Denise Lyon Dennis

iRest Level 2 Teacher

​I have been a seeker and have been drawn to explore a deeper meaning of everything since I was a little girl, when I used to spend hours reading from bookshelves full of esoterica at a family friend's house while the adults talked in the other room. ​I have been in the healing arts for most of my working life...over 25 years as a licensed massage and bodywork therapist trained in more modalities than I can count throughout the years. This work, combined with my meditation practice has taught me the importance of embodied presence and the healing and wisdom that can arise through daily meditation practice. I decided to embark on an intense study of meditation when I turned fifty and have since studied with some of the most celebrated meditation teachers in the world. I began my journey with Bhante Henepola Gunaratana and the other monastics at Bhavana Society in West Virginia. My time spent with Bhante G, one of the foremost teachers of mindfulness and Buddhist meditation in the world has been a priceless gem. In 2016, I decided to follow the teacher's path with Sarah McLean and enrolled at the McLean Meditation Institute in Sedona, AZ for a year of intense study and self-transformation. I have taken a deeper dive into the Mystery by becoming an iRest® Yoga Nidra Meditation Level 2 Teacher with Richard Miller of the Integrative Restoration Institute.My heart's desire is to provide a path anchored in ancient wisdom and modern neuroscience to help guide us to that place of living together in peace and possibility. I look forward to introducing you to the why and how of meditation and to helping you develop a practice of your own that can change your life and change the world. Thank you for taking this step. We'll have fun! ​Denise lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Teacher Specialty
General
Additional Teacher Specialty
MMI Certified Meditation & Mindfulness Teacher; Licensed Massage & Bodywork Therapist (NC#417)