Building Your Contemplative Toolkit: Essential Practices for a Balanced Life

Tools for Healing and Transformation

Create Your Contemplative Toolkit

Deepen Your Understanding of Interconnected Spiritual Practices

Grow Your Intuition and Mind, Heart, and Body Integration

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"True contemplative practice is about cultivating a heart of compassion and a spirit of justice."

- Michael Battle

What YOu’ll Experience

This course is rooted in ancient traditions and inspired by newly learned lessons and experience. These practices have been my guide through uncertainty, fear, and anxiety, bringing healing in both personal and relational aspects of my life. Now, I’m sharing these transformative tools with you. Each session will provide a brief explanation of a contemplative meditation practice rooted in the Christian tradition, emphasizing how our mind, heart, and body work together to create a connected and fulfilling life and time to engage in each practice together.

6 Saturday Gatherings

September 28th

October 5th, 12th, 26th

(Please note we do not meet on October 19)

November 2nd and 9th


Time: 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM CST via Zoom

You Will

Create Your Contemplative Toolkit

Throughout this course, you'll develop a personalized toolkit of contemplative practices and meditations. These tools will help you navigate daily challenges, fostering a deeper connection with yourself and the world around you. Whether you need to calm your mind, process emotions, or reconnect with your body, you'll have a range of practices to support you.

Deepen Your Understanding of Interconnected Practices

In this course, I will provide details illustrating how a variety of contemplative practices are related to each other. We'll explore how these practices can be better understood through the dynamics of our personal relationships and lived experiences. This holistic approach will help you see the interconnectedness of these practices and how they can enrich every aspect of your life.

Grow Your Intuition and Mind, Heart, and Body Integration

By listening to what our mind, heart, and body have to say, we begin to live a more connected life. Reflect on how you operate in the world. Are you someone who is often in your head? Do you feel a deep emotional connection with others? Or do you notice your feelings and emotions in your body first? Awakening to how God speaks through these Centers in the silence beneath our thoughts, the emotions of our heart, and the sensations in our body is valuable on our spiritual journey. This awareness can help maintain a consistent meditation practice, breaking cycles of frustration and creating space for grace.

Course Highlights:

  • Expert Guidance: Led by Tia, a seasoned meditation practitioner, spiritual mentor and teacher

  • Personalized Support: Receive individualized feedback as questions arise.

  • Community Connection: Join a supportive community of like-minded individuals on the same journey.

Course Outline:

  • Week 1: What to Expect, Framework for Building Your Toolkit

    • Practice: Beginning to Listen and Trust (Tool #1)

  • Week 2: How Friendships Illuminate Your Inner Wisdom

    • Practice: Connecting Breath + Body (Tool #2)

  • Week 3: Overthinking and Divine Connection

    • Practice: Shaking Loose Thoughts (Tool #3)

  • Week 4: When it Feels Like Your Prayers Aren’t Working + The Dark Night of Soul

    • Practice: Focus, Sink, Relax (Tool #4)

  • Week 5: Connection + Transformation

    • Practice: Silence, Solitude, Stillness (Tool #5)

  • Week 6: Living Your Life in Union

    • Practice: Addressing Emotional Upset (Tool #6)

6 Saturday Gatherings

September 28th

October 5th, 12th, 26th

(Please note we do not meet on October 19)

November 2nd and 9th

Time: 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM CST via Zoom

Investment: $210 ($35/session)

Includes live sessions and recordings

Pay From the Heart: I believe in making spiritual growth accessible to all. If the recommended investment is not available to you at this time choose the value you place on this transformative journey allowing you to participate in this course without financial constraints, then message me at  tia@contemplatehouston.com and we'll figure out the details.