It may sound simple, but what she has to say will drastically improve your ability to make huge leaps in all areas of your life.

And get a tiny sneak peak into my daily ballet practice and how I am also taking her advice to improve one of my biggest frustrations!

So whether or not you’re a dancer, you might find yourself spinning & giggling around your living room after watching this one :)

Thanks so much for watching & sharing!

Please write a comment and tell me what your current frustration is, that you can apply this simple awareness to. (And I promise to pass on all the comments to our guest too.)

So, I’m going to step out of the way and let our guest share her wisdom…

Click here to TWEET THIS Action Ship!

With love

Laura and ……….

xoxoxo

She does everything ‘right’ but still gets strange injuries that stick around preventing her from doing what she loves…

Sound familiar?

So the Action Ship is going to give you some keys to preventing injury in whatever activity you like to do.

AND I promise you, if you do this whole exercise with me, you WILL feel more strong, flexible and run faster & longer!

COOOL, so what you waiting for!? Get moving now!

Stop being baffled with strange injuries that won’t go away, and start looking in the right places for answers… and it’s not what you think!!

In fact, you might learn that if you are trying to get ‘STRONG’ in the wrong way (thinking it’s right), causing you more tension, pain and injury!

So do these exercises with me fully, and in just a few minutes, you will feel a change, then write me a comment down below and tell me how it feels!

Learn more about this

Thanks so much for watching and joining me here each week, and I love hearing your responses and all the great things YOU are doing

Have a fun week!

Laura xoxo

ps. Did you see I’m teaching a BodyTalk Access class next Saturday Feb 18th, and a Franklin Method ‘Pelvis and Knee’ workshop Sunday 19th.

—> CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO on the PELVIS & KNEE workshop <—

Yay! See you there :)

This week we are going to fully commit to transforming another emotion…

It was interesting. I checked out some YouTube vids on what was the common advice for this topic and…

Well, you’ll have to watch and find out if you are settling for these strategies that might leave you feeling bewildered rather than transformed!

Thanks to Karin who posted this week’s topic request on my Facebook page. Have you seen the juicy topics being discussed there? Come on over there now and post your current health of life challenges and maybe I will make an Action Ship video just for YOU!

After you jump in your Action Ship and watch the video, write me a quick message in the comments and let me know what changes in your body mind.

Have a great weekend and lets chat on Facebook!

Much love :)

Laura xoxo

“Weeeeeeeeee…….(turns into)… AAAAhhhhhhhhh!!!… get me outta here!?”

What happened!?

Ever been excited to be heading in the direction of your dreams, and then as if by some sneaky trick, the thing that you were so excited about becomes your biggest fear?

It can be challenging having a mind that likes to come up with all kinds of pictures (that often aren’t true)!…but what we often don’t realize is how tangibly they are affecting our physical body!

(and then of course the outcome)

Get ready for a mind-body-shifting ride down a snowy mountain with me and the Action Ship!

In the comments, tell me what happened after you practice this exercise

Enjoy the ride, and I’ll see you on the hill :)

With love

Laura xo

But.. The sun can always shine inside!!

Yeah, right!?

Sometimes you just don’t feel it. And this affects your posture, your mood and your ability to take ‘inspired action’.

But I want to show you that you really can access some more sunshine in your heart- by… Guess what!!?

Stretching your heart!

Some of my fave furry and sponge-like friends are going to help us with this one. Make sure to give them a shout out in the comments and thank them if they helped you!!

Get stretching and I’ll catch ya over on da blog!

Love and elastic flow

Laura xo

Ps. There are 2 spaces left for this Sunday’s LIVE ‘Released Shoulders and Open Heart’ workshop. So if you got benefit from this weeks vid, you should definitely check it out :)

Details here —> click on me and I’ll tell you all about it! ;)

More on that later

Today. I’m getting serious.. about helping you to get flexible. And there ain’t NO stretching involved!!

Huh!?

I know ‘stretching’ has been the age old way of getting flexible…
But let’s face it. It’s out of date. It’s 2012. Comon’ people. No more hamstring stretches at the beginning of class pleeeeeaze!

Why?

Your legs know why. Let’s ask them!

Watch the video to learn why stretching your hamstrings is a BAD idea which will actually make you tighter, weaker and more prone to injury. (did you see the article in the NYTimes about yoga injuries?)

Not only that, but stretching can give you ‘jelly leg’ syndrome!

Learn how to get way more flexible. Instantly! (Without the jelly-leg syndrome.)

What’s the jelly-leg syndrome?

