We would like to highlight our Board Members. This month we'll begin with our new Board Chair, Maggie Stevens.
Like everyone else, I am a composite of selves and roles. I am a mother, grandmother, partner, sister, daughter, student, teacher, meditator, watercolorist, writer, reader, volunteer, hiker, and camper. I enjoy investing time in meditation, in nature, with family, with friends, and with my ginger tabby cats.
I became a meditation teacher so that I could share this life-changing practice which I've maintained for more than 15 years. I retired from thirty years with the School District of Lee County's Early Childhood programs. I began the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program taught by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach in January 2019. Synchronistically, that was also the beginning of my journey with large B-cell lymphoma. Mindfulness helped me navigate the pain and stay present. I was less fearful and more grateful than I would have thought possible. In the fall of 2020, I was found to be in complete remission. I completed my mindfulness teacher training in January 2021.
I believe that mindfulness meditation can help us not only overcome the obstacles and rough patches in our lives, but also open us up to the joy, wonder, and gratitude that can be found in each day.
As the Board Chair for Caloosahatchee Mindfulness, it is my intention to share the gifts of mindfulness to promote well-being in our community. We'd love for you to join us!