Permission to Surrender

Hello, my loves.  

I know this is hard.  I know this is scary.  I know it's ... weird. 

But I also deeply know that it's sacred and somehow has a place in the story of humanity.  That there's something we are learning here amidst this dark, womby place, that could not be learned otherwise.

And that's why I'm going to keep showing up, every Sunday morning, to walk with you through your process, exactly as it is unfolding for you.

When I was grieving a few years back, I found my way into a Yoga for Grief class with my incredible mentor, Jemma Skye Champeau.  At that time I was in deep misery, feeling sorry for myself and overwhelmed by so much loss and change coming at me all at once. 

That's when Jemma shared her unbelievable story of grief which involved the sudden, tragic loss of her young husband at a young age.

I watched her in awe as she shared how the experience, although seemingly unbearable, broke her open, calling her into leadership, deep service, and activating a Soul strength she never knew she had.

From the other side of the tomb, she was alive, standing, clear, calm, confident, and -- to my utter shock -- grateful for her experience.

That day, and through our year of work together, she invited me, too, to trust my grief.  To allow all of my feelings to flow through me.  To let go into what was happening to me, and to find the deeper place that would come out of it more alive, calm and courageous than it was before.

And through her permission, I was made new. 

Lost and then found. 

Nearly dead, and then somehow more alive than ever before.

In this very masculine culture in which we live, we are told that surrender makes us weak.  That it means we are somehow giving up the fight.  However, I know nothing that takes more courage than to continue to say *yes* to what Life is asking of us amidst the moments when we want to run.

From my experience, it's through turning toward the challenge and processing it fully that we find out who we really are: not our finances.  Not our hair color.  Not our social status.  Not even our bodies.  But something much deeper and more powerful than we could ever have imagined.

If you need a safe place to come and be loved, seen, heard and honored as you are, I will be here for you, sharing the tools that gave me the permission to relax, let go, and surrender into my own process of transformation.

Sending my love and support wherever and however you are.

Xoxo,
Erin