VEDA Yoga with Lauren Willett

VEDA Yoga with Lauren Willett Lauren Willett-Benson is a yoga instructor, wellness advocate, and wellbeing & self-care teacher.

If my recent posts have seemed a little random, here’s the inside scoop: I did a thing…and it’s finally up and out in th...
12/04/2025

If my recent posts have seemed a little random, here’s the inside scoop: I did a thing…and it’s finally up and out in the world! https://www.apricushaus.com

This little business has been years in the making — from designing labels and sourcing beautiful ingredients to building the site in between mom-life, market-life, life-life and everything else. It’s grown slowly and steadily, in its own timing, and I’m really proud (and a little nervous!) to finally share it.

I soft-launched at the at the end of summer, dipped my toes into live vending, and now the website is officially LIVE and ready for online orders!

Apricus Haus is my small-batch botanical line for body & home — facial oil, body oil, essential oil blends, and grounding sprays, all crafted with intention and warmth (hair/scalp oil and personal scent blends are in the works!). I’ve been making products for myself and my family for more than a decade: blends that supported our skin, nervous systems, routines, and sense of calm (needed now more than ever!). They’re rooted in Ayurveda, aromatherapy, and ritual, and each one is hand-crafted with mostly organic, all-natural ingredients and therapeutic-grade essential oils.

Now I finally get to share them with you. 🤍

If you’d like to support my journey (which I really pretty please hope you do!):
🌞 Follow
🌞 Join my email list (pop-up on the website/ link in bio)
🌞 Share with a friend who loves slow, cozy, natural, non-toxic, smell-good things
🌞 And if you’re so inclined, consider gifting something to yourself or someone you love!

✨ As a thank you for cheering me on, here’s a special friends & family code for 20% off any order for the entire month of December: AHFAM20 ✨

Apricus is Latin for “warmed by the sun / full of sunlight,” which feels exactly right — I’m happiest in sunshine, and I hope these products bring a little warmth and beauty to your days too.

Thanks for being here. It means the world. 💛

Phew. Who fell headfirst into this weekend after a non-stop week? For us it’s a combination of the pace of things, and t...
11/04/2023

Phew. Who fell headfirst into this weekend after a non-stop week? For us it’s a combination of the pace of things, and the load. The responsibilities. The weather change. The juggling and tag teaming to get it all done, and done well. The remembering. The illness and lovingly tending to little sickies (if you have school-aged kids, you know we’ve embarked on the beginning of “sick season” in the northeast). Being available emotionally, physically, and mentally when running on low. And while we got through just fine, and I did all of the niche self-care that included hot tea + honey, steaming soup, early to bed, etc., I haven’t found the time to stretch, walk, move my body, or take a quiet moment to myself.

Last weekend I wrapped up my seasonal job directing , and stood in the cold, rainy, outdoors for 6hrs. My sensitive neck and back muscles have been in quite a knotted up state since. And I’ve been pushing through and ignoring— exactly what I preach not to!

So here we are on Saturday morning. A handful of our daily life responsibilities have been subtracted for the next two days. I have a full weekend for the first time in 6 months! Yes, there’ll be dishes and laundry, and parenting, and meals, but we’ll be prioritizing gathering up the scattered parts of ourselves and nourishing. We all slept in, currently the kids are watching TV together under blankets, I’m in cozy sweatpants, a pile of books nearby, a hot drink, fireplace, yoga mat, shades drawn…all the fixings. I’ll take it for the moment.

We’re staying in, taking it slow, and recovering, recuperating, replenishing.

My wish for you, is that you can too 🤎 Find your breath, connect with your body, stay warm, do something to fill your cup. And if you need ideas, you know I’m always your gal!

Surrender. Can we talk for a minute about what it looks like and why it’s essential to your wellbeing, even if it’s a li...
05/25/2023

Surrender.

Can we talk for a minute about what it looks like and why it’s essential to your wellbeing, even if it’s a little scary, a little vulnerable, a little unknown?

We’re primed to abide by this idea that control brings safety and/or success, but sometimes we’re gripping so hard that we miss the good stuff. And besides, controlling everything is literally impossible and utterly exhausting.

Being a leader in your life is a beautiful thing. BUT *always* seeking control is like existing in constant fight-or-flight mode. It shuts down your flexibility, your breath, your knowing.

Practice existing somewhere in the in-between— making calculated, inspired decisions, and then sitting back to watch things unfold. Directing again, and letting go again. Over and over and over.

When the pressure of maintaining control or perfection builds, it manifests as stress, anxiety, depression, injury, and a whole lot of other harmful things. Taking a step back will allow you to trust, to pause your doing, and just BE. It’s enough.

In the softness of surrender we can finally play, rest, find balance, and ironically discover our strength. This is something that I can *easily* bring to my yoga practice, but can almost never gracefully translate into the rest of my life without spiraling a little first. 😳

My brain has so much to learn from my body.

Is your internal pressure gauge creeping into the red, manifesting as physical or emotional tension? What’s it time to loosen your grip on?Usually we don’t know, until we know. Reflect and tell me about it.

Now is the time to trust the process. Use your yoga practice to teach your mind about letting go with deepest intentions. Interested in learning how? I can’t wait to guide you through it. 💚

Use the link in bio to hop on my mailing list to get a free wellness lifestyle guide and to keep us connected! xoL

These three. In respect of their privacy in this online space, I don’t share much of my babies, but believe me when I sa...
05/15/2023

These three. In respect of their privacy in this online space, I don’t share much of my babies, but believe me when I say that I want to all the time! My photos are bursting at the digital seems with their sparkly eyes. The 99.9% of my life when I’m not sharing online, is spent in the orbit of these three (sometimes in collective harmony and sometimes in clashing dissonance).

I honestly don’t know who I’d be without them. The early days were filled with magic, learning, loving with every cell. Golden. These days we’re learning new things, like how to be a good human in the world, how to embrace our power to steer our choices and ultimately our happiness, how to communicate clearly and effectively (and with vulnerability), how to respect individuality and boundaries, how to hold space, and guide without limiting or controlling. There’s still the role of keeping them safe, clean, and fed, but now more than ever, we’re learning how to support them individually on their journeys to becoming, while also grasping with full awareness that what we do and how we do it (as parents) has massive impact and influence— both right away, and cumulatively.

It’s a lot. It’s beautiful. And anxiety producing. It’s fun and joyful. It’s heart wrenching. The holding, the letting go. The counseling. The being always a million percent available, and understanding, and patient, and knowledgeable about how to do this thing we’ve never done before, chapter after chapter. But it’s such a gift to love and nurture their unique sparks. To play a pivotal part in their develop is an honor. Holding them, breathing them in, loving them (and being loved by them) is everything. We’re learning and growing together as a family every day— I hope we never stop.

I’m the luckiest to live with my besties, the loves of my life, to have an incredible partner who is in it so deep with me, and a village of the most wonderful people to bolster us. Mothering is not a role, it’s a defining characteristic with a distinct before and after. I hope we can all be there for one another no matter what stage we’re passing through or just arriving at. Sending and receiving love 🫶

Space-care is self-care. Here are a few simple tips to take right into your weekend— turn any space into a gorgeously su...
05/05/2023

Space-care is self-care. Here are a few simple tips to take right into your weekend— turn any space into a gorgeously supportive sensory sanctuary for personal practice.

Happy Friday. 🥳 Happy full moon. 🌕 Happy mental health month. 🤍Put yourself at the top of your to-do list and all parts of life will benefit.

Head to the VEDA Blog— read the full article and find lots more wellness goodness from me to you. https://www.vedayogaspace.com/veda-blog/2022/5/3/claim-your-space

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