My mindfulness journey has been life-altering. As I sit here now reflecting this new state of being, I am in at what I awe at what I have not been seeing around me. My newfound mindfulness is the perfect pairing and complement to the yoga and daily journaling that I have been integrating into my weekly routine. Meditation is the balance and reset that this hurried, corporate mom of three has been needing unbeknownst to my purportedly self-aware sense. After ten years of feeling lost, I am here, present and ready now to continue my practice and work on manifesting more positivity and love into my life.
My mindfulness journey began because I wanted more tools in my toolkit for myself and some friends that I had been mentoring. I didn’t realize how much I needed mindfulness in my life or maybe I did and that is how I found my way right here to this moment. I thought the yoga, journaling, coaching, and therapy that I was doing was great but my connection to my divine being had been turned off over the years. I used to be more spiritually attuned but I lost that somewhere in my journey when I became so science minded, corporate and focused on other’s expectations of myself rather than my own happiness and being. I now feel more whole, more balanced, more present to be able to take on and just be.. and it is calming, powerful, and amazing. It is amazing how breathing in and out or starting my day letting it all go can change my attitude, emotions, and reactions to triggers and messengers. My biggest takeaway and gift to myself is repeating over and over: It is okay to just be. We are all beings. Letting go of limiting beliefs has been some hard, hard work. As a mom of three kids, I am used to hard work, but this inner work has been grueling, scary, and daunting. Identifying triggers, labeling the emotions, clarifying the limiting beliefs or thoughts that caused the emotions, and working to affirm my feelings and reframe these beliefs has been a key milestone for my own inner work. I feel really good about managing my emotions now and am now working on manifesting ! A huge thank you to my personal mindfulness coach who has helped me – cant wait to see what next in the journey.
