In part two of the "Changing Your Thoughts" series on the Align and Expand podcast, host Loren Runion delves into the powerful concept of creating an embodied experience of the qualities you desire. She emphasizes that lasting change can be achieved by working with the principles of neuroplasticity and leveraging the mind-body connection. Loren explains how our thoughts shape our emotions, actions, and ultimately, our reality, whether you view it from a scientific or a more spiritual...

Welcome to the Align and  Expand Podcast with your host, Loren Runion. In this episode, Loren addresses a common question she receives: "What is the first step to change your thoughts and align them with the life you want to create?" She emphasizes the complexity of thought transformation and the importance of foundational awareness. Loren guides listeners through the initial step, assuming they already acknowledge their thoughts' misalignment with their goals.  The episode focuses on...

This yoga nidra meditation for abundance and gratitude will help you start to radically shift how you think about yourself, and the world around you and prime you to focus on the abundance in your life instead of lack. As your gratitude increases so does the abundance that surrounds you. This is the focus of today's meditation. Teaching you how to tap into the feelings of abundance so you can access them every day. Personalized Meditations to Rewire Your Beliefs and Manifest Your...

Custom Affirmation Meditations: https://lorenrunion.com/personalized-meditations/ Today's episode is a pure and potent affirmation meditation, dedicated to unlocking the doors to abundance, enhancing your magnetism, and guiding you on the path of powerful manifestation. As you carry these affirmations with you, remember that your thoughts shape your reality. Embrace the magnetic power within you, trust in the flow of abundance, and watch your manifestations come to life. Create a quiet space...

Now Offering Personalized Affirmations Meditations: https://lorenrunion.com/personalized-meditations/ Welcome to your invitation to embrace a life where intentions are met, and procrastination becomes a thing of the past. Settle into a comfortable space as we embark on a journey of self-discovery, leaving procrastination behind.  Follow the gentle guidance of our affirmations meditation, designed to help you stop procrastination and foster a mindset of productivity. This affirmations...

When you're in a stressed state, it can be difficult to change your mindset. But science shows us that when we slow down our brainwaves, we are able to start to change our minds. This meditation is a 20-minute yoga nidra to help you slow down your brainwaves and enter into a state that allows you to easily change your mindset and reprogram your mind. Whatever mindset you are seeking, slowing down, and letting go of the stress is the doorway to making that change happen and invoke positive...

Ready to learn how to create the habit of abundant thinking? Welcome to episode 90! Where I teach you how to shift from lack thoughts, words, and beliefs into abundant thoughts, words and beliefs BUT not in terms of just money.  Creating a habit of abundant thinking allows you to create a life you love consciously, but you will need help breaking the thought habits you currently have in place.  In this episode, I cover things like: Creating the habit of abundant thinking and choice in your...

You start to make significant transformation in how you think, feel, and act when you change your internal programming. In order to access your internal programming you need to change your brain waves from stress to calm. This 10-minute guided yoga nidra meditation is a powerful way to shift your brain waves into a state of relaxation and so lasting reprogramming and internal shifts can occur. If you are looking to learn how to stop negative thoughts and self-talk for good this meditation...

Today I am sharing with you a tool that I wish I had known to use years ago! And it is as simple as talking to yourself. In today's episode, I will be teaching about recent research that I learned (and applied in life) on a self-regulation tool called third-person self-talk and the power it has to help you effortlessly emotionally regulate. We dive into how it has been helping me and the types of situations it may help you in your life to get you unstuck and more aligned with consciously...

Support the show and get subscriber-only content! $3/ month will get you access to the exclusive "The Enough Meditations Series". Check out the link here to find more details, get access now so you don't miss the first release starting August 2023. Negative self-talk around time might keep you stressed about there never being enough time. Time for you, time to get things done, and time for you to reach your goals. This affirmations meditation is created to help you start to rewrite your...

Support the show and get subscriber-only content! $3/ month will get you access to the exclusive "The Enough Meditations Series". Check out the link here to find more details, get access now so you don't miss the first release starting August 2023. Friends, you have asked for more episodes on feeling short on time and I am here to finally deliver one.  This episode will empower you to shift that negative internal narrative around time if you constantly feel like there is never enough of it...

Welcome to this meditation for mental focus and clarity. This is a yoga nidra meditation practice but feel free to use this as a guided meditation if laying down doesn't work for you today. Just find a position that is right for you and is super comfortable. Use this as a mid-day boost instead of reaching for more caffeine! Nourish your body, support your nervous system, and even engage in neuroplasticity-boosting activities during this yoga nidra meditation (aka nonsleep deep rest). Want...

