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CupOfGrowth: Finding Connection AND Freedom

by Jana Winterhalter

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Do you sometimes wonder how to be connected to people and at the same time feel free? Welcome to this practice that’s all about uncovering the truth that your competence to connect and be free is not a question of either-or. In this visualization I’m inviting you to explore the patterns that make you feel unfree in connection to people and offers you tools to heal these patterns in a way that is in alignment with your inner and unconditiones knowing of unconditional freedom. Ready to take the next step into your being in the world? Can't wait to meet you there!

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Do you sometimes wonder how to be connected to people and at the same time feel free?

A warm welcome from Kenya to this practice that's all about uncovering the truth that your nature to connect and to be free is not a question of either or.

In this visualization I'm inviting you to explore the patterns that make you feel unfree in connection to people and offer you tools to heal these patterns in a way that is in alignment with your inner knowing of unconditional freedom.

So if you're ready to claim your freedom in connection in your very unique way,

Make yourself as comfortable as possible and let's begin.

Okay,

And I'm inviting you to start by taking a deep breath and exhale out.

The simple act of inhalation,

Exhalation is such a simple tool to bring us always to the present moment.

As your mind might be wondering in tomorrow or yesterday or last week,

Your breath is always in the now.

So as you breathe without any pressure,

Perceive the present moment,

Perceive yourself,

Your body,

Maybe you would like to touch yourself physically in order to give yourself that hello,

Hello,

Hey I'm here in this moment,

I've gifted myself with some space and time for myself.

So let your breath connect you to the present moment,

To the now and let go of anything that doesn't support you right now.

Exhale and as you exhale,

Open your feet and the chakras and the soles of your feet,

Open them up so that your body can kind of melt into that connection to the earth that is always there.

There's nothing you need to do for it,

It's always there,

Only sometimes we forget about it.

That flow coming from the earth,

Entering our body and creating that beautiful loop back to the earth reminding us that we are connected and carried always unconditionally.

So what's the effect on your body as you connect to that connecting flow that is always there?

That connection you can never fall out of.

And feel your joints releasing,

Your pelvis,

Your belly,

The chest,

The shoulders,

The jaws.

Yeah,

Really tell your body,

Signal your body that you can let go,

You are safe.

Maybe you've been up and down today,

Maybe you have been in stressful environments,

Maybe your body didn't know that he or she is safe.

Maybe touch your skin for a moment,

Ground yourself,

Calm this body down.

In this world,

Our bodies are mostly quite tensed because sometimes we forget that we carry our safe space with us wherever we are.

So as you exhale,

Let go,

Create space,

Maybe as you breathe,

Imagine your body expanding into a size that feels good for you,

That feels free and light.

Stretch your system,

The chakras,

These energy fields inside of your body,

Stretch yourself energetically.

So are you kind of bent?

And connect to that sun above your head.

Is that shining sun,

That shining light hovering above your head,

Shining in your unique light and essence and truth?

What color do you see?

What qualities do you perceive there?

Your cosmic connection,

That source of your unconditioned knowing,

Your truth,

Your essence,

Your light.

So find your color of today.

Is it gold or blue or deep pink or mixture?

Whatever it is,

Trust your perception and make it of you.

So whatever color you see,

There may be gray or vague or dark spots or where you can't see anything,

Let the cosmos like a magnet pull these energies out of your sun.

So make it of you.

That is your knowing that you are unconditionally free.

You are spirit.

You know everything about freedom,

A spirit in a human body.

And sometimes this body can feel like a cage because we forgot how to keep our freedom inside of our body.

So as you connect to your sun,

Make it of you.

And notice your body is showered with energy,

With that color out of your sun,

Flowing through your system,

Your body,

Your skin,

Reminding your body that you are unconditionally free.

And continue to let go into the earth,

Wherever your body is holding tension,

Tell your body to let go.

You are safe.

And no pressure.

That's your pace.

You are exactly where you need to be.

So you don't need to push anything.

And how do you feel today?

Connect to your chest.

What rivers can you perceive flowing inside of you?

Are there emotions or emotions that you are trying not to feel?

Okay.

Give yourself that hello,

That compassionate appreciation,

Acknowledgement of yourself.

There's nothing you need to do.

Just acknowledge what is there and breathe,

Inviting you to create more and more space for yourself inside of your body.

Sometimes we leave our body.

We are not present in our body.

And that makes us feel that we are losing connection to ourself,

Our feelings.

Losing connection to yourself is an illusion.

You are always connected.

You're part of the whole.

You can never fall out of connection.

So as you breathe,

As you connect to your unique shining sun above your head,

To the earth,

Breathe.

And as you breathe,

Notice that the air connects you.

The air connects you to whatever is outside your room,

Outside your house,

That building,

Maybe to that tree outside your house,

Maybe that park around the corner,

That river,

That bird,

That earth.

So I'm inviting you as you breathe and stay connected to your own inner flows.

Just take a moment to perceive that all-connectedness.

You are exhaling air.

You are inhaling air.

The air connects you to all there is.

You can never fall out of connection.

You can never fall out of the cycles.

