Understanding the emotional body

Many of us do not take care of our emotional body placing too much emphasis on the spiritual or physical body and so many are left wondering why they do not experience peace from within.
Healthy expression of our emotions assists in our inner peace and opens the channel for the inner voice and feelings of our authentic self to be received.
This is known as intuition, 'a feeling', a knowing, a certain feeling we cannot explain that is something we just know that goes beyond reason or thought.

This is our natural way of being, an expression of our true selves untouched by fear of our human conditioning.
The struggle that we all experience is listening to this knowing that cannot be explained by the human mind and taking a leap of faith and learn to trust what we know deep within and allow our world to be created based on the knowing feelings we receive.

If we choose to confront and understand the feelings that make us feel uncertain of ourselves, we are less likely to react to our emotions.
Learning to be with how we feel till the emotions calm we then can take sacred time to receive intuitively and choose our direction with authentic knowing, choosing this we walk our spiritual path with our true self beyond our human casing.

When we realise that our emotional body is the bridge to expanding our spiritual and physical worlds we may pay more attention to learning and listening to the daily 'triggers' that sets off a flood of feelings that are in need of releasing.
When we are emotional we cannot not feel or hear our spiritual self, when we are emotional we block our capacity to manifest our hearts desires in our physical world and create energetic blocks that can further down the track manifest in the physical body causing illness.
To release is to feel, not to distract or react but to be our strength and to feel.
When we choose to feel we are choosing to let go of the past.

We can begin to raise awareness (pay attention) to our emotional body by using the two most powerful tools - writing and creativity.
The emotional body needs expression to keep it healthy and balanced if we do not express how we feel we begin to feel uncertain of who we are and we carry more fear blocking us from moving forward.
Writing and creativity is a safe way to understand and unravel the feelings that have been stored within.
Making regular time to express and to understand your emotions is not only the road to inner peace but to spiritual growth as we begin to understand ourselves we can also offer the wisdom revealed through our experience to others.

A Native American Indian elder said to me a few years ago - 'Allow your feelings to blow through you like wind and you will be strong like a tree rooted to Mother Earth'.
This changed my life I hope me sharing makes you feel that you are worth understanding the brilliance you are.

Much love,

Astara xoxo

The Sacred Serpent: Confronting fear

The Sacred Serpent: Confronting fear: Any fear that we may think is outside of us is actually the projection of what we feel within. Everything that we experience and confronts...

Confronting fear

Any fear that we may think is outside of us is actually the projection of what we feel within.
Everything that we experience and confronts our world is our own creation.
It is the projection of our emotional, mental and spiritual bodies.
Though many of us fear looking in deeply as we may not want to see the truth of what is, we must remember to empower ourselves and know we have the power to change any emotional pattern and condition at any time.
If we choose not look deeply enough to make the change we create the same situation for ourselves over and over again.
Fear is only a feeling, and behind the fear is feelings that have been suppressed for some time.
When we feel emotional these feelings are ready to be released.
It is an opportunity to heal.
They are waiting to be felt and released as it no longer serves us to carry around the emotional block as we have outgrown the limitation we once have chosen to carry.
To be challenged is to be given the opportunity to spiritually and emotionally grow.
When we are experiencing the eye of the storm remember in those moments to use your clarity and strength to remind yourself that you are releasing and feeling that no longer serves you, you are choosing to heal and move forward authentically.
When emotions and fears arise do not look outside of yourself to control any situation or person look within and ask why are these feelings and fears there.
Where did they begin? What was it about this situation or person that made you feel the way you do?
Own what you feel. Search for the answers within the emotional pool of feelings.
Be the spiritual warrior and confront our greatest enemy ~ ourselves.

When we begin to understand and confront our emotional body we slowly begin to align our mental, emotional and spiritual bodies giving us a clear channel to our authentic selves.


Much love,
Astara xoxo

Clearing negative self beliefs

Letting go and taking the leap of faith always comes with a level of fear as many of us have been conditioned to not trust our instincts or intuition and to listen to the voice of others.
When we choose to listen to others before ourselves and not take the time to listen to our intuition and knowing we create fear and uncertainty within our energy.

