Your golden face
Is full of sun my dear.
Let me rest here awhile with you.
Cry if you must,
as I play you river music melodies.
Sweet honey friend,
Your lover may be gone,
but remember that god will never leave you.
Golden Sun
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Eloquence
The trees speak of the
Beauty of this barefoot tango.
Two forms in the window
Inviting to dance.
The trees speak,
of his cherry stained mouth
dipped
In her crystal lake.
The trees speak of this corpse
rewiring
with brown earth tendrils,
brimming heart stuffed full
of green leaves
& words of peace.
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Loving Yourself Unconditionally
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
-Rumi
Growing happiness is an ongoing process for all of us.
What I’ve discovered along the road is that happiness is intrinsically tied to how much we love ourselves.
It’s not an easy feat, loving yourself.
More often than not, we are conditioned in thousands of different ways not to love ourselves. The negative messages we receive day in day out, from advertisements, education systems, food, gender roles, and most of all the expectations that are placed on us, by ourselves and others, are enough to make even the strongest of us question ourselves.
What if I told you that it’s possible to deprogram? To tune out the noise, and start receiving the true messages of love and light that surround us when we just stop and listen?
Starting a truly loving relationship can be fraught with fears, and complications. The only way out is through.
If you make a contract with yourself, to start loving yourself from today, you will find that it’s the strongest and most lasting relationship you will ever grow.
Here are some ideas on how to start:
1. Looking in the mirror
This part is the simplest. Take 5 minutes out of your day to look at yourself in the mirror.
Listen to the words that come into your mind. Whether they are positive or negative, try to listen without judgement, and when you can lay them to rest.
Make the following affirmation:
“I promise to love you. There are no conditions to this love.”
From there, continue with your own vows to yourself. Every time you look in a mirror, try to remember the pact you made with yourself.
Positive affirmations breed positive, healing thoughts about yourself, that will grow your self-love.
To learn more about mirror work, I recommend Louise Hay’s ‘Mirror Work’ book. For an informative article on the topic, click here.
2. Nourish yourself
Familiar with the phrase “you are what you eat?”.
We are always being told what to eat. “Eat more protein, no, less protein. More fats, no, less fats. More fruits, no, less fruits.”
The messages that we receive about food are amongst the most confusing!
One key thing that I’ve learned is to trust your gut.
Along my personal journey, I switched to a vegan diet because I found that I felt better overall. My gut was telling me that it was happier. I had more energy, and my skin was glowing!
When I started to intuitively listen to my body, and read the subtle signs that it was sending me, I found myself making healthier options without feeling any sense of renunciation, or craving.
Nourishing ourselves is key. We all deserve to be well-fed, and happy. We all deserve to nourish ourselves with good food, and to nourish our souls with whatever feeds our spirit.
When you have time, sit with a piece of paper and a pen, and ask yourself “What nourishes me?”.
You might be surprised by the answers!
3. Breathing
Meditation is a way for you to reach the inner light that is your true nature.
Breathe deep. Inhale, and exhale. By connecting with your breath, you connect with your true essence, which is…
Pure love.
I really enjoy this free heart opening unconditional love meditation here. Give it a try. It might just open your doors of perception…
4. Exercising with love
Many of us punish ourselves with exercise. We set intense goals for ourselves, and then self-loathe and feel guilty if we don’t reach them.
I used to exercise hard. And then I decided not to. I decided to approach a rigourous activity with grace and gentleness.
I tried yin and tantric yoga.
I swam, because it felt good.
I walked and jogged, smelling the flowers as I go, instead of running hard and pounding the asphalt.
And guess what? My body responded positively. I’m in better shape than ever, and my mind loved it too. And my soul? My soul shone with love!
Next time you exercise, try not to push hard with a goal in mind. See how your body responds, when you tell it you love it, and you thank it for the movements you are doing.
5. Surrender
Surrender is a tough one. For me, it’s perhaps one of the things I still struggle with most. As humans, we like to be in control. We are both innately wired, and then highly socialised to be in control.
In what might seem like a great opposition, surrendering has actually brought me more in alignment, and therefore more in control of my own path than ever before.
Our natural state, our purest essence is love.
By surrendering, and giving up all preconceived notions of identity, of control, of barriers and of judgments, we are more able than ever to truly experience this world as it is.
Heaven on earth.
My daily yoga practice is key in teaching me how to surrender.
Another great tip is to challenge yourself with stepping outside of your comfort zone, and facing your fears. There’s nothing that will teach you surrender more quickly than looking at what makes you afraid, moving through the fear, and doing it anyway!
6. Vision boards
Vision boards an extremely powerful manifestation tool, and very helpful on the path towards lasting self-love.
Life is our creation, so take some time to imagine what life would look like with self-love in it! Then draw it, write it down, copy and paste collages of it, to remind yourself, and expand that vision even further.
For an excellent in-depth guide to vision boards, I recommend this Deepak Chopra article.
Remember.
We are all pure love.
Nothing, and everything.
🙏
Namaste friend,
Kimberley
xxx
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