30/10/2025
Be the change you want to see ~
Whenever I see a lotus my heart lifts. This particular day and campsite was not really comfortable, if you know what I meanπ€π it was pretty full and we were parked next to the toilets..
During my grumpy breakfast these kids came over to sell candles, of flowers and a lotus! It reminded me of selling popsicles, the babysitterclub and garage sales that I had with my best friend when we were little. Because there was a Lotus, I saw it as a signπͺ· & I also wanted to connect with the Portugese kids. They counted in English.. but didn't have any change yet as I was their first customer (next to the toilets) So I arranged to buy the lotuscandle if no one else did after they looped around the campsite.
A little event that makes me smile, even now when I see the candle or the pictures.
Lotusounds started when I did Voice Over work for media productions, in English. A colleague suggested Lotusounds as my business name, derived from my name Lo(uise) Tu(in) and Sounds...
It seemed like a good idea, before yoga or India ever had anything to do with it, so I printed my first business cards.
Since 2016, Lotusounds' core business has changed but I kept the name because I liked my story, and the lotus image for yoga, plus eventually water, before I knew what I was going to do. At the meditation facility where I spent time in India, there were real life lotuses, ponds and a waterfall that made me so happy.
When I was learning CAY for myself I never thought that I would teach or inspire others. In fact, I thought to myself, who would go through all this trouble with a strip and a weekly or bi-weekly practice, dive into meditation, or later even water!
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I like to think that I can make a difference with my sound, my lotus, and inspire others to connect with their sound, flower, and natural gifts.
It's the little moments and events that count. And for me, small things! One long time yoga client makes these lavender pouches for in drawers and gave me one todayπͺ»π₯°
Be the change and pay it forward ππͺ·πͺ»πππ€²