April 30, 2023 • 50 mins
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And that opens up every.
Thing inside of me because I wasmad at myself.
For all of the things I feltthat I should have, or should
not have done in my life.
And when I realized I couldforgive myself.
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I tried.
And in those tears, there wasforgiveness.
Welcome to mind elevation healthand wealth.
I am your host, Shai rhe DeWine.
One this session, we have aspecial guest, Mr.
Mon Stewart.
I am so excited about thissession because it is my first
podcast interview.
And I'm so grateful that Simonehas trusted mind elevation
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health and wealth as her podcastplatform to share her passion as
a meditation practitioner, wewill learn about the art of And
the benefits of meditation.
She is offering her services tolisteners If you are ready to
practice meditation and the artof consuming.
We use the podcast notes toclick on modern meditation
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website link.
And schedule, you can also bookthe art of consumer.
From the Airbnb app as an Airbnbexperience or from the event,
bright app.
as well as her website.
you are here on purpose when weare real together we heal
together So.
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My own store.
It likes to consider herself aslife curious.
She loves to travel and she isan avid meditation practitioner.
She received her meditationteacher training certification
in mindfulness and compassionmeditation from the path in
2021.
She believes in the power ofone's inherent goodness.
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She loves the curiosity of themind and a good adventure.
She traveled to India forindependent studies.
She has spent years engaged inthe works and intensive study
from respected meditationteachers.
She has a master's in businessadministration.
Bachelor's in businessmanagement and an associates
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degree in travel and tourismwith a minor in communication.
During the last 20 plus years,she has held various leadership
roles in FEMA, American expressand manage a training.
Training and development team.
Simone is the owner of modernmeditation.
And the motto is lead with loveher website, the meditation
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spot.com.
You can click the direct link inthe podcast notes.
She can also be found onInstagram at modern meditation,
underscore L w L the Instagramlink will also be in the podcast
notes and her business phonenumber is seven one three.
8 0 4, 4 7, 6, 8.
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We are so grateful to have youon the session.
Simone, is there anything elseyou would like to add to your
introduction?
Hi.
Oh, thank you so much for havingme here today.
Um, yes.
Might've meditation.
We, we focused on the mind body.
And so we say that we areleading with love because
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anything done with love.
And then with the heartfeltheart.
Mindful and it's genuine.
The Dalai Lama says that themore you're motivated by love.
The more free and fair.
This your actions.
It might've meditation.
Our aim is.
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Like I said the healing and theprotection.
Of once the mind, body and film.
We believe that those are thecomponents that are priced in
that can positively change theworld.
Our vision at might admit apatient to generation of the
change.
The way we think and treat ourbody.
We create an atmosphere thatpromotes.
(04:00):
As far we're thinking mind.
Uh, welfare body.
And an empathetic, so.
Thank you so much for having mehere.
Oh, it's great.
And your voice is amazing by theway.
Thank you.
What made you go intomeditation?
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Well, um, meditation was oversome things that I was
interested in.
And when, I got started withmedication, I think I was
probably at one of the lowestpoints of my life.
And, you know, just at thatpoint before you break.
And I hung out at that point.
(04:42):
The main thing and kind of thewild one and my shame and my
pain for a little bit.
Um, but then I knew I wanted torelive a different kind of life.
I knew that I wanted to makesignificant changes in my life.
The way that I interacted withpeople.
The way they interacted with myown life.
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The way that interacted with theearth.
So the path that I took andeverybody's path is different.
But the path that I took wasinward reflection.
Seclusion.
Prayer and meditation.
And.
I believe through medication.
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I think that's where I reallyfound myself.
It has to make calm my body.
It helps me improve my abilityfor him to stress.
And ultimately meditation trulyhelped me find myself.
It really helps me understand.
The ways of the heart.
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You know, Source of love that ifany.
That I have access to.
That love that.
Bubbles that that is with me allthe time.
It was meditation.
Where I was able to cultivatecompassion.
And.
(06:07):
During that process.
I've learned so much and I wantto share it without the.
So that's kind of what made me.
Get into meditation and want tostay in there.
Wow.
And I had asked you before theinterview, what were some major
things that you want listenersor potential clients for your
business?
Because you're operating ameditation business.
(06:29):
You said that you wanted tofocus really on the mindfulness
meditation.
Healthy eating.
The art of kintsugi and massagetherapy.
Of course.
We want to know what the art ofShe is.
So what made you explore theartists can Suji.
Yeah.
Okay.
The artist can Philby oh, it'ssuch a beautiful art.
(06:52):
It's a Japanese art.
That's about 500 years though.
Um, the items can still berecognizes and validate the
broken bits that are in each ofus.
Can Suki offers a way to kind ofrephrase the hardship.
And it reminds us of our brokenbit.
(07:13):
And those same broken bitsinside of us make us unique.
Can make us beautiful.
And most importantly, it makesus resilient.
And then, like you said earlier,We offer and our meditation
services.
I meditation methods.
Cognitively reframed.
(07:34):
Oneself.
To emotionally regulate the mindspecifically in distressing
times.
Uh, practices.
They spend to the mind likecultivating compassion.
And promoting Archer.
Within individuals.
And of course that extends outto the community.
we teach healthy eating classes.
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And our culinary tradition.
We use healthy foods to fuel themind.
And we offer lessons to engagethe community and health
conscious choices.
We, offer therapeutic massage.
We have a whole collection.
And we just have another formand as a path for holistic
(08:19):
wellbeing.
we focus on not only what'shappening above.
So we also focused on what'shappening below.
Cause all this therapy.
And, you know, Our holisticview, as I said earlier, is, um,
the mind, body and soul.
(08:39):
Our wellness.
Surfaces that we offer arecustomizable for individuals and
groups.
We offered corporate mindfulprograms.
And it has been with proventechniques that, lead to
healthier employees again fromthe inside out.
Right.
Cause that's what we want.
We want people that are well.
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Within and outside.
And I think collectively weclarify the connection between
the mind, the body and the so.
To cultivate a greater awarenessof self.
And, and also to aid in removingthe mental layer.
(09:21):
That's why I'm asking.
To grow in.
And love.
Yeah.
And in fact, that's actually howyou, and I've met you.
Uh, I guess you would consider acorporate, you came to our
school.
Many of my listeners know thatI'm an educator.
And so our, School.
Had, Simone come in and, do somemindfulness meditation with us.
(09:45):
And it was just, it was everyoneneeded it, everyone in the
department.
That showed up that eveningneeded it.
We, uh, breathe.
We did a meditation and it wasjust, it was just so, so
wonderful.
And yes.
Her energy, someones energy iswhat like drew me to her.
And so I was like, I just haveto have all my podcasts.
(10:08):
Like this is amazing.
And so that's, why Simone ishere with us today.
so yes, she does the corporateevents.
I got to experience that.
Which is why she is here with ustoday.
And, um, I really want to sharethat experience with my
listeners that live in theHouston area.
Because our services areavailable in the Houston area.
(10:29):
Do you travel any or you justmainly here?
In Houston.
Yeah, we were, we can goanywhere within the United
States and we could even go up.
Um, last summer we did.
A couple of events in Barbados.
Oh, wow.
It was.
Yeah.
And I had some just impromptuevents that just kind of popped
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up when I was in Costa Rica inDecember.
Oh, so you were in Costa Rica.
When one day I want somerelocate to Costa Rica.
So that's amazing.
That's the whole method.
It is, it is.
All right.
So now we know more about yourbusiness and I want to know more
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about you.
My listeners also want to knowmore about you.
So what makes you feel like yourbest self.
Oh, I feel like my best selfwhen I am extending loving
compassion and acts ofgenerosity.
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Either.
And it could be, great acts.
Or it could be small acts likethat.
Irving someone's work ahead ofme.
Or hoping the door.
Whole thing.
You know, paying for someone'snear, behind me.
And what I find.
(11:55):
The way, in which case.
So.
I RONIC is that.
Smiling at people.
Tend to be.
The biggest opener for anysituation that I've worked in.
So I try to do that often.
Yeah, you share a smile.
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In your profession, themeditation.
Practitioner profession.
What is the best compliment youreceived, whether it was from a
client.
What are some of the bestcompliments that you've
received?
Well, I work closely with peoplein my circle and you know, some
people outside of my circle.
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And just people that come intothe business somehow come into
my circle.
