidance of Your Body and Trust Yourself, with whom she teaches retreats. She holds a degree in Intercultural Religious Studies and is a certified iRest® meditation teacher, Search Inside Yourself teacher, and is the founding advisor for the meditation app Simple Habit. She teaches retreats and workshops at spots like the Esalen Institute.
Kelly’s book: The Blind Spot Effect: How to Stop Missing What’s Right in Front of You
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Questions I ask:
- What kind of questions we can ask in Inner Inquiry?
- What did Adyashanti tell you about spirituality?
- You have a degree in intercultural religious studies. What did you learn from religious studies?
- Did you learn anything special while working in the prisons?
- What does your meditation practice look like
- and much more!
Books Mentioned: Falling into Grace: Insights on the End of Suffering. The Deep Heart: Our Portal to Presence
People Mentioned: Adyashanti, David Whyte, Rick Hanson, Richard Miller, John J. Prendergast Ph.D.
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