Meditation teacher and author, Padme Nina Livingstone has spent much of her life untangling her own confusion, and finding balance for her physical, mental, emotional and spiritual life. After more than 30 years of meditation and self-inquiry, and over 18 years of energy healing work, Padme talks about awareness in a down-to-earth language— to people who want to grow with clarity, compassion, curiosity, honesty, and gratitude so that they can enjoy more of what life has to offer.
Padme calls her work Healing with Awareness. She offers awareness meditation talks and classes in the Rochester, NY area. She also offers Meetings with Padme sessions in person and on the phone, as well as Medical Qi Gong sessions in person. All are expressions of Padme’s commitment to, and understanding of, the process of healing hearts, minds, and bodies.
Padme has a B.S. in Human Services and extensive experience with parenting, relationship skills, and energy work. She was the Meditation Teacher and Qi Gong Therapist at Equipoise, a Rochester, NY complementary health center for two years. Padme now teaches several meditation classes/week, leads and co-leads workshops, and gives public talks about awareness as well.
Padme’s book, Let’s Not Call It Meditation: Practical Guidance for People Who Think They Can’t Sit Still and Quiet the Mind is available through her website, and can be ordered as print-on-demand copies at barnesandnoble.com, and amazon.com.
She is author of three meditation CDs: Remembering Awareness, Uncovering Compassion, and A Forgiveness Meditation. Padme has contributed to Nature’s Wisdom magazine, espacio-times.com and edgelife.net. Padme has a monthly column called Living with Awareness in Edgelife Magazine, as well as in Rutabaga Rap. The column also appeared in New Health Digest for 2 years.
A few words about Loving Presence Guidance
Many years ago, when I was in therapy, there came a point when I knew enough of my early years to recognize the pain I was experiencing in relationships. There was a deep appreciation for everything I learned about myself in therapy. Yet, I still got angry, was critical of others, and often felt confused. I learned to cope with the history I’d explored in therapy, but that wasn’t enough for me. Coping means recognizing and knowing how to live with suffering. I wanted to be free from suffering. And so I wanted to know what was next. For me, years of meditation and self-inquiry were the lifeline I needed to the freedom I sought.
People often ask how my sessions differ from traditional counseling. Traditional psychotherapy can help us discover our life story. In Loving Presence Guidance, within an atmosphere of open, gentle, self-inquiry, we explore what’s true and what’s not about our life stories. This exploration helps us feel less stressed and more open to life as it is. We become free from our attachment to pain-producing thoughts and beliefs. We become more in touch with the body/mind, and cultivate a new relationship with thought. Each at our own pace, we move beyond coping with life’s challenges to being truly alive with what is.
When my time is requested, I offer my experience with a prayer that my presence and words be of service.