PLEASANCE

This will be the last episode for a while.  I share a few teachings that can be helpful during the pause and a few reflections from my own life. lolacommunity.com or pleasance@lilomm.com to connect.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/support

 Here's a quick teaching on a way to think about your days and your life.  Please reach out with your questions, comments and feedback, pleasance@lilomm.com  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/support

SHORT poem/ meditation/ inspiration for you- TODAY! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/support

It's been a minute since I last recorded. Today I share behind the scenes of my own life and offer some suggestions for your own Spring Pause Retreat. Thanks to Rebekah Erev for this chant that I start and close with. You can join our conversations, here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/support

In this episode, I talk about how I see the ebbs and flows of life as a game and how this perspective has helped me navigate all the challenges and all the celebrations. If you want a copy of the Grief Ritual we hosted in our community, please reach out for a link, pleasance@lilomm.com.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/support

Today I share with you some deeper teachings around Welcoming the Sabbath Queen and ways you can sit with, hold and cherish your own Sabbath practice as a way to honor life and death and take a breath and a pause for your soul. I share Batya Levine's beautiful, Lecha Dodi, about the Welcoming of the Sabbath Bride and Queen into our hearts and homes, https://batyalevine.bandcamp.com/album/karov.  I recommend a " Sabbath practice" in the same time/ day of the week each week - no matter what your beliefs are. It's really about the soul pause, the time to listen to your inner self and to sit with the compassionate one.. try it, relax and enjoy. If you want more books recommendations that I mention, pleasance@lilomm.com  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/support

This episode is a little different than others. Today, LOLA friend, Robert, asks Pleasance questions on the history of LOLA and the transitions and practices that have led to the ever evolving community. As always, pleasance@lilomm.com for questions or comments and you can join our community and get the PLAN TO THRIVE and LOLA Workbook, and online courses, here. Thanks Robert! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/support

Today I share a bit about my Sacred Ordinary Life and how that intersects with the sacred marriage of the masculine and feminine. The song I am humming/ chanting is by Aly Halpert. Blessings to us all! You can join us at lolacommunity.com or reach out at pleasance@lilomm.com and remember: YOU ARE THE ONE YOU ARE WAITING FOR! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/support

This is a short and sweet episode for building and cultivating strength in tough times. You can read about our life, here. Thanks to Kohenet Liviah for this Version of the Guardian's Chant/ Song. This is a short episode just about holding on to life when things are hard and to surrounding yourself with love and community to move through tough times. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/support

This episode is a personal check in from Pleasance with updates on future offerings and an invitation for your own deepest reflections on life, death, initiations, seasons and cycles. lolacommunity.com or pleasance@lilomm.com for questions, comments or enrollments. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/support

What an honor it was to talk with Ainslie. His books have been so transformative and helpful for me during this past year. I hope this will inspire and encourage you to learn more, ask questions and be open to your own soul's journey and explorations of the past.  I open the episode reading the introduction to his latest book, The Old Soul's Guidebook and take his soul quiz, here.  You can watch us on the Youtube Channel, here. You can learn more about Ainslie, here. Let me know what you think!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/support

This is a meditation on the elements and how they appear in our life. In this invitation, we use affirmations and questions to invite wholeness.  This was recorded during our Pause Winter Retreat. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/support

Today I talk about how to build aligning, supportive relationships in your life with new ways of thinking about friendships, giving and receiving support.  This mini- lesson is about how do we create dynamic relationships that are nourishing and energizing. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/support

This was such a lovely conversation hearing the story of one of the most influential yoga teachers of our time. Lana ( Shakta) created Radiant Child Yoga and has a deep and rich path of transformation that she shares so wisely and beautifully on the podcast today. This is a great episode for learning about the ebbs and flows of life and working with changes and shifts on the path. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/support

Today I chat with author, Amy Suardi, about her incredible documentary style memoir, My Beautiful Terrible Pandemic Life.  We talk about creativity, writing, and what this past year has been like for Amy and for so many of us. Enjoy.  You can read more from Amy, here. Just a side note: the connection falls off a bit in the middle, but then we are able to reconnect.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/support

Meet one of my mentors, Deb Allen, talking about development, milestones, initiations and aging. You can join her retreats and gatherings, here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/support

This is a short practice of integration for working with your emotions, inner voice and deep care. I end this with " The Invitation" by Oriah. Peace and Blessings to us all, pleasance@lilomm.com with any questions or your own reflections. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/support

In this intimate episode, I share the themes of this year. This closing 2020 episode starts  and ends with this ritual circle song, THIS FIRE, which is just a perfect melody for this year!  Blessings to us all as we turn towards 2021. As always, pleasance@lilomm.com to connect  or join our community. Lyrics: Part One: This fire is the power of love and forgiveness, This fire is the power of kindness and gratitude! Part Two: Burning away everything That stands in the way of love! Part Three: This fire brings purification, This fire is healing the nations, This fire, this fire, is Love! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/support

Thank you Dr. Rabbi Tirzah Firestone for this beautiful practice that I share today. We use a stone/rock, cup of water and some oil. Grab your items, sit back and relax into this incredible potent and powerful practice of re-dedication and blessings to our body as sanctuary and the Tree of Life.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/support

You are invited to the Winter ( Cozy) Sacred Playground, 2021. You can learn more here and join us, here.  pleasance@lilomm.com with any questions. I hope you'll join us!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lolacommunity/support