by Stevie Cole, Perth
Esoteric Yoga supports me to explore stillness and truth. I experience this through my body deeply letting go and relaxing…which, in addition to the obvious health benefits, can give me insights as to how I hold myself back from allowing the delicious, nurturing stillness that I experience in my sessions into my everyday life.
One recent example during a session was when I had reached a point of relative ‘quietness’ in my mind, though I felt there was still deeper I could go in my body so I knew it was a ‘red herring’ sent from my mind to distract me from true stillness. And at that point my mind said ‘that’ll do’, and it reminded me that I sometimes say that exact same line to myself in front of the mirror when I’m getting ready to go out. I was surprised to see this link which was showing me that there is a belief I hold that I don’t deserve to go the whole way, and I’m certainly not worth it.
What a blessing it was to expose this unloving belief, which in all honesty I’ve played out in every interaction, movement and communication I’ve had up to that point. So now when I look in the mirror I say to myself ‘you are SO worth it, gorgeous woman’. And that’s the truth.
Thank you to Serge Benhayon and the Universal Medicine practitioners who present this truly inspiring modality.
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Well said Elizabeth – living with responsibility is how we truly maximise and magnify all that we are and a here to live in this world.
It is incredibly supportive to have available to us the modality of Esoteric Yoga offering us the opportunity to explore our connection to the stillness of our essence, to experience how it feels to be at one with our Soul so that we then have a very tangible marker of how we can live with this connection through our daily living or return to it whenever we feel we have veered away from our innate beingness.
True stillness is a magnificent bodily sensation of coming into communion with the universe.
It is interesting how we cap ourselves in our surrender as if to say we know how much is on offer therefore is enough when in fact we have no idea. Somehow, we seem to find it more secure when there is a limit or at least when we think we know where and how far we are going. But the Universe does not operate like that.
What Esoteric Yoga has been for me is truly rejuvenating, allowing me to actually be myself without drive or doing good, truly allowing myself to feel more by its modality and accept my past choices and reflect on them if they had truly supported me, I had learned to observe and feel inside my body the effect of when I judge. Simply because when you take someone out of the doing and let themselves feel who they are (being) a lot more will stand out and becomes obvious if it came from that (still) place within you or the outside world and distractional movement.
Thank you Stevie, what happens in an Esoteric Yoga session is quite amazing. I have also received many different awarenesses, things within me I didn’t realise that have helped me to understand myself, to let go of things, but most importantly to love and cherish myself more.
Everything is connected to everything and everything offers a reflection that, if we take it up, can change how we do things, the thoughts we pursue, our whole life in short.
I’m learning more about my body from 3 years ago when I first experienced Esoteric yoga. I recalled how my body had been conditioned to be on the go, it wasn’t a session unless I was huffing, puffing or contorted – I clearly did not know what stillness felt like.
After becoming a student of Universal Medicine and experiencing more yoga sessions, those old ingrained behaviours are being re-imprinted and to actually feel this stillness is incredible. I still have more to go but to be in that absolute stillness from every cell in my body will be worth it.
Esoteric Yoga is amazingly insightful in its simplicity. It’s one of the few things that I’ve done that doesn’t ask me to ‘be’ or do anything at all other than breathe and pay attention to what’s going on in my body at a deep level. It provides a space to feel how I’ve been living and how there is a sense of a deeper stillness and clarity within that’s always waiting to be felt, acknowledged and appreciated.
Someone recently picked up from me that I say ‘that’ll do’ about things I wear and yet I was offering so much more to others and would never settle for ‘it will do’ for them! I love your expression and will have some giggles sharing that with myself as I get ready from now on and will enjoy the ripple effect of such a seemingly self-focused act!
Can you imagine that by the lack of stillness we create space for the turmoil of life that conceals only one way of thinking: that life is it, human existence is our one and only. This rigid mind, that we have once all allowed, is the limit (mask)to the absolute truth that we are Multidimensional Beings, and who do not belong here on this earth, neither have come from it.
