Consistent Container for Emotional Freedom

Take a moment to think about your morning routine. The things you do essentially the same way every day. I’m talking about waking up, maybe hitting snooze, going to the bathroom, brushing your teeth, doing your hair, etc.

What is it that you do every single day before you feel “ready” to begin the day?

I typically describe myself as a night owl so for the longest time, my mornings began with hitting the snooze button on a few different alarms, waking up in a panic and getting dressed and “ready” in a rush. I’d fly off to work, usually a little agro so you know there was some road rage. And at stoplights I’d check my email just so it seemed like I was still present with work even if I wasn’t physically there yet. When I got to work, I’d do my best to walk quickly without looking like I’m running, I’d plop all my shit down behind my desk, walk immediately to the break room for coffee, and then I’d settle behind my computer and dive into whatever needed to be done that day.

Obviously this routine stressed me out and helped forge my path to burnout.

Any parts of this feel familiar to you?

These days, I won’t officially begin my day until after I’ve done my morning practice.

It used to seem dull to me to do the same morning routine all day everyday. I assuage that slightly by shifting my routine every 28 days to align with the lunar cycle. But that’s still an entire month of waking up and doing the same routine.

And after a few years of this routine, I realize that I love it so much and rely on it that it is a sacred ritual I do to create a safe space for myself.

And through the repetition of the physical/exterior movements, I have created a sacred solitary sanctuary in which I can allow my emotions, whatever they are, to flow into completion.

Because my body is doing the same thing each time, my energy and consciousness is able to focus elsewhere and I can work within my subtler bodies, inclusive of my feelings.

My body, flowing through a familiar routine, opens my emotional bodies in ways that some days it releases so much fucking gratitude it feels like my heart could burst.

Other days I opens the floodgates of grief and sobs escape my lungs and tears pour from my eyes.

Other days I’m incredibly productive and plan out an entire strategy around a new offerings.

And even on other days I literally have zero thoughts and I exist purely in my light body.

Most days, it’s a combination of all of that.

The point is, that when we create a container for ourselves to process whatever it is that we need to process, we become our own healers. We are able to find inner solace and celebration. We come to a place of being able to rely on ourselves. We create a safe place to fully experience our emotions.

And we are meant to experience all emotions. That’s part of the human experience.

And the more we do this—allow our emotions to flow through us as they arrive and to be released as they are completed—the more we can live in the moment.

You don’t need anyone else to hold space for you (not saying that isn’t absolutely amazing and necessary!!!!).

You are your own medicine.