The purpose of Holistic Happiness is to share with you the lessons we have learned along our spiritual journeys and to assist you in your own journey back to you. Back to the truest version of you. The version of you that is limitless. The version of you that is an embodiment of love. We are all spirits living temporarily in human bodies. We all came from the same Source. That Source is love. You are love. But if you’ve forgotten that, we are here to remind you.
My spiritual awakening started when I was in my yoga teacher training. (Yoga means to yoke or to join) The true purpose of yoga is to unite our individual consciousness with the Universal Consciousness. To realize the truth of who we are beyond our bodies and egos. To experience the divine bliss of connecting to that feeling of uniting with Source energy.
The physical practice of yoga, Hatha yoga, is such a wonderful tool to prepare our physical body for meditation. It helps open the chakras which run along the spinal cord so that our energy can flow freely between our energy centers. The practice of pranayama, yogic breathing, helps balance the nervous system. We also train ourselves to work through discomfort as we discipline ourselves through our yogic practice. This is another tool for a healthy nervous system, as we are training our bodies not to panic when we are facing discomfort.
Through my yoga teacher training I was able to wean myself off of the antidepressants I had been taking after my father’s death, and to realize that I had spiritual gifts I could tap into that brought me great comfort. As an adolescent I had a belief that I was broken, this had been passed down through my family line. But as I sat in meditation I no longer felt broken, I felt like I was a beautiful expression of the divine, connected to the Universe with each deep yogic breath I took.
I think the reason so many people who have suffered from anxiety or depression end up falling in love with the practice of yoga is because it really addresses all these areas we discussed in the introduction. A yogic diet, when following the sister science of Ayurveda, can address vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Studying the ancient philosophy of yoga connects us to all the yogis who went before us, the practice of meditation connects us to universal consciousness, and practicing at a studio connects us to a community of like minded individuals that can be our spiritual family. And through unleashing our own spiritual gifts we can connect to our true selves, more easily accessing joy.
Perhaps the greatest lesson I learned through my yoga teacher training was how to separate myself from what I was experiencing. In my youth I felt completely powerless to the rollercoaster that was my emotions. As a highly sensitive child I would go from being completely calm and peaceful to throwing a temper tantrum and back again, rapidly. My mother was afraid that I was mentally ill like other members of her family. She had lived through the death of her sister by suicide and so my own mood swings terrified her. This became imprinted in my psyche, and I labeled myself as broken and unfixable… I thought I had no control over my emotions and never would.
Fast forward to me in my late 20’s going through yogic training and learning how to calm my nervous system and focus my mind through yoga and meditation. I also learned how to channel healing energy by training to become a Reiki master. As I developed these abilities I realized that I actually could take control over what I was feeling. In meditation I was able to learn how to detach from my ego and emotions and become an observer. As I practiced this new skill of observation and mindfulness I was able to function more and more without anxiety attacks and I was able to start learning to love myself more. I was no longer beating myself up for not having control, because I realized that I had forgotten the truth about myself. The truth was I was much stronger and more powerful than I had previously believed.
And as I learned how to channel the healing energy of Reiki, I was amazed at what I could do. I was able to alleviate pain and suffering just through the power of my intention to do so. I could harness this healing energy for myself and others, I could take away migraine headaches, calm panic attacks, and help facilitate natural healing. It felt like a gift from God.
It wasn’t the first time I had experienced something that seemed like a miracle. As a young child I had an angel encounter. A being, surrounded by white light, had appeared to me. It was high up near the ceiling in my room and it spoke to me, giving me advice. It said that I should stay away from a certain person who was not safe for me to be around. I wonder today if the reason the angel came to me was so that I would know to ask for the help of angels in the future. Today, I find great comfort in praying to my angels and in sharing the message with others so that they too may find such comfort.
And so I consider myself a lightworker, someone who has been called to bring healing to the world and to share my spiritual gifts. In meditation I have received the message that this is my purpose, to learn how to heal myself and to share that journey with others. That is what my spiritual awakening taught me, that I had been holding a false belief about myself. That there was nothing wrong with me, I was just a highly sensitive being who needed to learn how to bear witness to my emotions instead of identifying with them and labeling myself as broken.
Maria and I are so thankful to the yogis, the gurus, who came before us and passed down this ancient practice that brings so much wellness and healing. We invite you to embark on your own spiritual journey with us at Holistic Happiness.
Namaste,
Amber Chazukow
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