Details
Facilitated by
Brooke Thomas
Date/Time
Wednesday | 2:00pm - 4:00pm | Feb 28th
Cost
$19 for Members | $29 for Non-Members
Location
The Hive: A Center for Contemplation, Art, and Action | In Person
1628 Hoffner St Cincinnati, OH 45223
About the Class
Domains
Description
The Winter Slowdown is a seasonal invitation to pause, soften, and realign. In the quiet of winter, we gather to intentionally slow down and listen deeply—grounding ourselves in practices that nurture mind, body, and heart. Through meditation, mindful movement, and metta (loving-kindness), participants are guided to cultivate a different way of being with themselves and with one another.
Choosing to slow down is not only restorative—it is the foundation from which we remember our inner authority. From that place of clarity, we can choose skillful response over reactivity in any moment. This is the practice of freedom.
Each two-hour session weaves together guided practice and community connection, following this flow:
MEDITATION (mind-knowing): grounding practice
Mindful sharing and listening around present-moment noticings
MOVEMENT (body-knowing): slow, gentle, mindful movement practice (inspired by Tai Chi therapy)
Mindful sharing and listening around present-moment noticings
METTA (heart-knowing): we always end with a loving kindness practice
Check-out: sharing and listening — what are you taking with you?
This is for…
Anyone feeling the pull to slow down during the winter season and adopt the rhythm of nature
Those seeking to listen more deeply to mind, body, and heart
People longing for community connection through shared practice and reflection
Practitioners who want to explore gentle movement inspired by Tai Chi therapy
Anyone ready to cultivate inner authority and choose skillful response over reactivity
Those who wish to cultivate loving-kindness practice as a skillful resource for navigating the season
Intention of the Hive
When you join a Hive experience, you're invited into our intention to create a group experience that's inclusive, rooted in mindfulness, and dynamically relational. We aspire for each Hive experience to model these intentions, and even to refine them as we continue to learn how to gather in a way that's transformative! The embodiment of these intentions by Hive facilitators, Members, and class participants is what makes the Hive the unique and healing social container that many experience it to be. To view our Hive Intentions for gathering, click here.
More About the Facilitators
Brooke Thomas
Brooke is an educator, meditator, and lover of nature and the human spirit. A certified mindfulness meditation teacher through Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield's teacher certification program, she currently serves as a mindfulness consultant for nonprofits, schools, and businesses in Cincinnati. In her guidance, Brooke explores themes of connection and radical compassion through meditation, movement, and nature-inspired practices. Brooke is an advocate for the integration of mindfulness in all areas of life as a way to support individual and collective wellbeing and liberation. An avid hiker and backpacker, Brooke weaves her passion for nature and adventure into her work and offers a variety of tools to support people of all ages and backgrounds in developing a sustainable mindfulness practice that is playful, practical, and rooted in care.