Full Bloomed Lotus Center for Self Awareness

Full Bloomed Lotus Center for Self Awareness A meditation and self-awareness center addressing the mind, the body and the soul, where you can release your fears, and realize your dreams.

Full Bloomed Lotus started off in the home of its founder Ramaa Krishnan as informal gatherings where Ramaa shared her wisdom and perspectives from the land of her birth (India) and taught other moms like herself how to apply these to the demands of present day life and situations. By word of mouth as more and more joined her group to be inspired to change their lives by changing their thoughts, a

need was felt to take this to a more formal place and setting so as to make this accessible to greater numbers. Ramaa relocated her groups first to a studio on Washington Avenue in Wilmette, then to a new studio a few doors down on Green Bay Road, and now she provides guided classes in Full Bloomed Lotus' online space. Her offerings have continued to grow over the years to include several tools and teachings, and she now offers online classes, meditations, and study groups on Mindfulness. Full Bloomed Lotus' mission is to integrate the emotional intelligence of the East with the intellectual strengths of the West by sharing Eastern Mindfulness teachings and exercises alongside the findings of science that support these practices. By regularly adhering to a routine of emotional and physical self-care we can indeed release our fears and realize our dreams.

04/24/2026

Vulnerability opens the path to transformation.
Victimhood keeps us circling the wound.
One moves, softens, and liberates… the other stays stuck.
The choice is subtle—and powerful.

🌍 A Love Fest for Mother Earth 🌸Tomorrow is Earth Day — her birthday. And she needs our love more than ever.In a world f...
04/21/2026

🌍 A Love Fest for Mother Earth 🌸
Tomorrow is Earth Day — her birthday. And she needs our love more than ever.
In a world filled with conflict and noise, let us pause together and shower our beautiful planet with gratitude, healing and blessings.
Join me for a free meditation tomorrow morning, Tuesday April 22nd at 8.30am CST.
No experience needed. Just an open heart.
Zoom link on our website.
🌿 Link in bio.

This magnolia tree…Every bloom looks like a lotus to me. Each one opening in its own time, in its own way, yet all part ...
04/18/2026

This magnolia tree…
Every bloom looks like a lotus to me. Each one opening in its own time, in its own way, yet all part of the same living, flowering whole.
This is what our Sangha feels like. A conscious community committed to growing and thriving together. Studying, reflecting, sharing the gifts and the challenges of being human.
We gather in small study groups and intimate conversations.

Each one a bloom. Together, a tree.

If you feel called to be part of something like this, come find us. 🌿 Link in bio

From Individuality to Interbeing 🪷Look at these two images.Ayn Rand gazing outward, into the world of facts and visible ...
04/16/2026

From Individuality to Interbeing 🪷
Look at these two images.
Ayn Rand gazing outward, into the world of facts and visible reality. An early inspiration for me.

The Buddha turned inward, into the world where only the heart can see our interconnectedness. A world where we are not separate from each other.

My journey has taken me from one to the other. Not leaving anything behind, just going deeper in search of the truth behind the facts.

And finding this gem of a teaching:
“Happiness is not an individual matter.” - Thich Nhat Hanh, No Mud No Lotus

Has your understanding of life shifted and deepened over time? Share please! 💜💜

04/08/2026

How we listen and speak to another could reinforce our differences or transform them. Listening can come from a place of separateness… or from oneness. Individuality or non-duality. When we listen with compassion, we dissolve the illusion of “other” and return to connection.

Inspired by the wisdom of The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh 🤍

Nothing is more precious than this moment, and yet how rarely do we truly inhabit it.Our Wednesday evening study group i...
04/06/2026

Nothing is more precious than this moment, and yet how rarely do we truly inhabit it.
Our Wednesday evening study group is currently deep in Thich Nhat Hanh’s profound and beautiful book, The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching. Each session has been leaving us with something simply life-changing.

We gather regularly to explore books like this together. If you feel drawn to join us for our next one, reach out. 🌸

Wishing you a peaceful Passover and a happy Easter.🤍
04/01/2026

Wishing you a peaceful Passover and a happy Easter.
🤍

03/27/2026

Failure and all kinds of adversity can be real invitations into exploring deeper questions about identity. Seeking and finding a sense of self beyond the opposites of success and failure, joy and disappointment.
I hope to facilitate this deeper journey for leaders and entrepreneurs, people those who are too busy with their outer lives to access their inner world.

I’ll be exploring this more deeply in my two-day residential retreat in May, Cultivating Positivity in Adversity.
If this resonates for you or for someone you know, details are on our website. Pass the word along. Together let’s change the world from inside out.


Revisiting Groundhog Day and studying The Heart of Buddha’s Teachings have been reminding me of something simple and pro...
03/20/2026

Revisiting Groundhog Day and studying The Heart of Buddha’s Teachings have been reminding me of something simple and profound: happiness is not always found by changing our lives, but by also allowing life to change us.

My new blog, Groundhog Life, is on our website. Link in bio.



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03/03/2026

In the midst of our human craziness, nature provides a quiet backdrop and an invitation to pause, relax and let go. Clear the internal screen and start over…

02/24/2026

Emotional intelligence is at the heart of Buddhist practice.

In this 8-week journey through The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching, we explore how mindfulness helps us meet life with clarity, compassion, and steadiness — and how insight deepens when it’s shared in community.

Join us.
And if someone you love would benefit, please share this with them.





02/19/2026

A trip to India always inspires me to live from the heart. And the best way to grow into it, is to do it with others.
Join me and others as we continue the journey together.

Classes begin in March. This season, there are two offerings to deepen the work:

*A small group immersion (in-person/Zoom) with The Yoga of Self-Love, where we move gently and courageously towards healing the wounds of the inner child.

* An 8-week Wednesday evening study (Zoom only) of Thich Nhat Hanh’s The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching, exploring mindfulness as a path toward peace, clarity, and compassionate living.

Growth happens in community. Reflections become richer when shared. If your heart feels the nudge, I would love to have you with us.





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P. O Box 93, 1241 Central Avenue
Wilmette, IL
60091

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Monday 9am - 10:45am
Tuesday 9am - 3pm
Wednesday 9am - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 3pm

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