Willingness and a new way of being. My opening began in yoga, looking into the mirror and realizing it was time to know and love the woman starring back at me. Yoga was a practice I had never known.
A practice of slowing down, a presence with my breath, my thoughts, and my body.
This presence created a softening, the numbing and the walls around my heart and emotions began to soften. The more i practiced yoga and studied a yogic teachings, I realized I had been missing something ----spirituality.
I had only known spirituality through religion. Thoughts of religion had my body, breath and mind cringing and in complete resistance.
Religion taught me right and wrong, the straight and narrow path, unworthiness and judgement.
For me, that path meant there was only one way, proving my worth, a need to turn to another for forgiveness and a great deal of separation.
I do not believe in right and wrong. I believe in an experience of learning and growing.
I believe in kindness and that kindness has to be fully embodied within me, forgiveness, acceptance and love for me; in order for me to be that presence in this world and for others.
Spirituality is love, surrender, trust and that this life is like a giant roller coaster. My first breath of life into this body was like strapping into the seat, the seat belt is mother earth always there, always nurturing and always supporting me. The ride of life, full of ups and downs, turns, all sorts of speeds, a few loops, upside down, sideways, high and lows, emotions and experiences. It is my ride, my creation and my responsibility to keep me on the track of my own journey of growth and experience. The more I resist the scarier it becomes, the more I flow, accept and let go the more joyful the experience is. The path of least resistance and feeling the joy of it all. Opening to a new way of being.
What is your version of spirituality that supports you in all the ways?
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