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Be More Connected PodcastEp. 3 - Lauren Ash: Human Design, Healing and Opening to Receive More Abundance Lauren is a visionary, spiritual teacher, speaker, writer, and founder of the culture-shifting lifestyle brand Black Girl In Om. In this interview, Lauren shares openly about her story and how she's claiming and celebrating everything that her soul is here to do, and allowing that to be the source of her abundance. DISCOVER: The revolutionary power of setting clear intentions How experimenting with Human Design has been changing Lauren’s life How our ability to experience abundance is dependent on expanding our capacity to receive MENTIONED: Millana Snow of Wellness Official Mar of I See You Wellness Jas of Moon
2022-08-0942 min
Black Girl In Om#73 Diving Deeper Into Our Ancestral Lineages and Practices with PariseNichellePariseNichelle (she/her) or Iya Shango Didi as she is also lovingly called, joins BGIO founder Lauren Ash (she/they) in conversation around connecting with our highest selves by diving deeper into our ancestral lineages and practices. Parise is an initiated priestess, medium, diviner, and healer. For over 15 years, she has used her gifts to help women of color heal trauma and align to their highest selves. As the founder of Do The Healing Work, she offers services designed to tap into all aspects of life. She combines western therapy practices with Traditional West African spiritual practices to heal...
2021-06-1556 minBlack Girl In Om#72 Creating Spaces For Ourselves Outside The White Gaze with Makkah AliMakkah Ali (she/her), Chicago-based podcaster, facilitator, and public speaker, joins BGIO founder Lauren Ash (she/they) in conversation around spiritual seeking and creating spaces for ourselves outside of the white gaze. Makkah is a multidimensional being who makes space for others to find peace and beauty in the many identities they claim. She executive produces and co-hosts the Identity Politics Podcast, which centers the voices of Black Muslim women and features new stories and perspectives about race, gender, and Muslim life in America. In this episode of the Black Girl In Om Podcast, Lauren and Makkah t...
2021-06-0145 minBlack Girl In Om#70 Becoming A Reflection Of Our Most Authentic Selves with Taylor S. HunterPhotographer, wellness guide, and artist, Taylor S. Hunter (she/her), joins Black Girl In Om founder Lauren Ash (she/they) in conversation around building self-trust and getting specific about our dreams. Taylor’s work is dedicated to affirming black women on their divine paths to self-love and self-discovery. Through her lens, she intentionally creates visuals that encourage us to feel seen and loved; inside and out. In this episode of the BGIO Podcast, Taylor invites us to expand our perceptions of self by stepping into all parts of who we are, shadows included. She shares that connecting with our in...
2021-05-0453 min
Black Girl In Om#68 Reclaiming Wellness As Our Birthright with Bonkosi HornIn this episode of the Black Girl In Om Podcast, co-founder and creative director of Freedom Apothecary, Bonkosi Horn (she/her), joins BGIO founder Lauren Ash (she/they) in conversation around reclaiming self care and wellness as our birthright. Freedom Apothecary is a space that centers Black women & WOC coming together in community along their self-discovery, healing, and wellness journeys through holistic lifestyle practices and rituals. All of the products they carry are nontoxic, clean beauty, and created by women. Lauren and Bonkosi talk about offering ourselves grace as we bring further awareness and active intention to what goes...
2021-04-0647 min
Black Girl In OmWelcome home!Lauren (she/they) announces that Black Girl In Om’s very first physical space, home, is coming soon to the Longfellow community in Minneapolis! In this mini-sode of the BGIO Podcast, Lauren takes us through the serendipitous journey toward crafting the vision and finding the perfect location to plant the roots of what will be an oasis of intergenerational healing and wellness for black people. Home will feature a black-sourced, organic herbal apothecary, diverse healing modalities from specialized practitioners, culturally-specific programming for black folk to heal and come together in community, a curated shop of essentials, and more. Even in...
2021-03-2926 min
Black Girl In Om#67 Radical Self-Inquiry Through Yoga Nidra with Tracee StanleyIn this episode of the Black Girl In Om Podcast, author and lineaged yoga teacher Tracee Stanley (she/her) joins BGIO Founder Lauren Ash (she/they) in conversation around why Yoga Nidra is the powerful healing practice the world needs. When we give ourselves the tools of rest, we build upon our strength, peace, and ability to focus on what matters. Yoga Nidra offers tools that allow us to hold space for ourselves fully first. From that place, we are able to truly hold space for others also. Lauren and Tracee discuss how paying homage to lineage in our...
2021-03-2357 min
Black Girl In Om#66 Expressing Love & Spirituality Through Food with Klancy MillerIn this episode of the Black Girl In Om Podcast, chef & author Klancy Miller joins BGIO founder Lauren in conversation around the expansive power of expressing love to ourselves and our communities through the preparation and enjoyment of food. Klancy and Lauren share their unique food rituals that help them to create the perfect vibe for a truly nourishing and joyful culinary experience. Klancy talks about how never seeing Black women featured in food magazines growing up inspired her to build a first-of-its’-kind biannual printed food & culture magazine called For The Culture created by and about Black women ta...
2021-03-0952 min
Black Girl In Om#64 Integrating Sensuality, Spirituality, and Sexuality with Lyvonne “Pastor Bae” BriggsLyvonne “Pastor Bae” Briggs is a body and sex positive pastor and preacher, spiritual life coach, transformational speaker, and founder of The Proverbial Experience, an IG Live series of spiritual gatherings to nourish your soul. She is committed to centering the experiences of Black women in her work of rooting spiritual practice in pleasure and authentic empowerment rather than in shame. In this episode of the Black Girl in Om (BGIO) Podcast, BGIO founder Lauren Ash and Lyvonne Briggs join in a joyful conversation around reclamation of our sexual agency as daughters of the African diaspora and women of colo...
2021-02-0853 min
Almost 30Bonus - Lauren Ash on The Power of Sisterhood, Setting Intentions + Preventative Self-Care at Propel CoLabs Fitness FestivalToday’s special, Friday treat is from our summer series at Propel CoLabs Fitness Festival! Joining us for this live recording is Lauren Ash, the founder and executive director of the culture shifting, lifestyle brand, Black Girl in Om. As a yoga and meditation guide, Lauren has made an incredible impact in the wellness space with creating diversity and intentional sisterhood with other women of color. In our conversation, Lauren shares how she found yoga and was called to create the global community of Black Girl in Om. We dive into the pow...
2019-09-0637 min
Black Girl In Om#41. Answers and Alignment with Deun and LaurenWe’re back, loves! This new season is starting off with so much greatness, thanks to y’all. In this episode, Black Girl In Om Founder Lauren Ash and Art Director Deun Ivory answer your questions with the wisdom they’ve received in their own lives. This conversation is just a preview of all that’s coming this season. We’re talking intention, transformation, faith, trust, abundance. As you can tell, there’s lots to chat about and we’re thrilled to dive in deep with affirming conversation, loving advice, and all the laughs.
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2019-05-1452 min
Black Girl In Om#25: Season Two Finale: A Letter to Our Teenage SelvesIn this episode, Black Girl In Om Founder Lauren Ash and Art Director Deun Ivory close season two with vulnerability and reflection. Deeply inspired by Solange Knowles’ letter to her teenage self in Teen Vogue, both women share what they would tell their teenage selves. For example, Lauren shares how she has learned to define herself on her own terms, rather than in relationship with someone else and Deun sheds light on how she has learned how to say no. This episode offers encouraging and affirming notes for young black women in particular, but for anyone striving to cultivate se...
2017-08-0252 min