It’s amazing to see what we can adopt and when we do how blind that can then become to what happens next under that ‘adoption’. It plays out in front of us but we think it’s us and so when the thought comes we take it as our thought and yet we are becoming aware of energy and the fact that far more happens instantly and before any physical action takes place. In this way you look at your thoughts and check or feel their alignment and in this you read their quality. If the true quality doesn’t stand up then you know you’re being sold a part of something and not the whole thing.
“I say to myself ‘you are SO worth it, gorgeous woman’. And that’s the truth.” Esoteric yoga reveals the truth of the beauty within and a connection to the glory of who we are in essence.
That’s so true Mary, Esoteric Yoga reveals the true woman within.
Awesome reminder Stevie to never accept less than the magnificence we are all truly from.
I find Esoteric Yoga has a profound effect on a woman’s self worth, once we feel that stillness and beauty within it changes how we view and feel about ourselves, then we start making more supportive and loving choices for ourselves. It’s been absolutely beautiful to see this unfolding in myself and all the women around me participating in the Esoteric Yoga Stillness Program for Women.
I can do the ‘that’ll do’ thing too but know I am selling myself short and it doesn’t feel good. When I can be bothered to go that extra mile it feels amazing and it feels like I have grown an extra mile in the doing of it.
Esoteric Yoga provides a permanent opportunity to explore how we are holding ourselves and to let go patterns of being in the body. It is as simple as profound; a beautiful inward movement.
A life-changing realisation Stevie, exposing how we are ruled by false ideals and beliefs to keep us stuck into a lesser way of living and expressing with this very familiar phrase of ‘that will do’.
What a blessing it was to expose this unloving belief, which in all honesty I’ve played out in every interaction, movement and communication I’ve had up to that point”.
It makes me wonder how and where the brain stores that belief that entwines you in every interaction. Esoteric Yoga is powerful in that when you do hit that inner-stillness much can be revealed by looking back at your ‘being’s’ behaviours. It also reveals how close we are to our inner-stillness all the time.
I love your sharing Stevie, I always feel the joy when I read these words “So now when I look in the mirror I say to myself ‘you are SO worth it, gorgeous woman’. One time during a Yoga session I felt I could go deeper but I pulled myself back feeling that is enough. This reminded me of your words ” I was surprised to see this link which was showing me that there is a belief I hold that I don’t deserve to go the whole way, and I’m certainly not worth it.” I realised reading these words that I too have a belief that I don’t deserve to have it all. Thank you for this insight.
It’s a great concept to consider, that we may not go deeper or allow more love because where we are now compared to where we were is so much better, but there’s still more love to live and enjoy. Something for me to explore today!
It is a revealing exercise when you are asked to lay still and feel your body but your mind has other ideas, it is a great discipline to bring ones breath and movement back to the vessel (body) and out of the over stimulated thought train. What has always stood out to me about Esoteric Yoga, compared to other forms of relaxation is that it never asks you to empty the mind but simply refocus it on the body that walks it from A to B on a daily basis.
Yes I agree Sarah, emptying the mind is a complete furfy and can become a distraction in itself that can waste the entire yoga session! Asking the mind to be at one with what the body is doing brings an awareness that can then be used in so many other situations. It really is a powerful life skill.
We come up with all kinds of stories to convince ourselves with in order to justify why we would not surrender in full. All the issues and beliefs we hold are even not true, but we give them so much credit by naming them as THE reason. And here you so beautifully and simply counter that with the truth. Superb.
Esoteric Yoga flies in the face of the individual and spiritual path offered by most yoga practices. Esoteric Yoga offers union with the soul, and learning about ourselves through our body in a continual development of love that is never to the exclusion of another.
A profound moment Stevie… and one that busts something so many women are caught in, that never-ending loop of not feeling good enough, expecting less, accepting less, which confirms not feeling worthy. The Esoteric Yoga is a very powerful modality that allows us to connect to the stillness within, which is where all our answers lie. Thanks for the awesome example.
