If you like your mindfulness served without BS, you’re going to love this week’s episode! Join us as mindfulness coach and yoga teacher Oneika Mays shares insights from her book, Sit with Me: A No-BS Journey to Mindfulness and Meditation. Oneika explains how yoga helped her reclaim her sense of self; why teaching mindfulness inside Rikers Island transformed her understanding of compassion, justice, and human connection; and how loving‑kindness (or metta) can help us navigate a world that feels heavy and chaotic.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How mindfulness helped Oneika move from reactivity to response — and why that shift changed her life.
- Why loving‑kindness (metta) is a powerful antidote to fear, hate, and overwhelm in difficult times.
- What meditation is really for — and why it’s not about feeling good.
Buy your copy of Sit with Me: A No-BS Journey to Mindfulness and Meditation
Visit Oneika’s website
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- Instagram: @oneikamays
- Substack: @oneika
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