So the best gift,
The best kind of love you can give others is just being your genuine self.
I really realized this last year in a meditation retreat.
I go on meditation retreats between two and four times a year,
Normally about one week long.
There are silent meditation retreats where we also do movement practice,
Which has become a really powerful form of expression for me over the years.
In our inner world we are made up of energies,
Energies that are constantly moving and changing.
What is natural for these energies is to flow from a deep place within us out into our physical world and if you allow this natural flow it can feel really nourishing.
As human beings we tend to instinctively have a lot of contraction within us and this contraction tends to inhibit the natural flow of energy from deep within you out into the physical world.
When you can connect to this movement of energy and allow it freedom to come out into your physical body and into your physical world,
It feels extremely nourishing,
Releasing,
Freeing and inspiring.
Last year towards the end of a meditation week with a group our movement teacher suggested that we look for a way that we can stop moving within the group and a way that we can show love to others.
At first I was slightly unsure of how to show love to others in the group through my movement,
But after a few minutes of sitting deep within my being and allowing my natural intuition to speak to me,
I had a thought that the best way to show love to others is just to be my genuine self.
As I'm someone naturally filled with a lot of inspirational dynamic and excited energy allow this energy to flow out from deep within me into my physical body and this led me to want to dance.
As the session went on my dancing got bigger and freer and what came with that was the most powerful feeling of joy.
I literally had a feeling of joy radiating out from within me and I couldn't stop smiling.
At the end of the retreat once we could talk,
Other people in the group told me that when I was dancing it filled them with the most powerful sense of joy which I found quite intriguing and incredible.
By allowing myself to be my genuine self in this situation to dance it was a way to bring love and joy to others.
I do feel much more encouraged now to allow myself freedom to be as I am as I know this is the best gift I can give others,
Being my genuine self.
I hope that this little snippet of my experience encourages you and empowers you to be your genuine self as it has with me.
