Every morning I commit to spending intimate time with myself. I devote my attention to being with myself entirely when I make my bed, do my makeup, brush my teeth, get dressed, cook and have breakfast etc.
This morning, after a deeply engaging session with myself while I did my eye makeup, the clock informed me that it was already time to leave. For a moment I allowed panic to enter and started rushing and could feel I was no longer with myself. So instead of putting on my lipstick, I just grabbed a lip colour to take with me, swung a sweater around my neck without putting it on, took the nearest pair of sunglasses on the dining table and headed out the door.
When I entered the elevator, everything felt wrong. I started to put my lipstick on (there was a mirror in the elevator), but the colour did not feel harmonious with the eye colour I was wearing. More accurately, the care that I had taken doing my eye makeup did not agree with the way the lip colour was now being applied. Not only was this felt in my body, but was also visibly seen on my lips. My body also felt cold, because I didn’t put the sweater on, and oops, the ‘sunnies’ had an electric blue lens that very obviously clashed with the neutral and sandy tones I was wearing.
What came to me at that moment was very clearly the message: “Walk with You.”
So, without worrying about time or if I would miss the bus, I immediately pressed the lift button to go back to my floor. Entering the house without delay, or thinking, but also without rushing, I took another lipstick to put on, checked the mirror and saw that it looked and felt harmonious. I took my backpack off, carefully slid the body-hugging sweater on and instantly felt warm and nurtured. Finally, I put on a different pair of sunglasses and the mirror reflection beamed back, “Boy oh boy, aren’t you cool?” I may have heard an entourage of heavenly applause and even had a moment to curtsy before stepping out the door again.
As I walked to the bus stop, every step was walked with me, and it was the safest and most solid feeling I have ever felt.
There were no thoughts of anything other than the walk. Even though I left the house later than usual that morning, as I chose to walk with myself in my every step, I came to the bus stop and the bus arrived at the same time that I did.
By Adele Leung, Fashion Stylist/Creative Director, Hong Kong
Further Reading:
A Delicious Breakfast Date With Myself
The Greatest Love is Within Me
Living religion: in every moment
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“Walk With Me” – in walking with-myself I feel solid and steady in my body, in my moves and steps … and when I’m not walking with-myself can feel irritable and on shaky ground as if ready for a fall.
I love reading this. No matter what is going on in the world we can walk with ourselves in all we do, something I am learning to do and finding that it is possible.
Walking with ourselves, being with ourselves.. being in the same place and time as our bodies and not racing ahead, or stuck in thoughts about the past.. this supports our whole being and body to live harmoniously, solidly, steadily. Being aware of how we’re moving and feeling allows our inner quiet and steady confidence to unfold.
“As I walked to the bus stop, every step was walked with me, and it was the safest and most solid feeling I have ever felt.” I love walking with myself – feeling the connection and appreciation I have for me and nature all around me.
There is a lot and I mean A LOT of power in the way we work as there is a lot of harm. I have noticed how if I am walking even the smidgen of not being in my full power after having a reaction or issue come up for me, I end up feeling heavier and feeling the issue or tension gets magnified. And the opposite is also true if we walk in our power. All a choice in every moment.
Rushing to do anything or get anywhere always causes a disturbance in and around us, whereas when we walk with ourselves we can feel the harmony.
“There were no thoughts of anything other than the walk.” My mind is always actively thinking about what is going on around me .. so, I read this line while I was on the train and experimented with just walking with no thoughts on my way home. Its a good walk over 10mins. I was surprised how much I swayed to thinking. How much I feared looking stupid when in fact I was NOT truly walking with all of me and I was ‘walking with no thoughts’. I was withdrawing thinking I was free — I was not feeling my body. It was a new marker for me. You either walk in your full power OR you do not. I had to bring it to have no thoughts and feel my power.
How steady, precious and grounded life will be when we walk with ourselves… this is much to work on and be inspired by.
How we prepare and the care we take with it sets the foundation for the whole day. The details matter, because they form the quality of the whole- and when we’re solid and steady, we can bring so much more.
