Rebekka Mars is an aliveness coach who blends ancient practices into modern living, helping people come back home to their truest, most awake selves.She's been in the mindfulness mix her whole life and has specifically been teaching yoga, meditation, along with personal training for over 15 years.During that time, she's created a hybrid approach to working with individuals to implement shifts that create lasting wholeness, connection, Truth, and vitality from the inside out in all layers, physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.It became very clear that at a certain point in her work in groups and individuals, the results would only go as far as the peoples' inner blocks would allow. Her latest deep dive and offering has been through studying Somatic Experiencing® to enable embodied trauma healing and regulation of the nervous system. This mind/body approach helps to move and mend stuck energy {aka trauma} of the past and allows for even more LIFE on the other present side.Working with individuals and groups around the world, Rebekka holds virtual and in person sessions, classes, and events on topics like Modern Mindfulness, Reclaiming Your Inner Peace & Power, and her trademarked practice and brand of Modern Meditation™, encouraging meditation as not just a practice but a way of life.Rebekka MarsYoga. Meditation. Movement. Life.If she's not holding space for the people or interviewing other inspiring guests on her podcast, Modern Mindfulness, you can find Rebekka soaking up the Southern California life with her partner John.

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Welcome to Episode 2 of Get What You Need and Feel Good About It. Today’s episode is entitled: "Intentional Living: Mindfulness in Everyday Life"In episode 1, Anything is Possible, I featured John Fleming as he shared his formula for finding strategies for continuing to do what you love and pursuing your dreams despite barriers that seem insurmountable.Although John presented his formula from the perspective of succeeding despite sight loss, his formula may be, and often is, followed by anyone. Sometimes it feels risky, like skydiving, but when we are determined, do creative problem solving and seek support, we are more likely to get what we need and feel good about it.John pursued his dream intentionally or mindfully.To help us understand what mindfulness in everyday life means, I have invited Rebekka Mars, yoga instructor and mindfulness trainer, extrordinaire to be our guest and help me share this concept.Welcome, Rebekka, I’m so please to have you join me on my second-ever podcast episode. I was so impressed with the thoughts you share, and your presentation, in your podcast, Modern Mindfulness, that I took a chance on inviting you to be my guest, even though we’ve never met. I am so grateful to you, and to the universe, for making it possible to share this important information.I thought I’d start simply by sharing with our listeners a simple definition of mindfulness.One definition of Mindfulness is being aware, on purpose, in the present moment, without judgment.That is such a packed definition, I feel like I need to define each clause. Each clause is packed full of important meaning.Being aware. What does that mean to you? What are your thoughts, Rebekka?Here are some ideas: What about really seeing, hearing, observing, and acknowledging what is happening in present moments? Personal Growth Expert, Mary Morrissey, describes it as “notice what you’re noticing.”How do you experience awareness in your life?Now, add to this equation the concept “on purpose.” What are your thoughts, Rebekka?To me this means intentionally. Intentionality, I am learning, also involves choice. And I find it liberating that choice is one of my rights. Knowing I have choices is very empowering.So, when I have a dilemma to solve, positive or challenging, if I know what my options are, I am better able to make informed decisions or intentional, well thought out choices.John decided it was not an option to give up skydiving. So, he and his buddies studied and experimented with the options that made it possible for him to continue skydiving solo safely with the best methods they could devise. And as they practiced the systems, they refined and improved strategies as they studied and improved upon the science of the sport.All along the way, John and others had to make intentional choices so they could all continue to enjoy skydiving, the sport they loved doing, together.Being determined, doing creative problem solving and asking for, in fact, inviting support, are the strategies John followed. This is a formula I challenge myself and you to follow as we go about learning to express how we feel, ask for what we need, and feel good about it.Whether it is negotiating reasonable accommodations at a naturopathic college where they have never provided services from the point of view of a student who experiences vision impairment; or asserting your rights as a parent with disabilities; or even negotiating reasonable working conditions on a job, using John’s formula can guide you through the process of charting your course and accomplishing your goals.Today I want to demonstrate how developing an intentional mindfulness practice can improve our results, enrich our relationships, and help us feel good about asking for what we need.Question: Rebekka, do you engage in a purposeful mindfulness practice, and what does that look like?

Question: What prompted you to get more serious about having a daily mindful practice?

Question: How do you think it benefits us to follow a regular mindfulness practice?

Question: How would you advise our listeners to go about developing a regular mindfulness practice?

Question: We talked about a couple of mindfulness practices that we can all use to gain clarity, set our intention and feel good about taking intentional action. Would you set the stage and walk us through one or two of those exercises now?

Closing: What a session. Thanks so much for walking us through those exercises, Rebekka. Do you have any encouraging words before we close to get our listeners started on their intentional journeys toward getting what they need and feeling good about it?

Thank you so much, Rebekka. We’ll look for you on your Modern Mindfulness Podcast. And I’ll be back With you at the end of June for another episode of Get What You Need and Feel Good About It.

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