Slow the spin of stress and simply Be! Moving with intention liberates the body and mind, allowing us to inhabit the moment and even enter the flow state. Discover a path to release tightness through mindful movement and easy dance-based practice. Here, we relax into Being and open to possibility. Join BWBH founder, Lara Wilson, embodied meditator and lifelong dancer for this fun in-person experience. Feel grounded, free and supported in a beautiful space – and learn short, simple practices to add to your day for greater wellBEing! Concludes with a gentle guided meditation.

IN-PERSON at the BWBH Fresh Air Studio. Space is limited; proof of Covid vaccination required.

$33. Location details will be sent with your registration confirmation. Need a subsidy? Feel free to fill out our BWBH Scholarship Form prior to registering.

How can we shed the stress that accumulates over time? One way is to mindfully move the body while observing the mind with intention and care. BWBH founder, Lara Wilson, embodied meditator and lifelong dancer, leads this meaningful free-form movement practice that helped her thrive through four births, process grief after her mother’s death, survive cancer treatment and cope with the Covid pandemic. Feel grounded, free and supported in a beautiful space – and learn short, simple practices to add to your day for greater wellBEing! Concludes with a gentle guided meditation.

IN-PERSON at the BWBH Fresh Air Studio. Space is limited; proof of Covid vaccination required.

$33. Location details will be sent with your registration confirmation. Need a subsidy? Feel free to fill out our BWBH Scholarship Form prior to registering.

Mindful Nourishment: Experiential Practices Tuesday, October 5 at 7:30 pm

Living in a grab-and-go, meal-skippping, hork-with-a-fork culture, how might we shift toward eating habits that allow more ease? This session invites you to experiment with mindful ways to nourish yourself. Considering the principles of Intuitive Eating and interoceptive or sensory awareness, we’ll tap into the Language of the Self to better understand our habits. Discover essential aspects of the mind/body connection that honor natural ways to nourish your entire Being. Led by Lara Wilson, GCMS, Be Well Be Here founder and executive director.

$22 per session. Scholarship and subsidies are available.

Be Well Be Here offers scholarship and subsidies so ALL can be included regardless of ability to pay - simply fill out the BWBH Scholarship Form.

A 2-Session Online Workshop on Intuitive Eating as a Path to Mindful Wellness

Intuitive Eating for Mindful Wellness Tuesday, September 28 at 7:30 pm

Armed with the ability to recognize diet culture and its covert operation in your daily life, you’re ready to learn how to cultivate true health and wellness. Together, we'll examine principles of Intuitive Eating and the importance of interoceptive awareness, our body's natural way to communicate through the senses. Discover what you can do to feel sane, healthy and at peace with your body. It’s not as obvious as you might think - some research-backed methods may surprise you! Led by Monika Ostroff, LICSW

Mindful Nourishment Experiential Practices Tuesday, October 5 at 7:30 pm

Living in a grab-and-go, meal-skippping, hork-with-a-fork culture, how might we shift toward eating habits that allow more ease? This session invites you to experiment with mindful ways to nourish yourself. Considering the principles of Intuitive Eating and interoceptive or sensory awareness, we’ll tap into the Language of the Self to better understand our habits. Discover essential aspects of the mind/body connection that honor natural ways to nourish your entire Being. Led by Lara Wilson, GCMS

$22 per session. Scholarship and subsidies are available.

Be Well Be Here offers scholarship and subsidies so ALL can be included regardless of ability to pay - simply fill out the BWBH Scholarship Form.

Monika Ostroff, LICSW, CEDS-S is the Executive Director of the Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association, Inc (MEDA) located in Newton, MA. Monika is a Certified Eating Disorders Specialist and Supervisor, nationally recognized for her 25+ years of experience and contributions to the field of eating disorders. She has opened and directed several successful residential, partial hospital and intensive outpatient eating disorder programs in New Hampshire in addition to having owned a thriving private practice. Monika is the co-author of Anorexia Nervosa: A Guide to Recovery and a contributing author to Self-Harm Behavior and Eating Disorders. She has presented at many national conferences, taught at the university level, and appeared on several radio and television broadcasts. Monika’s passion for treating eating disorders and mentoring other professionals was borne out of her own struggle and full recovery from a lengthy and severe eating disorder. She strongly believes in providing compassionate care that combines alternative healing with evidence-based modalities. In addition to using meditation, yoga, and essential oils, she is certified in several alternative modalities.

