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Hello! I’m LaToya. Here you can find me exploring life through the lenses of interiors, imagination and inspiration. I am unfolding the 7 principles of Interior Alchemy.

this space is {A LIVING ARCHIVE OF CREATIVE MUSINGS + TOOLS FOR THE JOURNEY}

spaces + places + people + creations


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Design (School for Life)
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A while back I was exploring what I learned in Design school and how it can be applied to life. I have a new found desire to complete all this ideas I have been holding on to and let them finally be completed and let out in to the world - or discarded if that is their fate.

These are the 7 principals of Interior Alchemy and their relationship to the Architectre and Interior Design process.

Embrace

There is a process called PROGRAMMING where you learn everything you can about your project. How many? How much space? What do you want to accomplish? What are the requirements?  what is the deadline? Budget? Preferences?

In life this is the foundations of SELF-DISCOVERY. 

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H is for Happiness
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The Alphabet of Inspired Living : H is for Hapiness
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Life (CYCLE)
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Visual Travel Guide: Etty Bay

September 13, 2017 in inspiration, places

Be Wonderful

♡

LaToya

Tags: beaches, travel
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embrace creativity

September 11, 2017 in embrace, imagination

Dear Creative Self,

I believe you are part of our main PURPOSE here. To create our reality whatever it may be. We have always been in contact, but I didn't name you, it was just what you did naturally. I believe you are not limited to art + making, you are so much more!

You are a CREATOR. We all are. Anything can become an ART not just "art" itself.

You love to brainstorm the possibilities. Sometimes the ideas flow more quickly than you can create or contemplate how it will be manifested. This FLOW is EMPOWERING. You are best nurtured by nature or while travelling. Something about these zones that wake you up each morning with a smile on your face and spark in your eye.

If you worry too much about execution + standards (usually those of others) you get discouraged. If you just put it down, let it out and let it go...you make space for it to EVOLVE. I am remembering to Trust. TO RELEASE CONTROL. Better to put something down without judgement rather than leaving blank pages out of fear. of what? Of it not looking how you invisioned it? Of the outcome deviating from the first inception? How it will be revieved? Remember these are not your concerns. No matter what you must CREATE!

I have denied you. I put restrictions on you. I really worried during one spell where I felt I lost you - it was bad timing because we were in the midsts of our architecture thesis. I have since recovered you, I have no plans of letting you out of my sight! I chose a career in design in an attempt to leverage the inspiration you draw in...all the ideas. I AM IN . Currently, You are coming in the form of collage (a craft I have always fallen back on) + words. You are meditation. You let go of thinking mind when you snip snip paste breathe (repeat). If u think too much u loose the FLOW. The collage carries over into all of this life. This Collaged Life of ours. Snip from this experience. Paste to this current reality. Arrange, rearrange. Reimagine possibilities. Of who we can be. Of who we are. BREATHE. You are WONDERFUL.

Love + Infinite Creativity

××

me

p.s. when you begin to worry. Remember that quote about life being a canvas. or call a friend. ;)

Tags: collaged life, creativity, love letters to self
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Forgiveness (an Aspect of Freedom)

September 10, 2017 in freedom

LET THE PATTERNS (play) I WONDER about seeing things in a new light this piece is infused with the energy of growth + renewal

Forgiveness is one of our main life lessons.

Many years ago I finally realised the true importance of forgiveness. I had the insight that for as long as I held a grudge I was locking a piece of myself in stagnation. I was not getting even with anyone and I was only making myself more uncomfortable.

I also realised it was easier to forgive some events and people more than others. And sometimes no matter how much I thought about forgiving I still felt resistance. So when this came I chose to pray to forgive. I put it into the hands of a higher source, and as I revisited the incident I gradually felt the release.  I also began to see how each situation has a learning attached to it.

Forgiveness is Freedom: Removing judgement + reclaiming personal power via choice. It is unconditional love + compassion.

At some point I also remember discussing the importance of forgiveness with my mother and she also suggested prayer.

Awareness was key to seeing where forgiveness was still needed. Where I was still tying energy to the past. As I released I felt more freedom. And I was able to realease more quickly when new concerns arose.

I also wrote a list of where I felt forgiveness was needed. I looked at the situations from a new perspective. I looked at why I felt wronged. I had to witness my feelings with clarity and nonattachment to being right. I left the list on my altar and revisited it every now and then. It feels good to let go in this way.

I also began to realise the importance of self-forgiveness.  You know this is needed when blame, guilt or shame (the victim archytype) holds you back from living freely. You become aware of how you are beating yourself up, even in the smallest ways. As I began to practise this, I began to take things less personally.

I choose To be guided by LOVE.

Affirmations: “I am willing to forgive myself and others for any mistakes in thinking, which were made during this day. I choose peace of mind in exchange for releasing these errors in thought. I ask that all effects of these errors be forgotten in all of time by all concerned.” - from Doreen Virtue, Chakra Healing

I forgive myself for everything i have done in my whole life + beyond. It lead me to where i am now. I learn from my mistakes.

Notes on Forgiveness to explore futher:

  • Alpha waves for forgiveness and love.

  • Honour the Body + Mind through forgiveness

  • Cleanses emotional wounds + allows for mental healing.

