Heart Breakthroughs

What I have learned about Love

It will destroy you.

Because it will destroy everything that is not love within you.

It will break your heart, again and again until you let it in.

That’s how you’ll know you’re doing it right.

Otherwise it wouldn’t be love.

It will ask everything of you, if it’s true. Full commitment, nothing less.

It will help you to grow in all the ways you need to ~ into the person you’re meant to be and capable of being in this life. 

In a way that nothing else could.

So, knowing all this - what does it mean to love yourself?

First Love

My first love once said to me “we can break our own hearts, Julia” and I’ve spent years figuring out what that meant.

The thing about first loves that can be so heartbreaking (and precious) is that - they’re often the first person who made us realize what loving ourselves feels like.

So if - or when - that person disappoints us or hurts us or leaves in some way, it feels like we’ve lost touch with that link to how to love ourselves.

We have outsourced loving ourselves to another person, and that is what breaks our hearts.

We have forgotten that we are the Source of loving ourselves. Always.

We have forgotten that we are actually our First Love. Always and forever.

This other person or people who really saw us and got us in all our depths and glory, who reflected that back to us — they seemed like the source of “loving us.”

But they could only do that when we ourselves were doing it first ~ maybe we just didn’t see it that way.

But I see it now. I know it now.

I think we encounter and experience “true love” when we are truly loving ourselves.

And this is a practice, a life-long thing we are learning to do. It’s a journey. THE journey, of life.

All Parts

Learning how to love ourselves, truly, madly, deeply ~ so that we can really be & express ALL PARTS of who we are in our souls. So that we can receive love that others reflect back to us when we are literally full of our glorious, messy selves.

The other thing about true love is that it shows up most epically, especially in those moments when we find parts of ourselves difficult to love unconditionally.

It teaches us to not just accept these parts, but to actually celebrate them.

To be PROUD of our darkness. Proud of our demons. Loving all parts of our story - good, bad, ugly, horrid, beautiful — because they have made us who we are.

Learning to love all parts of who we are is the whole deal.

Easier said than done, for sure. Sometimes we need others to remind us just how easy we are to love when we have forgotten.

The thing about that “first love” of mine…is that precisely the part of my story when I was heartbroken and destroyed by its unraveling, I realized who I actually am. I couldn’t have seen myself clearly or gone on this journey of deep self-love if I didn’t come to realize that I am actually my first love — this other person was just reflecting that back to me in a beautiful way.

“The degree to which you own your darkness is the degree to which you can own your light.”
- Regena Thomashauer

The light lives in the darkness, it is born there. We need you and your courageous heart, willing to go to those dark corners and illuminate them, making them less scary for us all.

We don’t get the light without facing and embracing the darkness. Where there is a lot of light, there is a lot of shadow.

It’s difficult to try to hide your shadowy places. I know I’ve done it.

Don’t turn away from those dark corners, they hold treasures you may have never known. All parts of you. All parts of me. That is true love.

Friendly surprise: the dark places are what make us more interesting :)

I hope you will always remember this…having your heart broken is succeeding; it means you have loved with all your heart.

It means you have completed an initiation and are ready to expand to the next level.

Loving Yourself

Loving yourself is the most radical thing you can do …

It means truly embracing all parts of you - the good, the bad, the ugly and learning to see them all as beautiful.

It means uncovering the things you’ve been avoiding or most scared of (we all do this in our own special ways).

We often look outwards to receive love from others and get upset when our expectations of them aren’t met; what’s less common and much more challenging, but ultimately much more fulfilling is sourcing that unconditional love we deeply crave from within.

We have to be willing to feel BOTH the desolation of darkness and the liberation of light to truly love ourselves.

Are you letting yourself break wide open, break through and expand?

No matter what life may be presenting you with right now. The heart is the most powerful force on this Earth. Limitless. Just like you. Always expanding, even when it doesn’t feel that way.

I love you. Keep going and being brave, beautiful. I believe in you! We need your heart — exactly as it is, exactly as you are, all perfect.

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“I felt called to work with Julia as I was moving out of a difficult time and was drawn to her holistic approach and emotional intelligence. She’s a soul nurturer, the way a master gardener knows just the right amount of sunshine and nutrients, Julia steps in with her heartfelt wisdom to help others blossom where they are. She offered personalized yoga practices, encouragement with personal goals and most of all loving acceptance and spiritual empowerment. She’s the first person that really got me saying “I love myself” three little words that will change your life. And so will she.” 

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Leo Full Moon Yoga Nidra

Today’s Leo Full Moon invites us directly into our heartspace.

It asks, What do you love?

Are you allowing yourself to do, have, feel or be it?

Leo invites us to experience FUN, play, JOY, creativity, romance, and love. 💘

When we are truly connected with our heart’s deepest desires, we feel truly alive and inspired.

We are filled with wonder, childlike innocence, and joy.

We are in touch with our passion and courage, our lust and love for life itself.

What ignites this in you?

What lifts your spirits?

Are you feeling connected with your heart, your courage, your self-confidence and self-esteem?

Never underestimate the power of simply being joyful in your life.

How can you create more of that?

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