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Do you practice Conscious Language?

Repeat these affirmations:

I touch.

I feel.

I breath.

I stay.

I love.

I thrive.

These may seem extremely simple, but the meanings I attach to them are far from simple.  You see, I am a very deep and complex person.  What you see is what you get at that moment, but I am always shifting and growing.  So these somewhat simple words have very deep meaning for me.

I touch - I touch others in so many ways; through listening, teaching, seeing, giving, receiving....

I feel - w…

Are you able to say, "I love myself"?

I love myself is a powerful affirmation and one that is not easily spoken, much less felt in the heart.  But how do we love others if we first do not love ourselves?  The Golden Rule says to Love others as much as you love yourself.  Some of us hear “others” and go straight to it, putting all of our energy into other people.  It is challenging to focus on loving ourselves in a society that often turns it into a selfish act.  But we are told on an airplane, …

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. - Melody Beattie

Simple reminders to rock our positive attitude of gratitude:

1. Share 3 things you are grateful for each day on social media.  When you take time to voice it,…

Do you carry extra energy in your pocket?  If you are carrying essential oils with you, you are carrying extra energy. How is this?

Essential oils increase your vibrational frequency, your life force, prana or chi.  These are names for energy.  We all can use a boost of energy, right?  And often we might need a mood enhancer to feel that boost in energy.  Essential oils can be a wonderful tool.  The Reference Guide to Essential Oils by Connie and Alan Higley says, "Essential oils have a bio-ele…

Today in yoga class during a body scan visualization practice, a very profound message was sang to us by the one and only ELVIS!

At the beginning of class I was struggling with my electronic devices and getting the music to play through my speaker.  I made the comment that "electronics are not liking me right now".  We experienced a lovely practice coming into a circle at the end for a body scan visualization and a few drops of Frankincense essential oils on the top of our heads.  I changed the…