The Art of Self-Love:

Rising from the Rubble of Family Rejection

Illustration by Marissa Shandell @researchdoodles on Instagram

Even if my family does not provide a safe place to learn and grow, I found that I can call together a group of friends, guides and mentors who will help me release my past and turn toward the unknown future with new potentials!

It Matters, But It Doesn’t Change Anything

I have to stop trying to please others.

I am addicted to the illusion that one day my family will forgive me and that I will be loved.

That ‘needy’ emotional energy has me trapped, though I am becoming aware of how to release it.

Please Do Not Attend

When my family leaves me as an outcast — specifically requested to not attend some of the most personal family gatherings… when I feel love and get none in return…

My hurt used to fester as resentment, frustration, self doubt and self harm, and I was unknowingly miss-applying the law of attraction.

And my body had been addicted to this awful cycle of emotions ever since I was an infant, toddler, child, teen, and most of my decades as an adult.

How Does Such Blindness Persist?

Chasing the snake that bit you will only make things worse. Forgiveness is a personal healing and not an expectation of change. Rather, it’s a choice to refocus and to feel good just as things are.

Attracting From A Different Energy

Nowadays, I go to a yoga class to clear the frustration and hurt from my body, I sit still for as many guided meditations as needed.

When my family hurts me — this is when I most need a guided meditation, to help me call up the feelings of gratitude and self-love, to remind me why it is so much more important to rehearse these emotions instead of the stress-reflex emotions.

What Brings You To Yoga?

I would love to hear your comments about why you attend yoga. What are the emotions that lead you to the studio? What are the emotions that prevent you from going?

Namaste. I see you.