How To Develop Masculine Energy (+Practical Tips)

In this talk, I go over what masculine (or yang) energy is and how to develop it using specific, action-based strategies. I also talk about what happens when you have too little of it (excess feminine energy/underdeveloped masculine energy combo)

As you strengthen your masculine energy, you’ll notice powerful benefits: increased optimism, confidence, euphoria, and the sense of power that comes from taking action and building momentum.

Leave a comment and let me know what small action you’re taking today!

Transcript

Hey,

This is Ish,

And in today's talk,

I'll be going over some of the benefits of developing your masculine or yang energy.

And on my channel,

I like to find a good balance between talking about some of the more outward orientation teachings of personal growth,

And success and looking outwards in the world,

Which is associated with the yang energy or masculine energy,

Which I'll talk about shortly,

And the more receptive type of teachings and contemplative traditions where you're looking inwards associated with the yin or feminine energy.

And today,

I'll be talking to you specifically about the masculine energy,

And what masculine energy consists of,

And some of the benefits that you will experience in your life of developing your masculine energy.

Now,

When we talk about these energies of masculine and feminine energies,

These are actually reflected as universal principles.

They're found everywhere.

You can think of it as a balance between two poles,

Like light and dark,

Or night and day,

Where you have this energy of expanding in the world of activity of outward focus.

And you have the opposite,

Which is the energy of looking inwards of receptivity,

Of intuition,

For example,

That's associated with the feminine.

So these energies are in play everywhere.

It's not associated just with gender,

For example.

But men tend to have a bit more masculine energy.

And there are certain environments in the world that operate strongly in the masculine energy as well.

You can see this in very competitive work environments,

For example.

And there can be some advantages and benefits of developing your masculine energy that you can learn to tap into,

Which I'll talk about.

So when we look into this one side of the masculine pole,

Or the yang pole,

If you want to go into the Chinese terminology,

The yin and yang,

For example,

Masculine energy is associated with an outward focus,

And a focus on success and achievement in the world,

And a focus on the externals in life.

There is an emphasis when you're in your masculine energy of doing,

So achieving and actually being active.

You can also study this when you're looking into the effects of testosterone and dopamine on the brain,

For example,

Where people with very high levels of testosterone tend to be doing more on their day to day basis than people with lower levels of testosterone.

And there's also a sense of future orientation.

Because when you're in your masculine energy,

You are stepping away from how you may be feeling in the moment,

And projecting a certain future that you'd like to achieve,

And taking steps towards that.

So you're going in the direction of your goal.

You're separating yourself of how you may be feeling in the moment,

Which is associated more with feminine,

And looking at an outcome or goal,

And taking action towards those steps.

So there is a sense of being a bit detached from the emotional body and attunement,

And again,

Projecting yourself in the future.

Now the feminine energy or yin energy is more receptive.

So we've talked about the more active and outward focus.

Well with the yin energy,

You are looking inwards to see how you're feeling,

How different changes are happening.

So it's very in touch with the present moment itself.

And obviously when I emphasize a lot of the more spiritual teachings of reflection,

Of contemplation,

Of meditation,

This is where the yin side of energies really start to shine.

And you can probably see in a lot of my videos in different times of my life where I've been definitely more on the yang side of things and more the yin side of things,

And how that actually can affect my mood,

My emotions,

Your attention,

All these different things.

So it can be very helpful just as a study to notice when these energies are present in yourself,

When you have a lot more yang energy or masculine energy or forward-moving energy,

And when you have a bit more receptive yin energies.

You can probably even just tell in my voice itself,

There are certain times where I had a lot of yin energy where I'm like really shy and closed off and contractive and I'm like,

Hi,

This is Ish.

And then when I'm really expressing my yang energy in life,

Tend to be more expressive and outward focus.

So these energies can have a very powerful effect on your life.

Now you may be thinking,

Okay,

Well,

What are the benefits of developing my yang energy?

So there are tons of benefits.

So when you are coming from a place where you have a lot of yin energy,

And it is over-balanced where you don't have enough yang energy,

You will tend to be very stagnant.

You'll also tend to be trapped with a lot of anxiety,

A fear of the future,

And you can be sucked in by different things all around you.

So you're highly reactive to your environment.

Because one thing that is developed with masculine energy is a sense of agency,

Which I'll talk about shortly.

So when you don't have enough personal agency and the ability to feel that you can do things in the world,

You will feel very powerless,

And you will feel that you're at the mercy of things all around you.

So practically developing your masculine energy can help you feel stronger,

More proactive in the world,

And gives you a sense of control over your emotions,

And also in the external world as well.

And one way to start to work on your masculine energy is to think about what action steps you can take.

So if there are a lot of things going crazy in the environment,

And if you're stuck in a lot of chaos,

Which is more representative of excess feminine energy without the grounding of masculine quality,

Well,

You can feel,

Again,

Moved around and reacted by things all around you.

But when you think about what you can do,

And what baby steps you can take,

And start to think about the future,

And what goals you may have,

So start by setting goals,

Then you can start to narrow your focus and work towards that.

