This Breathwork recording is one near and dear to my heart, as it embodies my view and philosophy of life, it embodies why I do what I do.
Why “Find Your Essence”?
One day I was pondering why I was even making Breathwork Recordings, why I decided to guide Breathwork, why I decided to become a therapist, and even why I got up in the morning. One of those existential moments where you aren’t sure why you do what you do anymore – or at least, you want to keep yourself in check, make sure you’re still on the right path.
I was questioning everything, and I was also struggling with some of my recordings (I could release you an entire album or two of recordings that never made it, never touched another ear but mine, but that’s a story for another day).
So, I laid down on my couch and asked for help.
“Why? Why am I doing this? How can I express how deeply I believe in this, how deeply this practice has changed my life? What is even the meaning of life?”
And the words came to me:
“Your essence – it’s all about your essence, about each and every person who listens to this. Embodying who YOU are is the purpose of life – it’s not about selling something, money, your title, fame, your house – any of it – it’s all about embodying YOUR essence. Each day is a gift, a gift to be you, and your gift is what you need to share with the world.”
It hit me so hard all I could say was “OK…I hear you. Loud and clear.” And, I heeded the call.
I got up from the couch, put on my headphones, made a playlist and recorded this track.
It flowed through me, through my essence, to allow, to inspire, to give you permission to embody YOUR essence – your gifts, your quirks, every aspect of who you are.
There are a lot of opinions out there about how to do life – how to parent, the best way to fold clothes, buy a house, if you should go to school, what to believe, etc., but there’s one thing no one can deny:
You are the only you there is – and that is beautiful.
Out of all the billions of people in this world, there is no one that looks like you, talks like you, thinks like you, feels like you. There is no one who has your thoughts, has your smell, your smile.
Isn’t this miraculous?
So, when do you feel the best?
When you feel like you – when you’re expressing who you are, without judgment from others, from yourself.
And when you don’t follow your heart, your love, your intuition, what you feel and know and consider to be true, you probably feel “off.”
If you’ve ever felt that “off” feeling, you know what I mean – choices that don’t align with your true nature will make you feel like that – there’s a dissonance inside that you just can’t shake – just like when you hear a note out of tune – even the untrained ear can hear it, though it might not be able to pinpoint exactly what’s not right.
Being in tune with yourself, heeding the call of your soul, This is Finding Your Essence.
So much of the time we look up to someone and think “I want to be like them…why can’t I be {beautiful}, {rich}, {smart}, {funny} {fill in the blank} like them?”
But if you were…you wouldn’t be you. Do you really want to be a really amazing version of someone else or would it be even more spectacular to just be…you?
You are perfect in your true essence – there is nothing that you have to be; to embody this, you simply allow it to shine through.
How can you let your Essence shine through?
Through Breathwork.
Through your breath you can clear out all the old emotions, trauma, ideas, patterns, opinions of others, negative opinions of yourself, etc – anything covering up your light that’s always been there – so that your true essence can shine through.
Your true essence always shines, just like the sun on a cloudy day – you just may not be able to see it at the moment…but you will.
If we each embodied who we were, our true essence, and accepted this, what a beautiful world we would live in.