A 2-Session Online Workshop on Intuitive Eating as a Path to Mindful Wellness

Tuesdays, September 21 and 28 at 7:30 pm

The diet industry is a $72.2 billion dollar per year industry that expertly targets and amplifies our insecurities in order to sell their programs and products. Inundated by photoshopped illusions of seemingly perfect bodies coupled with secret elixirs that promise perfect health and longevity, we can become victims of a false narrative that leaves us perpetually dissatisfied and stressed out. Join Monika Ostroff, MEDA Executive Director to debunk diet myths and open to nourishing possibilities.

Session 1 – Reclaim Your Inner Wisdom Tuesday, September 21 at 7:30 pm

What exactly is diet culture and how pervasive is it? Explore ways to know when you’ve been duped by the marketing genius of diet culture and are practicing eating habits that compromise rather than enhance your health. Begin to recognize when you might be in a dietary red zone by asking yourself 6 essential questions and discover facets of social conditioning that disprove old tropes such as "you are what you eat." Learn how to cultivate self-compassion by becoming a savvy consumer who can choose a new path to reclaim the body's innate wisdom.

Session 2 – Intuitive Eating for Mindful Wellness Tuesday, September 28 at 7:30 pm

Armed with the ability to recognize diet culture and its covert operation in your daily life, you’re ready to learn how to cultivate true health and wellness. Together, we'll examine principles of Intuitive Eating and the importance of interoceptive awareness, our body's natural way to communicate through the senses. Discover what you can do to feel sane, healthy and at peace with your body. It’s not as obvious as you might think - the research-backed methods we’ll discuss may surprise you!

$22 per session.

Be Well Be Here offers scholarship and subsidies so ALL can be included regardless of ability to pay - simply fill out the BWBH Scholarship Form.

Monika Ostroff, LICSW, CEDS-S is the Executive Director of the Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association, Inc (MEDA) located in Newton, MA. Monika is a Certified Eating Disorders Specialist and Supervisor, nationally recognized for her 25+ years of experience and contributions to the field of eating disorders. She has opened and directed several successful residential, partial hospital and intensive outpatient eating disorder programs in New Hampshire in addition to having owned a thriving private practice. Monika is the co-author of Anorexia Nervosa: A Guide to Recovery and a contributing author to Self-Harm Behavior and Eating Disorders. She has presented at many national conferences, taught at the university level, and appeared on several radio and television broadcasts. Monika’s passion for treating eating disorders and mentoring other professionals was borne out of her own struggle and full recovery from a lengthy and severe eating disorder. She strongly believes in providing compassionate care that combines alternative healing with evidence-based modalities. In addition to using meditation, yoga, and essential oils, she is certified in several alternative modalities.

An Online Mindful Wellness Session with Concord Free Public Library

The diet industry is a $72.2 billion dollar per year industry that expertly targets and amplifies our insecurities in order to sell their programs and products. Inundated by photoshopped illusions of seemingly perfect bodies coupled with secret elixirs that promise perfect health and longevity, we can become victims of a false narrative that leaves us perpetually dissatisfied and stressed out. Join Mindful Eating Specialist Monika Ostroff, MEDA Executive Director, to debunk diet myths and open to nourishing possibilities. Discover mindful ways to create awareness of the body's natural language and open to the nuances of nourishment for wellBEing.

We kindly invite anyone interested in mindful eating, diets and diet culture, those struggling with disordered eating and their family members, and/or medical professionals seeking mindful alternatives to traditional treatment programs.

Feel free to tune in during your dinner hour for this nourishing conversation!

FREE event - REGISTER at ConcordLibrary.org

Who Am I? The Liberation Journal Project

Mindful Wellness at the Concord Free Public Library (CFPL)

TUESDAY, AUGUST 10 at 7:30—8:30 PM

This engaging online session invites us all to mindfully reflect on how we access, create and share our stories through the lens of equity and inclusion. Together, we'll explore ways identity can be conditioned and how we can break free of societal expectations to reveal our true calling. Guided and designed by Be Well Be Here mindful educator, Gihanah Seb-Di Dio, The Liberation Journal Project asks, Who am I? Where do I come from and how do I engage with the world? When it comes to a story of self, what are my responsibilities to myself and my community? Discover ways to liberate yourself from old tropes and uncover new forms of self-expression. Please arrive with paper and a writing instrument.

