The Energy of Abundance vs. Scarcity

Beyond mindset: how energy, alignment, and “having” actually shape what you receive

In the corporate and leadership world, we often talk about scarcity vs. abundance mindset — how leaders think, how teams innovate, how individuals relate to opportunity, growth, and success. The conversation usually centers on having: having enough resources, time, talent, budget, or confidence to move forward.

That framework is valuable — and incomplete.

What’s often missing is the deeper layer beneath mindset: energy.

Because before something becomes a mindset… before it shows up as a strategy, a behavior, or a result… it exists as an energetic state. And that energy is either opening you to receive — or quietly reinforcing limitation.

This is where Soul Alignment comes in.

Abundance isn’t just about what you believe you can have. It’s about whether your nervous system, your body, and your energy field feel safe enough to receive it.

Scarcity Energy: When “Having” Feels Conditional

Scarcity is rooted in contraction. It’s the energetic experience of not enough — often formed through past pressure, performance culture, survival patterns, or early conditioning.

Scarcity energy sounds like:

• “Once I have more security, then I’ll slow down.”

• “I can’t afford to make a mistake.”

• “I need to prove myself first.”

• “Now isn’t the right time.”

It shows up as:

• Overthinking and hesitation

• Holding back your truth, ideas, or needs

• Saying yes when your body says no

• Constant comparison or urgency

Even when success is present, scarcity can still run the system — because the body doesn’t yet trust that it’s allowed to have without effort or strain.

This is what being out of Soul Alignment often feels like: success without ease, movement without satisfaction.

Abundance Energy: Alignment Before Having

Abundance is not blind optimism or bypassing reality. True abundance is inner coherence — when your thoughts, words, and actions are aligned with your deeper self.

Abundance energy feels:

• Grounded instead of rushed

• Open instead of guarded

• Responsive instead of reactive

From this space, people:

• Make decisions from clarity rather than urgency

• Speak about goals without shrinking or over-explaining

• Receive support without guilt

• Take aligned risks without burning out

This is Soul Alignment in action — when “having” is no longer conditional on proving, forcing, or over-efforting.

Thoughts, Words & Behaviors: The Energetic Feedback Loop

Your energy moves in a loop:

Thoughts → Words → Behaviors → Results → Reinforced Beliefs

If your energy is rooted in scarcity:

• Thoughts carry doubt

• Words minimize desire

• Actions hesitate

• Results feel limited

Soul Alignment interrupts this loop not by “thinking better,” but by bringing the body and nervous system back into safety and trust — where abundance can actually land.

You don’t need to overhaul your life.

You need one aligned shift at a time.

A Simple Soul Alignment Check-In

Pause for a moment.

1. Place one hand on your heart, one on your belly.

2. Take three slow breaths, letting the body soften.

3. Ask:

“Where am I operating from fear instead of alignment?”

4. Notice without judgment.

5. Then ask:

“What would the aligned version of me choose here?”

That choice — even a small one — changes your energetic signal.

Kundalini Kriya for Abundance & Receiving

This short Kundalini practice helps shift the body out of scarcity and into receptivity.

Posture:

Sit in Easy Pose with a straight spine.

Mudra:

Gyan Mudra — thumb and index finger touching, palms facing up on the knees.

Breath:

Inhale deeply through the nose.

Exhale slowly through the nose.

Movement:

Inhale: gently lift the chest, expanding the heart.

Exhale: soften the belly and ground down through the sit bones.

Mantra (silent or whispered):

Sat Nam — Truth is my identity.

Time:

3–7 minutes.

This kriya supports nervous system regulation, heart–body coherence, and a felt sense of safety in receiving.

Abundance responds when the body believes it’s allowed to have.

Why This Matters Now

We are collectively shifting away from hustle, force, and constant proving — and toward embodiment, intuition, and alignment. Abundance today is less about doing more and more about being aligned first, then acting from that place.

When your energy is aligned:

• Opportunities feel less forced

• Support shows up more naturally

• Decisions become clearer

• “Having” no longer feels heavy

Join Me In Person: Group Abundance Practice

If you’d like to experience this work live and embodied, join us for an evening of meditation, healing and energetic alignment at the next Soul Sessions.

Wednesday, January 21th

In person or zoom

Register here: LINK

A guided mediation practice focused on releasing scarcity patterns and opening the body to receive.

Join Me In Person for Kundalini Yoga, Sound and Meditation Practice

📍 WorkshopLI

Saturday, January 31st

9am

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This experience blends Kundalini, sound, and intuitive energy work to help you reset, realign, and reconnect with your natural state of abundance.

Also, Don't forget to check out my YouTube Channel to experience more Meditations.

You don’t need to force abundance.

You need to align with it.

With love and alignment,

Laura ✨