Remember to write me a comment after you’ve done the exercise and tell me if you can feel it. I am 100% positive you’ll be more elastic by the end of it.

Enjoy your flexible week!

Love

Laura xo

So what are your goals for 2012? Are you afraid of setting them?

What happens if you can’t handle the outcome? Or if you fail to follow through… leaving you feeling like a failure?

Have you ever set a goal without the thoughts of doubt and possible failure? It’s a natural part of the growing process. If you could do it already, it wouldn’t be a goal!

There is one essential trick to dealing with these that is so easy you’ll wish you’d thought of it!!

And it works. But you have to do it…

And then you’ll be getting your body movin’ & grovin’ and doing the things you dream of.

So watch the video now to learn it. Take action, get moving and let me know THREE of your top goals. Make sure you write it down & share it.

Check out the video to see why!

And stay tuned for more Franklin Method Band Moves!!

All my 2012 love
Laura xo

Like playing music!

So this week’s Action Ship is for John, who was the guy who met Emily in the airport last week~ when she was dancing and FranklinBanding… ★ He’s a musician and shared some of his music here, along with his plea for help with his shoulder tension…

So for you AND your shoulders for this New Year, we are going to the park…

To find fun, play and freedom!!

Make sure you do the whole thing fully- on both sides.

Remember it will work best if you are very focussed! And then please write me a comment and tell me how they feel!

Like it, share it, and have a FANTASTIC NEW YEAR!!! ★★★★★

✫ஜღԼօѵҽღஜ✫‿

Thanks to Emily for this question for this week’s Action Ship:
“I currently consider myself a person who 6 different jobs which 2 too many and I don’t want to shortchange any of them.”

She likes to help people and make them happy, but sometimes this means she doesn’t have time for breakfast! “What do I do?” she asked?

For this holiday special, we’re flying to Venice Beach Skatepark to check out the riders, watch their tricks and tune into their mindset and philosophy…

How can we use this to answer Emily’s question?

“Go hard or go home!”
“Just do it!”
“Focus on the goal.”

When you are boarding, you cannot focus on more than one thing, and it feels exhilarating… so Emily, feel the flow of the ride, and stay focussed in whatever job you are doing. And then, start to refine what brings you the most joy, and how you can help people from that place!

Let me know how you get on, and make sure to like this video and leave a comment below! And if you have a question or comment, come and join the chat at my Facebook page. See you back in NY!

xoxo
Laura

Not on the Action Ship List? Make sure you leap on here so that you can be the first to know when all the best tricks happen!

As high as the sky!

To dance at the top of the EMPIRE STATE BUILDING!

When you get stuck in your house, in your room and all you can see are your walls and your windows, you’ll get stuck in this limited perspective!

Dance is the language that unites us all. It is free from words and limits… and brings you back into your body.

So get your dancing shoes on and shake your bootie at the top of the Empire State Building where you can see a different perspective and feel as high as the sky!

Please come and join the chat on Facebook http://www.facebook.comlaurahamesfranklin

Madeline Haywood “After watching the Girl Walk All Day videos you posted I actually got inspired to start dancing again which I haven’t done in a long long time. Now it is a part of my daily routine to get up and dance for a while and I have just been so much happier than I’ve been in a long time so seeing this video has encouraged me to continue :) So next time you see Anne Marsen let her know that she is such an inspiration!!!”

Make sure to LIKE and COMMENT on this video if you got inspired and if you enjoyed watching it.

Scout is 5 years old, and he wants to protect himself from dragons, bullies, monsters and bad stuff. And what happens as we get older?

Does the bad stuff go away? Or does it just change shape? How do you protect yourself?

So what do you do?

What about if you could take these fears and use them to make yourself STRONGER!?

Yep! That’s what we’re going to do! So grab your biggest fears and let’s breathe and transform them together…

Make sure to LIKE this video if you’ve got your FUN force field alight ~!~

If you’re not yet on the Action Ship List, jump on here and fasten your seat belt!

I can relate to her challenge of ‘feeling confused and fragmented’ when she has to learn something new. I know that for me, I always had a hard time remembering dance combinations and would go around and around in my head trying to ‘get it right!’

When I was actually afraid of ‘getting it wrong!’

If you are trying to make the right move and remember all the steps, then this video is also for you! Learn how to step into your ‘right’ moves!

