About
Meet Kari Lyons-Price
Kari holds a BA in Psychology and a Masters of Social Work. As a health and wellness facilitator and educator, Kari’s mission is to teach and guide personal and organizational growth and healing. To inspire and support every person to more skillfully meet the pains & challenges of their lives and our world. Kari specializes in Mindfulness based services.
Meditate Wenatchee highlights the town I was born and raised in and now the community that I love and call home. My work has been focused in the fields of psychology, clinical social work and most recently in Mindfulness & Integrative Health. Kari works with individuals, groups, and businesses.
The heart of my work today is deeply influenced by my own life experience, having experienced near two decades of depression, an eating disorder and chronic pain. Practicing self-awareness and Mindfulness along the path were crucial to my healing. Today, my focus is to be present for myself and those around me— to meet the life that is here in each moment, as best I can.
What makes my services unique is my personal experience using these tools to change and heal my own life. As a coach I listen deeply, offer a safe & sacred space and facilitate clients in finding a clear path forward. I meet the needs of each person, not shaping them to fit into my way of thinking and doing, but to encourage and inspire them to find their own answers, to be their own guru. All my work is trauma informed. We all have trauma, some big and some small. Together we find safety in the body, create trust and kindness here, and work with the stories, beliefs and emotions that have you stuck— while giving you choice and agency throughout.
Kari has been facilitating special events and groups for 20-years. From caregiver support, generalized mental health, traumatic grief, women’s spirituality, and Mindfulness-meditation. I am a strong believer in the power of group learning, shared experience & community building. In 2021, I also became a certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) instructor, certified through Mindfulness Northwest.
In social work we are taught to take into account not only the whole person, but the whole community and environment in which people live. This model made significant impact on the way I define health, teach and live my own life. Even though it often feels true, we are not alone. We are part of an interconnected whole that supports, guides, informs and impacts us all, in this wild ride called life.
About Meditate Wenatchee
Because Mindfulness and Meditation helped me more skillfully meet the pains and challenges in my own life, I have become a lifelong student of this work. After a solid decade using the techniques in my counseling and community mental health practice, I chose to take on Mindfulness based education & coaching full-time. We often think of our health as only a physical expression, but what we consistently overlook is the power of the mind. How we think, perceive, judge, react vs. respond, communicate to ourselves and others—this is where the foundation of who we are is built. And where much benefit can be realized.
Meditate Wenatchee recognizes the power of changing one’s mind, by cultivating and working with it, on purpose and with clear intention. It is here, at the foundation of thoughts and beliefs, that we can shift habits and situations in our lives for the better. When the mind is on board and in connection with our bodies and our emotional selves, we can do anything.
Come find out what is waiting for you when you open the door to Mindful living!
Mindfulness & Meditation Can Offer
Tools & practices to decrease stress and increase well-being
Pathways to a compassionate heart
Deep rest & repair for the nervous system
Training for the brain– increased mental focus & creativity
Ways to shift harmful mental narratives
A positive impact on your health–
Anxiety disorders
Depression
Heart disease
High blood pressure
Sleep problems
Chronic pain
“A beautiful explorer in our midst, Kari’s devotion to the journey of life invites intentionality for our own steps. From weekly meditations, to coaching, writing and leading longer term courses, Kari exemplifies and inspires attention to the conversation of daily life surrounded by the grace of the infinite field. You bless us Kari - Thank You”