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RIGHT- ON -TIME REWIND: Moments of Mindfulness, An audio meditation experience with Sherrell Moore-Tucker

Posted on January 14, 2025 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

During the pandemic, have you been feeling intimate with physical, mental, and emotional uncertainty and unrest? It seems that everything that can be shaken is shaking, where angry noise appears to be drowning out laughter and love. I found I have been grieving the loss of power over my thoughts, my movements, my expectations, my finances, my future, my everything. So, I created Moments of Mindfulness as an emotional and spiritual band-aide for the hurt we are collectively feeling. All of us at the table have permission to find the stillness that allows authenticity and vulnerability to rise above the noise. We are going……
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Trauma that does not go away: the loss of a child and a brother featuring the David Owens family.

Posted on January 7, 2025 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Here in the United States, we began to see evidence of the unprecedented challenge to our healthcare systems and economy and wonder if our democracy would be strong enough to withstand the attacks on our constitution. Globally, our world has been challenged in a way it had not been for over 100 years. An invisible enemy has invaded our privacy, routines, expectations, and hopes. Some of you, like me, have felt mental and emotional uncertainty and unrest. Everything that could be shaken is now shaking, where noise, angry noise, drowns laughter and love. And yet, a look behind this external……
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NEW YEAR MOMENTS OF MINDFULNESS featuring Tyra G

Posted on December 31, 2024 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

What’s so special about celebrating the New Year? “Why does the start of the new year carry such special symbolism? And why is its celebration so common worldwide, as it has been for at least as long as there have been calendars? Behavior this universal must indeed be tied to something fundamental in the human animal, something profoundly meaningful and essential, given all the energy and resources we invest not just in the celebration but also in our efforts to make good on a fresh set of resolutions, even though we mostly fail to keep them. It’s fascinating to realize……
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REWIND: Unwrapping his gift of music featuring vocalist Mr. Everett Greene.

Posted on December 24, 2024 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

A 2018 blog written by musicians who declare they believe in music says, “Music is simply a very special language that everyone understands. There is no feeling that cannot be described and transported through music. It preserves memories for eternity and turns dreams into reality. It caresses the soul or screams unmistakably. Music conquers fear, dries tears, and gives courage and strength. It is the safe and expressive home of our emotions – with all facets between joy and pain, irrepressible lust for life, and thoughtfulness. Music can turn enemies into friends and cross borders. It can ensure that the……
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Legacy is for the living with father and son Courtney and Asa Nero

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Ray Bradbury, in Fahrenheit 451, says, “Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child, a book, a painting, a house, a wall built, or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way, so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you’re there. Dara Horn says. “Every person has a legacy. You may not know your impact, and it may not be something you can write on your tombstone, but every person impacts this world.”……
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“THIS IS US” featuring Cape Cod Entrepreneur Sandy Wycoff.

Posted on December 3, 2024 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Life will accommodate you in any way that you choose. It is always listening to the silent requests of your heart and mind. It is always surveying the landscape of your heart, gathering the bits and pieces of the emotions buried there. Life can be an open book to learn about great mysteries and wonders. It can also be a mysterious and frightening pit you fear to tread. Or it can be a basket into which you can place your treasures and carry abundant blessings. Until today, you may not have realized that life answers your requests. You may not……
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Were it not for those who cared, featuring Courtney Pierce of Samaritan House.

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

So, what if you believed the greatest service you could offer in life is to be a light on the path? Samaritan House fosters personal safety, growth, and self-sufficiency in adults and their children through freedom from sexual and domestic violence, human trafficking, and homelessness. Since 1984, Samaritan House has provided emergency and permanent housing, support services, and community outreach to victims of violence and homeless families in the Hampton Roads region. Clients receive support through case management, counseling, victim advocacy, nutrition assistance, transportation, access to medical care, and vocational training. Our children’s program works with youth to establish healthy……
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REWIND: Moments of Mindfulness: Pandemic Myth Busting with Dr. Valda Crowder

Posted on November 19, 2024 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“You can call it a germ, you can call it the flu, you can call it a virus. You know, you can call it many different names. I’m not sure anybody even knows what it is.” – President Trump- Why do some people get really sick, but others do not? Are the models too optimistic or too pessimistic? Exactly how transmissible and deadly is the virus? How many people have actually been infected? How long must social restrictions go on for? Why are so many questions still unanswered?[1] The confusion partly arises from the pandemic’s scale and pace. Worldwide, at least 3.1 million people have been infected in less……
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Thank you for your service CAF Red Tail Squadron Leader Bill Shepard!

Posted on November 12, 2024 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

This month’s theme is: Thank you for your Service, Then and Now. I am passionate about celebrating veterans and active-duty military who continually help us sustain and maintain our quality of life, often at the greatest of costs. We hear stories through various lenses this November and December, including wars fought, age, gender, race, family impact, and cultural and social legacies. Our stories have included Mary Jessie Herrera, a 100-pound, 20-year-old Military Policewoman who wore an M16 and a 9 mm sidearm in IRAQ as accessories. We have heard informative heart-to-heart stories from women who decided to serve in the……
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Were It Not For Those Who Cared Featuring David Joyner, Development Manager of Britepaths of Fairfax County

Posted on November 5, 2024 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

So, this week, we begin with a twist to create our common thought space for today. In the words of Isabel Wilkerson in her interview with Krista Tippet on NPR entitled The Heart is the Last Frontier. And I Quote, “With all due respect, I can’t want to!” For some, this is the best of times. For others, it feels like the worst of times. For the wise, it is seen as one season in history. For others, it feels like an impending eternity of uncertainty. Words like ‘us’ and ‘them’ no longer define diversity but decree exclusion. Anger has……
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