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The only sin that passion can commit is to be joyless.
– Dorothy Sayers
Make way for joy to bubble through you and over you by going deep inside yourself and feeling the wellspring of joy within that is your birthright. Think of the pure giggly joy of an infant delighted with something as simple as the discovery of her own toes. That’s how simple the connection with our joy can be.
Your Inner Woman knows the way to joy. Sometimes it requires nothing more than allowing an inner giggle to emerge. Other times, your body can give you clues as to what is blocking joy’s way – tightness in your shoulders, tension in your jaw, or anxiety in your abdomen are all signals that something is not right with your world.
What is really beneath your body sensations? Allow these authentic feelings to make themselves known freely and fully… without judgment. As you are feeling each emotion completely, give yourself the “once-over.” That is, practice “warm watching” of yourself, loosening the grip of any self-judgment and allowing all particles of that to float away.
As you build your inner self-observation muscle, you will strengthen your courage to be totally in the feeling experience. Then you will be able to touch the needs with which those feelings are connecting you. Out of that inner connection will come the heartfelt articulation of the full expression of your needs and feelings. Now what wants to be said to yourself and to others is released as easily and softly as the spring rain. Then, and only then, you will feel the joy of expressing your deep authentic self, drenching yourself and your world, waiting to receive the refreshment of who you are.
Inner Woman is brought to you by Rev. Marsha Lehman
From the forthcoming book: The Authentic Woman® Playbook – Daily Discoverings of Your Divine Feminine by the Authentic Woman® Coaching Collaborative