It's about, there'll becommunity right in the end of
the day.
And.
And, you know, somebody told methat I reminded Dan of my
mother.
And, I feel it my, or my mother,I think that was my biggest
compliment that I've everreceived.
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My mother was.
A nurse for several years.
So, you know, There's a wholelot of love in that particular,
industry.
You, when you go into thatfield, you, if I can teach her,
you go in with love.
You start with love.
Got made.
That's what makes you get inthere?
And, um, Many times.
(13:23):
Oftentimes I saved my mother tome with like a little angel
dropdown or.
She showed me compassion before.
I even knew what compassion was.
My mother brought home peoplefrom the hospital into our home
to live with that.
She brought home relative.
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I mean.
Our house had people in it.
And she cooked and ran thehousehold with loving
compassion.
Yeah.
I can go on and on.
Wow.
So basically you were put in anurturing environment.
And you were put in a loving andcompassionate environment, which
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is what essentially brought youto what you're doing now.
And you also said you focused oncompassion.
Um, yeah, compassion meditation.
And basically you just kindalike inherited that.
Generational thing from yourmom.
(14:29):
I believe so.
Yeah.
So that, I mean, They say thatthe apple doesn't fall too far
from the tree.
And in my lifetime, I've hadseveral families living with me
off.
So.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Now, how would you describe yourrole?
As a meditation practitioner.
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I guess you can describe it inwhat that looks like a day in
your life as a meditationpractitioner.
How would you describe yourrole?
My role could be still verydifferent.
And so family.
The same as self.
So the same at the same time.
but first of all, I want tofirst say this.
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Because I think that, um, itneeds to be said.
I believe that meditationpractitioners or healers.
Yes.
And, um, In our own way.
And though we don't have thelicenses.
Like doctor psychologist andother, Medically trained
professional.
(15:33):
I think we're all workingtowards the same goal, right?
We all want to heal the bodyfrom the inside out.
We want to give people tangibletools to help them achieve their
goals.
And expiration.
So I wanted to, I consideredmyself as the healer.
Yes.
That's holistic healing.
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Yeah.
Yeah.
Because.
You know what the mind is,right.
Everything out.
K fall into place.
You know, Aye.
I know I need to leave.
Move these last 10 pounds.
I know that, but sometimes mymind I'm like I get up and I'm
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out there and every time.
I'm not.
So.
No, it takes that constant workon the mind.
Yeah.
And that's essentially whatmeditation is, right?
It's calming the mind.
And yeah.
Working towards those.
Let's see.
So what is a commonly hillbelief?
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About your role as a meditationpractitioner that you
passionately disagree with?
Um, I would think the easiestone, the.
The most common month that Ihear.
I mean, I've literally justheard it today.
Um, people say that they cannotmeditate because.
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For various reasons.
The one that I hear the most isbecause their mind keeps going
and going and going.
You know, we call that monkeymind.
When the mind is distracted.
Just the only thing.
And.
Often you have that kind ofchaotic feeling going on in your
mind.
Just keep going, thinking abouta list.
(17:22):
So this the things you actuallydo.
Well, we work on cultivatingthat beginner's mind.
Slowing down and becomingcurious about your body.
Okay.
That's really what meditationis.
You when you know where in yourbody.
You feel pension?
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Building when you start goinginto an anxiety attack.
So for example, one of thequestions that I asked you it.
Where do you feel tension inyour body?
And people have pointed outvarious places for me.
I know it's in my gut.
So.
I'll give you a quick story,which has nothing to do with it.
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But today I nearly died.
I nearly died.
I was on the highway and.
And all of a sudden became toan.
Career, literally screechinghops.
And my sister was driving and acar.
Definitely.
And automatedly swerved awayfrom that.
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And.
That literally saved our life.
And we were like, God was like,Push the car away.
If they've not today.
Really.
They can't get into an accidenttoday.
Wow.
Actor.
After that, that whole incident.
Our hearts.
We're racing.
And I turned to my sister, Isaid, where do you feel this
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tension distress?
Whatever this fear building inyour body where you feel it.
And at that point, we kinder.
Pies and felt what was going onwith our bodies.
And she said.
I feel it in the back of myneck.
I've never noticed that before.
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She said, I feel it in my heart.
Wow.
I've got it all in my stomachand I felt the maximal heart was
racing.
I'm a hardship.
Pumping out of my chair.
So.
When, you know, what's going onwith your body.
At times we can.
What are things that arepossibly coming negative
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feelings that could be arising.
Soon after.
All right.
And everybody can do that.
So everyone could meditate.
Right.
And you may you put me in themine of like shockers.
Your.
Chakra.
Yeah.
You mentioned earlier about, A.
Panic attack.
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Or some people call them anxietyattacks And.
And since you've, you've done alot of research and, You've
practiced a lot.
Do people that previously have,or that.
Have, Panic attacks when theystart meditation.
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Does that normally decrease the,panic attacks?
Does it go away?
What have you seen?
With that.
Yeah, definitely.
I've seen that there is.
Not only that I've seen withgladly show.
That people that meditateregularly.
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Reduced, they reduce the panic,the stress in their life.
And part of that is.
Breathing.
Part of that is that mindfulnessof what's happening to your
body.
So, for example, when I knowthat when I'm starting to cry,
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like I know tears are coming.
The first place that I feel it'sfunny enough is in my throat.
Um, so when I start to feel thatkind of tightening and like I
can't swallow and then my faceturns red and then the eyes well
up.
When I start to feel that then Isupposed to breathe and now I'm
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focused on my breath because Ineed to bring my temperature
down.
Right.
And that's the beginning.
That's the opening door tomeditation is breath work.
What's happening with yourbreath.
Yeah.
And before we started thepodcast, we took a few breasts
together.
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To relax and to prepare.
And I really enjoyed that and itreally calmed my spirit.
It made me focus.
And be centered on what we wereabout to.
Uh, do today.
And, I want to thank you forguiding me through that.
and I'm so grateful that youdidn't have a car accident
today.
And then God was with you alland you were able to, Grass
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yourself because you know, thatcould have easily thrown.
One of you into a panic attack,it could have, you know, caused
the more emotional trauma.
But I get a sense that sinceyou.
You and your sister, bothpractice meditation.
Correct.
She has recently started herjourney.
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And it's so beautiful becausenow I see her.
Kind of bubbling over with thesame excitement life.
Oh, my God.
If I just breathe, if I couldpick a moment.
If I'm silent, you know, I seethat same excitement.
And, um, it's just beautiful.
(22:48):
And I know what you're talkingabout when you say that, because
I can remember where.
I, I used to be a skeptic aboutbreathing.
Until I started actuallypracticing it myself.
and I would just tell myself,Shira, stop and breathe.
And now like some mornings, whenI'm rushing in the morning to
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work, I'll finally make it towork and I'll get to my desk and
I'm like, oh, I still got to gosign in, but I'll stop.
And I'll take some breaths.
And I'll bring myself back down.
And before I probably would'vejust, you know, stress myself
out even more that day.
Instead of bringing myself backdown.
And I think many times, a lot ofus that haven't learned how to
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manage our stress and are stilljust running like nonstop with
all this extra stress and allthis extra pain, which we know,
causes even more health issues,within us.
I'm grateful for learning thattechnique.
So.
One thing that I'd want mylisteners to understand.
which is why it's so importantfor Simone to be with us today
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is to understand that it is waydeeper, that we can even imagine
when we focus on.
our breaths.
Our mindfulness and meditation.
So once again, we're grateful.
Thank you, Sharon.
What is something people in themeditation industry?
Um, Should start or stop doing.
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You just choose whichever oneyou want to focus on.
Well, I, you, you were talkingearlier about trauma.
And trauma is so real, So, soreal.
In so many people for manydifferent reasons.
And, I think there are goodintentions with people that are
offering online meditation.
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But I think that if you havesome type of.
Meditation training orcertification that may be a bit,
a bit better.
guided meditation can at time.
Depending on what that person issaying it can uncover.
Or step feelings that, um, theperson listening to the center,
(25:02):
they made a patient.
May not be prepared to handlethat.
At time and they may needadditional support.
There's a fine line with theperson that teaches meditation.
Or I shouldn't say finally thatthe big line with the person
that teaches meditation and theperson that's the psychiatry.
And we are not.
(25:24):
The same.
