This is a practice for claiming and asserting your boundaries.
We human beings,
We're funny things,
We end up saying yes to a lot of things that we really feel are a no and are certainly a no for our health and happiness.
And we end up saying no to a lot of things that could be a big yes.
When you feel you might be getting into that habit,
This is a really useful practice for grounding back into your intuition and for feeling where your boundaries need to be and where they are and claiming back that spaciousness you have innately and the boundaries that you need to put in place for your own thriving,
For your health and your happiness.
Every time we say no to something we release a big yes.
So whenever something comes your way where you have to make a decision about where your boundary is,
Ask yourself first of all,
How would I feel if I said yes to this and be with those feelings.
And then ask yourself,
How would I feel if I say no to this and be with your feelings.
Getting in touch with your real feelings is getting in touch with your deep intuition and knowing.
That's how it lets you know what's good for you.
That's how your intuition comes through,
Through what your body feels,
Through your emotions,
Through your thoughts.
But what gets in the way for us sometimes are certain dependencies we have on pleasing other people for instance,
Being validated externally or not trusting ourselves.
So for this practice you're going to re-establish a very deep sense of your personal self,
Your convictions without worrying about what the world thinks.
And notice where it is your fears and doubts that are getting in the way of you claiming your space and what's true for you and not your intuition.
So fear and doubts come in the form of worrying about other people's judgments,
Being seen to do the right thing and sometimes deeper wounds going back to your childhood when you were taught that you didn't really feel what you felt or what you had decided for yourself didn't matter or wasn't accurate.
This is a great opportunity doing these practices,
Re-establishing yourself of healing very old wounds.
For this practice it's ideal to be in a very spacious place where you won't be interrupted,
Where you can stand tall and where you can use your voice.
But even if that's not possible in the environment you're in,
You can use a strong authoritative inner voice because you do have authority over your personal space.
Let's begin.
Begin by tuning into your personal space.
Tune into your physical body.
Feel your muscles and your bones,
Your heart beating,
Your organs thriving,
Your mind humming.
Allow your whole physical body to be present just as it is and feel your breath moving there without trying to change it.
Just being with yourself,
Feeling that inner movement of breathing.
Take your awareness into your feet where you're standing.
Feel roots growing from your feet into the earth,
Your foundation.
Relax your knees,
Don't lock your legs,
They know how to hold you.
Simply let your energy dissolve downwards into the ground and meet that strong stable earth and connect to it.
And start to move feeling the stability of your foundation as you move around.
Be fluid with your movement.
Feel the ground kiss your feet and your feet kiss the ground back.
And begin with your arms to claim all this space as yours,
The space around you.
Move your arms,
Move your body in any way that feels organically right to begin to courageously and firmly and joyfully claim all this space as yours.
You might want to take big armfuls and gather the space into your heart.
You might want to simply keep moving in an outward motion to find more and more space and shoot your fingertips into that space,
Welcoming it.
You can dance in this space or stride in it assertively.
You might walk in spirals or bounce,
Skip playfully like a child,
Owning her space or his space.
And with all this movement now,
In your own personal space where you have authority,
Breathing your breath,
Moving your body,
Claiming your space,
Say the word yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Embrace and assert the freedom of your yes by using your voice.
You can sing it,
You can shout it,
You can whisper it like a special secret only you know.
You can simply hear the word inside your yes.
Be joyful as you have a reunion with your yes,
Your sense of self,
Your sense of freedom,
Inner freedom.
The freedom and the permission to be yourself all resonate in your yes.
And use now the affirmation,
I say yes to me.
Feel your strength,
Feel your flexibility,
Feel your freedom.
Joyfully claim your yes.
And as you feel perhaps things arising in you,
Visions,
Words,
Your to do list,
Can you let them come into this bright,
Vibrant space of yes and move with this energy and this movement of yes.
So that you can also begin to feel your no.
What a great thing to have,
To know,
To feel.
What doesn't belong,
What isn't right,
What isn't your path right now.
And now using your arms and your hands again,
Say the word no,
No,
No and push away,
Send away.
Anything that is a no for you.
Be cheerful,
Be strong,
Be assertive,
No.
This is not for me,
Not right now,
Perhaps not ever.
Use all the space,
360 degrees above you,
Behind you,
Around you,
In front of you and below you.
You can stamp your no,
You can push and press.
You can wave a magic wand at your no.
And now begin to come back to smaller and smaller movement until you feel your no.
You feel still,
There's subtle movement still happening in your energies and in space around you but you feel a stillness,
A center point.
Relax into your clear,
Bright space.
Feel it,
Melt into it and let it infuse your cells so you bond with the feeling of this clarity,
This ownership and your personal boundaries which are yours to make and particularly your yes,
Yes,
Yes.
Bathe in your yes for a few minutes.
Good good.
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