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At the Conscious Living Center we’ve always been committed to bringing consciousness to everyone. Our nonprofit organization, Consciousness in Action, aims to bring educational opportunities to diverse communities through education, awareness, and the creation of a supportive community. Now, you can help us grow our scholarship fund while you do your usual shopping at Amazon using Amazon Smile.

Self-care now becomes more prominent in these times. How are you taking care of yourself as a doorway to the availability of self and others? For example, I continue with my daily walks, usually in the morning when my energy is a little higher, and it’s proven to be a great way to connect with neighbors who are out doing the same. We smile or nod from behind a mask or render a muffled hello, and I have learned to smile a little more with my eyes, something I had not paid much attention to before.

In Response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Deborah Ooten, CEO and Co-founder of the Conscious Living Center, has a video message for our community.

In this booklet, you will learn some basic ways to help you regulate and deal with your anxiety when you feel out of control with it. See which work best for you and start practicing them regularly until they become a part of your regular way of being.

The recent news about the Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has been a huge shock to all of us, and I am not going to pretend that this situation is anything less than alarming and heartbreaking. My heart goes out to all who have been affected by this outbreak now being referred to as a pandemic. In some way, whether infected or not, we are ALL being affected in some way by COVID-19.

The ideas of Holy Perfection, Holy Will, Holy Law, Holy Origin, Holy Omniscience, Holy Faith, Holy Plan, Holy Truth and Holy Love are cornerstones of the mystical tradition that cut across all boundaries and dogma to reveal what is Real.

There are so many people stuck in old ways of thinking, with outdated worldviews that no longer fit our ever more complex and globalized world. I know how difficult it is to shed old ways of thinking and being. Like the skin of a snake, my personal worldview holds my ‘me’ together so intimately and tight, it can be hard to let it go when the time comes.

On February 14, Valentine’s Day, we often give gifts of chocolates, flowers, or romantic dinners to those we love romantically. However, none of these material gifts is powerful enough to help us in creating the lifelong, loving relationships that most of us long for. So, in addition to the chocolates, let’s take a look at a gift that heals and unites hearts from generation to generation: a better way of talking and listening.

You’ve all heard me speak about and praise the AWESOME benefits of therapeutic essential oils. I’ve personally used them as a primary and supportive form of daily medicine for pain relief, stress, anxiety management, and to help keep me focused as well as to support sleep quality at night.