So getting that additionalsupport maybe necessarily for
some people that are new tomeditation that are just jumping
in and they're hitting it from aperson that's not there.
Who hasn't been trained toguide.
So, what I'm hearing you say isbecause I feel like I'm that
person that I turn on a guidedmeditation at night to help me
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get to sleep, which by the way,has helped me sleep.
Our helped me fall asleep.
On my own without any type ofalternative sleep aid, if you
know what I'm talking about.
So yes, I do.
I'm hearing you say, having ameditation practitioner in
person helping to guide youthrough.
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Some of this trauma.
With meditation can be way morebeneficial than just turning on
some random guided meditation.
Correct.
It can be, but also if you'reexperiencing.
Severe bout of depression andtrauma.
You, might need more help thanJeff.
(26:29):
How meditation practitioner youmight want to consider getting
additional support.
Yeah, the meditation is great.
And it's a tool that can be usedto.
To aid in the healing of themind.
But.
There are edits to thatmeditation.
(26:49):
Can't offer that unnecessary.
Right.
And so as a meditationpractitioner, When you have
someone that you are, Providingservice for, it sounds like you
recognize it and you will referthem.
To excellently.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
The people are talking aboutsuicidal thoughts.
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And things of that nature.
And meditation can support theprocess.
But you need to speak to aprofessional.
Right.
They need more help.
And then I think like after theydo seek that help meditation can
still be there.
to support them through thecontinuous process of healing.
Correct.
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It absolutely.
Should be there.
Yes.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I have, I have personally.
Um, To do a meditation.
And I'm on numerous.
Especially when.
It's in person.
I was at a retreat and I satthrough a meditation.
And I was just.
(27:53):
Balling.
Crying.
Nonstop.
It unleashed and released.
Things in me that, Needed tocome out at that moment.
You actually did your,independence study in India.
(28:14):
Yeah.
So when you traveled to India,was that.
Uh, healing during for you whileyou were doing the independent
study.
Can you talk a little bit aboutthat?
Yeah, India is such a spiritual,country in so many ways.
There's different deities.
The Campos.
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The whole, the people is justlike, there's a hundred there
that.
And that has a spiritualundertone to it.
And going there, I was able towitness and be a part of so many
different ceremonies.
And it was a life changingexperience.
And so many ways.
I mean, that's, again is a wholenother podcast.
(28:57):
It's.
It was just so different.
That was part of your journey.
yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely apart of the journey.
And when you experienced, thecrying and bawling.
Was someone there to guide youthrough it.
Yeah.
Well, I was at this.
I completely separate indifferent occasions.
With the silent retreats thatyou go on, where you meditate.
(29:21):
All day.
And there's no electronics.
At all.
There's no book.
There's no music there.
You.
And your spot.
There's no talking, it's silent.
But there are people that, um,meditation trainers.
And the wonderful and brilliant.
(29:42):
Joanne Hardy.
Was there.
And, Ruth King was there andshe's another brilliant mind and
a wonderful meditationpractitioner.
And, I was listening to the talknow.
They're there and they can talklike the people that are
attending.
We listen.
(30:02):
And, they were.
Talking about, specificallyabout forgiveness of self.
And, Now you're going to make mestart crying again, shy.
This is a safe.
This is a safe space.
Okay.
And, um, you know, how wereadily and often forgive
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others.
But we walk around and don'tforget for.
Ourselves, maybe the shame andthe hurt that we put ourselves.
And, I don't know why nobodytold me that before.
I could forgive myself.
My case to give other.
(30:47):
Self-compassion.
Compassion for self.
Yes.
And that opens up every.
Thing inside of me because I wasmad at myself.
For all of the things I feltthat I shouldn't.
(31:09):
Or should not, should have, orshould not have done in my life.
And when I realized I couldforgive myself.
I tried.
And in those tears, there wasforgiveness.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Self-compassion.
(31:29):
That.
In itself.
You're right.
No one teaches us that.
It's always forgive this personfor hurting you.
Forgive that person for thepain.
Make calls.
But we forget.
That we also have to do that forourselves.
Yeah.
Most important.
(31:50):
The most important.
What do you wish your youngerself knew about your current
profession?
I wish my youngest.
Uh, I wish I had trusted myintuition more.
I wish.
I wish I trusted myself more.
I thought I had to kind of fightmy way through.
(32:12):
No.
Uh, everything had to be.
I have to be afraid.
And the moment I stoppedfighting.
And I let go of the notion thatI was in control of anything.
Anything I have control of it.
I'm barely holding on to controlof my staff.
(32:34):
Um, I was free.
I am free.
You know, the universe providesme with everything that I need.
So there was freedom in that.
Absolutely.
Those freedom.
Oh my goodness.
When you start trying to be incontrol of things, people,
animal outcome.
(32:54):
The pitch freedom.
Yeah.
It is.
Ooh.
If we could have known thosethings when we were younger,
Yeah.
Yeah, I think, working with,Teenagers.
In a high school level.
When you talk about these thingsto the young mind, they
sometimes still don't grasp it.
(33:16):
But I always say I plant theseed.
When you plan a C.
Is eventually may grow.
With the right nurturing.
so I always say I'm going toplant the seed in these young
minds.
And hopefully if it doesn't grownow that later it will grow.
And they will learn, andunderstand these things.
(33:38):
I want to let you know.
That in the morning.
I have a little walk.
A little walk in with pain.
That I do.
And during my work, I listenedto, Famous people from all over
from basketball thing.
(33:58):
You know, Different walks oflife, but they're all famous.
And.
I will tell you that the seedthat you plant.
Are absolutely going to.
Flourish into trees.
And those trees will flourishinto, Or chip or valleys.
(34:21):
Of fruit.
I've listened to this podcastand.
I want to say nine out of 10people, because they've told me
their story.
And nine out of 10 people talkabout the teachers that inspired
them.
Wow.
Yeah.
And I think that's what.
(34:43):
Helps me continue to do what Ido.
Because of that.
Yeah.
And even if I just.
Help one.
Students.
I feel like.
I've done something.
And a lot of my studentsactually follow my podcast.
(35:04):
I have a session overself-compassion.
And forgiveness.
So I try to make them follow andlisten.
And I'm not only do that for mystudents though, I also do it
for my son.
My son is 24 years old and wehave talks and I feel like if
anything ever happens to me, healways has my voice.
(35:30):
yeah, even if it's just clickand play on a podcast.
What you bring as well in yourprofession?
Whether you're helping, I don'tknow what your age group is.
You have a specific age limit.
Or I done.
You don't know.
Okay.
So.
Whether you're helping a youngperson or really old person.
(35:54):
Betsy's going to be planted.
And even in your profession, Iremember my first time
meditating.
I did what you said happens whenyou said people say I can't
meditate.
That was me the very first timeI tried it.
the very first time I triedmeditation, I was like, I can do
(36:15):
this.
Okay.
This ain't working, you know,and I kinda gave up, but I
always.
Try things more than once.
So I came to another phase in mylife.
And I tried it again and I cameto another phase of my life and
I cannot let go of it.
I can imagine you possiblyworking with a client.
(36:36):
And they may not get it at thatmoment.
But they may come back to it ina different phase of their
lives.
So that's also.
Yeah, that's also how you plantthe seed.
So.
Yeah.
That's amazing.
I have one question that I do.
But I do have, Whenever Ifinish.
(36:57):
I have a question for you.
Oh, you do.
Yeah.
That's going to be off therecord off the record question.
No.
So we can.
It's the way I like to ask thequestion.
I like to leave people at theend of, At the end of the
discussion.
(37:18):
Before we get to me, I gotanother question for you.
Because, yeah.
my listeners are my champions.
I call them champions and we'rechampions for life changes.
Which is why the podcast iscalled mind, elevation health
and wealth.
And I like how you touched on itstarts with the mind.
So what are three major mindsetbeliefs that make you a
(37:41):
champion?
I like being a champion.
I like to think of myself as achampion.
I.
I feel strong.
One of the mindset.
Beliefs is the concept ofimpermanence.
Everything and everyone is.
Always changing.
The pain and the joy.
(38:02):
Not just the pain, but the painof the Jovi FIO.
Today are not permanent.
just like the clouds and theweather.
We're always changing.
I mean, since we've been on thiscall.
Do you know, Ourselves.
In our body has changed.
Yes, you are actually adifferent person.
You know, On average.
(38:22):
A hundred million new red books.
