Dr. Shelly Harrell's Soulfulness Center Courses

Course Description

This is NOT your generic mindfulness class! Come and experience my soulfulness approach to meditation. The course offers an opportunity to practice mindfulness from a culturally-infused, loving, and empowering space of deep connectedness with an emphasis on reclamation and liberation. Foundational mindfulness practices are taught within a decolonizing perspective that emphasizes mindfulness as a path to mental and emotional liberation. Special attention is given to oppression-related stress/trauma and the relevance of mindfulness for BIPOC wellness and mental health. The teachings are based on the Vipassana insight meditation tradition, infused with cultural expressions from the African diaspora and diverse cultural contexts, and with a focus on soulful experiencing. I have come to more and more think about mindfulness as a Sankofa-aligned experience of reclamation of ourselves, our truths, and the multidimensional experience of living life fully. I created this course in 2020 to provide a resource for healing and connection within the context of the profound loss and change brought on by the COVID-19 and ongoing racism pandemics. In 2025, we’re continuing to grieve, heal, resist power abuses, and free ourselves from the many ways that stress and oppression attempt to hijack our bodies, minds, hearts, and souls. Practicing mindfulness regularly can help us be more present in our lives-- more present in our bodies, more present relationally and spiritually. Mindfulness-based practices give us strategies for experiencing more inner peace and harmony, allowing us to hear the voice of our inner wisdom and contact the truth of our interconnectedness. It is a powerful ground to support the expression of our highest selves, align with our deepest values, and manifest our highest aspirations and purpose, both personally and collectively. Bottom line is that mindfulness can help us GET FREE!