Hello Dear Align and Expand Friends! In today's episode, I am teaching you EASY ways to access the feelings and therefore the frequency of the life you dream of. You know the one where you keep thinking the feelings of success, freedom, abundance, calm, and happiness will come once you reach the goal? I am sharing accessible easy-to-follow tips on how to finally learn embodiment and start living a life you love now. If you keep putting it off friends, it's never gonna be here. This quick...

Hey friends! I hope you love today's meditation. This is technically a yoga nidra meditation. If you are new to yoga nidra don't be scared. It's amazing, and no, there is no movement involved. You get to lie down, find the most comfortable position, and sink into a state that truly transforms your life. If that feels like a no-go to you, just find your most comfortable meditation position and press play. This yoga nidra will help you find relief from anxiety and has the potential to create...

S.O.S. - Show (UP) On Social 5-Day Free Challenge: SIGN UP HERE Hello A&E friends!  I don't know about you but the past month has been intense!  If you are someone who tends to have anxious thoughts, and or intrusive thoughts that suck you into a spiral I feel you!  I want to share with you 6 strategies and tools I have used all month long to help me conquer some majorly intrusive thoughts.  These tools work, and I bet you haven't tried them before. So join me today for an episode...

Dear Align and Expand Community, This episode is a quick thank you episode for reaching 50K downloads over the past two years. Just a quick touch base to say thanks and for me to share how you can enter for a chance to win a $50 USD Visa Gift Card. The contest ends on 5/13/23 and the winner will be emailed from me and no other email address on 5/14/23. To be entered into the drawing please share and fill out this quick survey found here: https://forms.gle/vKbcevGhp3VmBLQTA

Make your Friday the best possible day it can be with this 9 Minute Guided  Friday positive affirmations meditation.  These will help you step into a mindset of excitement, grace, happiness, and deep joy. You can use these affirmations to help you set the tone for your day, reset mid-day or close out the week by letting go. Want to print these? Get these affirmations and more: https://lorenrunion.com/friday-affirmations/ Connect with Loren: Instagram Website Youtube Need 1:1 Life and...

Hey friends! I hope you love today's meditation. This is technically a yoga nidra meditation. If you are new to yoga nidra don't be scared. It's amazing, and no, there is no movement involved. You get to lie down, find the most comfortable position, and sink into a state that truly transforms your life. If that feels like a no-go to you, just find your most comfortable meditation position and press play. This yoga nidra will allow you to connect with your intention of what you're trying to...

Welcome friends! Today's episode is about how to start manifesting your best life by learning how to move through the gap between intention and action. Get out of autopilot, uncover unconscious programming, habits, and beliefs, and make it more likely to manifest your intentions. Join me for Rest + Receive Workshop! Join Loren Runion in an exploration of deep relaxation, self-inquiry, and manifestation. This experiential offering will allow you to get clear on your intention from the...

Hey friends! I hope you love today's meditation. This is technically a yoga nidra meditation. If you are new to yoga nidra don't be scared. It's amazing, and no, there is no movement involved. You get to lie down, find the most comfortable position, and sink into a state that truly transforms your life. If that feels like a no-go to you, just find your most comfortable meditation position and press play. In this 24-minute guided meditation, you will melt into relaxation while...

Cultivate a positive relationship with yourself while increasing your self-love and appreciation. This 8-minute affirmations meditation can be used as a quiet meditation, during alert and awake times (with the eyes open) playing in the background or even as you drift off to sleep. Get these affirmations and more: https://lorenrunion.com/57-positive-affirmations-self-love/ Connect with Loren: Instagram Website Youtube

Comparison happens. Sometimes it happens more than we would like. Sometimes it's a hamster wheel you can't get out of.   Today's episode will help you start to focus on the unique gifts that make you amazing, so you can feel grateful for what you have while going after what you want.  I will be sharing how I recently worked through envy, and actionable homework to help you work through it too.  You are not alone in this. You are just too used to the gifts you have that make you shine....

I can't wait for you guys to hear this episode so you can start doing some digging on how your fantasy self shows up in life. You will hear personal examples of how both of our fantasy self shows up offering you ideas of where you can explore in yours.    Today's episode is with Dr. Melissa West and she is going to be offering you some new perspectives on how to create a life you love. One where there is softening, and receiving, and letting things flow versus striving and pushing. She...

Visualization offers you the opportunity to use the power of your imagination to create the life you want. A life of happiness and confidence to go after your dreams. Consider this guided visualization as a mental practice for where you want to end up this year. Practicing in your mind so that you can effortlessly manifest your goals from thought form to material form. Studies have proven that mental practices are almost effective as the real thing and that thoughts can produce the same...