The OHMazing® Way with Beth Reese, PhD

Dawn Mauricio: Awakening Presence on Family Vacation, Technology, and in Communication

Episode Summary

“At first at the end of the day I would ask myself, ‘was I mindful today? And loving and kind?’ And it’s virtually impossible to be either of those two things 100% of the time.” ~Dawn Mauricio Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Dawn Mauricio in a conversation about cultivating mindfulness with family, technology, and within our communications. In the second half Dawn shares a practical tool to help us awaken presence that takes as little as 10 seconds! Dawn is a meditation teacher with a playful, dynamic, and centered approach. She is known for her boundless energy, and smiling personality that are both contagious, and motivating. Teaching since 2006, she has received certifications from Spirit Rock Meditation Center, True North Insight, Inward Bound Mindfulness Education, Naada Yoga, and Yoga Tune Up®. Connect with Dawn: IG: http://instagram.com/dawnmauricio FB: http://facebook.com/dawnmauricio TW: http://twitter.com/dawnmauricio Web: http://dawnmauricio.com Dawn is also on Insight Timer. Connect with Beth: Email: elizabeth@yoginos.com Web: www.yoginos.com Cell: +1 361 563 7448 Facebook: personal: www.facebook.com/elizreese Facebook: Yogiños: Yoga for Youth®: www.facebook.com/yoginos/ Instagram: yoginosyogaforyouth: www.instagram.com/yoginosyogaforyouth Twitter: @yoginos: twitter.com/Yoginos LinkedIn: Beth Reese, PhD

Episode Notes

“At first at the end of the day I would ask myself, ‘was I mindful today? And loving and kind?’ And it’s virtually impossible to be either of those two things 100% of the time.”
~Dawn Mauricio

Join The OHMazing® Way podcast creator, producer and host, Beth Reese, PhD, E-RYT, RCYT, YACEP, and guest Dawn Mauricio in a conversation about cultivating mindfulness with family, technology, and within our communications. In the second half Dawn shares a practical tool to help us awaken presence that takes as little as 10 seconds!

“The moments of contraction or of closing is our body telling us that it needs something. But often it’s society, marketing, whatever telling us, ‘no, no, it’s all about being pleasant and open all of the time.’ And so we tend to override the system that’s telling us I need to rest or I need something.” ~Dawn Mauricio

One of the tools Dawn uses to support herself and awaken her presence throughout each day is STOP:

Stop
Take a breath
Observe what is attracting our attention
Proceed

Dawn is a meditation teacher with a playful, dynamic, and centered approach. She is known for her boundless energy, and smiling personality that are both contagious, and motivating. Teaching since 2006, she has received certifications from Spirit Rock Meditation Center, True North Insight, Inward Bound Mindfulness Education, Naada Yoga, and Yoga Tune Up®.

Dawn has been practicing and studying Insight Meditation since 2005, and has completed numerous silent residential retreats in Canada, the US, Thailand, and Burma, including a 3-month silent retreat at Insight Meditation Society. She has completed several programs of meditation studies from True North Insight (2-year teaching mentorship), and Spirit Rock Meditation Center (18-month Mindfulness Yoga and Meditation Training, 2-year Dedicated Practitioners' Program). Currently, Dawn is a student in a multi-year teacher training program to enable her to lead silent residential retreats for adults with Spirit Rock Meditation Center.

In 2007 she co-founded the Yoga Mala Foundation, a Montreal-based non-profit organization that supports the development of yoga programs in underserved communities. Dawn continues to be involved as a board member. She is also a board member for True North Insight, a charitable organization offering a full schedule of Buddhist Insight (Vipassana) meditation retreats and courses in English and French.

Drawing from her deep experience in yoga and meditation, she delivers an effective balance of clear, precise instruction and mental reflection. Dawn firmly believes that how we offer ourselves in practice reflects how we offer ourselves in life, inspiring her to find new ways to extend her practice beyond the yoga mat and meditation cushion - and encouraging her students to do the same.

Connect with Dawn:
IG: http://instagram.com/dawnmauricio
FB: http://facebook.com/dawnmauricio
TW: http://twitter.com/dawnmauricio
Web: http://dawnmauricio.com
Dawn is also on Insight Timer.

Connect with Beth:
Email: elizabeth@yoginos.com
Web: www.yoginos.com
Cell: +1 361 563 7448
Facebook: personal: www.facebook.com/elizreese
Facebook: Yogiños: Yoga for Youth®: www.facebook.com/yoginos/
Instagram: yoginosyogaforyouth: www.instagram.com/yoginosyogaforyouth
Twitter: @yoginos: twitter.com/Yoginos
LinkedIn: Beth Reese, PhD