Month: June 2021

Hey Groovy Friend!

How is your summer going so far? My prayer is that we all slow down to embrace more JOY in our lives and careers. To help you get started, join me for the Thriving Mindfully Community’s Mindful Monday Meditation tonight at 7-7:30 PM ET and the Summer of Self-Care that launched on June 20th.

The Summer of Self-Care is a three-month celebration that encourages and inspires you to reclaim your birthright of JOY. It also invites you to embrace JOY as a daily mindfulness practice.

This week I am leading a Mini Master Class: 3 Ways to Stress Less, Embrace Joy & Make This Your Summer of Self-Care on June 29 at 8-8:30 PM ET, June 30 at 8-8:30 AM ET, June 30 at 8-8:30 PM ET or July 2 at 8-8:30 AM ET.

Plan to join me at these events after you claim your FREE membership in the Thriving Mindfully Community: www.thrivingmindfully.net.

After you join, go to the Events tab in the community and RSVP for one of the classes this week. Also, check out the Summer of Self-Care resources in the Topics tab.

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Happy Summer Solstice Groovy Friend!

The first day of Summer officially begins at 11:32 PM ET on June 20th. That means the Summer Solstice will also happen on June 21st. In honor of the Summer Solstice, the Thriving Mindfully Community is launching the Summer of Self-Care on June 20th and 21st. Watch my latest video here to learn more about it.

Summertime has always been a time of joy for me. Given everything that has happened in 2020 and this year, I have decided to be more intentional about embracing JOY this summer.

Did you know JOY is your birthright? JOY is also a mindful self-care practice you can choose each day.

Need help reclaiming your birthright of JOY? Go here to get your FREE membership in the Thriving Mindfully Community and participate in the Summer of Self-Care. 

The Thriving Mindfully Community’s Summer of Self-Care is a three-month celebration that encourages and inspires you to reclaim and practice your birthright of JOY from June 20th to September 21st. Once you join the Thriving Mindfully Community, go to the Topics tab and click on the Summer of Self-Care. Check out the Welcome to Your Summer of Self-Care article that includes a short overview of the three-month celebration. It also includes four videos with some of the special ingredients of my Summer of Self-Care Recipe: two short mindful moment exercises and an excerpt of my poem, “Joy, the Psalm of My Life.”

NEED SUPPORT WITH MINDFUL SELF-CARE?

DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A DEEPER COMMITMENT TO NURTURING YOUR LIFE AND CAREER?

Check out the Thriving Mindfully Academy’s Basic Membership Plan here. Sign up when you are called to.

DO YOU WANT TO TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE, RELATIONSHIPS, AND CAREER?

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See you in the Thriving Mindfully Community!

Blessings & Gratitude,

Ananda 

Hey Groovy Friend!

Yesterday I took my bike Luna for a ride in the Dupont Circle neighborhood in DC. Bike riding in my city brings me a lot of JOY. Why? Because I love exploring different streets and looking at flowers, plants, trees, and the architecture of houses and buildings. I also love the feeling of freedom I get while riding my bike.

I discovered a while ago that joy was my birthright. I added it to the other birthrights of mindfulness, self-care, self-love, self-worth, creativity, and abundance that I actively claim. What keeps me going is carving out time and space to practice and enjoy these birthrights in my life and career on a regular basis.

JOY is a choice to become aware of and rejoice in the JUICY moments that OPEN YOU up from the inside out. The JUICY moments are filled with goodness. When you can make this choice and appreciate and experience your own JOY, you develop the capacity to rejoice in the goodness of others. That’s called sympathetic joy or mudita. It starts first with you.

I added JOY to the my other birthrights of mindfulness, self-care, self-love, self-worth, creativity, and abundance that I actively claim. What keeps me going is carving out time and space to practice and enjoy these birthrights in my life and career on a regular basis. Watch my video below to learn more.

Have you claimed your birthright to joy, mindfulness, self-care, self-love, self-worth, creativity, and abundance?

Are you struggling, stressed or time pressed in your life and career?

Need help or support?

Go here to claim your FREE membership in my Thriving Mindfully Community, a digital sacred space that inspires you to nurture, transform, and celebrate your life and career. When you join, you get access to the weekly Mindful Monday Meditation class at 7-7:30 PM ET.

I was so happy to learn about the amazing tennis player Naomi Osaka’s decision to take care of her mental health (read her Instagram post here). I loved hearing tennis player and entrepreneur Serena Williams affirm Naomi’s decision. They represent two HEALTHY and #PRESENTAF women. They demonstrated what I know to be true: our mental health is our birthright! So is mindfulness and self-care. They are all our birthrights and ESSENTIAL to our well-being and existence on Mother Earth.

I am grateful for all of the people including numerous health, wellness, spiritual, and creative practitioners who taught me to value my mental health, self-care, and mindfulness, and supported me in my growth over the past 30 years. It’s a growth journey I continue to take daily.

This morning I decided to slow down and listen to Aretha Franklin’s You album in my Chakra Castle Chill Out Lounge. While I was chilling, I played in my lipstick and lip gloss box. Wearing lipstick and lip gloss has always been one of my self-care tools. When the COVID-19 pandemic began last year, I started collecting and wearing different lipstick and lip gloss colors even with my mask. My self-care practice became a wonderful way for me to honor myself and express my joy and gratitude for being alive and healthy each day. On hard days, it made me remember I was worth time and attention. My soul sistalove Ayesha and I share our lipstick journeys with texts and photos regularly. It’s a self-care religion for us!

Ninety-five percent of the brands I use are made by people of color. Many of the colors in my collection represent shades of the seven chakras. Today, the green lipsticks called my name. They were vibing with my heart chakra energy of loving kindness and compassion. I used Dr. Bonner’s orange ginger organic balm and Kami Cosmetics’ walnut lip liner (purchased from The Brown Beauty Co-op in DC). I mixed Einaff Cosmetics’ Margarita green lipstick and Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty’s Midnight Wasabi green lipstick to create the look I am rocking today.

What self-care practices have you been using this year?

Struggling with stress?

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