Give that hello to your favorite tree or forest or river or lake,

Even if that is on the other side of your town or in a different country.

Give that hello and see you are connected,

Feel you are connected,

Breathe.

Where do you know that you are connected?

Where does your body resonate,

Your sun?

And I'm now inviting you to connect to your very personal safe space.

That is your energetic space around your body.

You might want to call it aura or you have a different name for it or you don't have any name for it.

It doesn't matter.

It's about your truth and your perception.

So how do you perceive your safe space around you?

And I'm inviting you,

In case you have any pictures in mind,

Maybe you saw on social media or in a book how an aura should look like,

I'm inviting you to let this picture go and to really trust your truth,

Your perception.

You know exactly how your individual unique aura looks like today.

So what do you see?

What do you feel?

What do you know?

What is there?

Maybe you would like to move your arms and kind of reach out to that aura.

Which dynamic do you perceive?

And maybe it's super close to your physical body,

So I'm inviting you to breathe and with every breath to expand that aura into a site that feels really comfortable for you,

Where you feel free in your own space.

You don't end with your skin.

You have that energetic field around you that you connect with and you go into connection with the world.

So it's so precious to know that space and to appreciate that space.

So how do you perceive that space today?

And what is it made of?

Is it like out of water,

Air,

Fire,

Wood,

Maybe stone?

Is it like soft,

Hard?

What do you see?

Colors?

Is it warm?

Is it cool and refreshing?

And if you are like,

No,

I don't have an aura,

Okay,

Make something up.

Imagination is highly underrated,

So make something up.

Create that aura that seems perfect for you right now,

In this moment,

That makes you feel free,

Safe.

You choose.

And you can turn around inside of that aura and also check behind of you what is there in front.

So take it easy.

Take it as a play.

And see your aura breathe us with you.

So take a moment to connect from your pores,

The pores of your skin,

To the pores of your aura.

Whatever comes,

Goes.

This aura is permeable.

It's not about isolating yourself,

Even if maybe sometimes it feels like an urge to isolate yourself from the world.

It's an illusion.

You can never isolate yourself from the world.

You're always part of the whole.

So take this moment to feel,

Perceive,

See your aura breathe us with you.

Okay,

In case you have this feeling like,

Oh,

God,

No,

I don't want anything from the outside to come in.

Okay.

What if whatever comes in goes out?

It's going through you.

You don't have to hold on to anything.

So wherever inside of your system you have that belief that you need to do something with what you perceive,

With what comes into you,

Let it go.

It comes and it goes.

You can imagine it like ocean waves,

Like breathing waves.

It comes and it goes.

So as you connect to your unique sun shining in your unique light,

Your aura,

And maybe that tree or that spot outside your home,

See it comes and it goes.

You're in connection.

And there's nothing you need to do with it.

Whatever comes in that you feel is not of you,

With the next wave,

Let it go.

You are free and connected and you can never fall out of that connection,

That all-connectedness.

And I'm inviting you to shower your aura with that light,

With that color that is there shining brightly in your unique sun above your head.

So shower yourself with that cosmic essence that is uniquely yours,

That knows everything about unconditional freedom.

You are spirit.

You are human.

You know everything about connection in freedom.

In this world,

We are selling pictures about having to make a connection,

To work hard to be connected,

Loved,

To deserve or not deserve,

To be part of a certain net.

Okay,

These are pictures.

It has nothing to do with who you are on a central level.

So remind yourself when showering your aura with your unique light,

Remind yourself of your freedom.

So shower your aura and see where can your color flow,

Where is it kind of stagnant,

And then touch that place with your spiritual hand,

Touch that energy that is stuck,

That is not of you and see it flowing into the earth.

You have all the powers to heal your space,

To make it of you.

Who if not you could choose?

It's your space.

Okay.

And I'm inviting you some meters in front of your aura to visualize a rose flower.

That rose flower stands for one group of people you can choose like friends or maybe your partner or family,

Whatever you would like to choose now where you feel it's hard for you to be connected and free.

So give that flower,

That energy of your family,

Colleagues,

Friends,

Whatever you want to choose now.

And you can always come back here and retry with a different energy.

For now choose one.

Take the first one that comes to your mind,

Your flower.

That flower some meters in front of you representing one energy,

One group of people you are connected to or maybe it's one person,

You choose.

Okay.

Are you still in your aura with your focus,

With your breath or have you already like jumped into that flower?

So make sure you perceive yourself,

Your aura,

Your light and from there,

From the center of your head,

Your third eye,

You're perceiving that flower and there's nothing you need to do with that flower.

It's just there.

So perceive the distance and breathe.

And see also that flower has a sun,

The unique sun with a unique color above the head.

Okay.

And already now,

Do you perceive any reactions inside of your body,

Your space?

Maybe the aura became smaller or you gave it up completely.

So yeah,

Take a moment for breathing some compassion for yourself and then reset your space,

Focus on your light,

Breathe,

Come back to yourself and from there,

Check in again.

And that flower comes closer to you,

Just a very small step.

Make it as slow as possible so that you can really observe your reaction.

So let it come one step towards you.

And what pictures,

What beliefs are now activated in your aura?