Free and inclusive! REGISTRATION NOW OPEN at ConcordLibrary.org

Led by Gihanah Seb-Di Dio, DEI educational specialist, and hosted by Lara Wilson, BWBH founder and curator of the CFPL Mindful Wellness Series

Curious about meditation and mindful wellBeing? Join us on the Library Lawn for conversation about the benefits of mindful living, and learn simple ways to cultivate your own practice. Be Well Be Here founder, Lara Wilson will share guidance from a variety of wisdom teachers, such at Thich Nhat Hanh, Tara Brach and Sharon Salzberg. Bring your questions and a favorite morning brew to sip mindfully!

No registration required - just show up with empathy and an open mind. We’ll meet on Concord Free Public Library Lawn. Feel free to bring your own chair, blanket or mat to Be comfortable!

MOVED TO FRIDAY, JUNE 18 at 9:00 am DUE TO WEATHER FORECAST.

Curious about meditation and mindful wellBeing? Join us on the Library Lawn for conversation about the benefits of mindful living, and learn simple ways to cultivate your own practice. Be Well Be Here founder, Lara Wilson will share guidance from a variety of wisdom teachers, such at Thich Nhat Hanh, Tara Brach and Sharon Salzberg. Bring your questions and a favorite morning brew to sip mindfully!

No registration required - just show up with empathy and an open mind. We’ll meet on Concord Free Public Library Lawn. Feel free to bring your own chair, blanket or mat to Be comfortable!

Ready to shift to a new season of wellBeing? Release stagnant energy and realign your body’s systems with Biofied Tuning, a practice based on principles of resonant sound healing. Certified Biofield Tuning practitioner, Julie Ramsdell, MS, will provide an introduction to the science behind Biofield Tuning as well as offer a remote group session for healing. Learn more about this powerful modality that can restore the body on a cellular level, and relax as you release stress to find energetic alignment.

Registration required to receive your Zoom link. $33 includes remote Biofield Tuning session.

Biofield Tuning is a sound therapy that uses the physics-based principles of frequency, resonance and entrainment to help the body recognize its own distortion, discharge blocked energy, and return to clarity and health. Using tuning forks, the Biofield Tuning practitioner releases static caused by stress, and invites the body to repair and balance itself. 

The Vernal Equinox - time to rejuvenate and feel yourself shine! Access your path to natural wellness on the first day of Spring through meridian tapping, Biofield Tuning, and mindful energy practices. Boost your immunity, release stress, and discover simple wellBeing practices that can be incorporated into daily life. Be Well Be Here founder and mindful guide, Lara Wilson collaborates with certified Biofield Tuning practitioner, Julie Ramsdell to offer this fun, relaxing energetic tuning of body, mind and spirit.

Register to receive your Zoom link. $22. Need financial assistance? Please fill out our scholarship form.

Biofield Tuning is a sound therapy that uses the physics-based principals of frequency, resonance and entrainment to help the body recognize its own distortion, discharge blocked energy, and return to clarity and health. Using tuning forks, the Biofield Tuning practitioner releases static caused by stress, and invites the body to repair and balance itself. 

In overwhelming times, it helps to take a moment to reflect on what sustains us. Gratitude Practice is an evidence-based mindful wellness technique that resets the body on a cellular level, and allows internal systemic connections to recalibrate toward wellness.

Join BWBH founder, Lara Wilson, for this restful meditative practice that can help you stay grounded, enhance well-being, and inspire a deep sense of contentment.

This FREE event is Be Well Be Here’s way to thank you for Being!

Liberate yourself from stress and experience deep relief with BWBH’s Present Moment Comfort Virtual Mini Retreat. Share in this nurturing, fortifying session with experienced healing practitioners to tap into your source of inner comfort. Disconnect from the buzz of anxiety and seek serenity through mindful somatic practices, allowing your entire being to shift from worried to wonderful.

This 90-minute virtual session offers:

• A grounding practice to help us all arrive

• Mindful movement that reintegrates internal systems

• Tapping practice for energetic and emotional balance

• Guided meditation to soothe mind, body and spirit

Treat yourself to Present Moment Comfort and journey to natural well-being.

$40 per person. All are welcome to attend this LIVE Zoom event led by BWBH Founder, Lara Wilson, and Director of Energy Work, Julie Ramsdell.

Thank you for supporting Be Well Be Here’s mission to bring creative mindful wellness practices to ALL.

With all that overwhelms, it helps to take a moment to reflect on what sustains us. Gratitude Practice is an evidence-based mindful wellness technique that resets the body on a cellular level, and allows internal systemic connections to recalibrate toward wellness.

Join BWBH founder, Lara Wilson, to discover simple mindful wellness practices that help you stay grounded and can be incorporated into daily life for greater relaxation, courage, and well-being.

