COURSE

Awaken My Heart: A Guide to Living with Self-Love

This 10 day course offers practical tools and techniques that you can use on a daily basis to cultivate the feelings of peace, confidence, trust and more that naturally arise from self-love. You don't need to have a preestablished meditation practice, or self love mentality to take this course. It is for everyone. You will learn about the inner critic, and how even the most judgmental voice in our minds, in rooted in self preservation. You will develop the ability to see yourself more through the lens of compassion and understanding, and engage in techniques to retrain the mind and rewire the brain. Each day you will have the opportunity to meet yourself from a place of greater kindness, compassion and love. Whether you have been cultivating self love for years, or today is day one, this course is a road map to living a life of greater love, fulfillment and freedom.

Love Relationships Self-Compassion Visualization Self Inquiry (I Am)Affirmations Spirituality Spirituality Happiness Health & Happiness Gratitude Gentle Repetition Recovery & Healing Healing

Meet your Teacher

Selena Lael

Hawaii, USA

Selena Lael graduated from the National Holistic Institute in 2004, where she studied healing modalities and health education. She has studied with experts in the fields of yogic sciences, neuroscience, psychology, spirituality, and more for over 25 years, and is a certified Life Coach, E-RYT Yoga and Yoga Nidra Instructor, and Awakened Life teacher. Selena has many years of experience offering transformative yoga and meditation retreats, workshops and programs, and one on one coaching. With her rich background, Selena incorporates meditation, mindfulness, neuroscience, yogic practices, emotional freedom, and body energy techniques for peace of mind, body, heart and spirit. She believes we are all powerful, sovereign beings, and lives passionately in service to each person's awakening from suffering into joy and freedom.

11 Days

14.1k students

4.9 stars

15 min / day

Love

English

Lesson 1

Starting the Journey

Welcome to day one of your self love journey! The idea of self-love has become more and more popular- we hear it in conversations. “You have to love yourself more.” “You can’t love another until you love yourself.” We read about it in colorful memes encouraging us to blossom or be kind to ourselves. But what does it really mean to love ourselves? Over the next 10 days we will cultivate a deeper understanding of what self-love truly is, what stands in the way of us experiencing it, and how we can take practical steps to having a more relaxed and loving relationship with our own self.

Lesson 2

Self-Awareness

Awareness is the first step in conscious transformation. The more self aware we are, the more we can consciously choose behaviors that support our highest good. Today we will practice being able to more clearly hear the messages of our bodies, minds and emotions, and meeting ourselves with kindness.

Lesson 3

Self-Appreciation

Many of us have been raised to think that self care is selfish, and appreciating or praising ourselves is conceited or arrogant. It is more common to hear someone judging themself over praising themself. Today we will focus on self appreciation. Self appreciation is an important part of our self love journey, and is scientifically proven to have a positive impact on mental health, self-esteem, and overall life satisfaction.

Lesson 4

Self Talk/Inner Dialogue

Research shows that positive self-talk has many benefits. It enhances feelings of calm and supports stress management. It improves self-esteem and body image. It can reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety, help with chronic pain and so much more. Today we will develop a better understanding of the inner critic, how we speak to ourselves, and how we can cultivate greater kindness toward ourselves, starting with our minds.

Lesson 5

Self-Love Affirmations

Today we will use the power of affirmations to retrain our minds. Affirmations are short, powerful statements that we can think or speak out loud. The study of neuroscience shows us that connections in the brain, known as neural pathways, become stronger through repetition. And the stronger a neural pathway is, the more that way of thinking or behaving becomes a habit. So repeating self love affirmations, while feeling positive emotions, on a regular basis can literally rewire our brains to have self loving thoughts naturally.

Lesson 6

Body Honoring

Today we will practice feeling grateful for our incredible bodies. Studies have shown that body appreciation supports mental and emotional stability and wellbeing. It enhances feelings of confidence and self-esteem, increases intuitive eating, and decreases eating disorders, depression and anxiety. Your body is amazing. No matter what you do, your heart keeps beating for you non-stop. Your organs function to the best of their ability, even when you might not be taking the best care of them. Even those with physical impairments or disabilities are able to enjoy the beauty, the pleasure, the sweetness, the richness of life because of the body’s senses, brain, and heart.

Lesson 7

Emotional Healing

Today we will practice being with our emotions from a place of inquiry and compassion. In general, emotion is the driving force behind our decision making and behavior. They are a natural part of being human. Emotions are neither good nor bad, although we tend to label them like this. They are a passing experience, and can be messengers from our inner being, showing us that we need to tend to ourselves in a certain way. When we feel fully, we experience the relief and wellbeing of allowing the emotion to pass through us. Energy in motion. Rather than resisting emotions, we learn to be with them, to tend to them, and to even use emotions as the creative power they truly are in our lives.