That are being formed in ourbody every minute.
So it's constantly changing.
So that's, I guess the veryfirst one is, the constant
pumping permanent.
So when you're feeling liketoday, The last page is no.
And we hear this all the wayevery day.
(38:42):
Tomorrow's a better.
That day.
You know, nothing is 10 minutes.
I never mindset, belief that Iliked.
And I wholeheartedly believe inleading with love.
Because, like I said earlier,anything done with love is
genuine, heartfelt and mindful.
Yes.
And, um, I think the ed, thereare so many other things that I
(39:04):
believe in For three.
Um, I think I also like thechampion, the belief that, at
our most profound level,Interconnected.
And that not one thing.
They exist in isolation.
The breath that you grieve in.
(39:27):
Is the same breakfast.
Somebody just exhale.
So we're all tied to each otherand we know that anytime.
Brett goes.
Out of our body.
With the particles of ourselves.
So I have a little bit of youinside of me.
You have a little bit of meinside of you and still is the
circle of life.
(39:47):
You know, the plants.
We need them to help.
Help us bravery.
Yeah.
So, yeah, you told me about thatbefore, because that was one
thing I, I never even thoughtabout or considered.
And it's so amazing to thinkabout things that way, when
we're in the same room, We'rebreathing the same air.
(40:09):
We know this, but just to thinkof it, of how we are connected.
Just takes that on a wholenother level.
Yeah.
Yeah.
All connected.
I mean, Martin Luther king had aquote that.
I don't want to mess up, but itsaid something to the effect
that, you know, I'll never bewhat.
(40:30):
I going to be a mess.
You are what you.
What to do something to thateffect.
So we all, I mean, We could seethe effects on.
Feel the effects.
Uh, Bombings in the Ukraine andRussia.
I mean.
Our hearts go out to thosepeople in these field.
(40:52):
That deep within, uh, when wesee the death and destruction
happening.
You know?
Yes.
So, Seeing that we're notconnected, but yet we feel that
deep sense of connection.
It's hard.
And I have to, you can't saythat.
You know, we're connected toeach other.
We are all connected.
Yeah.
(41:13):
Yeah.
I'm ready for my question.
Let's see.
I have two ways that I could addto answer it and I can get up
out of the classes and you cananswer any.
Either way that you want.
When you leave when you leavethe room.
How do you want to be rememberedor when you leave the earth?
(41:36):
How do you want to beremembered?
I can answer both.
You could ask it both.
Okay.
Why.
How about, could you want.
Okay.
When I leave the room.
I want to be remembered.
As the person that.
(41:56):
May someone either laugh orsmile.
I'll always want to bring goodenergy when I walk into the
room.
So of course I want to leavegood energy.
When I walk out of the room.
and when I leave.
The earth.
Like when I leave.
When you, Gone to the otherside.
(42:18):
Oh one.
Okay.
You.
You want to be remembered?
When I'm gone to the other side.
I want to be, Remembered as.
A person that.
Was, uh, advocate for justpositive life change and growth.
And elevation and inspiration.
(42:41):
and healing as well.
so I just want to be rememberedin that sense.
And I think that's also anotherreason why.
Aye.
Started recording.
My podcast is so that.
I can leave that legacy ofhealing and growth and
(43:01):
elevation.
So, yeah, that's how we'll wantto leave.
Good.
So now we work everyday towards.
That?
Yes.
Love.
Leading with love.
Leading with love.
Yeah.
So, yeah.
I'm a li.
And I'm a leave with love.
(43:22):
How about that?
So, yeah, that's what I, that'swhat I think I'll do.
Yeah, that was great.
So, once again, um, you all can,Think about how you are going to
start your journey of meditationand where if you want to start
(43:46):
with the right place.
Go to someones website is themeditation spot.com.
That's the T H E meditation, M ED I T a T I O N spot S P O
t.com.
And then also follow her onInstagram.
At modern meditation.
(44:07):
That's M O D E R N M E D I T a TI O N.
Then an underscore.
L w L.
And once again, both of thoselinks will be in my podcast
notes for you to click on and godirectly there.
and you are located.
In.
(44:28):
The relevant Berg area, theRosenberg, Texas area.
So that would be south.
Right outside of sugar land,right outside of sugar land.
If you're from Houston, that'skind of sells Swiss.
Yes.
West Southwest.
So I'm, I'm all the way on thenorth side.
(44:50):
but I will be willing to makethat journey because I love
making commutes.
to the meditation.
Bye.
the focus is.
I'm going to repeat thosemindfulness meditation.
Healthy eating.
The art of consuming.
And massage therapy.
All of those services in one.
(45:12):
Correct.
And so if you want to sign up,you can either sign up for a
meditation or you can sign upfor health, eat.
How, how do we do this?
If we want to?
Yeah.
Yeah, you can sign up on thewebsite and you give me a call.
If you wanted to, we do events.
So we do, parties can be at aparty is just beautiful.
Um, So we, uh, you can sign upand we can come to you.
(45:37):
If you have any events at yourhouse or you can come here.
Into our meditation studio.
We have a meditation studio and,I hear we Spencer.
Do you, do you do retreats also?
Like how do you do the silenceretreat?
I am going to start retreats.
I am.
in the planning now that youasked, thank you so much,
(45:59):
please.
Wellness retreat in Costa Rica.
Oh, nice stays on.
Is she treat you?
Oh, okay.
Because I will go, I will signup.
Yeah.
And my, and everything that wedo here at modern meditation,
there'll be doing after retreat,but on, on a different skin.
(46:20):
Wow.
Okay.
So.
You heard it, just go to thewebsite, sign up for whatever
you want to sign up for.
everything is listed on thewebsite.
For signing up.
and the massage therapy.
Articles can Sue B.
I definitely am wanting to dothat and plan that.
and then massage therapy.
(46:41):
How do you tie those all in.
mismatch there.
They're repeat, can be donehere.
Okay.
Or it could be done at yourhouse.
Oh, okay.
We have a license besides.
Such therapist that.
travel anywhere in the Houstonarea or outside of the Houston
area.
And, yeah.
We offer various types oftherapeutic massages.
(47:03):
And the healthy eating that's aclass.
It is we offer, Culinary lessonson how to create delicious
bishops with, um, Which has thenutritious foods.
I mean, just think of a cabbage,right?
Oh, you have.
The ordinary cabbage for peoplethat love cabbage.
(47:23):
And a cabbage can be done andit's economical.
So they're not expensive.
And you could make coats long.
You can.
My favorite would be cook itdown, make a little bit of
Curry.
Yes, you can roast it.
You can grill it.
If you want.
She's not recommended by askingyou can fry it.
(47:47):
Um, but cabbage that one, that acabbage can be done into so many
ways.
And we teach you with a tricklike that.
how to make the most, uh, thefoods in the grocery store.
Yeah, I love that I haveplant-based eating habits.
Yeah.
(48:07):
That's certainly yeah.
Healthy eating, this is amazing.
And I am so glad that, you arehere in the close area.
And that.
You can change people's mindseton meditation.
Yes.
Everyone can do meditation.
So that whole thing about Ican't meditate is not true.
(48:31):
It's just that you gave up onit.
You can do it with the rightpractitioner.
You can practice meditation.
After you.
Thank you so much, Simone foryour time.
Thank you for sharing with us.
Thank you for leading with love.
For us.
And mind elevation health andwealth is so grateful to have
you as our first.
(48:53):
Interview.
So this is.
Amazing for me.
I'm so excited about it.
So grateful.
So thank you.
Thank you so much.
Thank you, Sarah.
It was the question.
All right.
Let's relax and breathe.
Breathe in love.
Breathe out.
Love.
(49:17):
Breathe in peace.
Breathe out peace.
Breathe in love.
Share love.
Now, share this podcast to helpsomeone you love We are now
(49:40):
champions for life changes.
If you are ready to practicemeditation and the art of
consuming.
We use the podcast notes toclick on modern meditation
website link.
And schedule, you can also bookthe art of consumer.
From the Airbnb app as an Airbnbexperience or from the event,
(50:00):
bright app.
And that opens up every.
Thing inside of me because I wasmad at myself.
For all of the things I feltthat I should have, or should
not have done in my life.
And when I realized I couldforgive myself.
(00:21):
I tried.
And in those tears, there wasforgiveness.
Welcome to mind elevation healthand wealth.