  • Healing = truth + forgiveness + love leads to a new earth.

  • Dis ease is in the mind.

  • "When you touch a wounds + it does not hurt you know you have healed. Memory/ scar may remain, but will no longer hurt."

  • Let go of pride - personal importance.

  • Forgiveness calls for practising unconditional love - surrender to love + stop resisting life. Accept all things.

Resources:

A book that helped me to understand forgiveness on an even deeper level was Radical Forgiveness which i found while searching the internet. I had read radical self love and thought about radical forgiveness. I found a link to a free download of the book along with worksheets.  I have not made use of the worksheets, but reading the book was so helpful in embracing the concept that all experiences are for our highest good, no matter how the appear. And sometimes we act things out unconciously to help each other to grow spiritually - we help each other to experience "challenges" so that we might gain INSIGHT that futhers us along our life journey.

Reading the 4 Aggreements has also aided in this and is always uplifting to reread. Reminding me that empowerment lies in the fact that you can change the dream + make new aggreements.

Women Who Run with Wolves. I Call back all the bones of all i thought i lost. 

See skillshare class on forgiveness, i have not taken it, but worth checking out.

Tags: forgiveness, freedom, self forgiveness
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Exploring the Heart Chakra

September 10, 2017 in inspiration

workwithlatoya We are being called to lead our lives from our heart space - a place of unconditional love.

below are a series of musings + poetry exploring the inspiration of the heart chakra .

WELCOME SPIRIT IN (pay attention)

it's the everday that is sacred

look around with fresh perception

find an enthusiasm that fuels

 

welcome it in

welcome it in

inspiration lifts up

it spurs life into activation

it is a joy

welcome it in .

"You need to believe there is something sacred waiting in virtually every journey."

~phil cousineau

Affrirmation: I AM INSPIRED + I FOLLOW THROUGH.

How do you stay inspired?

the mothering

THE MOTHERING

the self

the child

the mother

the earth

the creative

the inspiration

the nurturing

the supporting

the cultivation

the unconditional.

.

painting possibilities

.

 

What does mothering mean to you? How do you mother yourself or let yourself be mothered? comment below.

BEE INSPIRED (milk + honey of life)

sweet nourishment

soul nuturing

balance between disciplined inspired action

+ joyous enthusiasm for life

moving beyond limitations+ bee a pollinator of dreams in the physical plane - manifesting in service of the team - protector of universal LOVE energy.

mantra: do what you love + love what you do (to glimpse the essence of life)

SONGSTRESS (stories in your song)

sing it

we will hear

when the rain comes

sing it

wash us clear

when the moon comes

share your wisdom

serenade

 

sing it

metamorphosis

from within

sing it

release our emotions

sing it

renew our VISION + perspective.

INSPIRATION laced into the song (mother nature the griot)

how  does nature inspires you?

YOU ARE (a bridge)

between earth + heaven

a

willing

channel .

AWAKENING + TRANSFORMING

experiencing a shift

a rebirthing

a guidance

a light .

this is the sign

as requested .

journal prompt: 

what are you wanting to release? what are you calling in? what habits do you want to nourish? what  would you do differently if the rules of the (life) game were changing?

dandelion wish

WISH (dreaming alive)

on the wing

of the sparrow

on the tip

of the moon

on the ray

of the sun

on the shimmer

of sea

on the breath

on the skin

on the memory

on the love

on the cusp

of the dream

on the peak

of life

on the drift

of song

on the waft

of joy

on the heart

on the mind

on the soul

on the edge

of beggining

on the trust

of life

on the peace

of thoughts

the wish (comes alive) .

Journal prompt:

what would your first step be in turning your farfetched dream into a reality?

be wonderful

♡

LaToya

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Healing

September 08, 2017 in bookshelf, freedom, imagination

A few years ago I began to AWAKEN to concept that it is a healing journey we are all on. A remembering and embracing of WHOLENESS of self.

I believe that this healing directs us to our higher purpose + if we choose we will begin to remember (open to infinite memory) to access our unique roadmap...

Although I sometimes take the scenic loop road before I get back on the path, all is as it should be, because the map evolves...

The healing map I hold has been leading me to share the transformation that occurs when we CREATE SPACE INTENTIONALLY.

The Lenses I use on this journey are INTERIORS, IMAGINATION + INSPIRATION: from decluttering to decor, from being a listening ear to carving out time for art, from sharing to receiving on so many levels.

Healing is always a personal journey and it envolves all of us; the mind, the body, and the spirit.

Healing Involves:

  • Regeneration - recovering faith in self.

  • accepting ourselves as enough.

  • healing wounds + forgiving self

  • 3 Stages: Transmutation, transformation, and transfiguration

  • A path the happiness+ Wellbeing

Mantra: I heal myself + others through Creativity

BE WONDERFUL

♡

LaToya

Resources :

The main theme here is being involved in your own healing; in taking responsibility for your own health and well-being. We all know that a HEALTHY lifestyle will give us the best possible chance of a healthy body,  but most of us are very good at ignoring this fact.

- Penelope Quest, the basics of reiki: a step by step guide to Healing with Reiki

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I acknowledge and pay my respects to the Wanyurr Majay, Traditional Custodians of the land Madjandji on which I live and work, and to Elders past, present, and emerging.

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