Nyell is a powerful meditation teacher, sound healing practitioner, graceful yoga teacher and a certified wellness coach. Nyell was moved to begin embracing her natural healing abilities to increase self-awareness within the Boston community and across the United States. Nyell is a published author of two texts for young women of color. Her work began as service-based coordinator and educator in the Public Schools and in the nonprofit sector in urban the areas of Boston, MA.
Nyell’s Mindfulness Services workshops are offered based on specific community or business needs. “I work to create programs that engage and use interactive ways to help participants learn how to practice meditation and mindfulness tools. The flow of each session is offered by intentionally working with participants from an invitational and open space. Workshops are designed and created for all ages, communities and social settings.“
Nyell is an Independent Professionals Association (IPA) member. IPA is a membership-based organization fighting for the dignity and rights of the independent workforce. IPA advocates, supports, and organizes real people to effect real and lasting change. www.indyworkma.org
FWM: You are a powerful meditation teacher and sound healing practitioner, due to personal life challenges, you fully understand what loss and trauma does to the body. How did your experiences lead you to mindful practices as a lifestyle?
I began to take my mindfulness journey seriously in 2018. I was pretty burned out from my work and life as youth worker and educator in the school system. I shifted my lifestyle because feeling drained anxious and sad was not something I wanted to experience anymore. My entire life has been one of traumatic moments growing up and by my early 30’s I was not a happy person anymore.
I saw the word mindfulness in an online ad on YouTube and began to do some research on mindfulness. I found a training program for educators that was online and based out of Philadelphia. I applied and was offered a scholarship to participate and I fell in love with mindful meditation practice first.
FWM: Tell us about your workshops and the mindfulness tools you are sharing.
My workshops have been something I curate and create based on the spaces I’ve been invited into. I began with simple instructions on how to get into the correct posture to engage meditative practice first. Then I began to incorporate movement breathing and lastly sound baths. My workshops are usually led with a short lecture/ presentation and demonstration piece. This is done to help my participants understand the value of daily mindfulness practice.
FWM: What can people expect when working with you?
My primary focus is creating accessible safe spaces to process trauma and life’s difficulties or changes. I always share tools based on the circumstances, energy, and vibrations that people share they need when they contact me for my services. Sometimes I’m use music, affirmations, intuitive cards and crystals. Whatever helps people find a space of relaxation and emotional relief.
FWM: Can you share a few stories of people you have seen improve their lives through your mindfulness practices?
I have been able to share mindfulness with over 3000 people since 2018. I can share that one of my clients was working on having a child for some time and after three one to one sessions with me she found out she was with child. It was beautiful, because I told her after one session that she would be blessed with a great gift from God and she was.
I also have had many participants find they love yoga after I share the Asana practice that assists them with releasing tension in their bodies. I find that approaching yoga from that standpoint makes it much more accessible to more people as they want to try it for the first time with me.
Also sound therapy has been hands down the fastest way to help people tap into their mediation practices. People find that it is similar to a mental message and many times feel more rested after a sound bath then they would if they take a nap. I also have held space for people who have had migraines and headaches.
They always end their sessions feel pain relief and able to relax more in the moment.
In my personal experience during my recent pregnancy sound therapy really helped me calm myself down in tough moments.
FWM: How have you changed throughout the years? What is your daily practice for good health?
My entire life is different. I am very more centered in peace and acceptance of my journey. Since 2020, I have worked for my people offering mindfulness and healing modalities full time. The mindfulness practice has liberated me from having to rely on job to make a life for myself. I am hyper-focused on evading the grind culture. Also, my body is more flexible and healthier. I just became a mother of my first child at 37 years old, after a long battle of cervical fibroids that really challenged by body. By mindfully eating better foods, getting in tune with nature on a daily basis and prioritizing rest. I feel like a new being. I cannot imagine what my life would be life without my mindful lifestyle.
FWM: Please share your books for young women of color and your hope for personal tools to promote relaxation and stress relief.
The books I wrote are called “Tell Me How You Really Feel” and “Tell Us How You Really Feel” they are developmentally appropriate mindful guides for girls of color. My hope was that young women who can relate to me from and identity space could gain the tools of self-awareness and reflection. The text was intended to be a guide and journal to a peaceful and resolute space when it comes to the readers more complex feelings as they go through life.
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