I am your host, Shai rhe DeWine.
One this session, we have aspecial guest, Mr.
Mon Stewart.
I am so excited about thissession because it is my first
podcast interview.
And I'm so grateful that Simonehas trusted mind elevation
(00:43):
health and wealth as her podcastplatform to share her passion as
a meditation practitioner, wewill learn about the art of And
the benefits of meditation.
She is offering her services tolisteners If you are ready to
practice meditation and the artof consuming.
We use the podcast notes toclick on modern meditation
(01:06):
website link.
And schedule, you can also bookthe art of consumer.
From the Airbnb app as an Airbnbexperience or from the event,
bright app.
as well as her website.
you are here on purpose when weare real together we heal
together So.
(01:27):
My own store.
It likes to consider herself aslife curious.
She loves to travel and she isan avid meditation practitioner.
She received her meditationteacher training certification
in mindfulness and compassionmeditation from the path in
2021.
She believes in the power ofone's inherent goodness.
(01:48):
She loves the curiosity of themind and a good adventure.
She traveled to India forindependent studies.
She has spent years engaged inthe works and intensive study
from respected meditationteachers.
She has a master's in businessadministration.
Bachelor's in businessmanagement and an associates
(02:09):
degree in travel and tourismwith a minor in communication.
During the last 20 plus years,she has held various leadership
roles in FEMA, American expressand manage a training.
Training and development team.
Simone is the owner of modernmeditation.
And the motto is lead with loveher website, the meditation
(02:33):
spot.com.
You can click the direct link inthe podcast notes.
She can also be found onInstagram at modern meditation,
underscore L w L the Instagramlink will also be in the podcast
notes and her business phonenumber is seven one three.
8 0 4, 4 7, 6, 8.
(02:54):
We are so grateful to have youon the session.
Simone, is there anything elseyou would like to add to your
introduction?
Hi.
Oh, thank you so much for havingme here today.
Um, yes.
Might've meditation.
We, we focused on the mind body.
And so we say that we areleading with love because
(03:17):
anything done with love.
And then with the heartfeltheart.
Mindful and it's genuine.
The Dalai Lama says that themore you're motivated by love.
The more free and fair.
This your actions.
It might've meditation.
Our aim is.
(03:37):
Like I said the healing and theprotection.
Of once the mind, body and film.
We believe that those are thecomponents that are priced in
that can positively change theworld.
Our vision at might admit apatient to generation of the
change.
The way we think and treat ourbody.
We create an atmosphere thatpromotes.
(04:00):
As far we're thinking mind.
Uh, welfare body.
And an empathetic, so.
Thank you so much for having mehere.
Oh, it's great.
And your voice is amazing by theway.
Thank you.
What made you go intomeditation?
(04:22):
Well, um, meditation was oversome things that I was
interested in.
And when, I got started withmedication, I think I was
probably at one of the lowestpoints of my life.
And, you know, just at thatpoint before you break.
And I hung out at that point.
(04:42):
The main thing and kind of thewild one and my shame and my
pain for a little bit.
Um, but then I knew I wanted torelive a different kind of life.
I knew that I wanted to makesignificant changes in my life.
The way that I interacted withpeople.
The way they interacted with myown life.
(05:05):
The way that interacted with theearth.
So the path that I took andeverybody's path is different.
But the path that I took wasinward reflection.
Seclusion.
Prayer and meditation.
And.
I believe through medication.
(05:26):
I think that's where I reallyfound myself.
It has to make calm my body.
It helps me improve my abilityfor him to stress.
And ultimately meditation trulyhelped me find myself.
It really helps me understand.
The ways of the heart.
(05:46):
You know, Source of love that ifany.
That I have access to.
That love that.
Bubbles that that is with me allthe time.
It was meditation.
Where I was able to cultivatecompassion.
And.
(06:07):
During that process.
I've learned so much and I wantto share it without the.
So that's kind of what made me.
Get into meditation and want tostay in there.
Wow.
And I had asked you before theinterview, what were some major
things that you want listenersor potential clients for your
business?
Because you're operating ameditation business.
(06:29):
You said that you wanted tofocus really on the mindfulness
meditation.
Healthy eating.
The art of kintsugi and massagetherapy.
Of course.
We want to know what the art ofShe is.
So what made you explore theartists can Suji.
Yeah.
Okay.
The artist can Philby oh, it'ssuch a beautiful art.
(06:52):
It's a Japanese art.
That's about 500 years though.
Um, the items can still berecognizes and validate the
broken bits that are in each ofus.
Can Suki offers a way to kind ofrephrase the hardship.
And it reminds us of our brokenbit.
(07:13):
And those same broken bitsinside of us make us unique.
Can make us beautiful.
And most importantly, it makesus resilient.
And then, like you said earlier,We offer and our meditation
services.
I meditation methods.
Cognitively reframed.
(07:34):
Oneself.
To emotionally regulate the mindspecifically in distressing
times.
Uh, practices.
They spend to the mind likecultivating compassion.
And promoting Archer.
Within individuals.
And of course that extends outto the community.
we teach healthy eating classes.
(07:57):
And our culinary tradition.
We use healthy foods to fuel themind.
And we offer lessons to engagethe community and health
conscious choices.
We, offer therapeutic massage.
We have a whole collection.
And we just have another formand as a path for holistic
(08:19):
wellbeing.
we focus on not only what'shappening above.
So we also focused on what'shappening below.
Cause all this therapy.
And, you know, Our holisticview, as I said earlier, is, um,
the mind, body and soul.
(08:39):
Our wellness.
Surfaces that we offer arecustomizable for individuals and
groups.
We offered corporate mindfulprograms.
And it has been with proventechniques that, lead to
healthier employees again fromthe inside out.
Right.
Cause that's what we want.
We want people that are well.
(09:00):
Within and outside.
And I think collectively weclarify the connection between
the mind, the body and the so.
To cultivate a greater awarenessof self.
And, and also to aid in removingthe mental layer.
(09:21):
That's why I'm asking.
To grow in.
And love.
Yeah.
And in fact, that's actually howyou, and I've met you.
Uh, I guess you would consider acorporate, you came to our
school.
Many of my listeners know thatI'm an educator.
And so our, School.
Had, Simone come in and, do somemindfulness meditation with us.
(09:45):
And it was just, it was everyoneneeded it, everyone in the
department.
That showed up that eveningneeded it.
We, uh, breathe.
We did a meditation and it wasjust, it was just so, so
wonderful.
And yes.
Her energy, someones energy iswhat like drew me to her.
And so I was like, I just haveto have all my podcasts.
(10:08):
Like this is amazing.
And so that's, why Simone ishere with us today.
so yes, she does the corporateevents.
I got to experience that.
Which is why she is here with ustoday.
And, um, I really want to sharethat experience with my
listeners that live in theHouston area.
Because our services areavailable in the Houston area.
(10:29):
Do you travel any or you justmainly here?
In Houston.
Yeah, we were, we can goanywhere within the United
States and we could even go up.
Um, last summer we did.
A couple of events in Barbados.
Oh, wow.
It was.
Yeah.
And I had some just impromptuevents that just kind of popped
(10:53):
up when I was in Costa Rica inDecember.
Oh, so you were in Costa Rica.
When one day I want somerelocate to Costa Rica.
So that's amazing.
That's the whole method.
It is, it is.
All right.
So now we know more about yourbusiness and I want to know more
(11:15):
about you.
My listeners also want to knowmore about you.
So what makes you feel like yourbest self.
Oh, I feel like my best selfwhen I am extending loving
compassion and acts ofgenerosity.
(11:35):
Either.
And it could be, great acts.
Or it could be small acts likethat.
Irving someone's work ahead ofme.
Or hoping the door.
Whole thing.
You know, paying for someone'snear, behind me.
And what I find.
(11:55):
The way, in which case.
So.
I RONIC is that.
Smiling at people.
Tend to be.
The biggest opener for anysituation that I've worked in.
So I try to do that often.
Yeah, you share a smile.
(12:18):
In your profession, themeditation.
Practitioner profession.
What is the best compliment youreceived, whether it was from a
client.
What are some of the bestcompliments that you've
received?
Well, I work closely with peoplein my circle and you know, some
people outside of my circle.
(12:39):
And just people that come intothe business somehow come into
my circle.
It's about, there'll becommunity right in the end of
the day.
And.
And, you know, somebody told methat I reminded Dan of my
mother.
