Power of slowing down

At what speed are you living, breathing, relaxing, having sex, eating, growing?

The other day I walked past a pop-up market and there were owners of spiders and snakes, showcasing their love for and expertise of these reptiles. A twenty something guy took out a big snake (wish I could tell you the type) and put her around his body. He told us (me and boyfriend) that we could caress her. And I did, although I was doing it scared.

He told us a snake sheds its skin every 1-2 months.

Time to let go of the old mold, the old identity, patterns, appearance that you've outgrown.

I feel l've been shedding as well these past 6 months. It has been a complete switch from working in a fast-paced, loud, service-based environment to slow and intentional living.

My purpose for this journey was to connect more to myself again, to connect to nature, learn more about myself, spirituality, me in relationship with others.

I feel I have experienced all of this and by letting go of my job, my apartment, and by meeting new people, having new, magical experiences, have shed parts of my old skin.

I wish I could say l've completely let go of my self-sabotage, my playing small, my fear of being seen. I do believe the journey is about loving yourself in the in between. To trust that eventually, every experience, every shedding of skin brings you closer to that person you know you have in you.

They are there already. It's just a habit, a story you're telling yourself about the person you and everyone around you expects you to be that holds you back of shedding everything all at once.

I am learning that there is power in being present and slowing down. Better yet, it is one of my strengths. I'm still developing, deepening my practice, expanding it to all areas in my life.

Only when you slow down and take time to feel, you can truly connect to yourself, your environment and others. And only then you can feel magic.In these instances of slowing down, l've felt energy flowing inside and around me. I've felt as if God/the Universe was holding me. I've felt deeply connected to nature, to plants. I've started to feel present during s.xual experiences, whilst before I would feel I was not really present in my body (only in my head, only worried about the experience of the other person, felt as if I was performing instead of really feeling and enjoying). I've felt how there's more than we can see, l've felt it, not only thought or imagined it.

I've become more curious about my body, my menstrual cycle, the phases of the moon and how they interact with each other.

If you're ready to let go of the rushing, the hustling, the pushing and you're ready to give yourself some softness, some time, some relaxation, some pleasure, some connection to self, welcome home. You've been waiting for this.

I promise you don't need to quit your job or move to Mexico to feel what l've been experiencing.

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