What an amazing revelation Stevie, and very much worth the sharing. The Esoteric Modalities offer the space to look back at you and become aware of the falsities of your normal everyday behaviors that are unnoticed. That’s why these modalities are not your ‘everyday’ – they are heaven sent with potential miracles willing to happen.
Great blog Stevie, so often we use those words ‘that’ll do’, quietly to ourselves and often totally unaware that what we are actually saying is that we are content to settle for less than who we truly are.
We compromise instead of allowing what we know in our hearts to be true, we halt the love that is waiting there for us unlimited in its depths, and accept less often because it’s better than where we were. Or we compromise because we know it will unsettle others to feel us in the fullness of how amazing we are and how amazing life can be when we live the love we are.
Esoteric Yoga allows us to find a new marker of truth within ourselves so we can no longer compromise for anything less and can always find our way back if we ever waver.
An interesting part of this is in the fact the knowing comes from our body, not from changing beliefs and thinking we are now “worthy”, but by connecting to and honouring how the body feels. Esoteric Yoga is a complete package in this via its simplicity, as it’s the disconnection to the body that is the source of many of our woes, and it’s the reconnection back to the body and it’s universal intelligence (via our particles) that supports us to re-establish a more loving way of life.
I can relate to that feeling of going ‘this’ll do’. It is like you can’t be too great or have it all. I feel this is a belief that I took on young and it feels lazy now and capping to not allow myself to feel amazing and claim that.
How inspiring Stevie – from being in conscious presence with your body, you have been able to root out a pattern in life of not valuing yourself. This is the joy of Esoteric Yoga – it is not just attending a session, but bringing the awareness and gentle movement into our day. Deep and true healing.
Thanks Steve – the simplicity of this is very profound, that if we do allow ourselves to simply be with our bodies and observe what is with-in us the little pockets of resistance will pop-up and reveal themselves. Once seen and named we can choose to release any hold they have over us.
Thanks Stevie. After reading your blog I have realised that ‘that’ll do’ is something I often say to myself before moving on to my next box to tick, ouch, as not only is a ‘that’ll do’ devoid of quality and integrity, it is a cap on our potential.
Stevie, thanks for writing this, I attend Sacred Movement classes and I became aware that I had been saying to myself ‘that’s enough’ too, or ‘that will do’ and so I was not fully surrendering. At my last class I stopped listening to my mind telling me these things and instead felt into my body and allowed myself to surrender, this felt amazing, your article helps me to ponder on where in life I do not surrender and instead think; ‘that’s enough’, thank you.
Where do these beliefs that diminish us come from? Apparently we want the experience of love in our lives but few of us actually choose it. Instead we put ourselves down, play small and live in modesty rather than abundance. Perhaps as Stevie has illustrated here, it is our ‘job’ to recognise this behaviour and to make different choices, those that truly honour us and are self-loving rather than denigrating. If we truly want love in our lives, maybe we have to find it within ourselves and then live the expression of it outwardly.
By nature we are limitless – there is no stopping the depth of love and beauty we can go to within ourselves and express outwardly to the world. Any belief of a limit or cap or an end is most certainly a holding back – like you’ve exposed Stevie, beautifully so.
‘ I don’t deserve to go the whole way, and I’m certainly not worth it’ I have been pondering on why I have been making some of the decisions I have been making over the last few years and have found that there is still some of this kind of thinking behind my choices. This is a lovely blog that shines the light on this insidious belief that so many of us can be plagued by. We know deep down we are absolutely worth it so giving ourselves permission to connect to that and appreciate ourselves every day for the things we bring and the way we are with ourselves and others is a true supportive and loving act. I love how you are now claiming the truth of your worth.
Love it Stevie, well caught. When we settle for ‘good enough’ we will never know the more that we actually already are, just waiting to burst forth into full expression.
Interesting how a so called simple comment like ‘that will do’ can taint every movement thereafter. Great exposure of the false beliefs that can play havoc with us if we allow.
