Stories from The Well

City Silence

Connect in Stillness

As we approach the end of the year, holidays and end-of-year business keeps us stimulated and possibly stressed. Yet, wintertime is an opportunity to slow down, go inward and rediscover...

From Stacy Sims

True Body in Action

(Scroll through photos above by clicking on the arrows in yellow) The True Body Project was piloted in 2005 as a summer program with ArtWorks. Thirteen teen girls gathered five days...

Stories from The Well

In Gratitude

Have you ever been so consumed by an idea, a thought, an action that energizes you, motivates you and makes you feel alive. That is how I feel about gratitude. Hi...

Mindful Music Moments

Mindful Visit: Max Raphael at Wilson Elementary

Wilson Elementary got a unique visitor this week. Soundhealer Max Raphael of True Resonance (on the playlist Week 17), introduced students to his unique array of instruments such as the...

Stories from The Well

After Alaska: Walking with Change, Minding the Names

By Julie York Coppens OK, this’ll be quick—judging from past experience, I’ve got about ten minutes of self-reflection time here before my next cataclysmic event. Also, the dog needs walking. Mindfulness,...

Mindful Communication

Inspired Listening: Tristan Harris Fighting Skynet & Firewalling Attention

https://tim.blog/2019/09/19/tristan-harris/ Tristan Harris sits down with Tim Ferriss to share about his journey with mindfulness, understanding the brain and attention and what led him to start the Center for Humane Technology. What...

Mindful Communication

Dealing with Digital Dependency

The wonder of our modern world is being able to connect locally and globally in a matter of seconds. Yet this growing web of information, complaint and scandal has, in...

Stories from The Well

Weaving with Intention

“Being creative is not so much the desire to do something, as the listening that which wants to be done: the dictation of materials.” –Anni Albers, On Weaving, 1974 Hi, I'm...

Mindful Music Moments

Mindful Music Reaches Beyond the Classroom for Family Participation

We believe having a personal or family mindfulness practice is essential to combat the day-to-day stress of life, heightened by our dependence on the digital world. We are listening to...

Mindful Music Moments

Meaningful Arts Partnerships Make Beautiful Music

In our Cincinnati-cohort schools this week, some 30,000 students will listen to music created especially for Mindful Music. Mindful Music Moments is privileged to collaborate with creative artists of all types,...

Mindful Music Moments

Self Expression Lesson Plan with Napoleon Maddox's I Offer Me Still

Thanks to Indian Hill Middle School for inspiring this lesson plan using Napoleon Maddox's Spoken Word Guided Meditation, created for Mindful Music Moments in 2017. Learn to notice what a...

From Stacy Sims

Year in Review. Who Made It All Possible.

This has been an incredible year for City Silence and Mindful Music Moments. So many people have held space for silence and given of their time and energy to create...