Living Life with Intention: Habits vs. Intentions on the Road to Self Discovery

We are inspired this week by the idea of living life with intention. On our road to self discovery, what do we intentionally include or look for in our lives? Do we pay attention to what nourishes our creativity? What happens when we are intentional about who and what we include in our lives? Lynne Bryan Phipps, Inspirited Living’s founder, shared some thoughts about what it feels like when we allow ourselves to experience joy. Living Life with Intention: What Brings you Joy? What brings you joy? This can feel like a simple question but when was the last time you took a moment with yourself to choose more of what brings you joy? If not joy, what is filling our lives instead?  When was the last time you looked at your morning routine and considered whether it supports your path to self discovery? Do you make coffee, stop for [...]

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Morning Ritual Boost: Stretching for the Inflexible to the Rescue!

We are feeling supported this week by this course on Daily Om about how to add some flexibility back into our bodies. Dancer and fitness trainer, Stefanie Turner, has a 14-day course that helps our spines unravel. When we start our morning ritual by grounding, it’s good to know we can soften and relax our bodies, too…Let us know what helps you stand taller and move with the flow!

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Morning Rituals: The Healing Power of Lavender in Ayurveda

We are uplifted this week by an in-depth look at the healing power of lavender in an Ayurvedic diet. Whether you follow an Ayurvedic diet in detail or use the principles to help support your system, Inspirited Living’s lavender can play a powerful role in pacifying overactive kappa and pitta doshas. The soothing and calming effect of lavender is recommended for helping with anxiety and restless minds.  

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Inspirited Rituals: A Grounding Morning Ritual

As the seasons shift and the light changes, our schedules can shift, too. Perhaps the early morning sun through the curtains that prompted you awake at 5am has changed to 6am? Maybe you want a few extra minutes asleep because your days seemed filled? …And then, are scrambling all day to catch up and never quite feel like yourself? We are thinking this week about how to make a morning ritual for the new season. Our mission at Inspirited Living is to build a community and life that inspires, uplifts, and supports. So, what’s the best way to design a morning ritual that supports you? What’s the kindest and most uplifting way to start your day?  Take a look at our post on being kind to yourself as the season changes and why the changing light can have such a profound effect on how we feel! Inspired Rituals: Calming the [...]

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Living Life With Intention. You Matter. In this Moment

As the world around us starts to ramp up with Autumn busyness, we can experience both anxiety and excitement. Grief and sadness can show up hand in hand with laughter and joy. One moment to the next, it can be difficult to focus on how we feel and what we want to experience. How can we live life with intention? In the midst of being overwhelmed we wonder, how can we be self-compassionate and kind instead of being caught up in the anxiety of the season? We thought it might be helpful if Lynne Bryan Phipps, Inspirited Living’s founder, shared some thoughts this week about how to take a moment just to be with ourselves. Living life with intention is easier that it seems. As she often says, part of #LivingInspirited is being compassionate and kind with our minds and bodies one shining moment at a time. Living Life With [...]

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