Laura Erdman-Luntz, MA, E-RYT(500) | Yoga | Yoga Teacher Training | Minnesota | Costa Rica | Life Coaching

Feel Good Moment: It's a New Day

Amazing video of a sunrise from space. Simply fabulous!

 

Announcing my Retirement from Yoga Teacher Training

I am officially announcing my retirement from Yoga Teacher Training.  Over the past few years, I have been feeling a stronger and stronger pull to take my career on a different path.  I have always divided my time between coaching and Yoga Teacher Training.  But I have been wanting to be able to put more time and energy into Life Coaching and my Manifesting on the Mat series, which is the topic of my next book.  

Of course, I will still keep my toes in it. :-)  I love working with teachers too much not to!  I will continue supporting Yoga Teachers through continuing education workshops, the Tend the Teacher day, enewsletters, products, Business Coaching (coming this fall!) and  I will also continue to lead my Yoga Teacher Continuing Education retreats each fall.  

500-Hour:  I have also committed to lead one more 500-hour, beginning January 2014.  I want to give those who want to study with me one more opportunity.    It is the last so if you would like to study with me, this is it.  (For this year only, you can do part of your 500-hour in Mexico this fall and finish it with the weekend intensive beginning in January.)

I want to especially thank Musélan's Yoga Teacher Training staff.  I have so enjoyed working with these amazing women.  They have all done so much to support this program, creating amazing workshops and products.  I also want to thank all of the trainees who have gone through our training.  You all have made all of the work worthwhile!

So, on this note, I look forward to a new tomorrow and everything it has in store for me.  Exciting as always!

Monday Morning Musing: A Made Up Mind

M U S E  U P O N  T H I S:

"There is nothing more powerful than a made up mind."

~ Lewis Pugh

 

Is your mind made up?  Have you definitively decided to move toward what you want, no matter what?  Maybe?  I am admitting to you right now that my mind wasn't fully.  I realized it this week and am admitting it to you right here and now.  I was hesitating because what I really want, and I mean really, really, really want is big. It is really big and that is scary.  I was holding back.  Then I heard this quote.  You know who Lewis Pugh is?  He swam the North Pole and the lake that is forming at the base of Mount Everest as a result of glacial melt. (Awesome talk on Ted.com, by the way.)  He said that to do the swims he does, he has to fully commit to what he is doing, no hesitation.  Are you?  I am now...and I would LOVE some company!

 

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• You Know What You Want

• Just for Today...Believe

• Yes, You Can

 

Feel Good Moment

I feel better just knowing there are people like this in the world.  Thank you, ladies, whoever you are, for making the world a better place.

 

Feel Good Moment: Lovely Random Acts of Kindness

Love this!  I LOVE knowing there are people in the world like this. It has given me some ideas...hope it does the same for you.  

 

Monday Morning Musing: Challenges are Stepping Stones

M U S E  U P O N  T H I S:

Our challenges aren't obstacles to what we are creating, they are stepping stones.

They teach us something we need in order to become the person we are destined to be.
 

Challenges happen in life all the time. They can become especially poignant when you are consciously creating something you really want in your life because it feels as if you are being derailied from what you really want.  But in order to create what you really want in life, you need to change yourself, something needs to be different in YOU otherwise you will continue to create what you have always created.  You might need to be more flexible or more structured, a better listener or better at speaking up.  Maybe you need to be more compassionate, stronger, more resilient.  When you put out to the Universe a change you want to create, the Universe brings you the events that need to happen for you to be what you need to be to have what you want to have.  YOUR job lies in making sure you see it not as a brick wall, but as a stepping stone.

 

(If you only read these musings on the blog, register for the eNewsletter and get this bit of inspiration directly in your inbox!  Register here.)
 

You may also enjoy:

• Base Decisions on Where You are Going, Not Where You Have Been

• Just for Today...Believe

• Fear Does Not Mean Stop

 

Feel Good Moment

LOVE his chutzpah!

 

Feel Good Moment: LOVE his Chutzpah!

Y'all know me well enough now to know I love when people step out of their comfort zone and take chances, when they do something really gutsy.  This teen definitely did it for me!  Check out this fabulous video.  (And, want to know what happened?  You can read it here.)

 

At Home Om: Self-Care Salon

I am absolutely delighted to introduce a luxurious new program coming in just a few weeks: Self-Care Virtual Salon brought to you by my good friend, Lora Sasiela.  This fabulous opportunity brings to you 21 self-care techniques, right to your inbox, from Lora's fabulous tool kit and a few, hand-selected experts.  (Yes, yours truly is one of the experts!)  I loved this idea so much, I had to interview Lora and get more of a scoop.

At Home Om on Facebook

Sign up for the Self-Care Salon

Tell me about yourself. What is your story?

Ah, my story. We all have one, don't we! One of my mentors says "my mess is my message."  I love this because it rings true for me. Growing up I was one of those kids who was always taking care of others and this morphed into an adulthood career as a psychotherapist. I did that work for almost 20 years and am grateful for all the people I have been able to support on their healing path. But, as is so often the case for healers who neglect to replenish, I got burnt out. So, I quit my practice last year to regroup. I became a yoga teacher and was magnetically drawn to restorative yoga, which is what I needed a lot of myself. 

