Hello everyone

[whiteraven]

Hello all, I've signed up mainly to find a support system as I finally have the courage to do mindfulness meditation. I've done mantra meditation for years, but a combination of depression, anxiety, mild ADHD and intense trauma prevented me from ever doing mindfulness practices, because I was afraid it would destabilize me.

 

I think it's going to be challenging to dive into mindfulness, especially as I start Michael Brown's "The Presence Process", so I'll be reading these forums a lot for encouragement, support and guidance, since I like some of the threads here.

 

A summary of some of my practices and my spiritual background:

- Hindu mystic (Shaiva tradition)

- practitioner of Siddha healing

- Tarot reader, although I don't do it professionally; it's mostly for my own guidance and communication with the deities I worship (and my ancestors)

 

[Marblehead]

Hello whiteraven, and welcome.

 

Your membership is approved and we're happy you found your way to us. We look forward to accompanying you on some of the way that you still have to go.

 

Please take the time to read the two posts pinned at the top of this Welcome page and take a look at the forum terms and rules. This covers all you need to know when getting started.

 

For the first week you will be restricted to ten posts per day but after that you can post as much as you like. Also, until you’ve posted fifteen times in the forums, you’ll be a “Junior Bum” with somewhat restricted access and will be allowed only two private messages per day.

 

Good luck in your pursuits and best wishes to you,

 

Marblehead and the TDB team

 

 

Hi whiteraven,

 

I tried to imagine you in my mind's eye but all I got was a white dove.

 

You are welcome to jump right in ongoing discussions, revive an older thread, start a new thread of your own, or start a discussion in the "Newcomer Corner" sub-forms to expand on your introduction or ask general questions to help you get started.

 

May you enjoy your time here.

 

Marblehead

[RiverSnake]

I love your screen-name. Welcome to TTB.