Esoteric Yoga is so great for stopping the incessant motion or life and the never-ending chatter in our minds, instead presenting us with a moment of grace where we can feel just us without all that imposition.
It is through Esoteric Yoga and Sacred Esoteric Healing that I experienced true stillness for the first I could remember. They are amazing, amazing modalities, I would definitely recommend this to anyone.
Great reminder to never settle for less. When we connect to the depth and beauty within us through the body, the tricks of the mind are exposed. Esoteric Yoga is truly supportive in building a deeper relationship with our inner essence.
“That’ll do.” An insidious throwaway line that erodes our inner-confidence and tells us we are not worthy for more. If ever there was a reason to start saying ‘No’ to ourselves, this is it. Just say ‘no’ every time it rears it’s nasty little head and before long, it won’t be able to any more.
Gorgeous Stevie, we are all worth experiencing the deep stillness and divinity we are as women, making this choice not only supports us, it also inspires and reminds other women they are equally this as well.
I love this line Stevie; “So now when I look in the mirror I say to myself ‘you are SO worth it, gorgeous woman'” it brings a smile to my face and a joy to my heart, as deep down I know I too am this worthwhile gorgeous woman, time to stop playing the unworthy game, it is not real.
Thank you Stevie for this deeply supportive reminder that settling for less, for a ‘that’ll do’ does not reflect all that we are in essence and how what we do settle for is magnified through every aspect in our lives. Through Esoteric Yoga I too have realised that there is much more to who we are and can live, and when we embrace the stillness within our bodies, we discover the ever-deepening love of who we are, a fullness and richness that can be present through our everyday living.
I so know that belief that you describe here that near enough is good enough or as you put it “that will do” attitude. It is so anti-evolutionary and life depleting. The absolute beauty of Esoteric Yoga is that it bypasses the head and allows you to connect with your body and your inner essence which then easily exposes what is not real or true.
This is such a supportive blog, reminding us that we are always so worth it. It is never too much effort to care, love and nurture ourselves, especially when we understand how beneficial this is, not only to our appearance but our general health and supports us to care for others as well.
‘that’ll do’, I know that one and Esoteric Yoga is an amazing tool to show us these very degrading patterns in which we live and instead choose for connection with our true self and love and support our bodies, the tenderness and preciousness we truly are.
Another powerful reminder that when we compromise ourselves in any way whatsoever, that is what we are offering to the world.
Well said Stevie,
“That will do”, is certainly something I have said a lot in my life and if I be honest it is still something to be aware of. For it comes in many guises, that’s close enough, I won’t check that, even though there was a clear feeling to do so. I can’t be bothered just now, the list could continue, but they are all tarred with the same energy of not holding and living the beauty and fullness we are in every moment.
Wow! How set up are we when life is always throwing us a curved ball to keep us away from the stillness we naturally are. I can see how I have consistently contracted away from going deeper and allowing myself to feel my full connection.
I find it very interesting how my mind can trick me into that same thought you’ve shared, going into….. ‘that’ll do’. It is so true that when we connect with this we are not actually allowing ourselves to go the full way, to bring the fullness of who we are in our every movement and in our every choice. We are all definitely worth it, we are all worth giving it our all, bringing the highest quality we can offer to ourselves and to humanity and this quality is STILLNESS. We are blessed to have Esoteric Yoga to support us to connect to stillness in all our expressions whenever we choose to.
This is a great testament of the power of connecting to our stillness within, as we get to feel how much more love and true beauty there is to appreciate in us all and that we are worth it to nurture and honour our bodies in every possible way, thank you Stevie.
“Esoteric Yoga supports me to explore stillness and truth.” I love Esoteric Yoga too – so different from any form of yoga I have practiced before. So deceptively simple yet not always easy on account of the wandering mind. Connecting my mind with my body in union and staying present with every move – feels amazing.