It saddens me that there is an epidemic lack of self-care and replenishment for women {especially moms}, and the Self-Care Virtual Salon is one way I can support women in living fuller and richer lives. I spent so much time researching and learning how to revitalize myself, and I'm thrilled to share all this secret sauce! ;-)
 

 

Why self-care? What are the benefits?

The benefits of self-care are far and wide. But when we do something, anything, to reduce our stress and 'fill our cup,' our stress hormone {cortisol} lowers. So there are definite positive physiological affects to these. It also feels good emotionally to take care of our own needs. It's empowering to honor that our needs are important and worth attending to. Taking care of our self means that we feel valuable enough to do so. That we are worth it. 

And as that old saying goes, you truly can't give from an empty cup. Most women struggle with their needs because we are socialized to disown them. The beauty of the tips I'll be sharing in the Salon is that each one takes 10 minutes or less. I know how busy we all are, and my intention is to offer tips and tools that can be seamlessly integrated into one's day.

What is your favorite self-care technique?

My top three are baths {no wonder given I have Pisces all over my chart!}, being in nature, and spending time with my beloved girlfriends.

What is your favorite technique shared by one of your experts?

Oh, that would be like having to pick a favorite child! :) I hand selected the contributors to the Self-Care Salon because they all have very special gifts to share and I want to introduce my community to their brilliance.  

What will people expect after 21 days?

Everyone is leaving the Salon with a nicely stocked self-care tool kit. These universal and timeless tips can be accessed at a moments notice, providing grounding, renewal, and revitalization within 10-minutes. 

All right, y'all, hope to see all of you out there taking care of yourself!  Thank you, Lora, for your time.  I am excited to do the salon myself!

Monday Morning Musing: You Know What You Want

M U S E  U P O N  T H I S

Not sure what you want?

Yes, you do, you just don't think it is possible so you hide it from yourself.

Let the door open a crack...

I hear it all the time from my clients "I don't know what I want".  But the truth is, you do.  In your heart of hearts, there is a dream, something you really want but there is fear in bringing it to the surface.  (Oh, and you can hide it so well, you really may not consciously know what you want.)  What to do?  Help yourself feel really good, empowered, hang out with friends you admire and leave you feeling great, read inspirational books, think about those you envy (and wonder why that is).  Slowly let that door open a crack...
 

NOTE FROM ME: I am now posting the musings on this blog -- part of my decluttering plan!  It is all so exciting!
 

(If you only read these musings on the blog, register for the eNewsletter and get this bit of inspiration directly in your inbox!  Register here.)
 

You may also enjoy:

• Base Decisions on Where You are Going, Not Where You Have Been

• Just for Today...Believe

• Fear Does Not Mean Stop

 

Feel Good Moment

Okay, here is a classic.  I am going to channel this energy this week!

 

Feel Good Moment: So Cute!

I canNOT believe I hadn't seen this video before!  It is fabulous.  I have now watched it three times and it makes me smile every time!

 

OmTimes.com 30 Day Challenges - Join Me!

FREE 30-Day Challenges Begin on Saturday

Join ME for:

30 Days to Explore Your Extraordinary Life

and/or

30 Days of Yoga for the Complete Beginner

 

 

Want a jump start? A little umph with community rooting you on?  
Join me for one (or both) of my 30 Day Challenges coming on Saturday:
 

30 Day's to Explore Living Your Extraordinary Life:  Thinking your life could use a bit of a jumpstart?  Maybe you know you can move past worry and stress, just not exactly sure how to do it?  Join me for 30 Days to explore what Living Your Extraordinary Life is all about.  What can you expect?  You can expect to get clear on what you really want for your life and be on a path for creating it for yourself!  Includes workbook, inspirations, quotes, feel good moments, a few podcasts and more!

30 Days of Yoga for the Complete Beginner:  Want to enjoy 30, 30-min videos that start from the very beginning?  As much as I dislike the name of the book series' "for dummies" I LOVE what they do.  Sometimes I don't know anything about something and would LOVE for someone to start from that assumption.  This video series does that for you.  Each video builds on the one before it to keep you safe and moving forward.  Beginners is one of my specialties -- let me guide you!  PERFECT for those of you who are a bit hesitant to go into a studio to learn yoga (or did go to a studio and felt lost or was injured) OR jumped into vinyasa classes but never really learned the poses.  (Hey, y'all, I really DID write the book on beginner yoga poses!)

 

So, how does it work:

The 30-Day Challenge site is a Ning community.  If you are not familiar with Ning communities, it is simply a platform to help us connect well.  You will begin by going here and signing up.  The page is pretty user-friendly, but if you need help, let me know.  You will be given a "page" that you can "spruce up" if you want.  Add a profile pic and anything else you want.

Friend me once you are out there.  Here is my profile page.

All of your challenge choices are here.  While I am SURE you want to do mine :-), there just might be a few others you want to do as well!  :-)

Then, find my challenge and sign up!  As of this posting, there wasn't anything on the pages yet, but you can sign up to "follow" any postings.  I will start posting as soon as it begins.
 

30 Days of Yoga for the Complete Beginner

30 Days to Explore Your Extraordinary Life