Mind + Body: Intro + Practice 5

How to love yourself fully by accepting the hidden parts of yourself

Chronic self-loathing and self-punishing behaviours are detrimental to your physical, mental and emotional health. Every person has shadows that they like to keep in the closet. It is up to each person to decide how much they would like to divulge to the public. However, even if those shadows are kept hidden, we still at the very least, need to acknowledge them, otherwise we will never truly feel at home in our own skin. In today’s talk, we investigate what it truly means to accept your whole self.

Practice: 

Music Credit: Relaxing Handpan Music (432 Hz) by Copyright Free Music to Create, Shamanic Drums in Ceremony 432 Hz by Ford, Solfeggio Oneness 963 Hz by Tibetan Bowl

Now that you’ve completed the practice. Here are some optional journaling prompts to help you reflect and go a little deeper. In your journal, please contemplate and write about the following:

1) What was your physical, mental and emotional experience with the chaotic breathing process?

2) What did you discover in your ‘basement’ that needs a little bit more attention, care and love? What memory or past experience did you revisit?

3) What did you learn/understand/remember about yourself witnessing this time again? How did this experience help you in feeling more whole?