Freedom Of Letting Go

Sometimes letting things go is the act of far greater power than hanging on.

~Eckhart Tolle

Hello Beautiful Soul -

Happy November!  Here in Georgia, the leaves are at their peak beauty, the temperatures are cool and the smell of pumpkin spice is everywhere.  This is also a time of transitioning towards a cozy, dark and calmer months ahead.  It is a journey inward, and a perfect space to let go and plant the seeds for the blossoms ahead. Just like the trees shed their leaves as part of renewal, we must lean into the Universal principal – in order to grow, we must release something.  

 In life, the more we try to control people and situations around us — to push, pull and force things to be as we’d like them to — the worse the situation usually gets. Through introspection, we come to realize that clinging to things we don’t want to give up usually only causes unnecessary suffering and unhappiness.

When we align with the nature of the Universe, we are learning to live within its flow and not have a dead-grip on life.  When we TRUST enough to let things come into our lives at the right time and let them go as they need to, we’re able to find more freedom, peace and comfort. Our life opens up to new opportunities, growth and a higher state of consciousness. 

 This process may require you to practice forgiving yourself or someone else.  It may bring up grief, even if you know that what you’re releasing is a good thing.  You may also need to purge your home of material items that are keeping you from moving forward.

 Here are 4 of my favorite ways to find your freedom in letting go..  

 1) Home cleansing: Walk around your home and notice if there are material things that is time to get rid of?  Every closet, shelf, drawer, bin, spaces around your home.  Move through your home with the intention of cleansing and clearing the cob webs.  You can pick up an item and ask, “is this serving me in the present moment?” and if it doesn’t, thank the item and then place it into a pile to donate, trash or sell.  This ritual will not only get rid of clutter and stagnant energy, but will invite in a natural flow and spill over to other parts of your life. 

 2) Journaling: Journaling is one of my favorite ways to discharge the energy you no longer need to carry, process your emotions and gain clarity.  Here are some prompts that will help you get started.  

·    What do I need to release which will align me to my greatest & highest good?  

 ·   Does this [person, situation, memory of an event, or habit] serve me anymore? If yes, how so?

·      Why am I finding it so hard to move on from this?

·      What emotions does this event or memory trigger in me?

·      Has this affected other areas of my life? How so?

·      Is there someone that I need to forgive, or do I need to forgive myself? 

·      What makes me feel safe?

·      What would I gain by letting go? How would it make me feel?

3) Breathing Exercises:  Invite in a daily breathing practice to release stagnant energy and invite in higher frequencies of light.  

Begin by sitting it in a comfortable position and close your eyes.  Connect with your breath as it moves through your body.  On your next inhale, imagine breathing in love and as you exhale imagine you are breathing out what you want to let go, or say to yourself, “I release, release, release”.  Breath in love, exhale release.  The more you breath in love, you find internal acceptance and let go of fear, judgement and tension in your body.   

4) Cutting cord visualization:   This visualization exercise is another way to energetically release the energy that doesn’t serve you, recover energy that has been lost and help re-establish health boundaries. 

Close your eyes and imagine “the thing” (person, memory, emotion) which you want to let go of right in front of you.  Next, imagine that there is a cord which connects you to “the thing”.  As you inhale and exhale, you can imagine a pair of golden scissors, or a bright golden light/sword coming in and cutting this connection with “the thing”.  After you feel lighter or the cord is cut and “the thing” is detached from you, imagine a golden light of protection around you.  

And always bring in gratitude and grace.  Yes, letting go is a process and may seem difficult, however give yourself GRACE and TRUST the process.

Imagine if the trees tried to hold onto their leaves, where on their branches would the new leaves be able to grow?  Let the trees inspire you, and look to them the way they let the dead leaves drop motivate you to release what you no longer need. When you let go, you might go through a tough time — a bare-branched winter, like the trees — but that shall pass, and you’ll have made room for the bright and beautiful new leaves when Spring arrives.  

Sending much love, 

 Dena