Mind Body Aloha Wellness

06/21/2026

Happy Summer Solstice from the Grouse Run Medicine Wheel in the Blue Ridge Mountains—the place where we’ll gather for our next retreat.❤️

May this longest day of the year enliven the light within you. May it illuminate your path, awaken your heart, and remind you that the same radiant energy shining all around you also lives within.

Take a moment today to pause, breathe, and give thanks for the gift of being alive.💕

With Aloha ~
Susan

06/18/2026

Choose evolution over escape.

Sit with your pain, the grief, the darkness, but don’t let it consume you.

Like a bolder in the stream, every perceived obstacle that sits in your path is there as an opportunity for growth… a chance for the river of life to sing a sweet melody around you.

Allow yourself to be held in the love that transcends and the all-pervading divinity of God’s creation. ❤️

06/16/2026

Water teaches us what we often forget:
Nothing stays the same.
Everything belongs to a cycle.

Life moves the same way - through seasons of growth, loss, rest, and renewal. When we stop resisting change, we discover the peace that has been there all along. There is wisdom in learning to flow with what is, trusting that every season has a purpose.

Your breath is like the tide, always coming… always going. When we return to it, we reconnect with the natural rhythm of life and remember that, we too are meant to flow.

Trust the rhythm.

Reconnect with your natural rhythm this Wednesday. Join me for Himalayan kriya, pranayama (breathwork) and meditative practices. It’s always free. Drop in anytime, and feel free to share with friends and family.

Every Wednesday
10:00 am HST | 4:00 pm EDT

🤙🏽 Sign up via link in my bio.

06/10/2026

How different would your day feel if you gave yourself just 30 minutes to breathe, reset, and reconnect?

Join me for a FREE weekly class where I’ll guide you through Himalayan kriya, pranayama (breathwork), and meditative practices designed to calm the nervous system, clear the mind, and reconnect you to your natural state of balance and vitality.

Simple. Powerful. Transformative.

✨ Every Wednesday ✨

10am Hawaii
1pm Pacific
2pm Mountain
3pm Central
4pm Eastern

👉 Register at mindbodyaloha.com (link in bio & stories)

06/08/2026

Peace is an inside job. ✨

How do you cultivate inner peace?
Where do you go to find silence?

Can you remain centered even when life around you feels chaotic?

Peace is not simply a state of being—it is a practice… a daily choice.

Your breath holds the key.

Each conscious breath is an invitation to step beneath the noise, beyond the distractions, and into the stillness that has always been there.

Beneath the chaos is calm.
Beneath the thoughts is silence.
Beneath it all is peace.

Pause. Breathe. Return to yourself. ✨

06/03/2026

That’s me… floating in a salt pond in a remote region of Egypt’s Western Desert. Yes, it’s truly as dreamy as it looks.😍

I haven’t figured out how to teleport back there yet, but I do know how to get back to that feeling of pure bliss… even on a busy day.

Making your way back to bliss is a practice, and I’m happy to be your guide.

Join me for a FREE weekly reset where I’ll guide you through Himalayan kriya, pranayama (breathwork), and meditation practices designed to calm the nervous system, clear the mind, and reconnect you to your natural state of vitality and presence.

In 30 minutes or less, you’ll experience how powerful it can be to intentionally slow down, breathe deeply, and nourish your inner world.

These ancient yet accessible practices can easily be woven into daily life to support greater energy, resilience, clarity, balance, and overall wellbeing.

✨ Every Wednesday ✨

10am Hawaii
1pm Pacific
2pm Mountain
3pm Central
4pm Eastern

👉 Sign up through Mind Body Aloha (link in bio & stories)

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05/27/2026

Pause. Breathe. Reconnect.

Join me for a FREE midweek reset where I’ll guide you through powerful Himalayan kriya, pranayama (breathwork), and meditation practices designed to calm the nervous system, sharpen mental clarity, and reconnect you to your inner vitality.

In 30 minutes or less, experience what happens when you intentionally step out of stress and back into presence.

These are simple yet transformative practices you can carry into daily life to support greater energy, balance, resilience, and wellbeing.

✨ Every Wednesday ✨

10am Hawaii
4pm Eastern
3pm Central
2pm Mountain
1pm Pacific

👉 Sign up at Mind Body Aloha (link in bio & stories)

05/25/2026

For most of America, Memorial Day is a day that signals summer is coming… school ending, grills firing up, and sunny beach days ahead. But for some of our dearest friends — people with whom my husband and I have served — this day is a sacred pause to remember the lives of those who paid the ultimate price of war.

Behind every one of those beautiful souls are mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, husbands, wives, and children whose lives were forever changed by the loss of a courageous warrior...

Read more here:

On friendship, sacrifice, grief, and the enduring power of love

05/20/2026

This past week and weekend, I coached someone through their first 3-day water fast and taught a Sattva Meditation Course, initiating some beautiful beings into an ancient lineage.

It’s easy to get swept up in all the new wellness trends, but at the end of the day, I always find myself returning to ancient wisdom for modern living.

Our hunter-gatherer ancestors couldn’t just dial up Uber Eats. Sometimes they went days without food. They didn’t call it fasting — they called it life.

Yogis living in the Himalayas didn’t need apps or guided meditations backed by research studies. They understood the power of breath, mantra, and stillness — how these practices could calm the nervous system, focus the mind, and help transcend the ego.

When people begin to dive deeper into the practices and teachings I share, they soon realize it’s not about fixing anything. It’s about remembering who you truly are and reconnecting to your infinite potential.

But to do that, you have to make time for YOU.

Every Wednesday, I offer an opportunity to do just that. Join me for breathwork, Himalayan kriya, and meditative practices.

To join me Wednesdays, sign up here:
https://mailchi.mp/48ee9ddfb619/weekly-breathwork-meditation

05/16/2026

Why on earth would anyone want fast 15 hours much less for three days? Well, here’s a timeline that tells the benefits of fasting up to 72 hours. Congrats to the folks who are currently doing a 3 day water fast with me and very close to that magical time when you get that free boost of stem cells! It’s so amazing what our body will do and how it can repair itself when we give it the space and trust to do it do it’s thing.

You are a miracle. ✨
Love that body you are in.
It carries you through your whole life… one vehicle traveling a lot of miles!

Fasting is the ultimate tune up! 👊🏽