And, I feel it my, or my mother,I think that was my biggest
compliment that I've everreceived.
(13:02):
My mother was.
A nurse for several years.
So, you know, There's a wholelot of love in that particular,
industry.
You, when you go into thatfield, you, if I can teach her,
you go in with love.
You start with love.
Got made.
That's what makes you get inthere?
And, um, Many times.
(13:23):
Oftentimes I saved my mother tome with like a little angel
dropdown or.
She showed me compassion before.
I even knew what compassion was.
My mother brought home peoplefrom the hospital into our home
to live with that.
She brought home relative.
(13:45):
I mean.
Our house had people in it.
And she cooked and ran thehousehold with loving
compassion.
Yeah.
I can go on and on.
Wow.
So basically you were put in anurturing environment.
And you were put in a loving andcompassionate environment, which
(14:08):
is what essentially brought youto what you're doing now.
And you also said you focused oncompassion.
Um, yeah, compassion meditation.
And basically you just kindalike inherited that.
Generational thing from yourmom.
(14:29):
I believe so.
Yeah.
So that, I mean, They say thatthe apple doesn't fall too far
from the tree.
And in my lifetime, I've hadseveral families living with me
off.
So.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Now, how would you describe yourrole?
As a meditation practitioner.
(14:51):
I guess you can describe it inwhat that looks like a day in
your life as a meditationpractitioner.
How would you describe yourrole?
My role could be still verydifferent.
And so family.
The same as self.
So the same at the same time.
but first of all, I want tofirst say this.
(15:11):
Because I think that, um, itneeds to be said.
I believe that meditationpractitioners or healers.
Yes.
And, um, In our own way.
And though we don't have thelicenses.
Like doctor psychologist andother, Medically trained
professional.
(15:33):
I think we're all workingtowards the same goal, right?
We all want to heal the bodyfrom the inside out.
We want to give people tangibletools to help them achieve their
goals.
And expiration.
So I wanted to, I consideredmyself as the healer.
Yes.
That's holistic healing.
(15:53):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Because.
You know what the mind is,right.
Everything out.
K fall into place.
You know, Aye.
I know I need to leave.
Move these last 10 pounds.
I know that, but sometimes mymind I'm like I get up and I'm
(16:17):
out there and every time.
I'm not.
So.
No, it takes that constant workon the mind.
Yeah.
And that's essentially whatmeditation is, right?
It's calming the mind.
And yeah.
Working towards those.
Let's see.
So what is a commonly hillbelief?
(16:40):
About your role as a meditationpractitioner that you
passionately disagree with?
Um, I would think the easiestone, the.
The most common month that Ihear.
I mean, I've literally justheard it today.
Um, people say that they cannotmeditate because.
(17:01):
For various reasons.
The one that I hear the most isbecause their mind keeps going
and going and going.
You know, we call that monkeymind.
When the mind is distracted.
Just the only thing.
And.
Often you have that kind ofchaotic feeling going on in your
mind.
Just keep going, thinking abouta list.
(17:22):
So this the things you actuallydo.
Well, we work on cultivatingthat beginner's mind.
Slowing down and becomingcurious about your body.
Okay.
That's really what meditationis.
You when you know where in yourbody.
You feel pension?
(17:46):
Building when you start goinginto an anxiety attack.
So for example, one of thequestions that I asked you it.
Where do you feel tension inyour body?
And people have pointed outvarious places for me.
I know it's in my gut.
So.
I'll give you a quick story,which has nothing to do with it.
(18:10):
But today I nearly died.
I nearly died.
I was on the highway and.
And all of a sudden became toan.
Career, literally screechinghops.
And my sister was driving and acar.
Definitely.
And automatedly swerved awayfrom that.
(18:33):
And.
That literally saved our life.
And we were like, God was like,Push the car away.
If they've not today.
Really.
They can't get into an accidenttoday.
Wow.
Actor.
After that, that whole incident.
Our hearts.
We're racing.
And I turned to my sister, Isaid, where do you feel this
(18:57):
tension distress?
Whatever this fear building inyour body where you feel it.
And at that point, we kinder.
Pies and felt what was going onwith our bodies.
And she said.
I feel it in the back of myneck.
I've never noticed that before.
(19:18):
She said, I feel it in my heart.
Wow.
I've got it all in my stomachand I felt the maximal heart was
racing.
I'm a hardship.
Pumping out of my chair.
So.
When, you know, what's going onwith your body.
At times we can.
What are things that arepossibly coming negative
(19:40):
feelings that could be arising.
Soon after.
All right.
And everybody can do that.
So everyone could meditate.
Right.
And you may you put me in themine of like shockers.
Your.
Chakra.
Yeah.
You mentioned earlier about, A.
Panic attack.
(20:01):
Or some people call them anxietyattacks And.
And since you've, you've done alot of research and, You've
practiced a lot.
Do people that previously have,or that.
Have, Panic attacks when theystart meditation.
(20:22):
Does that normally decrease the,panic attacks?
Does it go away?
What have you seen?
With that.
Yeah, definitely.
I've seen that there is.
Not only that I've seen withgladly show.
That people that meditateregularly.
(20:43):
Reduced, they reduce the panic,the stress in their life.
And part of that is.
Breathing.
Part of that is that mindfulnessof what's happening to your
body.
So, for example, when I knowthat when I'm starting to cry,
(21:03):
like I know tears are coming.
The first place that I feel it'sfunny enough is in my throat.
Um, so when I start to feel thatkind of tightening and like I
can't swallow and then my faceturns red and then the eyes well
up.
When I start to feel that then Isupposed to breathe and now I'm
(21:24):
focused on my breath because Ineed to bring my temperature
down.
Right.
And that's the beginning.
That's the opening door tomeditation is breath work.
What's happening with yourbreath.
Yeah.
And before we started thepodcast, we took a few breasts
together.
(21:44):
To relax and to prepare.
And I really enjoyed that and itreally calmed my spirit.
It made me focus.
And be centered on what we wereabout to.
Uh, do today.
And, I want to thank you forguiding me through that.
and I'm so grateful that youdidn't have a car accident
today.
And then God was with you alland you were able to, Grass
(22:07):
yourself because you know, thatcould have easily thrown.
One of you into a panic attack,it could have, you know, caused
the more emotional trauma.
But I get a sense that sinceyou.
You and your sister, bothpractice meditation.
Correct.
She has recently started herjourney.
(22:27):
And it's so beautiful becausenow I see her.
Kind of bubbling over with thesame excitement life.
Oh, my God.
If I just breathe, if I couldpick a moment.
If I'm silent, you know, I seethat same excitement.
And, um, it's just beautiful.
(22:48):
And I know what you're talkingabout when you say that, because
I can remember where.
I, I used to be a skeptic aboutbreathing.
Until I started actuallypracticing it myself.
and I would just tell myself,Shira, stop and breathe.
And now like some mornings, whenI'm rushing in the morning to
(23:10):
work, I'll finally make it towork and I'll get to my desk and
I'm like, oh, I still got to gosign in, but I'll stop.
And I'll take some breaths.
And I'll bring myself back down.
And before I probably would'vejust, you know, stress myself
out even more that day.
Instead of bringing myself backdown.
And I think many times, a lot ofus that haven't learned how to
(23:33):
manage our stress and are stilljust running like nonstop with
all this extra stress and allthis extra pain, which we know,
causes even more health issues,within us.
I'm grateful for learning thattechnique.
So.
One thing that I'd want mylisteners to understand.
which is why it's so importantfor Simone to be with us today
(23:53):
is to understand that it is waydeeper, that we can even imagine
when we focus on.
our breaths.
Our mindfulness and meditation.
So once again, we're grateful.
Thank you, Sharon.
What is something people in themeditation industry?
Um, Should start or stop doing.
(24:16):
You just choose whichever oneyou want to focus on.
Well, I, you, you were talkingearlier about trauma.
And trauma is so real, So, soreal.
In so many people for manydifferent reasons.
And, I think there are goodintentions with people that are
offering online meditation.
(24:39):
But I think that if you havesome type of.
Meditation training orcertification that may be a bit,
a bit better.
guided meditation can at time.
Depending on what that person issaying it can uncover.
Or step feelings that, um, theperson listening to the center,
(25:02):
they made a patient.
May not be prepared to handlethat.
At time and they may needadditional support.
