Finding Your Authentic Voice - Nicholas "Quazzy" Herd
Teach Mindfulness With Integrity, Authenticity and Self-Confidence
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1h 58m
Nicholas “Quazzy” Herd is dedicated to bringing people back to a sense of wholeness.
He started going by the name “Quazzy” in 2012 after joining a music group while in film school at New York University. The study of Sound Design opened his eyes (and ears) to a new world of mixing elements from different walks of life and creating something new with them.
As the stress of life and the fast pace of New York started to get the best of him, he began to feel burnout, anxiety, and even suicidal ideation. Yoga and meditation became a saving grace, bringing him back to a feeling of himself that was both youthful and timeless.
Yoga, meditation and sound helped him find a world all his own, a quasi-reality that you can create in your life too.
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00:02 - Sara-Mai introduces Nicholas “Quazzy” Herd
01:20 - Quazzy introduces today’s talk
03:58 - Attendees introduce themselves
23:01 - Quazzy shares the history of his connection to mindfulness, yoga and spirituality
25:36 - Quazzy asks, “Where does ‘source’ energy come from?”
29:10 - Applying the three skills of thinking, waiting and fasting
35:50 - Pacing guided meditations, holding space for silence, and adjusting your rhythm
40:00 - Quazzy guides a mindfulness meditation
47:38 - Finding God, conscience, and consciousness
53:10 - What is the inner voice, where does it come from, and how do we draw from it consciously?
53:52 - Attendees share experiences of connecting to the voice of higher consciousness
1:02:20 - Asking questions of your inner voice to help bring it forth
1:09:25 - Trusting our decisions and not second-guessing our choices
1:14:09 - QUESTION: When you teach a group you don’t know, where do you start?
1:15:05 - Quazzy shares how he structures his meditation sessions for various groups
1:20:52 - Expect things to look differently from what you imagined
1:24:01 - Staying unattached from outcomes
1:27:50 - EXERCISE: Share a word in the chat that makes you feel uplifted, inspired, relaxed, encouraged
1:30:05 - Decay, regeneration, and “printing” the present moment
1:33:22 - EXERCISE: Guiding a group meditation using the words in the chat
1:45:35 - Discussing the shared meditation experience
1:53:33 - The facilitation process in a nutshell: a collaborative process
1:54:05 - Closing remarks