Lesson 8

Gratitude for Self

Gratitude is scientifically proven to reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and pain. And practicing gratitude for ourselves on a regular basis, boosts confidence, self esteem, and our overall enjoyment of life and wellbeing. It can also improve sleep quality and heart health, reduce feelings of loneliness and bring life, joy and sweetness into our relationships. Gratitude shifts us from feeling that our lives are lacking something, to living in genuine feelings of contentment and fulfillment. Today we will practice feeling gratitude for our own beloved self.

Lesson 9

Be True to You

Research shows that authenticity leads to happiness, and being authentic is an expression of being true to you. Being true to you means you are in integrity with yourself, aligned with your values and highest good. Living in this way improves self confidence, builds healthier relationships, reduces stress, and gives access to more enjoyment and fulfillment in life. Authenticity is one of the most impactful ways we can express love for ourselves. Today we will become aware of the signs that we are not living in alignment with our highest good, and learn how to be true to ourselves.

Lesson 10

Self-Compassion

Today we will learn a powerful technique to cultivate greater self compassion. Compassion is an invaluable tool to help us move from the contracted thoughts and emotions of the inner critic, to the expansion and freedom of self love. It helps to increase feelings of happiness and contentment, reduce stress and psychopathology, and increase overall physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. Compassion is the nectar of the heart. A balm for the soul. It is the warmth that brings us closer to those we care for, and a doorway to a tender and peaceful way of life.

Lesson 11

Bonus Day! You Are the Love You Seek

Enjoy these bonus techniques that you can use on a daily basis to help cultivate thoughts and feelings that are rooted in self love.

Ask your teacher

This course includes 156 community questions and 51 audio replies from Selena Lael. The community classroom and teacher audio replies are only available via the app.

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Recent Reviews

Denise

December 26, 2025

Absolutely beautiful! Each day opened my heart that much more.

Laura

November 16, 2025

This is a beautiful, uplifting and practical course. Not only do you go deep into why you might not love yourself, but you are also given techniques to change the narrative. I highly recommend this course! Thank you Selena. 🥰 I will do it again! Laura

Donna

September 24, 2025

This is the most meaningful exercise I have done on self-love. It really was powerful. I think I learned more about myself was able to write things down and feel the love. Thank you for sharing and bringing this to us. All. Blessings.

Mike

September 15, 2025

Exceptional. I listen to this presentation every day. When I reach the end. I start again. Building true self love has been a very long journey for me - it was never installed at the right time. This series has been the most impactful. Compassionate. Intelligent. Science based. Thank you. So much.

Andrea

June 28, 2025

Absolutely phenomenal! While this was my first time experiencing the process of loving myself, I loved this course and would highly recommend it to anyone who’s starting their journey of self love.

Aimee

April 17, 2025

Thank you so much. Was what I needed to start my journey of self love and finding my true self.

Antonio

April 5, 2025

Deep thanks ….

Michelle

March 24, 2025

This was wonderful. Very effective in evoking self-love. Do-able practices, even enjoyable!

Mary

March 18, 2025

Beautiful

Gail

March 17, 2025

You are truly a gifted guide on the journey to achieve self love. I have struggled with this my entire life. Thank you for providing the tools to help me acquire self love on a minute to minute basis. God Bless.

Margaret

March 14, 2025

Love this well put together course, taking day by day tools and exercises which will help me remember to be gentle and come from a place of love. Building the habit of gratitude 🙏🏼🙏🏼 Many thanks💥🌻🔥🩵

Lori

February 15, 2025

What an amazing course! Each day was incredibly valuable. I loved the meditations, exercises & tools shared in this course. It's definitely a process! Thank you so much for this wonderful creation. I will be repeating it!! 🙏🏻💜✨️

Franca

February 8, 2025

Thank you for this beautiful experience. I am so grateful.

Michelle

February 3, 2025

The best self love guidance! ❤️

Evgeniia

January 19, 2025

I love this course! There is a lot to take away from this course: it was new to me to be grateful for myself, for my body. Selena's voice sounds as a music for my ears! Thank you very much 🙏

natalie

January 16, 2025

I enjoyed this course very much. It’s was great way to begin the new year. Thank you 🙏

Nia

January 15, 2025

This is a spectacularly transformative course which I will revisit monthly at least as it is so practical and powerful.

Gabriel

January 13, 2025

This was a transformative journey. I wish the course was longer!

Akire

January 10, 2025

Huge thanks! I am going through the course a second time and doing all the things to make self love a daily reality. ❤️ the course has so much to offer.

Beth

January 1, 2025

Thank you I love your message and your voice is so beautiful and warm and loving. I will practice the morning I love you. It’s so simple and it feels good.

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