Lauren Monroe’s performance at The Folktale Winery in Carmel Valley, California — was a Benefit Concert serving wounded U.S soldiers recovering from trauma for Project Resiliency with special guest Rick Allen on percussion, Jesse DeCarlo on guitar, Steve Ocello on bass guitar, Bill...
By Lauren Monroe In the last three webinars we have explored moving into awareness, living in attention and being in acceptance. We’ve practiced embracing our vulnerabilities and weaknesses and we’ve delved into experiencing compassion and insight for ourselves and others. The fourth and final...
By Lauren Monroe You’ve taken the first two steps to activating your power. You’ve made time to sit in awareness and let the worlds – both inner and outer – pass through you, and you’ve chosen where to focus your attention. Simply by practicing awareness and focusing your attention,...
By Lauren Monroe Not too long ago, I asked you to do something that should be simple but can be a nearly impossible challenge. I asked you to move beyond the distractions that occupy your mind on a daily basis: your job, your family, your financial situation, your iPhone. I asked you to take a...
By Lauren Monroe At times in our life, our inspiration and connection to our purpose feels lost. The treadmill of life leaves us feeling dissatisfied. On the surface, life appears fine, but within, we feel a longing for more joy and fulfillment. We’re waiting, breath held, for that...
As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation — either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.”― Martin Luther King Jr. There are days we can...
What is it? Experiential healing is when we consciously participate in our own physical, emotional, mental and spiritual healing process. We may heal on many levels every day and not think much about the process. Recovering from a cut finger or a negative encounter with a driver on the road...
How do we teach our children to be balanced, compassionate and loving people in a world where they are constantly being shown that competition, violence and materialism makes you a powerful person? In our last Project Resiliency Chat, one of our participants asked that we look at how we can guide...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dear Community, The holidays are here and we are so thankful for all of your support and involvement. We are celebrating a very successful year but before we tell you how amazing it was with the warriors, we would like to ask you to consider donating to Project...
This month Rick and I were fortunate to spend a week with wounded warriors during our Warrior Resiliency Retreat. To put it mildly, when you work with warriors in a healing setting, you have the opportunity to witness deep and courageous healing. Our warriors have the unique skills of being able...
Emotions are stored in the body. We all can feel when we are stressed and our neck feels tight or when our stomach feels upset but it often takes more awareness to connect our emotions to what is happening in the body. We can carry emotional baggage in our bodies for years without even being aware...
When we find ourselves in a situation in which our buttons are being pushed, we can choose to repress or act out, or we can choose to practice. If we can start to do the exchange, breathing in with the intention of keeping our hearts open to the embarrassment or fear or anger that we feel, then to...