I love going to other teacher’s yoga classes. It allows me be totally present with myself and be open to new experiences.
I had a wonderful experience a few weeks ago, where the teacher helped me create a real sense of spaciousness in my body. With the gentlest of touches she guided me to open up just a little around my waist. It was such a small move, but the energy that opened up within me was so expansive. I felt longer, lighter, leaner and with it, more powerful and self confident. With the release came a smile and feeling of being uplifted.
When we create space in our yoga poses it transforms us from the inside out.
I’ve been musing on how this also works in our lives. Have you noticed that when we create space there seems to be an energy that expands into it? Perhaps you can recall a time of closet clearing, emptying old files or cleaning the refrigerator, that brought a new lightness and energy into your day?
We clear out and let go in order to allow for more of what truly matters… spaciousness.
Creating space is transformational.
Look around you, or within you, and see what you can let go of right now.
Namaste
Find Your Middle Ground 
This post comes to me at a time when I am clearing and letting go of a lot of extra stuff. I never really had that much stuff, but I felt it was time to let go of more. And oh what a wonderful feeling that is. I had never thought of it as an internal process, and really look forward to experimenting with this, Val. Thank you!
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Thank you Jet. Time passes, circumstances change, energy shifts .. and we see what is so important to let go of. Do it for your inner spaciousness my friend 💕
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I needed this today, Val…thank you. ❤
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So glad It helped Jill, 💕
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Freedom is waiting…from stuff, tightness in our bodies and new perspective when we release old beliefs. Such a wonderful reminder, Val of just how much we carry in our bodies. Thank you! 🙏🏻💕
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You are such a yogi Carrie. love that you get it in this way 💕Thank you 🙏
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Creating physical space in the home is sooooo liberating. I started clearing out unused items and downsizing about 4-5 years ago now, although I have had clear-outs every time I move apartments over the years.
I donated about 600 books and something like 120 DVDs to the library, charity shop and city Theosophical Bookshop’s 2nd hand section and felt truly lightened by the space (taken up with books I could no longer read). I remember my Mother saying I was throwing away ‘good money’, but my eyesight and concentration/memory has declined and all I could think about was how many souls would benefit from borrowing (or buying) those books and the words of wisdom the Buddhist ones would endow in particular.
I thought about all those poor or housebound folk (who could not travel) expanding their minds and tolerance towards other cultures/faiths in my many travel books.
Why do we hoard things I wonder? Do we feel uncomfortable with Space? Are we mystified or confused by the concept of Emptiness? Why do we, (I’m generalising of course), feel this need to acquire material possessions beyond what we (comfortably) can use or need?
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Great questions Vicki. I guess we hold onto things because it makes us feel comfortable and in control of the future and the unknown. So human. And so liberating to move through this phase of life 💕
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Letting go and creating space can be so liberating! Thanks, Val.
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Thanks Nancy. It’s one of those lessons that we must keep coming back to again and again. Once 8s never enough to let go of what we have been holding on to. 🙏
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I love how you open up this topic (no pun intended!) into our lives beyond yoga. In my writing career, anytime I’ve felt it was time to move on from something, a new and equally exciting opportunity knocks on the door shortly afterward. And I make sure to pay attention every time. ❤ Thank you once again for your wisdom, Val!
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Thank you Sara for recognizing how much we can all expand, release, and move on in similar ways. So glad it resonated 💛
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Beautiful Val! It really makes a difference ✨
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Mmmmm… I really needed to read this today and should take some time to make some space and expand ❤ ❤
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Ahh yes… ❤
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I love going to other people’s classes. Just let go and feel it all💕
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So true. Thank you Reena 💛
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Love this post Val! Yes, I have noticed that clearing out the old makes wonderful space for the new. But sometimes I do forget, so thank you very much for the reminder 🙂
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Just need a little of that space. Just a little.
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Pause. breathe.
There it is.
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Ah, this resonates so much for me right now, Val. opening and creating space – yes, something abundantly delicious about it. Thank you.
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Easy for me, difficult for others. I’m a big thrift store fan 😉 yet for everything I bring home at least two things seem to find their way right back out. If I find something I like better than what we’ve got, I’ve not spent a lot of money and I can indulge my creative side. And on the other end is a mission in the Philippines that receives what I no longer wish to use. 😬💕
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Sounds like a wonderful practice of balancing the ebb and flow of life.
And in doing so, adding to the harmony of the world. Thanks Bela 💕
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This post resonates with me, both externally and internally. Here’s to creating space!
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Thank you Helen. I’m glad 💕
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