Every single morning, when I wake… I pray & meditate.
I ask God/Goddess how I can serve.
My prayer stems from the Buddhist monks, who say something like this, before they chant:
Great Spirit, may I be a flute for your Divine whim.
That expression comes through all of us when we ask for it. It takes many forms. This morning it has taken form in smiling at my daughter this morning when she woke me up at 5:30am, making her breakfast with love in my heart, bringing my boyfriend coffee in bed, cleaning our kitchen, and then sitting down to write this gift for you.
If you’re reading this, then:
This is a call to your inner spirit.
Wake up.
Let your spirit glide and hold space for other’s to do the same.
Realize your potential as swiftly as possible.
Don’t hesitate another moment.
Love unencumbered.
Forgive often.
Bless everyone.
Create a safe haven for your friends and family to come to.
Create a nurturing environment for yourself.
Self care first.
Be an emblem of hope for your community at large.
Help at least one person today.
Give more than you seek to receive.
Receive with open arms, you’re worth it.
Smile when you wake in the morning.
Count your blessings next.
Don’t give up on yourself.
Realize your passions, and you’ve realized your purpose.
Go live your Purpose.
There’s only 1 you.
The world needs your best self.
The world needs your vulnerability & your truth.
Thank you for you,
Alana Roach
Founder of Explorations of Self, LLC. 
I re-launched EOS’s website in 2012 as a travel, yoga, and blog business. This is when I moved to Costa Rica, and taught my first yoga-retreats. This site in particular holds a very special place in my heart. This is when the pieces of my life’s purpose puzzle started to really come together. I was putting my visions into fruition. I wasn’t just thinking about living my purpose and passion, I was living it. I am tearing up right now even reflecting on this period of my life. Do you understand how exhilarating this was? I was a brand new teacher who had been teaching a lot since receiving her E-RYT 200 in 2011, but to start a yoga retreat business?! I just knew I had to. I had WIND at my back. For those of you who are living to serve others, you get this. I filled that retreat on my own, with the help of Spirit of course, but that just goes to show you how powerful FAITH and TRUST are. My yoga retreat business has been steadily growing ever since. I have been running annual retreats in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Peru since this launch of that site. I have testimonials upon testimonials for EOS retreat go-ers who have had their lives vastly improved and positively changed from these week long explorations. God is so good, you guys.
Alana’s love for yoga came from firsthand experience with just how powerful the practice is. “In 2009, Yoga found me. Inside the studio, she experienced a deep sense of belonging, but the most profound part was what happened after. “I felt as though I was at true peace. I finally knew what the word meant. Until that moment, I had just understood it cerebrally. There is something profound to be said about Peace dropping into the heart.”