Deepening Into Trust + Surrender with Lauren Ash

In this episode, Shelby sits down with wellness trailblazer, Lauren Ash. Shelby and Lauren dive into what it truly means to surrender, particularly when it requires deep trust in God while leaning into the unknown. Through the lens of her journey to founding Black Girl In Om, Lauren recalls pivotal moments and spiritual lessons that kept her aligned with her purpose. Leave this conversation with a deeper sense of the true meaning of all needs met, and the remembrance that we are never given more than we can bear.

About Lauren

Lauren Ash is a wellness visionary, yoga and meditation guide, engaging speaker and creative writer, and founder and executive director of the culture-shifting lifestyle brand synonymous with black women’s wellness—Black Girl In Om. Since founding Black Girl In Om in 2014, her vision has led to the creation of transformational experiences and content that radically centers and authentically speaks to a historically and consistently marginalized global community.  

The Flow:

05:17 | The practice of receptivity
08:04 | Spirituality growing up
08:45 | Music as a channel
11:38 | Nature as evidence of God
13:19 | Embodying the shift
15:02 | Finding ease through yoga
20:33 | Receiving the download
22:33 | Trusting the download
25:11 | Frustration as a gift
26:46 | Unique expressions of God
27:43 | Divine tests as opportunities
31:33 | Destined to grow
32:28 | Not needing the why
33:54 | Trusting our choices
36:19 | Deepening into surrender
37:59 | Being the work while doing the work
43:36 | Never more than we can bear
45:33 | Human Design as a tool
53:03 | Our innate decisiveness
54:09 | Remembering our power
55:21 | Tools to tap in
1:01:26 | Wisdom for my younger self

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