I'm naming some and wherever you feel you're resonating,

You just shower that spot inside of your system with your essence from your unique sun.

So the first one is,

In order to connect,

I need to give up my space.

Okay,

Where in your system,

In your body,

In your aura do you resonate?

Where do you believe that lie?

Yes,

In order to connect,

I need to give up my space.

So shower these spots with your color of your sun,

Unconditional freedom,

Or touch these places with your physical or spiritual hand and watch them melt into the earth.

And I'm going through some of these pictures and you can always choose when to bring that flower closer to you.

So make it really slow.

Whenever you feel you are back safe in your space,

You're really connected to yourself,

To your color,

And you have your space set freely,

Then you can go the next step further.

And the aim is not to bring that flower like closest possible to you.

It's really about that journey to bring it step by step and to cleanse yourself,

To heal yourself when needed in your own time.

So trust yourself,

You know what pace is good for you as you continue to heal.

So my next offer is,

In order to connect,

I need to adjust myself.

Where do you resonate?

Maybe your color has already changed,

Has already tried to adjust to the color of the sun.

So how easy is it for you to flow your color,

To flow that space,

That size of your aura that is in alignment with what is your freedom for now?

Have you adjusted anything?

Where do you resonate?

Let it go.

Wash it away,

Shower it away,

Breathe it out,

Let it go into the earth.

As a child,

Sometimes it seems safer for us to adjust to people or to give up our space in order to receive the love that we depend on,

Because we depend on somebody's love.

But now you don't,

You're an adult.

You don't depend on anyone.

You know that you're whole and you don't need to survive by anyone's love and care.

So wherever you resonate,

Wherever you're holding these patterns,

You can choose to let go.

Okay,

Another one.

In order to connect,

I need to prove myself.

Where do you react?

Or maybe you think of situations,

You're flying into situations.

That's completely fine.

You're connecting to energies where you know you always feel you need to prove yourself,

Whether that's verbally or through actions.

Okay,

Then come back and see how do you see,

How to perceive that energy stuck in your system,

In your body,

In your aura,

And let it go.

Touch it,

Transform it.

Allow that spot to transform into your essence,

Your truth.

Okay.

And you can always pause the video,

Take as much time as you need to flow your energy to heal,

To cleanse.

Or you go on to the next one.

In order to connect,

I need to always offer my healing powers.

I need to offer my healing powers or I need to give myself away.

Is there anything resonating inside of your system that you need to give something?

Unconditional freedom.

You are connected.

This connection is unconditional.

It doesn't depend on you giving anything.

You are,

And that's enough.

And another one.

In order to connect,

I need to dim my light.

Maybe for you it's dimming the light or dimming your space,

Like giving up that space in a way so whatever resonates in you,

Let go.

And see,

Is your space still there in the color where you have set it?

Is it the way you would like it to be?

Does it feel free?

Okay.

And then bring that flower as close as it feels comfortable for you right now.

No pushing.

Where you can still breathe with your aura,

Where you don't have to hold your breath,

Where you don't fear that connectedness,

That exchange of energies,

Because it's always there.

Avoiding it means avoiding you,

Your truth,

Your light,

Cutting off a piece of you.

So stay in that distance that makes you feel free,

Makes you remain in that safety.

And know that energy has more than three dimensions.

So in case the flower is super close now and like inside your aura,

So remember that energy has more than three dimensions.

So you can have your very own safe space and be physically super close to people.

It doesn't affect that space that you have around you.

So if you would like to test it out,

Bring that flower super close to you and see where do you find patterns and energies believing that in order to be physically connected,

You need to give up your space.

That is a lie.

Our cognitive mind might not understand that lie,

But you know on a different level that you can always have your space and be connected no matter how close.

So wherever you are now,

Really make this color inside of your aura bright,

Breathe and perceive whatever comes and flows through you just like a breeze going through you and you don't have to do anything with what comes in.

So if you find pictures telling you that you are responsible for what you perceive,

Okay,

Let it go.

That is not freedom.

Let it go.

You are not responsible for what you are seeing,

Perceiving.

Let it go.

And some of these patterns take time to transform.

So this is your step for today.

Don't push yourself,

Flow yourself,

Go only as far as you would like to go.

And in your own time and space,

Let go of that flower.

Give yourself the permission to let go of that flower,

To reconnect to yourself,

Your color,

Your aura.

Are there any adjustments you would like to do?

That aura will stay with you even if you are leaving this practice.

It will stay with you so you can always connect,

You can always cleanse it,

You can always adjust.

Give yourself a big appreciation for the courage that you showed today.

It's a journey and you have done an incredible job today.

So give yourself the appreciation you deserve.

And in your own time and space,

Come back from this trance.

Thank you so much for joining me today in this practice and for creating a deeper consciousness of what an offer for freedom might look like.

So if you like this practice,

I recommend to you my upcoming course that's inviting you to an even deeper exploration of your habits and possibilities when it comes to connection and freedom.

Just click that follow button and stay up to date.

Thank you so much again and I wish you a beautiful rest of your day.

Thank you.

Meet your Teacher

Jana WinterhalterNairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya

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