10/08/2023
I heard or read something a while back that has stuck with me for a while now - something along the lines of living your life as one big sacred ceremony. The words instantly pulled on my heart strings and lit me up from the inside out, feeling this flutter of inspiration to carry myself with more purpose, more intention, more presence.
It is why I love the Balinese culture so deeply. The Balinese people live just like this; Each day is a gift, each person is a gift; and is celebrated, nurtured, and profoundly acknowledged. Most actions they take are in purpose of prayer for others and devotion to the divine. It’s so beautiful.
I strived to create a safe space for my retreat guests to cultivate this independently and in togetherness- a week long sacred ceremony of love, of joy, of connection, and of celebration for this life we get to live on both the best of days and on the hardest of days.
And it was just that. The level of respect, acknowledgement, and connection was above and beyond individually and collectively. One thing in particular I loved was the amount of gratitude each person showed toward themselves for giving themselves permission to say yes to being there. It was beautiful to witness the knowings of, “I deserve this”.
Here’s the thing, we don’t have to prove anything in order to deserve. We deserve by existing. We deserve all of it, the hard parts and the joyous parts because that’s life and it’s a gift. We did a damn good job treating it as such, I’ll tell you that.
We observed ourselves and each other. Our thoughts, our emotions, our body movement, and our breath. We talked, we cried, we laughed a ton, we shared, we danced, we prayed; WE LIVED.
So, to Bali, with love, respect, and devotion: here is to living our lives as one big sacred ceremony with all that comes with being human. Both dark and light. It’s all purposeful. It’s all sacred.
And now we begin. 🤍🙏🏽
