Articles, Interviews, Modeling, Etc.

Articles by Aurianna:

Interviews:

Modeling:

Visionary Art Project, April 2015:

Flixel, January 2015:

Visionary Art Project, November 2014:

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Chic Shaman, November 2014:

Let’s play on Instagram!

GOODBYE FOR NOW 🙏🏻 I’m taking an online sabbatical for the remainder of the summer. I had intended to write a long post & make a video sharing the details of my decision to step away from social media for awhile, but then I realized... This is exactly the reason I want to step away. Because I don’t really want to share anymore. And I don’t really want to hear other people’s opinions— positive or negative— about how I choose to live my life. With all the noise in the online world, my body is calling me back to the here and now, to the present moment experience on the physical plane. This upcoming period is being devoted to a deep exploration and reassessment of my priorities and how I can serve the world more in a more hands-in-the-dirt, inclusive, and truly holistic way. My soul mission has become to support others in fully embodying present moment Truth... So now, the only way to remain in integrity is to embody the Truth of what my body is asking of me and step away from something that has previously nourished me in so many ways for so long. Trusting the process and unfoldment of it all 💫 See you when I see you, IG. Much love ❤️ {I will still be answering emails and seeing clients, so if you'd like to be in touch while I’m away from social media land, simply email me at auriannajoy@gmail.com}
A couple of new coaches have asked me recently how I grew my business without Facebook ads, massive marketing funnels, a 5-figure website, fancy photoshoots, copy writers, etc. When I told them I’ve organically reached over 1.2 million views on my YouTube channel (and still get 10-20k views a month even though I’m not making videos at all these days), their jaw literally dropped 🤯 My biz strategy has always been simply this: 🔥 Serve Life Powerfully 🔥 Serve, serve, serve. (And, of course, always be boundaried AF in the process) 👍🏻 Add value without expectation. 👍🏻 Share your wisdom without expectation. 👍🏻 Actually CARE about people without expectation. ❌ Expectation = the killer of true connection While a lot of coaches have been out there chasing the latest marketing strategies and letting their coaching/serving skills wither away, I've been in my nest quietly studying cutting edge neuroscience and practicing the techniques on myself and my clients. Yes, knowing how to market yourself is useful, but not if you’ve lost connection to your heart and soul in the process 💔 Instead of diving into marketing, I’ve spent the last year connecting, nurturing relationships, and serving wherever I am called— whether that service includes a monetary exchange or not. Ultimately, my bank account has thanked me for that level of trust in the circle of divine service 💫 ✨ When you hone your craft so deeply that you BECOME your offer, you can essentially do away with all the sales scripts and cookie-cutter marketing techniques. ✨ When you fully embody your message and service to the world, you become your sales page. ✨ When you feel the depth of your service in every fiber of your being, the right words and actions flow from you in perfect rhythm. I’ve recently prioritized slowing down, practicing deeper compassion, and engaging active listening— all things we desperately need in the world today— instead of “growing my reach” or “scaling my business.” It doesn’t matter how many followers you have if you’ve lost connection to yourself. {CONTINUED ⬇️}
Coaches: Please, please, pleaseeeeeee quit telling your clients the solution to all their problems is to “change your state” or “just think positive.” Yes, state changing is a powerful and useful tool. It's important to know how to shift our focus and energy. And yet, it’s only one part of the equation that supports integration and wholeness— and it’s only supportive after we’ve learned to access true, deep, full presence with our emotional states. Otherwise, we’re distracting, dissociating and reinforcing to our nervous system that certain feelings and aspects of ourselves are wrong and need to be changed as soon as they arise. By cultivating the art of true presence, we can allow the process of transformation to occur naturally, just like everything else in the Universe. Just like a butterfly leaving the cocoon, we cannot force the process without creating a negative impact on what would naturally become the butterfly’s fullest expression. Just like birth, when we induce labor, use forceps, or deliver via cesarean, there are effects later on down the road (and yes, science is now providing evidence of how birth trauma impacts our development as regulated, functional adults). Simply, “changing your state” without actually tuning into what’s arising and exploring what's underneath reinforces that who you are, how you are, is inherently wrong. It supports the idea that who you are, how you are, is somehow unnatural and needs to be “dominated.” Yes, we may feel better in the moment when shifting our state/focus... And yet, this is simply a temporary maintenance technique that does not support actual integration, and therefore lasting transformation. For the love of all things sacred.. Please STOP telling your clients that changing their state or simply thinking positive arethe solutions. Aiming for a ”Peak State” and valuing ”action” at all times is a lazy, one dimensional approach that reinforces their sympathetic fight/flight response, without honoring the parasympathetic rest/digest/connection part of the equation. Instead, teach them to feel. {CONTINUED}
🛑 Warning 🛑 Upon entering Casa de Rezin, you will enter a sacred portal and find constant reflections of your true nature, which will likely cause an increase in remembering of who you really are. Symptoms of this remembering may include more dancing, more singing, more laughter, and more tears of joy, as well as an increase in creativity, inspiration, gratitude, and awe of your own existence. Owners cannot be held responsible for the shedding of bullshit that is likely to occur while inside the portal. Enter at your own risk.