Babs wrote:

Can you help with remembering dance sequences. I started ballet about 3 years ago (I’m 65 now), and love it but … I already have a belief that I don’t know the individual steps, and I probably stop breathing. If I get the feet right I still have to add the arms, and the head and the feeling. Aaagh! The teacher goes too fast for me. If I can do it over and over slowly, then I can do it all. Taking a video helps cos I can do it slowly at home. I watch myself and see the confusion on my face. I want it to be easy, soft, flowing, joyful, complete. I want my eyes to see it all and my body to know it all, and my heart to feel it all.
Love Babs (Mummy)
… and as I’ve just discovered, when I have something new to learn, my body seems to fragment so that I might know my arms are beautiful. but I don’t know what what my feet are doing. Please put me back together so that I can move as a fluid unit, Laura.

Are you in board the Action Ship list? If not, jump on here:

Would you like to ‘tap in’ to a deeper power to catalyze this process?

This week we are going to be delving deep and looking at the strongest muscle in the human body… learning how it moves and how we can keep it healthy… and then access it’s power!!

And… How to free yourself from PMS!

After watching this video, I’d love to know:

1. Who are you & what are you birthing?
2. How does accessing this immense power of your uterus allow you to create more easily?
3. Do you feel a physical change in your body, abdomen and pelvis?

So join me to access some deep WOMAN power so you can easily create and birth your babies and dreams. While improving your “female health” and ‘time of the month’ stress!

And thank you again for being a part of the Action Ship family and for living and birthing you!

Much love
Laura

It will bring you a large breath of fresh air and new horizons!

Often, when we get stuck in one view of the world & forget that there are other ways of looking at things. Do you ever notice that your problems lead you around and around and you keep ending up back where you started?

I am feeling very lucky that the Action Ship chose to give me this fresh perspective this week! And so happy that I can share this sunrise with you!

With the help of the Action Ship, I am learning how to ZOOM-OUT and ZOOM-IN with greater ease and efficiency & bring it to you!

It’s amazing what a simple shift in observation does- both inside of our bodies and in the world around us :)

Your Action this week is to find a new perspective on your current challenge. How has this problem been preventing you from reaching your goal?

ZOOM in, out and around. I have taken you inside your lungs, into the water and fluids of your body and to high a new horizon.

Albert Einstein said “You can’t solve problems with the same mind that created them.”

So tell me in the comments below, how this changes your problem? What is your fresh perspective?

As next week is ThanksGiving (and my birthday on the same day!), I want to offer YOU thanks for joining me each week.

Send me your requests for a video by posting them in the comments below the video & I will answer 3! (and remember, I will still be here in this beautiful place… so you can incorporate that as well!) or/and on my Facebook page.

And super thanks for sending me your pics and comments on how great your almond milk is! Please do post your pics on Facebook of your inspirations and actions :)

See you next week!
Much love,

Laura

And yet can cause us such turmoil!

But, it goes SO GOOD with a cup of tea! Hmmm, what to do? What to do?

Today I’m going to show you how simple and easy it is to make fresh, amazing Almond Milk,  how to make the best cup of tea ever and how to dissolve your sugar cravings! (all in this little video!)

We know that eating too much sugar is not good for us, but despite our best intensions, we might not be so successful at limiting our intake! What on earth goes wrong?

Ever make the decision to eat less (or no) sugar? But then… a trance comes over you, and the chocolate wins the mind-war! It puts a spell on you and before you know it you’ve consumed WAY more than feels good. Crap! Feel icky. What now?

Now… You get mad at yourself, and make yourself feel BAD! Maybe this will prevent you from letting the chocolate win in the future. But, guess what? It doesn’t! It happens again. And again. And again.

Are you doomed to an eternity of chocolate-mind abuse? Or is there another way?

Obviously, simply shouting at yourself doesn’t work. Rationalizing with a bar of chocolate is not getting you further away from it… and so you have to step in and do some serious sugar-cravings repair work on your insides. You have to address a deeper level than just your mind. You have to touch the very depths of why your body gets drawn in to Mr. Chocolate’s spell!

Only then do you have a chance to release yourself from the torment and re-gain a balanced relationship with Mr C.

Ahhh, so SWEET :)

What are you waiting for? Get going and follow the steps carefully. Make sure you pay full attention and practice each step with your best smile!

Oh, you don’t have sugar cravings? Ever!? Ok… Would you like a little more sweetness in your life? Get ready for that too!

Please write me a comment below & on my facebook page, Twitter and let me know how it felt. Karen, please post below what happened when you do this for the first time, and what happens after this week. We’ll all be routing for you and your sugar-zapping-freedom :)

And anyone who spots my special guest, please post a message below for her. She loves hear your comments!

See you next week for an exciting adventure!

Happy 11.11.11

Love Laura xoxoxo

ps. Post your competition answers in the comments under this video…

Want the Action Ship to fly straight to you? Sign up here: