Offering iRest® Guided Meditation Classes
WELCOME TO THE MEDITATION SPACE AK IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
iRest guided meditations foster peace, resilience, and provide a foundation for deep healing.
Kelly J. Wright Sr. offers iRest classes to the community in a calm environment free of any religious or spiritual elements. We exercise the mind by resting it. iRest is wellness for the brain.
The Meditation Space AK provides a relaxing refuge away from the modern day bombardment of constant stimuli. Enjoy research based, body, breath, sensation, emotion and thought focused meditation that brings you clarity and awareness that assists in responding harmoniously to life.
The Meditation Space AK provides a relaxing refuge away from the modern day bombardment of constant stimuli. Enjoy research based, body, breath, sensation, emotion and thought focused meditation that brings you clarity and awareness that assists in responding harmoniously to life.
COVID-19 Update - The Meditation Space AK is open.
We value personal well-being above all else so classes will be kept at 25% room capacity. When it is safe, we will increase capacity. 5 people will be able to attend each practice which allows for plenty of distance to stay within the current guidelines and support all our well-being. Please do not attend class if you are sick.
We value personal well-being above all else so classes will be kept at 25% room capacity. When it is safe, we will increase capacity. 5 people will be able to attend each practice which allows for plenty of distance to stay within the current guidelines and support all our well-being. Please do not attend class if you are sick.
Schedule
Classes will be cancelled July 1 - July 15, as Kelly will be out of town.
The Meditation Space AK has discontinued using Mindbody for registering and paying for classes. Please come by and use your classes before the end of 2020 as The Meditation Space AK will be closing down at the end of the year. New students are welcome to take a class at any time noted below. New payment and registry can be made at the door.
Please call or text Kelly at least 2 hours prior to class, and let him know you will be attending at 907-290-1152. If you do not contact Kelly 2 hours in advance, he may cancel class to avoid no shows.
The schedule is:
Monday’s doors open 6:15pm, class starts at 6:45pm and ends at 7:45pm.
Wednesday’s doors open 6pm, class starts at 6:30pm and ends at 7:30pm.
Saturday’s doors open 11am, class starts at 11:30am and ends at 12:30pm.
We will update TheMeditationSpaceAK.com and our Facebook page if any one-off classes are cancelled. Please feel free to check in with Kelly in advance if you are able to attend via email or phone number noted below. If you have any other questions please contact Kelly at 907-290-1152.
The Meditation Space AK has discontinued using Mindbody for registering and paying for classes. Please come by and use your classes before the end of 2020 as The Meditation Space AK will be closing down at the end of the year. New students are welcome to take a class at any time noted below. New payment and registry can be made at the door.
Please call or text Kelly at least 2 hours prior to class, and let him know you will be attending at 907-290-1152. If you do not contact Kelly 2 hours in advance, he may cancel class to avoid no shows.
The schedule is:
Monday’s doors open 6:15pm, class starts at 6:45pm and ends at 7:45pm.
Wednesday’s doors open 6pm, class starts at 6:30pm and ends at 7:30pm.
Saturday’s doors open 11am, class starts at 11:30am and ends at 12:30pm.
We will update TheMeditationSpaceAK.com and our Facebook page if any one-off classes are cancelled. Please feel free to check in with Kelly in advance if you are able to attend via email or phone number noted below. If you have any other questions please contact Kelly at 907-290-1152.
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Kelly J. Wright, Sr.
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I am a licensed clinical social worker, chemical dependency counselor II, and retired Navy SEAL. I completed the two year iRest certification process July 2018 and am a Certified iRest Teacher. Contempt prior to investigation is the best way I can describe my thoughts about yoga prior to ever being in a yoga class. October 2010 I tried yoga to see if it would help my lower back. I found the postures of Hot 26 to be very rehabilitating for the back I live with. The yoga practice was also very beneficial in calming my heart/mind.
I completed a 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training in 2014 and heard about Yoga Nidra, an ancient meditation practice. After the teacher training was over, I found a book on Yoga Nidra: A Meditative Practice for Deep Relaxation by Richard Miller, PhD. iRest is adapted from Yoga Nidra to increase the availability of meditation to people. iRest is used at Walter Reed Medical Center and many VA facilities to treat veterans with PTSD. iRest as a meditation of self-inquiry, means we set an intention, have a heartfelt desire/purpose/mission to guide us and have an inner resource to help us explore the body sensations, breathe and energy, feelings and emotions, thoughts and beliefs, sense of joy and well-being, and awareness of all of these. Then we bring this awareness off the mat into our daily life. We learn to experience all our sensations, emotions, thoughts as messengers and friends and work with them to promote harmony in our life. We learn to respond to life instead of reacting to life.
I completed Warriors at Ease (WAE) level 1 training November 2018 and Level 2 training in April 2019. WAE is yoga specifically adapted to the needs of the military and veteran community. Many veterans with prosthetics, TBI, PTSD and MST participate in yoga and meditation classes designed for them.
I completed a 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training in 2014 and heard about Yoga Nidra, an ancient meditation practice. After the teacher training was over, I found a book on Yoga Nidra: A Meditative Practice for Deep Relaxation by Richard Miller, PhD. iRest is adapted from Yoga Nidra to increase the availability of meditation to people. iRest is used at Walter Reed Medical Center and many VA facilities to treat veterans with PTSD. iRest as a meditation of self-inquiry, means we set an intention, have a heartfelt desire/purpose/mission to guide us and have an inner resource to help us explore the body sensations, breathe and energy, feelings and emotions, thoughts and beliefs, sense of joy and well-being, and awareness of all of these. Then we bring this awareness off the mat into our daily life. We learn to experience all our sensations, emotions, thoughts as messengers and friends and work with them to promote harmony in our life. We learn to respond to life instead of reacting to life.
I completed Warriors at Ease (WAE) level 1 training November 2018 and Level 2 training in April 2019. WAE is yoga specifically adapted to the needs of the military and veteran community. Many veterans with prosthetics, TBI, PTSD and MST participate in yoga and meditation classes designed for them.
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"I offer iRest, a guided meditation of self-inquiry that has been found helpful in reducing anxiety, depression and the effects of trauma, chronic pain, and stress. I teach in a style that is available to anyone interested in calming their mind, developing clarity of thought and desiring a path to their truth, whatever their truth may be." Kelly J. Wright Sr.
