ABOUT

Lauren

Hello, I’m Lauren Gayl, the visionary behind Gayl Creative Arts. I wear many hats: business owner, chakra healer, and dedicated mentor, just to name a few. My journey is one of transformation, from running small businesses and providing consulting to hundreds of small-to-midsize companies, to a profound personal metamorphosis through Chakradance.

My Belief

I believe we are all born as radiant, limitless beings, filled with joy, creativity, and deep wisdom. But over time, life adds layers—expectations, past wounds, fears we don’t even realize we carry. Slowly, that light gets covered, not gone, but hidden beneath the weight of everything we’ve absorbed.

I’ve spent my life exploring how we can return to that brilliance—how we can lead, live, and create from a place of deep authenticity and inner alignment. I’ve seen firsthand that the biggest obstacles leaders face aren’t external. It’s not lack of strategy, skill, or intelligence. It’s the unconscious energy holding them back.

A Journey of Uncovering

For decades, I worked in the business world, helping leaders and organizations grow. I owned multiple companies, sold consulting services to hundreds of small-to-midsize businesses, and partnered with high-level leaders looking to improve performance. But no matter how sharp their strategies were, I saw the same pattern again and again:

They knew what to do, but something kept them from doing it.

I recognized it because I had lived it myself. I was ambitious, driven, always pushing for more, yet I often found myself mysteriously stuck, hesitating at critical moments. It didn’t make sense—until life forced me to look deeper.

Between 2011 and 2017, I lost almost everything—my home, my parents, one of my sisters, and a community I had built over years. I was adrift, grieving, and searching for a way forward.

Then, in 2019, I found Chakradance.

It wasn’t a breakthrough in the way I expected. It wasn’t forceful or dramatic. It was subtle, elegant—like waves washing over stone, gently clearing away what no longer belonged. With every movement, every session, something softened, released, and realigned. The weight I had been carrying—not just from my losses, but from a lifetime of buried patterns—began to dissolve.

It was the first time I understood, in my bones, that healing isn’t about fixing ourselves. It’s about removing what’s in the way of who we’ve always been.

The Labyrinth and the Lesson

At the same time, I was unknowingly creating a physical representation of my internal journey. For over two years, I built a 900 sq. ft. labyrinth in my backyard, made of thousands of broken tiles.

Each tile had to be shattered before it could become part of something new. But this wasn’t about destruction—it was about transformation, intentionality, and creation. It was about taking what once seemed broken and arranging it into something beautiful, something whole.

That’s what healing is. That’s what leadership is.

Why I Do This Work

I believe we lead at the level of our own healing. When leaders carry unseen wounds, fears, or self-doubt, it doesn’t just affect them—it ripples through their teams, their businesses, and the culture they create. But when leaders clear what no longer serves them, they unlock a level of clarity, confidence, and presence that changes everything.

That’s why I created Leadership Alchemy. It’s for leaders who are ready to shed what’s weighing them down, reconnect with their true energy, and lead with more ease, presence, and impact than ever before.

Beyond the Work

Healing isn’t just something I facilitate—it’s something I live. Since moving to the Vancouver, WA/Portland, OR area in late 2024, I’ve been immersing myself in conscious dance, art, and the joy of new experiences. I still Chakradance regularly, take other movement classes in Portland, and explore creative projects. (No more labyrinths, though—one was enough! 😉)

And then there’s Beaux, my puppy, who is learning to dance with me through RallyFree, a playful reminder that growth, trust, and transformation aren’t limited to humans.

This is who I am. This is why I do what I do. And if my journey speaks to you, I’d love to walk alongside you on yours.

Lauren Gayl

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