This journey that I have been on for the last few years started with me asking myself some hard questions and stepping out of my comfort zone. Things like – Am I actually happy where I am or am I just comfortable? Am I doing things that nourish my soul? What is truly important to me? What is my life’s purpose and am I doing things that will contribute to furthering that?
It has taken some time to feel out the answers to these questions. And when I say feel I mean feel. I have always been an over intellectualizer and believed that I could think my way out of any problem. I would speak to my therapist about a situation and she would ask me how I felt. I would reply with the words “I think I feel” which was me continuing to put my silly brain in charge again. I’m slowly beginning to open up the feely parts of me, to trust my intuition and to realize that sometimes you don’t know what the right answer is and you just have to go with the flow and trust the process.
So far the process has included deep dives into Breathwork, Yoga, Reiki and Massage. These somatic practices are helping me move into my body and get away from the ego control of the mind. And in the process of learning this for myself I have stumbled upon a purpose and something meaningful I can dedicate myself to. I want to share these practices with others and help them ask and answer some of these large questions. Guide others to discover some of the things that have opened my eyes and my mind.
We spend much of the early part of our lives striving for ego gratification and the outward trappings of “success.” We adapt to the world around us and become constricted. As Carl Jung says “We all walk in shoes that are too small for us.” So I want to invite you now to become curious about the big questions- What fires your imagination? What is meaningful to you? Where should you put your energy? One of the pillars of a happy life is to find a purpose larger than yourself and worthy of your service and devotion. If you don’t choose it yourself you may end up in service to the voice that is screaming at you the loudest and leading a diminshed life.
Raven's Breath Somatic Facilitation 