 | Author: jlove
Date Posted: 05-06-2008 5:11 PM |
Hello All! My last blog was kinda jam-packed... I'll keep this short and sweet. I like to rap ;), yes, it's true.
Check it...
the Truth is not always easy to hear,
especially with these young cats kickin it in your ear... drum
come, come let's all get together now,
speak the truth, we can change all bad weather now
in time, the Truth, it will always be revealed
no matter how the system tries to keep it concealed
and you can't run away from that which you are, and...
in my mind, we're all superStars
xo
About jlove
At the age of 18, the conflict between my inner truth - who I actually Am, and who I was pretending to be in the world became too great... My system said, "Shut her down!". I was so physically and mentally fatigued that I could no longer function normally in life, let alone at the perfectionist level I had been pushing :). Depression, confusion, loneliness, guilt, and anger ensued on and off for a long time. Even though I had been unhappy, I was so attached to the familiarity of living that life. I felt guilty whenever I allowed myself to feel even a bit relieved, that I had an excuse not to be that "perfect" girl anymore. I kept thinking, "Ok, Now what?". About two years into the "illness", I came accross a book at the library about yoga and meditation. My inner voice piped up loudly, "YES!". I practiced regularly and felt alive again! With each day, ever so subtly, I was able to see and hear what was really going on. Things started to click. I was introduced to a gifted healer who helped me to ask myself the right questions and, more importantly, to trust the answers. Soon after, from this centered, clear place that I was quietly cultivating, the realization came that I had to follow my own Truth, despite how diffficult it may seem or, how crazy it may look to everyone else. I dropped out of University, and enrolled in a month-long, intensive Yoga Teacher's Training program. Eleven years later... I am forever a student and life continues to get better and better! I am Happy being who I Am and doing what I love, with wonderful people, in beautiful places. I teach others the tools that I have learned (and continue to learn) to help them listen to, define, and follow their own Truth... to be Authentic, if you will :), which, in turn, supports and reflects my own Authenticity! Life is abundant and amazing. I am so Grateful.