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Geoffrey Plant interviews Anne-Marie Emanuelli about mindfulness and meditation, exploring its benefits and her journey in promoting it.

This episode is brought to you by the NCRTD Blue Bus This week on “Voices of Taos,” editor Geoffrey Plant talks to Anne-Marie Emanuelli, mindfulness and mediation teacher and founder of Mindful Frontiers, a BCorp dedicated to promoting community wellness through mindfulness. Anne-Marie also writes a monthly column for the Taos News, “Families Meditating Together,” and offers guided meditation recordings through the Insight Timer app. Geoffrey and Anne-Marie discuss how she became interested in meditation, why she first decided to bring mindfulness into the classroom, and why using meditation and mindfulness to help us “get out of our own minds” can be so helpful in today’s world.  Anne-Marie also talks about mindfulness practitioners who have influenced her — Ram Dass and Thích Nhất Hạnh — as well as methods to help give the mind something to focus on, such as labyrinths and breathwork. Through Mindful Frontiers, Emanuelli offers both groups and individuals a variety of ways to bring mindfulness and meditation into their lives. Read Anne-Marie's most recent column Learn more about Mindful Frontiers Subscribe to the…

People in this episode

Host: Geoffrey Plant

Guest: Anne-Marie Emanuelli

Topics covered

• mindfulness
• meditation
• community wellness
• education
• personal development

Keywords

• mindfulness
• meditation
• community wellness
• guided meditation
• breathwork
• labyrinths
• education

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NCRTD Blue Bus

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mindful Frontiers, Taos News

Products: Insight Timer

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