Esoteric Yoga is the first style of yoga that I have experienced a deep connection to truth and stillness. It is deeply supportive for me throughout my day as I can apply the techniques as I go, it doesn’t require a yoga mat and doesn’t take hours. I can connect to this quality of stillness very easily, it is a matter of choice, choosing to stop for a moment to reconnect to my stillness is all that it takes. I could be at my desk, getting out of bed, pretty much any movement I make, I can choose to connect to my stillness. Pretty amazing really!
Esoteric Yoga is amazing support for us to connect to stillness and truth. The great thing is we can connect to this throughout our day and it is constantly there for us to choose. How many of us can look in the mirror and say ‘you are SO worth it, gorgeous woman’? When we choose to connect to stillness we feel absolutely gorgeous through and through, this is our natural way which many of us have strayed away from yet it is so easy to reconnect to. Thank you for the awesome reminder Stevie and a beautiful blog.
Stevie, that’s a great belief to see and call out, the ‘that’ll do’ism. I have this also, a limit on how far I’m willing to go and in doing so I’m holding back on myself and the next unfoldment of what is there for me to express and feel. And as I read today I can feel and see how this is quite subtle and often not obvious, so as you say a great one to catch.
It is gorgeous that there is a modality that you can do that allows you to nurture yourself with such stillness, that lessons to be learnt can present themselves so simply to you for you to then address. We are forever learning and healing and if we allow it, the body will show us what’s next.
I just SO love this line Stevie, one I could use for myself. Thank you. “So now when I look in the mirror I say to myself ‘you are SO worth it, gorgeous woman’. And that’s the truth”. Gorgeous indeed.
I read a quote by Serge Benhayon recently that said something like ‘When you look in the mirror you see what you feel’ and it is so true. When you connect to your inner beauty and stillness this is what is reflected back from the mirror – the mirror on the wall and the mirror of those you meet.
Beautifully said Mary, I am finding that there is a true reflection wherever I turn; this is the reality as I am finding and deepening my true connection.
“That’ll do”… the line that has caught me time and again justifying the holding on to hurts just that little bit longer and not taking responsibility, a line to keep us in comfort and ultimately a line in contradiction to what the body is truly saying as it always is asking for more responsibility and love.
Wow Stevie – I love the way you observed what you felt without judgment and then simply let go of what was not true. It can be that easy and that simple and Esoteric Yoga gives us the space to allow this awareness.
‘You are SO worth it, gorgeous woman’. – Beautifully said Stevie, to claim who we are in full supports and inspires others to also know this truth.
“I’m so worth IT!”
Sing it to the hill sister!
I enjoy the esoteric yoga immensely and am finding that over time as I continue to participate in a program each time it’s offered, the more I am getting a sense of the group energy of all those who are participating along with me. What a wonderful and powerful imprint to leave on the world!
I’ve found this to be a very powerful thing to do too Felix given that everything we express comes from the way we move.
It’s interesting Stevie. After reading your blog again I realise how often I too can say ‘that’ll do’ to myself (particularly when I am tired), so I appreciate you sharing this ‘was showing me that there is a belief I hold that I don’t deserve to go the whole way, and I’m certainly not worth it’. Must work on that with my present Esoteric Yoga program!
A great sharing Stevie, the – ‘that’ll do’’ approach is something I have clung to in the past, especially since my life is better than before so it seems enough. How wrong I have been as I am now discovering that it is endless – there can be no limit with the divine. Thank you for the beautiful reminder that we are truly worth it each and everyday.
Esoteric yoga is an amazing space in which to notice those subtle saboteurs that gently slip into our minds and bring us down. Reaching a place of stillness isn’t so difficult. It’s catching ourselves coming out of it – the tricks of the mind – that’s the true work.
I have participated in a number of eso yoga classes and found them to be an amazing healing experience that is quite easy to perform and the benefits are quite profound.
Isn’t it amazing how one little thought, such as ‘That’ll do’ can lead us to abandoning ourselves? Reading the comments above it seems like such thoughts are not unusual, and they are certainly well known to me too. I am on alert now for catching them, thank you for a beautifully simple, yet profound blog.
