Cecilia Monroe
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Cecilia Monroe is a yoga master and meditation guide with over two decades of experience helping others reconnect with their inner stillness.
Experience
Cecilia has led retreats across the U.S. and Europe, blending ancient traditions with modern mindfulness. Her teachings focus on emotional resilience, embodied awareness, and compassionate self-inquiry.
Education
Certified Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500)
M.A. in Contemplative Psychology, Naropa University
Posts
Living from Awareness: What If Consciousness Is Home?
It’s one thing to hear about living from awareness, but another to feel it when the world pulls you into striving and survival. I used to wonder if true rest in being was for other people—those who were wiser, softer, or less anxious. This is about my stumbling search for solidity and the strange relief of realizing I didn’t have to manufacture a ground to stand on.
Awakening to Awareness: Meeting the Self Beyond Identity
Awakening to awareness sounded noble—until the moment I confronted the flood of thoughts and stories I’d clung to for decades. If awareness is beyond identity, what happens when you no longer know who you are?
Consciousness vs Mind: Finding the Witness Beyond Your Thoughts
Sometimes I get so tangled in my thinking that I forget there’s anything else—just loops and judgments and the pressure to get it right. Even when I first heard about ‘witness consciousness’ or the concept that “you are not your thoughts,” it felt nearly impossible to believe.
“I Am Awareness”: Seeking Truth Beyond Concepts and Identity
When teachers say “I am awareness,” something inside me tenses and wonders if there’s something important I’m missing. If awareness is the truth beyond concepts and identity, why do I keep getting caught in old stories and familiar self-judgments? This is what it’s really like to sit with the question: Who is the observer—when I still feel tangled in myself.
Compassion and Liberation: Where Suffering Meets Its Own Medicine
Compassion and liberation sounded beautiful in theory—but when I was drowning in shame or longing, they felt impossibly far away. Is it even possible to find release (nirvana) in the middle of such raw suffering? This is the story of how I learned to meet pain with the medicine it secretly craves.
The Truth of Everything Passing: Radical Acceptance in Real Life
Some days, the idea that everything passes feels threatening—as if nothing is safe, nothing will last. The truth of everything passing doesn’t always soothe me. Sometimes it unsettles the ground beneath my feet, stirring up grief and a desperate wish to hold on. Maybe radical acceptance isn’t about giving up, but about living with eyes—and heart—wide open.