The Power of Intention

An acclaimed actress and humanitarian, Laura Harring has balanced a successful Hollywood career with a commitment to charitable work. From working with The David Lynch Foundation, to traveling to Africa with Stop Hunger Now, as well as several tours of hospitals and nursing homes, Laura Harring has committed to sharing the wisdom she learned from various teachers from the East , and spreading the word of love and forgiveness. At 17 years old Laura Harring became a social worker in India. Doing manual labor work, Harring helped build schools and villages.

In addition to acting roles alongside Academy Award-winning stars such as Forest Whitaker and William Hurt, Denzel Washington and Javier Bardem, Laura Harring maintains an interest and belief,
in the mind-body connection and the ways gratitude, positive thinking, and intention, affect her overall well-being.

For thousands of years, cultures around the world have celebrated the power of intention. The yoga tradition includes the concept of “Sankalpa” — that an intention held by the mind and heart will manifest in one’s life. Though the Western world has taken some time to catch on to these ideas, research in recent years has shown that the power of intention can affect brain function.

The key to the intention-brain connection lies in neuroplasticity, which holds that the brain physically and chemically changes in response to experiences and states of consciousness. Just as the brain develops new pathways in response to learning a new language or learning to play a musical instrument, the setting of strong daily intentions can create new neurological pathways that not only affect the state of mind, but may play a role in physical health. This can lead to an overall change in thought, that ultimately will affect one’s daily life.

Since she was 17, and Laura Harring traveled around the world for the first time, Laura discovered that the unconventional Eastern Philosophy was not only interesting and a way to stimulate the mind and help bring peace to our internal state, but also clear our minds in helping us manifest our wishes, our dreams and ultimately discover the happiness that was inside the whole time.

Harring shares her radical wisdom on Facebook: LauraHarringOfficial Instagram: lauraharring and Twitter: @ElenaHarring
She believes we make our own experience with our thoughts and by giving meaning to things.