1. Episode #208: Inner Wisdom, Human Dignity, and Embodied Meditation with Neil McKinlay Cheryl Ilov 53:44

Neil McKinlay is a meditation coach and facilitator who learned to meditate as a teenager when his swim coach taught him and his entire team one rainy Saturday night. He has spent his adult life studying, practicing, and teaching embodied meditation. During this time, Neil has lead meditation events of over one hundred people both in-person and online as well.

Neil has been a parent, partner, author, and competitive swim coach. He is also the host of the Bringing Meditation to Life podcast. In the past few years, he also became a survivor as he recovers from a relationship with a dysfunctional spiritual mentor. He describes how embodied meditation helps us settle our attention and access the inherent wisdom and dignity which is in each and every one of us.

Neil also shares his personal experience of betrayal and trauma at the hands of a trusted spiritual mentor, and how this crisis became an incredible opportunity for further self-exploration and personal growth. Download this gentle but powerful episode to hear Neil’s story and how you can discover your own inner wisdom and human dignity through embodied meditation.

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Cheryl Ilov is an author, speaker, dancer, martial artist, and physical therapist. She is also a former chronic pain patient who began a journey of self-discovery and self-healing after her medical team informed her that she would never recover. They were wrong.

Cheryl fired her medical team and found her own path to health and healing, as well as a journey of life-long learning. Her areas of expertise include the art of healing through movement, personal empowerment, and fitness over fifty. She is also the host of The FemiNinja Project podcast, which focuses on overcoming obstacles, personal empowerment, restoring human dignity, and alternative health and healing.