Looking Ahead with Lauren: Looking Forward To…

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What are you most looking forward to right now? For me, it is finally going on vacation! While this Michigan winter hasn’t been too bad, the wind has been cold and I really miss being outdoors. This week, I’ll be in Florida! I haven’t been on a plane or been to Florida since I was [...]

Looking Ahead With Lauren: The Eyes Of A Child

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It is almost St. Patrick’s Day which leads me to a funny story. When I was a little kid, for some reason I was scared of Leprechauns. I remember in Elementary School one year the teacher told us that Leprechauns would come and decorate our classroom. I’m sure she didn’t make them out to be [...]

Release Fear And Become A Conscious Leader! It is day 36 and Our Global Sadhana Meditation Continues

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“Aadays Tisay Aadays” It is day 36 and Our Global Sadhana Meditation at Karma Yoga continues - Sat Nam! Don’t miss this beautiful inspiration from day 34 and you can still join us at  Spiritvoyage.com - love, Allison “Everything is energy and that’s all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot [...]

Coming to Peace with Anger

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Throughout my life I have been able to come face to face with so many of my insecurities, self doubts, fears and emotions. However, I have recently come to realize that the one emotion I have not fully come to terms with is anger. In the past, I would become uncomfortable when supporting those who [...]

Looking Ahead With Lauren: The Love/Hate Relationship We Have With Ourselves

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We all have a list constantly running through our heads of things we dislike about ourselves. We may even think about the things we love, but probably not as often. First I’ll start with a list of things I would like to change about myself or grow to love. I don’t want to think about [...]

Creating Silence from Chaos

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We are often afraid of silence, because its emptiness feels idle, boring, unproductive, and scary. And so we fill our lives with chaos, noise, clutter. But silence can be lovely, and therapeutic, and powerful. It can be the remedy for our stress and the habits that crush us. If we want quiet in our lives, [...]

Commit To Your Art

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As I look around my front sunroom and see the many antique ornaments collecting dusts it reminds me of all the art projects I have started and, instead of finishing, put up on the shelf. There are dusty beginnings patiently waiting for me to pick them up, wipe them off, and polish to completion. I [...]

The Habits That Crush Us

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‘Don’t panic.’ ~Douglas Adams Why is it that we cannot break the bad habits that stand in our way, crushing our desires to live a healthy life, be fit, simplify, be happier? How is it that our best intentions are nearly always beaten? We want to be focused and productive, exercise and eat healthy foods, stop [...]

Sampajañña: Unraveling Lifelong Habits with Mindfulness

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It’s discouraging, isn’t it, to watch ourselves fall repeatedly into our same old habitual traps. We try to practice mindfulness, but it can be frustrating. Do you ever have days where you’re so caught up that you realize only at night, despite your best intentions, that you weren’t mindful for even one moment? And it’s [...]

Looking Ahead With Lauren: Don’t Give Up On Your Resolutions!

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As January rolls on, I am proud to be sticking with some of my resolutions so far. I have been doing yoga at least once a week and started at a new studio last week (love those Groupons!), am halfway through my cake decorating class, been working out more than usual and working on my [...]