Now,

As you start to walk the path of setting a goal,

A very small goal to begin with,

And then start to do that and achieve that,

You will then start to experience a surge of empowerment and momentum that comes with the masculine energy.

And with very high levels of masculine energy,

When you start to really build on this momentum and keep going,

You start to get into this winner effect of euphoria of confidence,

And your fear in the world actually goes down,

Which is a very powerful thing if you've been coming from a place of a lot of fear,

Anxiety,

Powerlessness.

So there is a certain strength of vitality of energy of yes,

I can do this,

That comes with the masculine energy.

And again,

This comes with setting very small goals,

Achieving it,

Building momentum over time,

And proving to your brain that you can do things that you set out to.

And this starts with this action orientation.

And as you continue to do this,

What's very interesting is that your brain starts to open up,

And more opportunities for you to achieve and succeed start to expand more and more.

And this may not be apparent,

You know,

If you're first starting out,

But as you continue to take more actions,

And you start to look for different wins in your life,

More opportunities will present themselves.

And you can actually,

Your brain actually focuses on these opportunities.

One of the great things about developing masculine energy is a rush of energy and euphoria,

Like I mentioned,

That happens when you are achieving the things that you set out to.

And this is,

I guess,

What is not really emphasized as much in more spiritual communities,

Meditative,

Contemplative traditions is,

There is a lack of energy or vitality that can tend to happen when you are being very inert.

So this is why they also recommend more active practices of really stepping into your body and moving a lot.

Because simply taking action to achieve things in the world can increase your level of vitality and presence in the world.

And testosterone and masculine energy actually gives you the will to live and to actually go after things and push forward.

So if you're too much in the feminine energy,

And it's imbalanced,

What tends to happen is that you can stagnate,

Can collapse on yourself,

Be caught in emotions.

And you can also be trapped in anxiety,

Like I mentioned.

And you can see different,

You know,

Videos of me being in that little step where I may be very intuitive and very connected with my emotions,

But I wasn't able to have this vitality of strength about me where I can go after things I want and feel good and feel passionate and energetic,

Which again comes from masculine energy.

Now,

One other part about masculine energy,

Again,

Is that future orientation,

Like I mentioned,

So you can practically learn to develop discipline,

To develop willpower,

To develop planning in the future to step out of how you may be feeling and to achieve things anyways.

And again,

This is a muscle that you can learn to develop and train over time,

And it becomes easier as time goes on.

And as you learn to cut out things that are bad for you,

And you develop this quality of discernment,

Where your mind becomes like a sword where it cuts out unnecessary distractions and things that may pull your attention away,

And you're able to focus more and more.

And the last benefit of developing a masculine energy,

The yang energy is the winner effect.

And this is something I've talked about in other videos,

Where you can get into this upward spiral of expansion,

Because again,

Masculine energy is outward expansion,

Where you just feel great,

You feel confident,

You feel upbeat.

And as you start to win more in life,

You feel happier,

You start to smile more,

You feel more motivated.

You're,

Instead of thinking of it like for more for like a selfish lens,

Your ability to influence the world also increases with masculine energy,

Which is actually very interesting,

Because you can now have the power to influence the world in a positive way.

Obviously,

Masculine energy can be used for bad as well.

So you can think of it like a very powerful car or a very sharp sword,

The sword can be used to cut butter or to cut someone.

So masculine energy is like this outward pushing energy,

Which is a neutral energy,

But it can be channeled in a good way or bad way.

So you can obviously think of leaders that are very beneficial that helped others.

And you can also think of very strong leaders that used their masculine energy for,

You know,

Bad things.

So with this potency and this vitality and strength that comes with masculine energy,

You want to use it and you can actually change the world in a very positive way.

And you can start to experience this as you start to expand more in the world as you develop this masculine energy.

But you want to be very responsible with how you deal with this increased energy,

This willpower,

This focus,

This charisma that comes with masculine energy.

So just a recap of how to develop your masculine energy.

The first thing is to take action today.

So I want you to leave a comment and write down an action step you'll take today that you've been putting off.

So write it down,

Actually do it.

The second way is to develop your discipline of cutting out things that aren't beneficial for you and actually prioritizing what is beneficial.

And then the next step is to plan in the future of what goals you may have.

So start off very small and then,

You know,

Set those goals and actually achieve them.

And as you do so,

Think of the next goal.

And as you continue to set and achieve goals,

You'll experience the benefits of the winner effect of being positive,

Of being euphoric,

Of reducing fear,

Anxiety,

And having more of this approach mindset.

As you continue to do so,

Your ability to expand in the world and think of future possibilities start to increase.

And as you continue to do this,

You'll develop confidence in your abilities and the ability to influence the external world all around you.

So again,

Use that responsibly.

And you'll gain a sense of agency in the world where whereas before,

If you didn't have this sort of masculine energy to kind of push ahead,

Got through distractions of being reactive in the world,

You start to gain the stability,

This groundedness,

And you feel empowered in life.

And what a powerful thing that is.

Thank you for watching.