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Looking ahead. The future. Moving forward. This column is calling Looking Ahead with Lauren because it can be anything I want it to be, just like the future. The future is a strange place. It is a place that doesn’t exist yet. Every minute our future becomes our present based on the decisions we make [...]
‘Everything is practice.’ ~Pele When we learn a martial art, or ballet, or gymnastics, or soccer … we consciously practice movements in a deliberate way, repeatedly. By conscious, repeated practice, we become good at those movements. Our entire lives are like this, but we’re often less conscious of the practice. Each day, we repeat movements, [...]
Last month was the first ever Baptiste Level 3 “Beyond Borders” teacher training. I was so grateful to be a part of this groundbreaking, game-changing experience. I had the opportunity to be a group leader and I was pushed beyond my boundaries, some I didn’t even know existed. The shifts I experienced were fundamental in [...]
The Wait Is Over Our first full-length non-fiction book is being published today. Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life is our finest, most important creation to date. It’s also the best thing we’ve ever written about Minimalism and will likely serve as the cornerstone to our work for years to come. It took us a year to [...]
“Everybody likes a compliment.” ~ Abraham Lincoln Acknowledgement and appreciation are cultural practices that we embrace at BV Yoga and Baptiste Yoga Institute. I can’t think of a better gift to give my loved ones this holiday season than to express my heartfelt acknowledgment and deep appreciation for who they are to me. Fear or [...]
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. -Victor Frankel Between stimulus and response my brother-in-law Neil, diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease), chose to live in joy. He chose to connect with family and friends [...]
There is a light at the end of the tunnel. Intuitively, we all know this. Even when it’s hard to find, we know it’s there somewhere—somewhere just beyond the bend, somewhere within reach. Finding the light isn’t the hardest part of life’s journey. It’s dealing with what’s hiding in the tunnel that’s incredibly difficult. What [...]
Call me a traitor to my gender, but I didn’t grow up watching Oprah. I didn’t have parties with other ladies that involved a television and tissues. I didn’t fill my library according to her book club recommendations. And I didn’t live my life around the question, “What would Oprah do?” Considering my penchant for [...]
Gratitude is a word frequently used and heard at HAVEN. A friend of mine has started posting a daily moment of gratitude on her Facebook page, pointing out that gratitude comes in both small and large forms. So I jump into the gratitude movement with the start of my own list: I am grateful for [...]
Yesterday (October 23rd) was my 30th birthday. The big three-oh. To celebrate, here’s another 30 life lessons to accompany Joshua’s 30 Life Lessons and Leo Babauta’s 38 Life Lessons I’ve Learned in 38 Years from earlier this year. Oh, and please, whatever you do, don’t get me any birthday gifts. 1. It’s not about how [...]
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