There's a fine line with theperson that teaches meditation.
Or I shouldn't say finally thatthe big line with the person
that teaches meditation and theperson that's the psychiatry.
And we are not.
(25:24):
The same.
So getting that additionalsupport maybe necessarily for
some people that are new tomeditation that are just jumping
in and they're hitting it from aperson that's not there.
Who hasn't been trained toguide.
So, what I'm hearing you say isbecause I feel like I'm that
person that I turn on a guidedmeditation at night to help me
(25:46):
get to sleep, which by the way,has helped me sleep.
Our helped me fall asleep.
On my own without any type ofalternative sleep aid, if you
know what I'm talking about.
So yes, I do.
I'm hearing you say, having ameditation practitioner in
person helping to guide youthrough.
(26:07):
Some of this trauma.
With meditation can be way morebeneficial than just turning on
some random guided meditation.
Correct.
It can be, but also if you'reexperiencing.
Severe bout of depression andtrauma.
You, might need more help thanJeff.
(26:29):
How meditation practitioner youmight want to consider getting
additional support.
Yeah, the meditation is great.
And it's a tool that can be usedto.
To aid in the healing of themind.
But.
There are edits to thatmeditation.
(26:49):
Can't offer that unnecessary.
Right.
And so as a meditationpractitioner, When you have
someone that you are, Providingservice for, it sounds like you
recognize it and you will referthem.
To excellently.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
The people are talking aboutsuicidal thoughts.
(27:10):
And things of that nature.
And meditation can support theprocess.
But you need to speak to aprofessional.
Right.
They need more help.
And then I think like after theydo seek that help meditation can
still be there.
to support them through thecontinuous process of healing.
Correct.
(27:31):
It absolutely.
Should be there.
Yes.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I have, I have personally.
Um, To do a meditation.
And I'm on numerous.
Especially when.
It's in person.
I was at a retreat and I satthrough a meditation.
And I was just.
(27:53):
Balling.
Crying.
Nonstop.
It unleashed and released.
Things in me that, Needed tocome out at that moment.
You actually did your,independence study in India.
(28:14):
Yeah.
So when you traveled to India,was that.
Uh, healing during for you whileyou were doing the independent
study.
Can you talk a little bit aboutthat?
Yeah, India is such a spiritual,country in so many ways.
There's different deities.
The Campos.
(28:35):
The whole, the people is justlike, there's a hundred there
that.
And that has a spiritualundertone to it.
And going there, I was able towitness and be a part of so many
different ceremonies.
And it was a life changingexperience.
And so many ways.
I mean, that's, again is a wholenother podcast.
(28:57):
It's.
It was just so different.
That was part of your journey.
yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely apart of the journey.
And when you experienced, thecrying and bawling.
Was someone there to guide youthrough it.
Yeah.
Well, I was at this.
I completely separate indifferent occasions.
With the silent retreats thatyou go on, where you meditate.
(29:21):
All day.
And there's no electronics.
At all.
There's no book.
There's no music there.
You.
And your spot.
There's no talking, it's silent.
But there are people that, um,meditation trainers.
And the wonderful and brilliant.
(29:42):
Joanne Hardy.
Was there.
And, Ruth King was there andshe's another brilliant mind and
a wonderful meditationpractitioner.
And, I was listening to the talknow.
They're there and they can talklike the people that are
attending.
We listen.
(30:02):
And, they were.
Talking about, specificallyabout forgiveness of self.
And, Now you're going to make mestart crying again, shy.
This is a safe.
This is a safe space.
Okay.
And, um, you know, how wereadily and often forgive
(30:27):
others.
But we walk around and don'tforget for.
Ourselves, maybe the shame andthe hurt that we put ourselves.
And, I don't know why nobodytold me that before.
I could forgive myself.
My case to give other.
(30:47):
Self-compassion.
Compassion for self.
Yes.
And that opens up every.
Thing inside of me because I wasmad at myself.
For all of the things I feltthat I shouldn't.
(31:09):
Or should not, should have, orshould not have done in my life.
And when I realized I couldforgive myself.
I tried.
And in those tears, there wasforgiveness.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Self-compassion.
(31:29):
That.
In itself.
You're right.
No one teaches us that.
It's always forgive this personfor hurting you.
Forgive that person for thepain.
Make calls.
But we forget.
That we also have to do that forourselves.
Yeah.
Most important.
(31:50):
The most important.
What do you wish your youngerself knew about your current
profession?
I wish my youngest.
Uh, I wish I had trusted myintuition more.
I wish.
I wish I trusted myself more.
I thought I had to kind of fightmy way through.
(32:12):
No.
Uh, everything had to be.
I have to be afraid.
And the moment I stoppedfighting.
And I let go of the notion thatI was in control of anything.
Anything I have control of it.
I'm barely holding on to controlof my staff.
(32:34):
Um, I was free.
I am free.
You know, the universe providesme with everything that I need.
So there was freedom in that.
Absolutely.
Those freedom.
Oh my goodness.
When you start trying to be incontrol of things, people,
animal outcome.
(32:54):
The pitch freedom.
Yeah.
It is.
Ooh.
If we could have known thosethings when we were younger,
Yeah.
Yeah, I think, working with,Teenagers.
In a high school level.
When you talk about these thingsto the young mind, they
sometimes still don't grasp it.
(33:16):
But I always say I plant theseed.
When you plan a C.
Is eventually may grow.
With the right nurturing.
so I always say I'm going toplant the seed in these young
minds.
And hopefully if it doesn't grownow that later it will grow.
And they will learn, andunderstand these things.
(33:38):
I want to let you know.
That in the morning.
I have a little walk.
A little walk in with pain.
That I do.
And during my work, I listenedto, Famous people from all over
from basketball thing.
(33:58):
You know, Different walks oflife, but they're all famous.
And.
I will tell you that the seedthat you plant.
Are absolutely going to.
Flourish into trees.
And those trees will flourishinto, Or chip or valleys.
(34:21):
Of fruit.
I've listened to this podcastand.
I want to say nine out of 10people, because they've told me
their story.
And nine out of 10 people talkabout the teachers that inspired
them.
Wow.
Yeah.
And I think that's what.
(34:43):
Helps me continue to do what Ido.
Because of that.
Yeah.
And even if I just.
Help one.
Students.
I feel like.
I've done something.
And a lot of my studentsactually follow my podcast.
(35:04):
I have a session overself-compassion.
And forgiveness.
So I try to make them follow andlisten.
And I'm not only do that for mystudents though, I also do it
for my son.
My son is 24 years old and wehave talks and I feel like if
anything ever happens to me, healways has my voice.
(35:30):
yeah, even if it's just clickand play on a podcast.
What you bring as well in yourprofession?
Whether you're helping, I don'tknow what your age group is.
You have a specific age limit.
Or I done.
You don't know.
Okay.
So.
Whether you're helping a youngperson or really old person.
(35:54):
Betsy's going to be planted.
And even in your profession, Iremember my first time
meditating.
I did what you said happens whenyou said people say I can't
meditate.
That was me the very first timeI tried it.
the very first time I triedmeditation, I was like, I can do
(36:15):
this.
Okay.
This ain't working, you know,and I kinda gave up, but I
always.
Try things more than once.
So I came to another phase in mylife.
And I tried it again and I cameto another phase of my life and
I cannot let go of it.
I can imagine you possiblyworking with a client.
(36:36):
And they may not get it at thatmoment.
But they may come back to it ina different phase of their
lives.
So that's also.
Yeah, that's also how you plantthe seed.
So.
Yeah.
That's amazing.
I have one question that I do.
But I do have, Whenever Ifinish.
(36:57):
I have a question for you.
Oh, you do.
Yeah.
That's going to be off therecord off the record question.
No.
So we can.
It's the way I like to ask thequestion.
I like to leave people at theend of, At the end of the
discussion.
(37:18):
Before we get to me, I gotanother question for you.
Because, yeah.
my listeners are my champions.
I call them champions and we'rechampions for life changes.
Which is why the podcast iscalled mind, elevation health
and wealth.
And I like how you touched on itstarts with the mind.
So what are three major mindsetbeliefs that make you a
(37:41):
champion?
I like being a champion.
I like to think of myself as achampion.
I.
I feel strong.
One of the mindset.
Beliefs is the concept ofimpermanence.
Everything and everyone is.
Always changing.
The pain and the joy.