Definitely – the minute we have the thought ‘I can’t be bothered’ or ‘That’ll do,’ I’d say we are a good way down the road to self abandonment.
What you are sharing here is very beautiful to read. To not settle for less than we deserve. Thank you Stevie, very inspiring.
I love that you have exposed that belief, I have noticed that in myself when stopping to feel the stillness I find my mind happy to just reduce the tension before getting on with life, but not dropping to the depth of stillness my body craves. The ‘that’ll do’ is insipid and masterful in how it plays out in all areas of our lives, keeping us from a depth of connection where we can feel how gorgeous we truly are.
If I had a dollar for every time I’ve said ‘that’s good enough ‘ or ‘that’ll do’, I’d be a wealthy woman. It’s ingrained into us all I think, to be okay with the bare minimum if that gets us across the line. What a sad way to be if that’s what is settled for. It is indeed an unloving belief, one that needs discipline to unlock and keep it that way.
It is in its simplicity beautifully confronting, Stevie, because I feel this “that’ll do” in me as well. It seems it is a seed that is implanted in lots of us.
You are so worth it Stevie a gorgeous, amazing woman but also so, so much more.
You are divine stillness and the tender feminine that can bring us all home to God.
I read your blog again today Stevie as I can so relate to these insidious little remarks from the head – it is so self-abusive to allow those in and accept them as truth. They are so far from the truth, pure lies and it is important to call them out for what they are, as you did in your session and in this blog!
Yes, that is the way we need to talk to ourselves: ‘you are SO worth it, gorgeous woman’. Thank you Stevie, I simply love it!
Esoteric Yoga is a powerful modality in which we offer ourselves the time and space for connection to our bodies and within this we are then able to come to our own realisations that help us to truly heal.
Thanks Stevie. Your blog has exposed my reluctance to stay connected deeply to me and how there is always this challenge between being in and maintaining stillness and wanting to escape into the busyness of the world and be lost. It is all about taking responsibility for the choices I make and bringing the amazing, grace-full and power-full essence of who I truly am to my livingness in the world each day. Your sharing, in just a few simple words has brought to the surface a ‘Known’ which will take me more deeply in living the truth of who I am.
Wow, what an awesome realisation !!! Thank you for sharing Stevie. Cute at the end – ‘ now when I look in the mirror I say to myself ‘you are SO worth it, gorgeous woman’. And that’s the truth.’ truth indeed ! 😏
Esoteric yoga – If we are willing to connect deeply to that stillness within ourself, it’s amazing what is sometimes presented for us to feel.
…that everything we need to be, we already are 🙂
Esoteric Yoga offers so much more then relaxation. By connecting to our bodies we can feel all that it is communicating with us and in honouring this the body is allowed to deeply let go. If we are then willing to understand what choices, patterns, beliefs and behaviours we hold in our body the true and deeply healing power of this modality can be accessed.
This is beautiful Stevie, you feel like you have gone so much deeper into your body and have developed a greater awareness of the ideals and beliefs we can hold about ourselves. Esoteric yoga is such a powerful and supportive modality for revealing how we are choosing to live in our bodies and it offers us an opportunity to go deeper to connect to the truth we can so often filter out.
That’s an awesome discovering while doing Esoteric Yoga. There is much to learn through practicing it. I have been doing a course recently and I have become aware of how thoughts come along to disrupt the stillness and connection. I have also been learning to connect what is true for me and the quality of stillness that is already there, rather than the habit I have of picking up on what is not true around me. So I have been coming back to the living from the inside more rather than the outside. Esoteric Yoga is beautiful.
I know the “That’ll do” thought however if I allow myself to stay committed to whatever it is I am doing and take that little bit, sometimes big bit, of care I come to a place of completion and fulfillment and can feel that, it is so worth it, I am so worth it everyone is so worth it – and that gorgeous feeling is in my body radiating out. Thank you Stevie for this beautiful reminder.
