It’s a still early in a new calendar year, and this time of year, for me and any others, is all about reconnecting with what I really want. I’ve been asking myself this question in so many different ways: How do I want to feel when I wake up? How do I want to feel when I look at my schedule? What do I want to have, do, experience, create this year?
I keep coming back to these main things: I want to feel free. I want to connect with and experience all the glorious spaces that exist on our planet. I want to create experiences to connect with the land. I want to explore this earth. I want to be free to be me and free to roam.
I want to feel all these things and more. I believe I can manifest these things for myself. I believe it is possible for me to live a life I love, without compromising my values, without sacrificing the now for some later reward. I’m through with listening to those who do not believe. I have faith and unlike some would like to believe, it is not blind faith, it is bright faith. It is not a passive thing, to have faith. It is a very active endeavor. To trust takes a lot of work. To allow myself to flow with the current, rather than fight, takes a lot of practice. But I am finding that it is worth it for me to let go of control. When I stopped fighting life, trying to force the outcome of every situation, predict the twists and turns of the road ahead, I can embrace the true joys of life on this planet. I open myself to the magic that is all around.
When I am clear on what I really want I can create those moments for myself. I can find moments in my everyday to feel free and to connect with the planet. I take an active part in creating the world I want, while also trusting that the Divinity of this world will support me. I feel the support when my feet touch the earth. I feel it in the wind that dances around me, and brushes my face. I see it in the butterflies, crows, dragonflies, and all the other glorious messengers that cross my path.
Just moments ago I took my yoga mat outside, in the hour before the sun dipped low in the sky, I led myself in movement-meditation/yogic-dance practice. I listened to the wind and the birds. I watched the dancing leaves in the swaying bamboo and the steadily changing clouds spekeling the blue sky. I breathed deeply and moved gently. I felt my strength. I allowed my energy to build and connect with the energies of the earth. I did what felt good. I allowed myself to be my own guide. I felt glorious, dynamic, expansive.
In these small ways I can create the freedom and connection to the earth that I crave, even as I prepare for bigger changes, I actively create these feelings for myself. I create the life I love.
Join me as I share my creation with you.
