Meditation, "MNDFL"│Adreanna Limbach, Author (Tea and Cake with Demons), Lead Instructor

Wise Millennial

Adreanna Limbach, lead instructor of MNDFL meditation studios in NYC, and author of "Tea and Cake With Demons", sits down to share meaningful conversation and insight about her meditation community, and her own journey.
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Interview questions:

First off, Tell everyone about the mindful community and your own meditation/coaching community you’ve built, as well as your book!

How did you get into this work? Why are you doing this? What motivates you? You were living in NYC, wanted to do costume design at parsons. Did you just wake up one day and say I want to learn about Buddhism and help people instead? Tell us about your path

Misperceptions about meditation. I hear a lot from people that I can’t meditate because i can’t clear my mind. I tried it once, but i couldn’t stop thinking, so I’m just not good at meditation. What are your thoughts or advice, especially given the busy lives millennials live.

Technology. Headspace, calm. You’ve talked about this question of what’s next? People use apps but don’t know where to go or progress. People need context in applying these methods to their daily lives. Does technology have a role to play? Would you recommend skip the apps and go straight to your class?

Millennial culture and meditation. I talk to millennials a lot about different struggles they’re having and a consistent theme I come across is feeling content. Millennials struggle with feeling content, or enough. Imposter syndrome is a common term that’s expressed. In your book called Tea and Cake With Demons (which I highly recommend by the way) you discuss a lot about insufficiency and self worth. What can you share with us to tackle this problem?

Another topic I want to ask you about is communication. In my opinion, we have a communication problem in our generation and society. We generally suck at it. We don’t know how to give and receive information that is ideologically different than our own without getting angry or upset. We struggle with conflict management, especially in the world of politics. How can we solve this problem?

You talk a lot about ego. You ask a powerful question, who would you be without your reputation? Or if you lost everything? Goes back to this concept of self worth and not being held hostage by other people’s perceptions. I feel like in this social media Instagram world we live in, we’re constantly comparing ourselves. Especially in a city like New York where you have this potent mix of finance, money, power. How do we break this behavioral pattern and validate our lives or just love ourselves?

What are some challenges or struggles you’ve had in your spiritual journey? Are the experts allowed to have problems?

What insecurities do you have? Do you ever feel pressure that you have to always embody the ideals you preach? For example, I have a lot of coaches who are friends, and they feel “how can I coach people and give advice on the same issues I’m dealing with”?

What is something you wish someone had told you 5 years ago, or you had told yourself, that you had to learn on your own? But would have made life so much easier had you known.

How can people learn more about you and get involved with the community you’re building?

www.adreannalimbach.com
@adreannalimbach
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