Living From The Heart: You Want Me To Do What, God?!
Hey mama!
It’s the end of April and this is the first time I’m dropping into your inbox this month. I’ve tried multiple times to write this newsletter, but for weeks I’ve been lacking the words. And if I’m being honest, I still don’t know what I am going to share as I write this. But I know it’s time, and I trust that the words will come.
This month, my clients and I have continued our journey through the chakras and made our way to the heart. The heart energy center is obviously about love, but it’s also about releasing anger/resentment, and engaging fully with life through the breath. This is the chakra where we bridge Heaven and Earth in our bodies. It is through a connection with the heart that we recognize our oneness with all that is, and in the recognition do we seek balance, harmony, reciprocity, justice, and truth both internally and externally. It is the chakra of Ma’at.
I would consider myself a very intuitive person. I’ve always been this way, but it was motherhood that taught me the value of honoring, acting upon, and listening to my intuition without a doubt. I do not second guess. If I receive the intuitive nudge to do something, I do it. I’ve learned the hard way how bad the consequences can be when I don’t listen. This requires a level of awareness in the body and a level of presence in the mind. All things that Kemetic yoga has helped me with.
Our intuition is always communicating with us in big and small ways. One of the bigger messages I’ve been receiving lately is that I need to be around more children. I immediately took this to mean teaching yoga to children, which I still believe is part of it (more info on this later in the newsletter), but God has revealed there’s so much more. By paying attention to the signs, acting upon my intuitive feelings, and reflecting upon my days, I understand that in this moment God is asking me to coach my son’s t-ball team…..that’s eleven 4-5 year olds. Really God? WHAT? WHY?!
But remember I told you I can’t ignore my intuition? So here I am, 3 weeks into the season (LOVING it by the way). Still not understanding fully why God has asked me to do this, but showing up full heartedly and open to whatever this experience is to bring. I understand that this is bigger than me. I am simply the vessel that God is using. Maybe God is using me to plant seeds within the next generation? Or maybe He’s using me as an example of how to find peace in parenthood. Or maybe God is blessing me with access to the abundance of joy that children bring. Part of me knows it’s all of these things and more.
I’m sharing this to encourage you to live with an open heart. It’s because I live and act from my heart that I can say yes to things like this. I can trust that even if it doesn’t make sense now, I know that it will one day. I know that everything is working together for my good and I do believe there is a reason for it all. When your heart is open, life can show up for you. You can receive the seemingly random nudges to do things outside of your norm and remain open to the goodness life presents you with as a result. You trust that what you do benefits the whole. You are not separate, you are one with life.
Follow your heart. It never steers you wrong.
Associations of Heart Chakra:
Color: Green & Pink
Element: Air
Body Parts: Heart, Lungs, Arms, and Hands
Ways of Working with Heart Chakra:
Foods: Fruits, Kiwi, Nuts, and Avocado
Herbs : Tulsi (Holy Basil), Rose, Hibiscus, Moringa
Oils: Floral Oils- Rose, Lavender, Ylang Ylang, Jasmine
Crystals: Rose Quartz, Green Aventurine, Emerald, and Malachite
Peace!
Kayla
