Who are you?
On my recent yoga retreat I was able to do a lot of journaling and really tune within. Journaling was something I did growing up, but as an adult, I had forgotten how healing it was. Healing and releasing. The goal of journaling is to shut out what we think we should be writing about (example searching for the perfect entry) but rather, to just write. The question that kept arising for me this past week was “Who are you?”
This question frazzled and frustrated me beyond belief as I wasn’t certain what was to flow. I stared at the blank lines for what seemed like an eternity. Pausing, taking a moment to soak in the radiant green colors and sounds of the jungle while feeling the breeze on my skin and in my hair, I stared back at the page. This brought up a lot of thoughts and emotions. I cried as I processed poor choices of my past that have been weighing heavily on me and saddened my soul. I felt remorse. I felt regrets. I felt anger and hatred. I experienced losses as if they had just recently happened at that very moment. Through this release, through the writing, through the stopping, through the tears, and through the pausing to quiet my mind, the voice within me nearly sang.
My past does not define me. I have risen. I have grown. I have changed the way I view, see and experience this lifetime. I am constantly driven to better myself. To be the best person that I can be. A better person than I was yesterday. To show others that change is possible. To share my journey and story and only continue to rise. Finding internal happiness and strength is possible. Each and every day it takes work. It takes the dedication and constant practice to quiet your mind. To quiet the mind and equally the outside world that so drastically influences our decisions, strays us from our paths and numbs who we truly are, but to listen from within. Truly listen to our hearts and higher selves for guidance and direction in which we are to flow.
Life is a flow. Life is full of poses we can hold for only so long. Poses that symbolize strength. Poses that symbolizes weakness. However, these poses and times of difficulty and equally happiness, won’t be held forever. To continue to move, to continue with the flow of this lifetime, this journey, this process of discovery and evolution within ourselves, is, the ultimate balance. Balance within our bodies, balance within our minds and equally our souls.
I found this light and I share this light. Through my practice, my passion to grow, the choices I make, the foods that nourish my body, and the thoughts that feed my mind and soul, I have found the path to walk. My own walk. My own path. My own journey. My eyes are on the road ahead, no longer falling to the sides. No longer looking to others for my direction.
Who are you?
I am strength. I am wisdom. I am knowledge. I am love. I am humble. I have risen. I exist in this moment of time. I am learning who I am and who I am to become. I am beautiful. I am courageous. I am dedicated. I am a student. I am a teacher. I am gracefully learning this path. I am acceptance. I am a warrior. I have surrendered. I am the calm within the storm. I am more alive than I have ever been before.
Walk your path. Walk your path and flow in this lifetime. Flow with your own beautiful music of this life.
I challenge you to pick up a journal and write. See where it takes you. See what arises, releases, and heals. Within, you will find what you didn’t even know you were looking for.
Love. Light. & Health. - Renee
