Embodying Divine You: Creating a Safe Space to Let Your Soul Lead

With Summer Solstice approaching in just a few days, I sense it’s important to get clearer on what’s working and what isn’t in supporting being our best and brightest selves.  What vision are you birthing now, and what is supporting that vision?
 
As things open up after months of incubation, of going within by choice or by state orders, let’s remember what this whole “ascension process” is about.  This is a free will choice to consciously choose to allow our soul to lead, to take its place IN the physical body.  Every challenge we experience can be fuel to propel us to choose to acknowledge we are more than our personality, life experiences and this physical body.  As we continue to focus on the Divine, this means cultivating states of being such as compassion, care, forgiveness, openness and peace. 
 
It also means to choose to actually BE in our bodies.  What behaviors, in thought, word, action or intent, do you use to escape the challenges in your life, the uncomfortable pain, be it physical, mental or emotional?  This is good to look at, from a gentle and compassionate view.  You are ALL-WAYS doing the best you can in the moment.  AND, taking an honest look at yourself in this way gives you freedom to choose something new, or be compassionate with yourself when you choose something you feel isn’t ultimately in your most uplifted interest.
 
New ways of being are out of our comfort zone, and, frankly, still out of the norm.  
 
Know that it’s all baby steps, and right now you can ask simply, “What would assist me in feeling safer in my body, to allow my soul to lead even more?”
 
This is deep work, and gathering resources that support you is an important first step.  The second is to USE those resources!
 
I’m drawn to offer a short list, not a to-do list or as “shoulds”, but rather a list of resources that you most likely have already done before.  Let this be a reminder that you already know what supports you.  Maybe it's time to choose one thing you do today that you can say “Yes!” to, right now.  Adding in your loving attention to these actions, your intention to notice even more as you do these things, the sensations, what you see, how you feel, and to add in gratitude and appreciation, will uplevel the benefits of them.
 

1. GET OUTSIDE!  I don’t need to list why this is good for you.  Costco’s monthly magazine just did an article on the benefits of being outside in nature, and you’re a smart cookie.  Even it’s your front porch, your garden or backyard, or your neighborhood, nature is a place that is healing, inspiring, and comforting.  The earth is also physical being that needs your loving attention and appreciation as much as you do. 
2. MOVE YOUR BODY!  Seriously, move!  The nature of the universe, of God Source Light, is a constant stream of movement and flow.  You can move from a chair or your bed, move your legs, move your arms, dance, stretch, walk – move that energy inside you so you can flow through life more easily.
3. DRINK MORE WATER!  Your body is about 60% water, and you can up this (or lower it) by your choosing.  The earth’s surface is about 71% water, and by caring for our own bodies water, we care for the earth’s.  How can you add in more water to your day?  Being in or near water is also powerful, be it a bath, a foot soak, or being in or near a lake, stream or ocean.  Is it time to get that water filter, water bottle, or up your game by intentionally saying “thank you” to your water as you hold it and drink it?
   
4. TOUCH!  Physical touch has been sorely lacking this past year, yes?  Touch starts with noticing what you’re touching.  Start with you.  Place your hands on your heart and just notice and breathe.  If there’s a painful place in your body, a touch that is filled with love IS healing.  Touch anywhere with appreciation, “Thank you feet, for allowing me to walk, dance, run, skip, get from place to place through life!”  As you touch others, be it an animal or a person, let yourself notice how that feels, and ramp up the joy of connecting and sharing your love with others through touch.
   
5. SHIFT YOUR EATING – Again, you’re a smart cookie.  You know what’s good for you.  Is it time to add in more whole foods, straight from the earth herself and unprocessed, or to eat less of something?  Just one tiny shift is on the table.
6. DEEP DIVE INTO BEING HONEST -  Hey, we see what we see – we all have our blind spots.  Most of us aren’t deceptive on purpose, and if so, it’s for our own protection.  Maybe it’s time to be a little more honest, starting with yourself.  We all want to be SEEN!  To shine out and be free to be ourselves!  You gotta go to those places that are afraid to be seen to be FREE.  What is ready inside you to take an honest look at or share with someone else?  With an intention to give voice to something you might have been shamed for (including being “too” happy, joyful, positive), or are ashamed of (I’m not supposed to be so angry, resentful, petty…), releases that energy to flow and allows that natural Divine Source energy to flow through you more gracefully.  It really is healing, in a surprisingly powerful way, to give voice to something you’ve held inside.  So journal, scream, sing, or talk to someone you feel safe with – it’s time to let your voice be heard.  This allows the body to free up any energy that’s been held from those past experiences that were painful (and maybe now painful in your physical body!).
   

 
So there it is, deceptively simple (well, except maybe the last one, but you are brave and strong!).  Don’t underestimate the benefits, like even adding in an extra glass of water each day.  Remember, it’s all the little things in your day-to-day life that create your experience of yourself and your life.  Your soul knows the way, so let’s support the body in feeling safe enough to allow the soul to come on in!