Thank you, Stevie. Your sharing prompted me to take a proper stop and connect with my body – which proved to be very difficult – and I realised how tight my chest was, how I had gone into contraction in the past week or so, and how much agitation there was, and I just couldn’t go past that. I am just being reminded how important it is to take a stop moment regularly, every day, in order for me to recognise stillness as my essence and live from that place.
Esoteric Yoga has the power to support us back to knowing our innate sense of worth from the depth of stillness that is there within us. Where we are then able to say “we’re worth it” because we can feel this as our body’s lived pulsing truth. Such is the magnitude of this modality initiated by Serge Benhayon though Universal Medicine.
yes, we are divine by nature and to live in respect of this truth is our natural way. Esoteric Yoga supports us to reconnect and feel this as a living truth within the body.
I love how you now look in the mirror, ‘Hello gorgeous woman you are so worth it’.
That’s a great point Stevie, I can relate to that voice that says “that’ll do” in more than one area of my life which feels like not only saying I’m not worth it, but if I’m with others and not expressing in full, then I’m really saying that they’re not fully worth it either. Thanks for sharing, a great reminder that we are all worth it.
Exactly Melissa! What I’m learning more and more is that responsibility never stops with ourselves and that everything we do affects another… In this way, we can either inspire and expand in brotherhood or harm separate and contract in competition and individualism. ..
Thank you Stevie your lovely blog reminds me to allow myself to feel worth it . . .
Your blog made me ponder a little deeper on how jealousy from others holds me back from expressing all of me, whether that be what I wear or what I verbally express or how I walk into a room. With this awareness and commitment to change this old pattern I am expressing so much more, and afterwards I have noticed that a voice comes in saying ‘Oh that was too much’. I am observing this and not entertaining it as otherwise I go into doubt, and I can see this is the loop I used to go into instead of confirming my expression and deepening and developing it.
I can relate to what you write about the beliefs. They slip in as thoughts and then they become truths. The past days I have been noticing this with awareness. So many of these so-called little thoughts slip in, but I found out they were regular guests, patterns of thoughts debasing me. I am now focusing on confirming and celebrating me. As soon as other non-related thoughts pop up, they stand out. I just don’t go along with them and then they go, just as quick as they came 🙂
Beautiful Stevie. Your blog has inspired me to always be open and willing to go to that next level, because I’m worth it.
A red herring is a great description of those thoughts and beliefs, that when we entertain, stop of us from going the whole way. I agree – you are gorgeous Stevie and we are all worth it, in every way.
A stunningly gorgeous reflection you are Stevie Cole, as is so deeply felt in all you have expressed here. From the stillness rests truth, to move from that place – exquisite!
Thank you Stevie for this is beautiful expression through which I can feel your gorgeousness. I love the graceful power of our stillness. A place where we can connect ever so deeply to our essence, where in this quietness of our body and mind our truth speaks volumes through our heart from our Soul. Esoteric yoga has also supported me to deepen my connection with my stillness, through which I am able to feel and expose what was not of this stillness and how it plays out in my life.
With this blog Stevie Cole, you show us how powerful the Esoteric Yoga sessions are because of the great revalations they can bring us if we connect with our bodies. I also know this false belief of ‘not deserving it’ and use it to stop myself of enjoying life in all its aspects. It is great if we can let go of these false beliefs and free ourselves from the imprisonment that holding on to these false beliefs actually brings.
Thank you Stevie, by you sharing your limitations that cap you and don’t allow yourself to go deeper, has reminded me of my invisible blocks that have capped me too. Esoteric Yoga is very powerful in deepening our understanding in us. It creates a space to truly listen to what is going on within.
So true Stevie. I can relate to where the mind says ‘that will do” when there is a much deeper truth to be felt in our bodies. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Great sharing Stevie. Esoteric Yoga offers us the opportunity to connect to what is already there within us, and on the way there we get to see all the beliefs, ideals and patterns that keep us away from feeling and expressing that in our everyday lives. It is such a simple but deeply healing modality, and a blessing to have in my life.
I am doing a yoga program right now and it has made me realise that my body can truly surrender and let go of so much. It’s an amazing modality and one I really enjoy greatly.
