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I envision this as I realize that every human being is an artist and possessed of creative ability.  And if we built the world we have now, then we could build the next one. 

I feel that when we are within a creative act we are the closest to God that we can be in a human form.  In that moment, literally meaning timeless, we are God over the universe that is our creation.  We get a glimpse of what it must be like to be boundless within everything and nothing.  

(Rant:  Can you imagine what God must feel being in state of continual creation, where upon your very creations become creative?  The exponential joy of it all.)

Not to speculate too much on God and God’s feelings, but might we look at art or the result of creative force, as emotion made into something tangible.  That this entire physical world was manifest as an explosion of God’s emotion.  

Human emotion seems to arise out of duality; the pull of pleasure and pain; the mad battle of the mundane vs. the mystery.  Emotion is not an option or something that we could subdue; it is inevitable as a human.  We are here to channel emotional energy as a fuel which might very well begin to energize and inspire our path back to God.  

(Rant:  We could power the entire world, every car and every city, if we took all emotion from love through hate, and harnessed its energy.)

But for the time being, could we not begin to let our emotional outpourings be directed into filling the world with art?  Every single thing would be made beautiful and unique.  Humans would become the filters for emotion and the beauty of creative expression would be their outlet.  The air would be cleansed of feelings that now found a home in everyday objects.  Dread, fear, and anxiety would not hover about us as a veil to hide our joy.  Our daily lives would be neutralized and calm, but beauty and inspiration would be all around us to keep us mindful and reverent.  Think about it:  when we’re surrounded by the immense beauty of nature, or engrossed in a book we can’t put down, or gazing into the intricate depth of painting, we are completely content and timeless; closer to God.

I understand how this seems impractical.  It would do away with the assembly line and the mass production of so many things.  (Whether we need these things is a whole other subject.)  But I am speaking of a whole new world where money is not the main objective.  Many things would be done differently.

So in conclusion, I feel it is our Dharma to make the world beautiful through the emotion thrust upon us from the tidal wave of duality.  It has the potential to lift us ever closer to an integrative harmony with our universe.

There is a bridge we need to built lest we have to make a quantum leap across this last chasm.  We are prone towards adventure it seems so we will probably prefer the jump.  But how we get there does not matter so much; just that we get there.  

What’s holding us back is completely obvious.  Fighting about stupid shit!  Battling over the name and face of God.  The incessant thirst for money and power.  A lack of reverence for ourselves and the earth we live on.  The list goes on and everyone already knows a version of this.  

So until we stop the madness with a conscious moment; until we release our death grip on life; until we all choose to wake up from these delusions of comfort, we will be lost in the woods when the clearing is right around the next bend.  359 and counting (waiting)……..

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“Jesus says, “Because you have seen me you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”  John 20:19

What are these without each other?  It like inhaling without exhaling.  Similar to breath, prayer is the calling or initiative; the inhale as an action to spark a need through intention.  Faith as an exhale, a surrender to wait in wonder; to give the time for the turning of wheels. 

Prayer alone can be assuming and needy.  It is demanding or even selfish.  Ask for something and expect it to be answered.  Faith alone is naive and meek.  It floats about with nothing to guide it.  Faith can be blind, as the saying goes.  Put faith with prayer so it can see where it’s going.  Put prayer with faith to make active a true necessity and shape your belief that things can and will work out for the greater good of the whole.  

It seems like so many people so easily lose their faith when pain and hard times come.  But we’re always praying to get through it.  So it’s like people incline towards pleasure and move away from pain.  One side of the polarities is always more challenging to embrace, like the less dominant hemisphere of our brain or the weak side of our body.  Prayer seems more concrete than pure believing.  And prayer, I will now state, is something almost everyone does, no matter what.  So faith is lacking.  And why is faith lacking?  Because we are coming to the top of the wave.  It is soon to all crash down.  Still therein lies the problem. We are confused as to where faith should be directed.  Not faith that everything will work out to be so wonderful in this physical world, but to keep our faith in the source!  The creative destroyer.  

Maybe we are supposed to fuck up royally and come back wiser next time.  It’s like life on this huge scale is all about working your way back to becoming God again.  The God that of course you already are.  We were just thrown in the woods with amnesia and have to find our way back home with a little game of Marco Polo, or Prayer and Faith.  

Or maybe just breathe in and out….

Thank you for you support as rest well knowing that someone not as privileged might get to have a mat of their own.

peacefully….

I am a Birmingham native and I love teaching and practicing with my fellow yoga lovers in our magic, little city! I received my 200-RYT certification at Birmingham Yoga, training with Akasha Ellis, and I also completed a 40-hour Power Yoga Teacher Training with Bryan Kest in 2011.

With my training based in Ashtanga and Power Yoga, and also holding a high-ranking belt in Yoshukai Karate, I incorporate a strong physical practice and high energy into my classes.

My teaching philosophy is rooted in the belief that yoga is for everyone.  No matter what type of yoga we practice, no matter how young or old, thin or thick; no matter how closed or open-mind we are, or what religious or cultural background we come from, yoga can help us become the best versions of ourselves. Everyone brings his or her own unique body and life experience to the mat, making this practice incredibly personal while helping us embrace the truth of who we really are.

My purpose in teaching is to provide a physical challenge that helps cultivate the ability to tune into yourself, listen, pay attention to what you experience and develop the courage and compassion to respond accordingly.  Yoga is unlike any other physical practice because it encourages us to turn inward to understand what we truly feel instead of relying on outside sources.

I feel tremendously honored and blessed for the opportunity to share what I believe to be a life-altering practice—a practice that if approached with a little open-mindedness and devotion can invigorate your body, quiet your mind and liberate your spirit.

Yoga has helped me weather the stormy seas of depression and anxiety as well as heal bulging discs in my low back.  I believe yoga is a journey of self-discovery, healing and enlightenment.  I’m so grateful to spread the word!

Visit Lauren Field’s website at www.laurenfieldsyoga.com.