TRUST YOU ARE WHERE YOU NEED TO BE...
But “I don’t wanna,” I say, as I stamp my feet coupled with my eye-roll in the direction of heaven.
I don’t know about you, but my life’s journey is one of learning to Trust and Surrender. To trust that I am exactly where I need to be. To Surrender to the way my reality looks and the way it’s unfolding, particularly when it looks so different than how my mind would have scripted it.
But trust and surrender also require another important ingredient – intimacy. For years I struggled to understand what this word even meant – sex, honesty, being vulnerable?
Someone eventually broke down that word for me like this: INTIMACY = into me, I see. That definition made all the difference. I had to ask myself – was I allowing myself to be vulnerable with myself? Was I allowing myself to get quiet, to connect within and be radically honest with myself about my feelings?
The quick answer is, “no.”
When I started this spiritual journey I deeply craved an emotional intimacy with others. And because so many people felt so comfortable being vulnerable with me and sharing all of their challenges with me, I made the assumption that I was being vulnerable. After all, when people share a connection with based on their deepest secrets, it creates a sense of intimacy.
However, it was a vulnerable share for them, not me.
It was easy for me to listen to everyone else pour their hearts out to me, but when it came to me revealing anything about myself, well, I was unnoticeably tight-lipped.
Vulnerability often made me want to run. Run from myself and run away from others as well.
It’s a choice to lean into the discomfort that accompanies this feeling.
And as Spirit likes to remind me, when we risk being vulnerable we most certainly risk rejection, but in so doing, we also risk being loved more deeply and being seen for exactly who we are at our core.
So can you relate to this?
•Do you desire to have deeply intimate relationships, but often find yourself falling short and scratching your head wondering where you went wrong?
•Do you tell people “you’re fine” “you’re great” when in actuality that couldn’t be farther from the truth?
•Do you feel the need to control yourself and your circumstances?
•Do you fear uncertainty or the unknown in your life?
•Are you someone looking for that money-back guarantee on life? Like, you want to know exactly what’s going to happen and when it’s going to happen, not only so you can prepare yourself, but mostly so you can avoid going down a particular path if you don’t like what you see?
•Do you find yourself trusting some people too easily while others have to prove themselves over and over again in order for you to trust them?
•Do you struggle to identify your emotions and needs, no less express them to yourself or others?
•Do you find yourself gathering the opinions of all of your friends or loved ones before you formulate your own opinions or rather, to help validate your own opinions?
If you find yourself nodding along with any of the scenarios above, you’re likely finding yourself in the Trust, Intimacy and Surrender lesson.
Now don’t get me wrong – we all struggle with these things in some areas of our life, but what we often miss in the process, is getting really honest with ourselves about who we are, what we want, what’s ok and not ok.
There are so many factors that influence the way we move through life – past conditioning, cultural programming and paradigms, fears of rejection, fears of our dreams not coming true. But this all leads back to cultivating a deep trust within yourself.
The problem with developing self-trust, however, is that we can’t trust ourselves if we aren’t honest with ourselves. You might be able to feed others BS, but there is no feeding that to the Spirit World – they know the truth.
Self-trust is supported and recognized within the body. When we are clear about what we are feeling and what our bodies are telling us, we are able to connect with a deep wisdom, our intuition.
Reconnecting with my physical body has been one of the most important and life-altering tools I’ve learned to develop.
It’s also been one of trial and error.
One of the primary challenges of learning to trust ourselves and trust the wisdom in our bodies is the fact that many of us are walking around with a body that is full of “interference.”
•You had a challenging day at work and feel discouraged.
•Your car broke down and you’re feeling frustrated.
•Your kids are driving you insane and you see no hope of a break in the future, which leaves you feeling drained, exhausted and let’s face it, guilty, because you don’t want to feel this way in relation to your kids.
•Maybe you’re navigating relationship challenges or losses.
The truth is that we are all sentient beings by design.
Our emotions provide important information from our soul – our feelings are intuitive messages. And once we get the messages, the emotion clears. However, the emotion also needs to be physically released from the physical body, which is why breathwork is such a powerful practice for clearing the emotional debris within; it assists in helping you to return to a divine state of connection and clarity. From this place, we can alert the stillness within to truly hear the whispers of our soul. That’s the place where our deepest trust, intimacy and surrender lies. It has been both a process and a practice for me to return to this state of being, which is why I am offering this breathwork series. To help you understand the barriers to cultivating trust, intimacy and surrender and return to your Divine state of connection and attunement with your physical body.
Here's what you can expect:
Each week we will meet for two hours. That time will consist of:
1) Discussion prior to Breathing that addresses
~ Trust and Faith
~ Intimacy (with the self...this isn't about sexual intimacy - we're talking about emotional intimacy here)
~Surrender and Letting Go
2) Guided Breathwork Session
~ We will be using the breath to release and clear blockages. Spirit will be helping us through the healing process and various healing modalities will be employed to support you along your respective journey.
~ You will also be learning tools and strategies to help support your body in releasing the energies weighing down your Soul.
All sessions will be interactive and participation from group members encouraged. There may be reflection exercises in advance of each class to help prepare you for the session ahead.
NOTE: All sessions will be recorded in the event you are unable to attend live.
This class is for you if...
~ You are someone that often looks for the money-back guarantee on life.
~ You struggle with feelings of uncertainty and navigating uncertainty in your life.
~ You are a self-proclaimed "control-freak" and know how to make things happen in your life, but when it comes to allowing things to unfold organically in your life....eh, not so much!
~ You hear these terms "surrender" and "let go" and immediately think - how the heck am I supposed to do that?!
~ You struggle with trust issues - you're too trusting of others OR you don't trust anyone and find yourself hyper-independent, not looking to rely on anyone but yourself!
~ You seem to attract emotionally unavailable people in relationships.
~ You desire relationships (both romantic and otherwise) with deep intimacy and yet, keep finding yourself in relationships with those who don't seem to be able to go there with you.
~ You totally believe in the Spirit world, but you feel a healthy skepticism around it all that makes you feel like it's hard to fully trust and commit to your beliefs!
If you can relate to any of this and your intuition feels like it's a fit, I hope you will consider joining me for what I hope will be an incredibly transformative experience! Continue scrolling to register...