This is very cool account of how deeply supportive Esoteric Yoga can be, what a revelation to occur, lovely that you were open to it.
I can so relate to what you write here Stevie. Great that listening to your body was able to out the “red herring”.
I love how the recognition of the “red herring” has given a deeper appreciation of you.
Beautiful Stevie, I can only agree that you are gorgeous as is this blog. It is my experience too that Esoteric Yoga develops our awareness of all we do and say in life. Great that you can see the truth of you.
So true – we would catch many illnesses and diseases if we actually stopped and paid attention to our bodies more regularly, rather than ignoring them until simply we cannot any longer.
Esoteric Yoga is such a microcosm of life. It shows us in minute detail from our own bodies how we are with ourselves, with others and in life. We all deserve way more than “that will do”. Eoteric Yoga supports us to know we are way more and to live that.
Esoteric Yoga is a true blessing for us all from Heaven. Thank you for sharing you observations with us, Stevie.
I love how esoteric yoga offers the time and space to really stop and feel how I am feeling at that point. When I started to bring this into my life I was astounded by how much our body has to tell. Every part of my body can show me something about how I am living, what I am holding in my body and underneath all that who I really am. It is very practical and real and at the same time so magical!
You’ve encapsulated the joy of union…what yoga truly means. To feel everything that we are living is a blessing, it is magical and a gift from God indeed. To have not realised for so long that we always have this opportunity is a real shame however once you know the reality and very presence we are capable of, what we learn and allow ourselves to feel becomes endless.
YES!!! Thank you Stevie for showing me how much ‘that’ll do’, has been my moto for eons. It feels absolutely true that I have not been choosing to live to my fullest and therefore give up in the final round…resulting in ‘that’ll do’ or ‘near enough is good enough’. Shocking! My awareness around this is slowly expanding however…so….more me, on the way!
I have found that Esoteric Yoga offers me an opportunity to go deeper within and that this has a ripple effect into all areas of my life.
Hello Stevie, I love what you are simply saying here. It exposes a comfort we have in just doing a bit to make it better and not going the whole way we feel to or are called to be in any given moment. There can be a million reasons for you not to go further and follow what you feel or to honour the truth at any moment. What you are saying here is very profound and powerful. Feel deeply what is the truth and don’t settle for less and when you feel it, appreciate what that brings. Thank you Stevie.
I found this very useful, how the mind says “that’ll do”. For me it also brings up, how worthy am I of receiving the amazing love there to connect with. I am grateful for Esoteric Yoga, which does not impose another idea of who we are. It simply asks, how deep are you prepared to go into the truth if who you are, there within you.
I have experienced in Esoteric Yoga this very point about how our minds can prevent a deepening process of experiencing and learning who we are. It really brings up, how worthy am I of receiving the amazing love there to connect with. It keeps bringing up for me this notion of ‘I’ as a door man which bars access to a great hall of wisdom and how I have settled for believing that that is who ‘I’ am. Esoteric Yoga does not impose another idea of who we are. It simply asks, how deep are you prepared to go into the truth if who you are, there within you.
Simon I love the question that your finished with – Esoteric Yoga simply asks us “how deep are you prepared to go into the truth of who you are, there within you”? And this is totally up to us.
Stevie, you make such a great point, our ‘caps’ if you will, the limits we seem to live by are set by us, and when we dig we find we have beliefs that we’re not worth or somehow that’s enough, and yet when we stop and see as you did, we know that’s not true and in that moment we have a choice. How empowering is that?
Simply wonderful to read and feel the confirmation of the gorgeous woman you are Stevie.
Reading your blog a question came to me: what do the people studying neurosciences say about stillness and mental activity? It would be amazing to invite them to an esoteric yoga session and then talk about what they felt and what they know.
Love the way that Esoteric Yoga has revealed the truth for you Stevie. I can relate to the still place that the Yoga supports and have equally experienced great revelations all to bring us back to our natural stasis – love.