This FREE event is Be Well Be Here’s way to give thanks to you for Being!

Scientific evidence reveals it's true: mindful wellness practices can help make the stress of high school feel less overwhelming. In collaboration with CCACE (Concord-Carlisle Adult & Community Ed), Be Well Be Here founder Lara Wilson offers Time to Just Be for Teens to de-stress in these challenging times. Teens co-create this experience as we explore ways to befriend and honor our natural way of Being. Together, we'll try easy meditation exercises and creative, evidence-based relaxation techniques that can be easily incorporated into daily life. These unique sessions invite teens to Be present, explore a path to inner peace and examine their way toward greater well-being.

This Teen Wellness Workshop runs Sunday, September 13, October 4 and November 1 at 4:00 - 5:00 pm

Register at CCACE (Concord-Carlisle Adult & Community Education)

Scientific evidence reveals it's true: mindful wellness practices can help make the stress of high school feel less overwhelming. In collaboration with CCACE (Concord-Carlisle Adult & Community Ed), Be Well Be Here founder Lara Wilson offers Time to Just Be for Teens to de-stress in these challenging times. Teens co-create this experience as we explore ways to befriend and honor our natural way of Being. Together, we'll try easy meditation exercises and creative, evidence-based relaxation techniques that can be easily incorporated into daily life. These unique sessions invite teens to Be present, explore a path to inner peace and examine their way toward greater well-being.

This Teen Wellness Workshop runs Sunday, September 13, October 4 and November 1 at 4:00 - 5:00 pm

Register at CCACE (Concord-Carlisle Adult & Community Education)

Scientific evidence reveals it's true: mindful wellness practices can help make the stress of high school feel less overwhelming. In collaboration with CCACE (Concord-Carlisle Adult & Community Ed), Be Well Be Here founder Lara Wilson offers Time to Just Be for Teens to de-stress in these challenging times. Teens co-create this experience as we explore ways to befriend and honor our natural way of Being. Together, we'll try easy meditation exercises and creative, evidence-based relaxation techniques that can be easily incorporated into daily life. These unique sessions invite teens to Be present, explore a path to inner peace and examine their way toward greater well-being.

This Teen Wellness Workshop runs Sunday, September 13, October 4 and November 1 at 4:00 - 5:00 pm

Register at CCACE (Concord-Carlisle Adult & Community Education)

Access your path to healing in turbulent times! Refresh on a cellular level with Biofield Tuning energy healing and boost your immune system. Release stagnant energy and realign your body’s systems with Biofied Tuning, an energy practice based on principles of resonant sound healing. Certified Biofield Tuning practitioner, Julie Ramsdell, MS, will help energetically tune your body, mind and spirit. Tune in and feel how you heal!

Limited space. Registration required to receive your Zoom link. $35

Biofield Tuning is a sound therapy that uses the physics-based principles of frequency, resonance and entrainment to help the body recognize its own distortion, discharge blocked energy, and return to clarity and health. Using tuning forks, the Biofield Tuning practitioner releases static caused by stress, and invites the body to repair and balance itself. 

How do parents cope with the challenges of Covid19? Join this virtual Concord Free Public Library conversation to access sources of parental and personal strength that lead to family flexibility. Mindful wellness mentor Lara Wilson, MA, GCMS (parent of four young adults) will be available to offer suggestions and strategies. Gather online in community to share insights, empathy and encouragement as we make our way through unchartered territory - and honor the inner wisdom that guides us all. 

LIVE through Zoom! To register, email CFPLquestions@concordma.gov for the Zoom link.

Looking for support as you write your way through the corona crisis? Join master writing instructor and Be Well Be Here founder, Lara Wilson, MA, for this supportive, mindful Writing Workshop! Experiment with writing exercises that heighten the observational mode, clarify your writing process and help engage the flow state. Awaken new paths to storytelling and gain confidence as you celebrate your creativity. All levels welcome!                

SATURDAY, MAY 16 and MAY 23 at 4:00 – 5:30 pm

$45 - Early bird (before May 10)

$55 - After May 10                 

How do parents cope with the challenges of Covid19? Join this virtual Concord Free Public Library conversation to access sources of parental and personal strength that lead to family flexibility. Mindful wellness mentor Lara Wilson, MA, GCMS (parent of four young adults) will be available to offer suggestions and strategies. Gather online in community to share insights, empathy and encouragement as we make our way through unchartered territory - and honor the inner wisdom that guides us all. 

LIVE through Zoom! To register, email CFPLquestions@concordma.gov for the Zoom link.

