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Living a Meaningless Life?

Think your life is too small? Think you need to do something significant, something with impact, something for your children to remember you by? When we start spinning our thoughts in this direction, it’s usually a sign that we need to to chill, breathe for a bit, and as Jen Louden, virtual life coach diva, says in her short film on making meaning, that we need to redirect ourselves and take a SIMPLE STEP toward one desire.

The entire plan is very yogic! We teach SMALL STEPS, whether it’s diet, your practice, your actual asanas, meditation, lifestyle… take it easy and institute one step at a time. Feel the ripples. Let them integrate, then go for the next piece of action.

We teach LOOK AT WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW. LOOK AT WHAT YOU ALREADY DO. Meditation can help this process; through silence your knowledge will surface. What you need to know will be there. How many times have I ended my meditation and sat in awe at what had surfaced for me? It’s the insights gained that draws me to the cushion over and over again.

Journaling, whether in writing or artwork or both, can be another fantastic aid to uncovering your present state. I can’t count the number of times I had an aha moment while doodling in my journal. Those moments when I’d say: OH, so that’s what I’m REALLY thinking!

‘Nough said! watch Jen Louden’s 5 minute video and check out her blog: COMFORT QUEEN should you wish for more of her practical wisdom.

Untitled from jennifer louden on Vimeo.

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