As soon as we externalise our energy outside of our centre we begin to feel uncertain of who we are creating negative self beliefs based on fear and pain.
It is very important for our spiritual growth to clarify our belief system from pain.
If we do not our intentions become unclear and is driven by emotion usually by pain and not authenticity.
If we took the time each week or even each day to go within and be completely honest of what is motivating our actions and behaviours you may find some unresolved emotions in need of healing.
If we wrote down how we feel about our bodies, work, relationships etc you may discover some self beliefs that have been keeping you from discovering and being your full potential.
Taking the time to learn what emotions are behind these self beliefs is the first step to healing and clearing your path way for true happiness and allowing your path to be steered by your authentic self and not driven by emotional neediness.
If you feel confronted by reading this today and can feel emotions being stirred, take time for a little writing and reflection and make a commitment to heal what may be holding you back from experiencing your happiness.

Much love,
Astara xoxo

The Drum - Expansion

In the stillness under Grandmother Moon I feel the stirring of new beginnings that is awaiting for all of us.
In the silence I dig my feet in the dirt and begin to drum feeling the love I have for the Great Mother of us All and slowly everything begins to expand and I see beyond the night as the wind begins to speak to me.
It tells me I'm not alone and she moves the leaves in the trees to my right and I feel the dance of joy the trees feel knowing I'm listening.
Grandmother spider crawls beside me whispering wisdom to my knowing assisting me to move beyond the limitations I have placed upon myself.
I smile in gratitude as the drumming gets louder and my heart opens and I can feel myself expanding becoming one with the trees, my feet become the dirt and I no longer hear the drumming, I am no longer physical, I am joy and I'm one with everything.
Everything is alive and I'm in perfect harmony with Mother Earth.
In this place I know, I am being, I am free.
There is no thought, no time, there is no-thing just being.
The wind speaks to me again and my attention is brought to the sound of the drum, I begin to feel the dirt under my feet and I begin to feel the peace and clarity from the connection.
The peace of knowing my thread in the web of All things and knowing for the last 25 minutes I experienced oneness with no identity, with no thought. I was timeless and formless, I was peace.
When I stopped drumming I sat in the stillness under Grandmother Moon knowing my place in the web of life it is..
To just be.
I return to my family in silence having experienced true freedom and peace knowing all I need to do is to be.

With love to Mother Earth,
Astara xoxo

Creativity

Creativity is flow and manifestation of the pure energetic force that has created all life.

When we use our creativity we are in touch with the source of energy that makes us unique and the creator of our own sacred thread within the web of life.
Each of us has been blessed with this as we ARE creative energy so therefore when we create we weave our thread of uniqueness into the Universe and become in touch with the power that has created All life.

In this space we experience the love and joy of flow and manifestation and we can understand in the smallest way the love and care that has gone into creating the planet and All living things upon it.
When we are finished we stand back and admire what we have created and our heart opens with the feeling of showing the world what we have made.

If we stand back and view this thought from the eyes of our Creator, this pure force of love would want each of us to express our uniqueness and watch with loving and joyful eyes as we dance our sacred thread.
We when create with love and positivity can you IMAGINE the joy our Creator would feel..♥

Dance your sacred thread and weave your uniqueness with loving intention

With love,
Astara xoxo

Physical Beauty Vs Illusion

We live in a physical world but yet everything is energy, energy that has manifested into form.
It is very easy for us to be swayed by beauty as it is natural to admire beautiful creations but unfortunately we have evolved as people to a superficial level where we have become obsessed with physical looks overlooking the person within the body.

Many of us strive to look a certain way believing if we change the way we look we will love ourselves more in the process and it will take away the the pain we carry within.
Though the truth is if we do not love all of who we are and are not in peace with our mental, emotional, spiritual bodies we will not be happy and it is simply a picture of illusion we create within and around ourselves leaving a feeling of dissatisfaction and unhappiness.

The more we explore within we discover a beautiful uniqueness that is not seen unless it is expressed.
Through this expression we move others touching their authenticity and inspiring change in the world.
This is true beauty the richness and the very essence of who we are that goes beyond what we can see and creates positive change with each connection we make.

I write this as a reflection for each of us to ponder and question ourselves are we living in balance by loving ALL of who we are.

Much love,
Astara xoxo