Looking for support as you write your way through the corona crisis? Join master writing instructor and Be Well Be Here founder, Lara Wilson, MA, for this supportive, mindful Writing Workshop! Experiment with writing exercises that heighten the observational mode, clarify your writing process and help engage the flow state. Awaken new paths to storytelling and gain confidence as you celebrate your creativity. All levels welcome!                

SATURDAY, MAY 16 and MAY 23 at 4:00 – 5:30 pm

$45 - Early bird (before May 10)

$55 - After May 10                 

Feeling overwhelmed by how the coronavirus crisis impacts cancer care, either your own or that of a loved one? Join stage III breast cancer thriver, lifelong meditator and Be Well Be Here founder, Lara Wilson, MA, GCMS for a compassionate conversation about mindful well-being in the midst of chaos. Discover simple mindful healing practices that can help us feel grounded and supported in trying times. This session is open to anyone touched by cancer at any phase of the process.

Please sign up to receive the Zoom link at Be Well Be Here Cares

May you Be Safe and find moments of peace on your path.

About your guide:

Be Well Be Here’s founder, Lara Wilson, has been a writer, teacher and meditator for over thirty years. She has co-created mindful wellness practices with cancer patients, struggling students, teachers, school administrators, young athletes, disabled individuals, architects, celebrated authors, medical professionals, bankers, CEOs, children, artists, even horses. Lara holds a Master's Degree in English & American Literature, a Graduate Certificate in Mindfulness Studies, and certification in Restorative Yoga (RYT-200) and Reiki Level II. She continually trains in a variety of meditative fields such as mindfulness studies, qigong, breath work, equine experiential learning, and dance. Following a two-year cancer journey, Lara deepened her personal practices through principles of experiential integration, learning from expert mindful wellness teachers. She has shared this wisdom at conferences, wellness centers, corporate retreats, yoga studios, libraries, and public and private schools. Lara’s personal experiences with integrative healing have been included in medical case studies, and were featured in an article about cancer, connection and community in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine written by a core faculty member of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine.  

How do parents cope with the challenges of Covid19? Join this virtual Concord Free Public Library conversation to access sources of parental and personal strength that lead to family flexibility. Mindful wellness mentor Lara Wilson, MA, GCMS (parent of four young adults) will be available to offer suggestions and strategies. Gather online in community to share insights, empathy and encouragement as we make our way through unchartered territory - and honor the inner wisdom that guides us all. 

LIVE through Zoom! To register, email CFPLquestions@concordma.gov for the Zoom link.

Are feelings of uncertainty bogging down your creative process? This, too, is essential to the writer’s journey. Join Be Well Be Here founder, Lara Wilson, MA, GCMS to experiment with mindful writing exercises that help revitalize natural sources of creativity. In these sessions, we’ll try a variety of free-writing practices to awaken new paths to storytelling.

FREE and LIVE through Zoom - Register to receive the link                    

Parenting is tough enough, but add sheltering at home during a pandemic and the stress can be overwhelming. Join this virtual Concord Free Public Library conversation to share insights, empathy and encouragement. Mindful wellness expert Lara Wilson, MA, GCMS (and parent of four young adults) will be available to offer mindfulness-based strategies. Gather online in community to feel supported, and experience how actively being in it together through meaningful conversation helps us get through challenging times. 

LIVE through Zoom! To register, email CFPLquestions@concordma.gov for the Zoom link.

Are feelings of uncertainty bogging down your creative process? This, too, is essential to the writer’s journey. Join Be Well Be Here founder, Lara Wilson, MA, GCMS to experiment with mindful awareness practices that help revitalize natural sources of inspiration. In these sessions, we’ll use writing exercises to explore mindful aspects of creativity that help you engage the observational mode, seek novelty, cultivate compassion, relate authentically, and enter the flow state. Discover somatic techniques that calm a whirring mind, awaken new paths to storytelling and celebrate all phases of your writing process.

FREE and LIVE through Zoom - Register to receive the link                    

Sunday, April 26 and May 3 at 11:00 am – 12:00pm

Parenting is tough enough, but add sheltering at home during a pandemic and the stress can be overwhelming. Join this virtual Concord Free Public Library conversation to share insights, empathy and encouragement. Mindful wellness expert Lara Wilson, MA, GCMS (and parent of four young adults) will be available to offer mindfulness-based strategies. Gather online in community to feel supported, and experience how actively being in it together through meaningful conversation helps us get through challenging times. 

LIVE through Zoom! To register, email CFPLquestions@concordma.gov for the Zoom link.