“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” — Oscar Wilde
There is beauty in recognizing the ways we are like others and also that no one else will ever hold our unique energy.
We are each here in our human experience like so many and within that, we are exquisitely singular. The way we grow into our fullness, choose how we lean into the light, and how we hold our shadows defines us in a particular way that creates a sort of splendor. It’s too exhausting to try to be anything other than what you are, dear one. Let yourself be at ease in your own energy so that others in resonance with that can find you more easily.
I’ve been immersed in a training since March that I find shifting me at every level of being, integrating past expressions and future intentions with the ability to hold those loosely in present moment , as well as healing beliefs that are ultimately blocks in true self embodiment.
As we wind down into the final modules, invitation to illuminating the shadows of self to better inhabit a consistent vibration of joy led me to a night practice of asana (yoga postures) outside over the last month or so. I practice outside during daytime hours when possible but have not extended that to night before. The intention to welcome the shadow hits a little differently under a blanket of darkness with considerably less human activity occurring.
Ultimately, after dedicated practice I began to feel myself as the point of illumination. Miraculously, the shadows shrink when you hold yourself as the light. It’s a powerful experience.
I’d invite you to try this should you find yourself in an environment that can offer you darkness safely.