(38:02):
Not just the pain, but the painof the Jovi FIO.
Today are not permanent.
just like the clouds and theweather.
We're always changing.
I mean, since we've been on thiscall.
Do you know, Ourselves.
In our body has changed.
Yes, you are actually adifferent person.
You know, On average.
(38:22):
A hundred million new red books.
That are being formed in ourbody every minute.
So it's constantly changing.
So that's, I guess the veryfirst one is, the constant
pumping permanent.
So when you're feeling liketoday, The last page is no.
And we hear this all the wayevery day.
(38:42):
Tomorrow's a better.
That day.
You know, nothing is 10 minutes.
I never mindset, belief that Iliked.
And I wholeheartedly believe inleading with love.
Because, like I said earlier,anything done with love is
genuine, heartfelt and mindful.
Yes.
And, um, I think the ed, thereare so many other things that I
(39:04):
believe in For three.
Um, I think I also like thechampion, the belief that, at
our most profound level,Interconnected.
And that not one thing.
They exist in isolation.
The breath that you grieve in.
(39:27):
Is the same breakfast.
Somebody just exhale.
So we're all tied to each otherand we know that anytime.
Brett goes.
Out of our body.
With the particles of ourselves.
So I have a little bit of youinside of me.
You have a little bit of meinside of you and still is the
circle of life.
(39:47):
You know, the plants.
We need them to help.
Help us bravery.
Yeah.
So, yeah, you told me about thatbefore, because that was one
thing I, I never even thoughtabout or considered.
And it's so amazing to thinkabout things that way, when
we're in the same room, We'rebreathing the same air.
(40:09):
We know this, but just to thinkof it, of how we are connected.
Just takes that on a wholenother level.
Yeah.
Yeah.
All connected.
I mean, Martin Luther king had aquote that.
I don't want to mess up, but itsaid something to the effect
that, you know, I'll never bewhat.
(40:30):
I going to be a mess.
You are what you.
What to do something to thateffect.
So we all, I mean, We could seethe effects on.
Feel the effects.
Uh, Bombings in the Ukraine andRussia.
I mean.
Our hearts go out to thosepeople in these field.
(40:52):
That deep within, uh, when wesee the death and destruction
happening.
You know?
Yes.
So, Seeing that we're notconnected, but yet we feel that
deep sense of connection.
It's hard.
And I have to, you can't saythat.
You know, we're connected toeach other.
We are all connected.
Yeah.
(41:13):
Yeah.
I'm ready for my question.
Let's see.
I have two ways that I could addto answer it and I can get up
out of the classes and you cananswer any.
Either way that you want.
When you leave when you leavethe room.
How do you want to be rememberedor when you leave the earth?
(41:36):
How do you want to beremembered?
I can answer both.
You could ask it both.
Okay.
Why.
How about, could you want.
Okay.
When I leave the room.
I want to be remembered.
As the person that.
(41:56):
May someone either laugh orsmile.
I'll always want to bring goodenergy when I walk into the
room.
So of course I want to leavegood energy.
When I walk out of the room.
and when I leave.
The earth.
Like when I leave.
When you, Gone to the otherside.
(42:18):
Oh one.
Okay.
You.
You want to be remembered?
When I'm gone to the other side.
I want to be, Remembered as.
A person that.
Was, uh, advocate for justpositive life change and growth.
And elevation and inspiration.
(42:41):
and healing as well.
so I just want to be rememberedin that sense.
And I think that's also anotherreason why.
Aye.
Started recording.
My podcast is so that.
I can leave that legacy ofhealing and growth and
(43:01):
elevation.
So, yeah, that's how we'll wantto leave.
Good.
So now we work everyday towards.
That?
Yes.
Love.
Leading with love.
Leading with love.
Yeah.
So, yeah.
I'm a li.
And I'm a leave with love.
(43:22):
How about that?
So, yeah, that's what I, that'swhat I think I'll do.
Yeah, that was great.
So, once again, um, you all can,Think about how you are going to
start your journey of meditationand where if you want to start
(43:46):
with the right place.
Go to someones website is themeditation spot.com.
That's the T H E meditation, M ED I T a T I O N spot S P O
t.com.
And then also follow her onInstagram.
At modern meditation.
(44:07):
That's M O D E R N M E D I T a TI O N.
Then an underscore.
L w L.
And once again, both of thoselinks will be in my podcast
notes for you to click on and godirectly there.
and you are located.
In.
(44:28):
The relevant Berg area, theRosenberg, Texas area.
So that would be south.
Right outside of sugar land,right outside of sugar land.
If you're from Houston, that'skind of sells Swiss.
Yes.
West Southwest.
So I'm, I'm all the way on thenorth side.
(44:50):
but I will be willing to makethat journey because I love
making commutes.
to the meditation.
Bye.
the focus is.
I'm going to repeat thosemindfulness meditation.
Healthy eating.
The art of consuming.
And massage therapy.
All of those services in one.
(45:12):
Correct.
And so if you want to sign up,you can either sign up for a
meditation or you can sign upfor health, eat.
How, how do we do this?
If we want to?
Yeah.
Yeah, you can sign up on thewebsite and you give me a call.
If you wanted to, we do events.
So we do, parties can be at aparty is just beautiful.
Um, So we, uh, you can sign upand we can come to you.
(45:37):
If you have any events at yourhouse or you can come here.
Into our meditation studio.
We have a meditation studio and,I hear we Spencer.
Do you, do you do retreats also?
Like how do you do the silenceretreat?
I am going to start retreats.
I am.
in the planning now that youasked, thank you so much,
(45:59):
please.
Wellness retreat in Costa Rica.
Oh, nice stays on.
Is she treat you?
Oh, okay.
Because I will go, I will signup.
Yeah.
And my, and everything that wedo here at modern meditation,
there'll be doing after retreat,but on, on a different skin.
(46:20):
Wow.
Okay.
So.
You heard it, just go to thewebsite, sign up for whatever
you want to sign up for.
everything is listed on thewebsite.
For signing up.
and the massage therapy.
Articles can Sue B.
I definitely am wanting to dothat and plan that.
and then massage therapy.
(46:41):
How do you tie those all in.
mismatch there.
They're repeat, can be donehere.
Okay.
Or it could be done at yourhouse.
Oh, okay.
We have a license besides.
Such therapist that.
travel anywhere in the Houstonarea or outside of the Houston
area.
And, yeah.
We offer various types oftherapeutic massages.
(47:03):
And the healthy eating that's aclass.
It is we offer, Culinary lessonson how to create delicious
bishops with, um, Which has thenutritious foods.
I mean, just think of a cabbage,right?
Oh, you have.
The ordinary cabbage for peoplethat love cabbage.
(47:23):
And a cabbage can be done andit's economical.
So they're not expensive.
And you could make coats long.
You can.
My favorite would be cook itdown, make a little bit of
Curry.
Yes, you can roast it.
You can grill it.
If you want.
She's not recommended by askingyou can fry it.
(47:47):
Um, but cabbage that one, that acabbage can be done into so many
ways.
And we teach you with a tricklike that.
how to make the most, uh, thefoods in the grocery store.
Yeah, I love that I haveplant-based eating habits.
Yeah.
(48:07):
That's certainly yeah.
Healthy eating, this is amazing.
And I am so glad that, you arehere in the close area.
And that.
You can change people's mindseton meditation.
Yes.
Everyone can do meditation.
So that whole thing about Ican't meditate is not true.
(48:31):
It's just that you gave up onit.
You can do it with the rightpractitioner.
You can practice meditation.
After you.
Thank you so much, Simone foryour time.
Thank you for sharing with us.
Thank you for leading with love.
For us.
And mind elevation health andwealth is so grateful to have
you as our first.
(48:53):
Interview.
So this is.
Amazing for me.
I'm so excited about it.
So grateful.
So thank you.
Thank you so much.
Thank you, Sarah.
It was the question.
All right.
Let's relax and breathe.
Breathe in love.
Breathe out.
Love.
(49:17):
Breathe in peace.
Breathe out peace.
Breathe in love.
Share love.
Now, share this podcast to helpsomeone you love We are now
(49:40):
champions for life changes.
If you are ready to practicemeditation and the art of
consuming.
We use the podcast notes toclick on modern meditation
website link.
And schedule, you can also bookthe art of consumer.
From the Airbnb app as an Airbnbexperience or from the event,
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