My challenge (& yes, I have chosen to accept it) for the day was to Embrace my inner goddess. As it is Ash Wednesday, I took the FlyLady approach to my day and blessed my home.
To connect with my spirituality, I went for a walk outside (it was a beautiful day) and then I set to work cleaning and clearing my entryway and coat closet of clutter. I felt like a million bucks afterward! Then I opened up the upstairs windows and let the fresh air and sunny light in and worked on cleaning my room and doing some laundry. So what does boring old housework have to do with spirituality or the inner goddess? Everything! If our outer world is chaos, our inner world will reflect that. By taking the time to bless my home, I took the time to bless myself.
Another thing I did to connect with my inner self was to meditate. As I am a beginner, I use both guided meditations and music to help me along. Pandora is great; I hooked it up to some Zen tunes while I centered myself, I put up my grounding shields (one each for the root and crown chakras); and I did the guided visualization to see my higher self.
My higher self was the ultimate goddess version of me! I was surprised how clearly I was able to picture her/me. She had superlong black hair and a white gown on that looked a bit like a flowing kimono. It was a very energizing and delightful little time for myself.
I also want to make my body healthier. I indulged in some Joie de Vivre & Caribbean Calypso Mate tea, some green tea mochi, a delicious spinach and carrot salad- it felt good to be good for my body. (Well, maybe the mochi wasn't the healthiest but it sure was tasty!)
I think embracing the inner goddess, subtly all day long and consciously for a few minutes each day, is something I want to continue to do over the course of this challenge. It was very calming to the anxiety in me and yet energizing and refreshing to the part of me that's been a bit downtrodden lately.
I hope it will continue to bring that balance into my life that I've been looking for on my search for SERENITY.
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