FREE ONLINE PROGRAM: Less Doing, More Being – Honoring Our Natural Rhythms in a Season of Busyness

Less Doing, More Being is a free online spiritual workshop on honoring our natural rhythms in a season of busyness. It is offered through Drala Mountain, and it is led by mindfulness teacher Dr. Cynthia Garner. It suits anyone who feels the pull to keep up, produce and give, and who wants to find a gentler pace. People who spend much of their lives caring for others may find it especially welcome. Because it takes place online, you can join from wherever you are.

What to Expect

The program is a single online session built around its title: moving from doing toward being, and paying attention to the natural rhythms of the body and mind when the calendar fills up. Dr. Garner's teaching draws on practical mindfulness, somatic awareness and nervous system care, which are the threads that run through her work more broadly.

About Dr. Cynthia Garner

Dr. Cynthia Garner is a mental health educator, mindfulness teacher, writer and speaker, and the founder of Mindful Boundaries. Her work is devoted to helping people come home to themselves through practical mindfulness, healthy boundaries, somatic awareness and nervous system care. She works with therapists, educators, caregivers, leaders and others who spend much of their lives caring for people. Her belief is simple: caring for ourselves is essential to caring for others.

Cynthia was adopted as a young child after her birth mother left a violent relationship. She grew up in a family shaped by both love and trauma, where writing, music and time in nature became places of refuge. That history gave her a lifelong curiosity about belonging, resilience and the capacity to heal. She has been a classroom teacher, a Fulbright Scholar in Guatemala, a leadership consultant and a mindfulness teacher.

Before You Go

The program is free and held online, so there is no travel and no packing. It is one of several free online programs Drala Mountain offers alongside its retreats and practice series. Find a quiet spot, and let the session be an hour of not rushing.