Space isn't empty, it's full of answers
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At my workshop last month, as I often do to open the space, I asked the group to share an intention for the workshop. The word “space” was shared, and it struck a chord and has been with me ever since. It's incredible really how one word, can have such an impact.
When I think of the word space, so much meaning can be captured in those 5 letters. But it's not the word itself that evokes memories, emotions or value, because the word is simply a pattern of letters that have been created to make a sound and describe something - it's the feeling itself that has the meaning. What does space mean to you? How does space make you feel?
For me, space can be about ease and flow in my schedule to allow me space to be adaptable and reactive if I need to be, but it can also feel like silence, nothingness and everything. It's the feeling I get after a breathe or meditating, or a walk in nature, or when I listen to the sound of the sea.
We create so many narratives from our understanding of a simple word. When we start shadow work, words have such an impact on the healing of our energetic and emotional centres as they allow us to reconnect to feelings of pain, loss, shame, guilt, sadness, and limiting beliefs.
What do these words mean to you? Lazy, useless, boring, mediocre, pathetic, angry, rude, or murderer? What if someone used them to describe you? What happens then?
Do they fire something up in you? Do they make you feel uncomfortable? Do they trigger pain or a memory? Or do you just laugh them off without any attachment? I hope so, but that's not often the case.
This is the power of words. Now if you are reading this and thinking well I'm not a murderer - I assume not in the obvious sense, but what about on another level? Have you ever killed a plant? Or an idea? Or a relationship? Simply changing the context of a word can create a shift in awareness.
But here's the thing, words are just words. It's our relationship to them that matters, whether the meaning behind the word has power over us - that's where our work is.
I've witnessed years of pain unravel in a single moment from the acceptance of one word, one shadow that has been kept in the dark. Something someone said once to you as a child, can impact your entire life until it's healed. So what triggers you? What needs to be acknowledged and brought into the light? Only when we allow ourselves to be everything, can we be nothing and find the space within us to just be all of who we are.
“Life is too deep for words, so don’t try to describe it, just live it.”
What I'm listening to this month..
My monthly playlist for July << Listen here
Follow along as the playlist grows each day as I get inspired by the music I hear in the cafe when I'm having my morning coffee, or on a film I've been watching or a gem hidden in a Spotify radio.
I've been making a monthly playlist since 2017, they are now like time capsules that take me back to certain moments in my life, I'd recommend making your own! Listen to last month's playlist here
this month’s affirmations…
BE PATIENT
We kicked off the second round of Return to You this week with 10 gorgeous humans embarking on a journey of deep soul work with me. As we opened our sacred space, there was a deep sense of anticipation and nerves from the group about starting something new - which is only natural. To step out of our comfort zone is quite literally un"comfort"able, but that is the only way we grow.
By the end of the call and after the first group breathe together, many of the intentions shared were about patience and trust. So if you need a little bit of patience this month to trust in the process, I hope this intention helps you too.
Last thoughts…
TO BE IN YOUR FEMININE, IS TO BE ABUNDANT
I've said it before and I'll say it again, we are all made up of both masculine and feminine energy, regardless of your gender. To be feminine is to be in the energy to receive, to be in your masculine is the energy of giving. Take it back to basics, the female egg needs to receive the sperm to be fertilised.
This goes out to all my fellow business owners, you have to be in your feminine energy to receive abundance. You cannot create abundance from your masculine energy, because to create is to be in your feminine.
As I've surrendered to my feminine power this month, I've received so much abundance, love and inspiration - I urge to you try it too and see what unfolds for you. Let go, take the pressure off, and make space for you to receive.