longing/yearning

Yearning. Most of us have things we secretly yearn for. Personally I’ve had a lot of things that felt like a nagging yearning over the years. Singing, painting, sailing, the list goes on. And yet. Can I sing? Nope. Sail? Nope.

Do I even try? BIG NOPE.

So maybe you want to start a new business, audition for a role, apply for new job, or it could be that you simply miss someone and yearn to re-connect but you’re afraid of rejection so you never call, never try.

That yearning is evidence you’re smacking up against a belief.

There is a limiting belief somewhere inside of us that says “Ooh better not do that, you might get hurt or embarrassed. What if you fail or get humiliated?! Better not risk it” So we don’t try.

We never learn to answer the call of the thing that’s pulling at us. 

That is the perfect place to implement some body-intelligence techniques. Including the mind and the body when looking to shift limitations really takes efficacy to the next level. Not only that but embodied approaches make addressing these blocks more fun, less stressful, and super targeted. The patterns that created them are specific to you, so with embodied practices the solutions are also going to come from you. There’s an innate creativity present.

Working with fears in this way doesn’t just make you feel a little better, it targets and dismantles the old system completely. Ideas that were running your life in the background gently shift. Things like fear of failure become less intense and suddenly doing the things you yearn to do feels natural.

Because the truth is that you might fail. Or be embarrassed. Or you might crush it!

And hey, odds are you’ve failed before and you’re still here.

I’ve felt a little embarrassed most of the time if I’m honest.

So recently I noticed extra anxiety about singing which I really long to be good at (I am NOT) so I played with examining some lingering beliefs around it with my coach and after the session I felt great about reaching out to a singing school. I’m excited to see where it leads me.

(and a little sorry for the woman who I’ll pay to listen to me try;)

So if there’s something you feel would be a positive addition to your life or something that excites you/ you yearn to do but you JUST DON’T DO IT…

It could be a signal and a map showing you where to put your curiosity and care. 

So, what are you yearning to do?