Harmonious Parts Counseling

02/12/2026

It's that time again! Limited spaces available! Register before March 15 for the early bird special!

We invite you to join us this October for our next 2026 Fall Women's IFS & SoulCollage Retreat! Visit our website for more information! https://www.innerharmonyretreatsva.com/home/retreats/fall-2026

This healing-centered week will include gentle movement practices, art therapy projects, parts work (Internal Family Systems—IFS), EMDR, SoulCollage™, beach-combing, and group meals. This is an opportunity to build connections and community, deepening into mind, body, and spirit.

Base price is $1,700.00 Costs may vary depending on room selection. Limited spaces available. Price includes all meals, activities (supplies), and rooms.

SIGN UP FOR THE EARLY BIRD SPECIAL BY March 15, 2026 FOR $250 OFF!
To Register: https://www.innerharmonyretreatsva.com/home/registration-payments/fall-2026-ifs-womens-retreat-obx

02/12/2026

Just wow! To all the women, I've got you...

02/09/2026

THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE ❤️ 💙🧡💛💚💜

01/29/2026

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01/12/2026

Substance abuse can forever change reward circuits.

01/12/2026

Super excited to offer this with Kelly from Sacred Circle Counseling !

01/08/2026

I’ve been following this and plan to go see them when they are nearby. ❤️

Why are we all emotionally undone by monks who are… just walking?

Yes—there’s also Aloka, a rescued dog. Obviously. 🐾

Right now, Buddhist monks are walking 2,300 miles from Texas to Washington, D.C..

No protest signs.
No shouting.
No outrage.
No hot takes.

Just… walking.
For peace.

And yet—

People are lining the streets.
Tracking them online.
Crying in public.
Re-evaluating their lives mid-afternoon.

So what’s actually happening here?

Here’s the truth: We are
overstimulated,
overworked,
over-argued,
over-informed,
and profoundly under-rested.

And suddenly…
calm feels erotic.

Science backs this up, by the way.

Humans regulate better with:

simplicity

compassion

mindfulness

fewer notifications

Turns out your nervous system hates the news cycle.

And yes—when the rescue dog joined the pilgrimage, the attention doubled.
Aloka became the emotional support icon we didn’t know we needed.

Because this walk isn’t loud.
It isn’t clever.
It isn’t trying to convince you of anything.

It’s just embodied peace moving through a noisy world.

And your body recognizes that before your mind can explain it.

So maybe peace isn’t something we wait for.
Maybe it’s something we walk toward—
in small, unglamorous, everyday ways.

Peace can look like:
pausing before reacting
walking without your phone
choosing kindness over being right
breathing instead of spiraling
letting “simple” be enough

No robe required.

I always say this: You don’t wait for joy.
You place yourself on the path to it.

And yes—peace, pleasure, and prosperity are allowed to coexist.

And this is why the monks’ walk matters.

Not because it fixes the world overnight,
but because it regulates it.

Their steady steps slow people down.

Their silence gives permission to exhale.

Their presence reminds us—without preaching—that peace is a practice, not a performance.

For a moment, people feel safer in their own bodies.

Less alone in their overwhelm.

More willing to choose gentleness over urgency.

That’s the real impact.

They aren’t marching at anyone.

They’re walking with us—
showing, not telling, what calm looks like in motion.
You don’t wait for joy.

You place yourself on the path to it.
And yes—
peace, pleasure, and prosperity are allowed to coexist.

12/31/2025

On the stroke of midnight tonight, you can resolve to be better, if you like…
to be fitter,
to eat cleaner,
to work harder.

On the stroke of midnight tonight,
you can resolve to become a whole new you,
if you so choose.

Or, you can take a moment to acknowledge what you already are.
Because it’s a lot.
You are a lot.

And you deserve to be truly seen.

On the stroke of midnight tonight, perhaps you could congratulate yourself, for coping.
For breaking, again,
for rebuilding, again.

For catching the stones life has thrown at you,
and using them to build your castle that little bit more beautifully.

And if you have used those stones to block yourself in for the ‘heal’, perhaps you can realign them this year. Make a grander gate, not a higher wall.

You have endured, my friend.
Through times you thought unendurable. You did.

And I don’t see the need to resolve to become a whole new you,
when you are already so very much indeed.

Happy new year.

You made it.

Now let us face another 365 day-turn, arms wide…
accepting, embracing and ‘seeing’ one other,
for all we truly are…

breaks and all.

Donna Ashworth

12/16/2025

May you and all beings be Well.
May you and all beings be Happy.
May you and all beings be Peaceful.🙏

12/14/2025

This just makes my heart smile

🍀 How Can Just Walking Bring Peace? - When a kind woman approached, asking, "Sir, how might I support your Walk for Peace?". “Everything is well," I replied. "The most important help you can give us now is to join us in walking for peace." She responded with surprise: "Oh, I cannot do that! I must go to work and care for my children."

"That is perfectly fine," I said. "You do not need to follow us. You can walk from your living room to your kitchen, from your house to your garden, or anywhere you may go. Walk with mindfulness. If you do your work, do it with mindfulness."

For when you possess mindfulness, you are truly alive. Life exists only in the present moment, and in this moment, you touch the miracle of existence. Only when you attain peace within your own heart can the world find its peace.

The world’s dis-ease stems from the immense stress and anxiety held by its people. Therefore, our walking journey for peace transmits this simple, vital message: Everyone is invited to pause, to breathe, and to cultivate the energy of mindfulness.

Whether driving or working, act with mindfulness to help your mind fully arrive and be present with life. If all people, in every nation and every place, practiced this, it would naturally lead to world peace.

A single community of Monks walking for peace cannot, by itself, create world peace; we only create peace within ourselves. But we can transmit inspiration and the energy of stillness, inviting everyone to practice it in your homes, in the park, on the streets, and in your workplaces, so that you may attain the same peace we share.

Let us all walk for peace together, wherever we may be, and dedicate ourselves to a world of harmony, friendliness, and equality. Only compassion, kindness, and deep empathy can truly build a happy and peaceful world.

May your new day begin with a mindful breath and a peaceful smile to welcome the life that is present.
With a heart of loving-kindness, may all beings be well.

✍️ Note composed by Su Dinh Gioi, one of the Venerable Monks of Walk for Peace.

10/12/2025

09/17/2025

Its almost time! We have a few more openings for our upcoming retreat in October! Register Here! https://www.innerharmonyretreatsva.com/home/retreats