What a difference being connected and not being connected can be. And how sensitive we are to a seemingly normal disturbance like rushing.
Yes, Willem. I just need to be honest with myself about this disturbance, rather than pretending I can’t feel a thing.
This story shows how beautiful is to be connected with ourselves, with that divine part in us: but it also shows how sensitive this part is, when rushed or not taken care of. Then we lose the connection. Easily.
We can be in an intimate and nurturing place with ourselves and then suddenly get caught out by something like an idea that we might be late and just as suddenly that lovely connection is lost. I love that you chose to return home and reset yourself because otherwise the whole day could have been totally off key. Instead i can feel the sway of your hips and the joy of being in the world.
When we rush through life we miss bringing ourselves fully to each moment and something is always missed that must be revisited at a later stage.
If we walk like this, the Universe is with us. We feel so solid, it can scare you.
It is so simple, so obvious and yet there is such an enormous power in such a simple process… as walking
When we rush our selves, we take ourselves away from our inner heart, we rush ourselves out of love.
What this blog signifies is the power of energy and the influence it has on us when we do not align with the true energy of who we are. And what’s more is that it is a choice we make in our movements hence the power of walking with you.
I love reading this blog, it is so powerful and it shows us how amazing we can feel when we choose to walk with ourselves instead of walking with rush, drive and contraction. We can feel how awful this is in our body when we choose to walk disconnected to our essence. Adele, you have also beautifully reminded me of how important it is to commit to spending quality time with myself. This sets the foundation for my day. Sometimes I do not do this and I then wonder why I don’t feel so great. So, when I get ready this morning, I will be more aware of the quality of my movements and my level of connection and care I take with myself.
That is why listening to your truth is so important.. it always leads to great results. Greater than anything imaginable.
So true Danna, it is so supportive to listen to our truth and allow ourselves to feel how we move either supports us or not and we can shift the energy and quality of how we move pretty much instantly.
A true walk with me is one of the greatest things I can experience. As we could expect, as walking is such an important part of our day, somebody designed walking therapies, that somebody being Serge Benhayon.
Cool example.. showing that there is no need for rush, and definately we need to step into more space to move ourselves in during our day, like you did in this example. Love it!
When we allow time pressure of clock watching to dictate to us we don’t give ourselves space to be with ourselves.
Allowing ou rhythm to be dictated from within instead of all that is around us creates a spaciousness that not only feels amazing but allows for us to do so much more and with so much more ease then when we are caught in the wheel of time.
It is if I watch a movie, very vividly shared Adele. Lovely to read how easy it is to adore oneself when we are with ourselves. We feel beautiful and powerful.
How important to have rituals in our day that support us in full to be in connection with ourselves to support us out in the world where that connection is being challenged on all fronts. I love the concept of seeing this time on the morning as a session with you.
When we walk in step with our essence we are moved by a vibration of love that maximises the space we are in with our godly quality and synchronicity, yet when we are driven to compete with time we are moved by a force that reduces us to achieving outcomes forgoing everything that we universally are and are here to live.
Beautifully expressed Carola, and we can feel the difference between the two examples you’ve shared. I know which one I would choose but sometimes I can slip back into feeling rushed and feeling I am competing with time, especially when I have disconnected from my essence and my body. This can happen very quickly when I drop my awareness and connection.
Such a delight to read your blog as if I can feel the spring in your steps when you walked out of the door this second time just being the precious woman you are.
What a powerful example of how truth works and that when we trust and walk from our truth, with who we are, we instantly are in rhythm that always supports us through life.
What an inspirational little story. When we give ourselves those moments of self-care we are able to call on them during the day to support us when things get hairy around us.
A short story but so much wisdom in it. You could have only felt that everything was wrong because you were so intimate with yourself before, the dedication towards yourself. Brushing your teeth intimately for example can indeed be the same as doing a session with a practicioner.
This piece supports me to consider more deeply how I prepare for the day and what level of anxiety I go into to when I get up in the morning and the constant raciness I feel.
Everything in life is a session with ourselves, anything less than this quality of love and care and things certainly get messy very quick. Thank you Adele for sharing how caring for us is in the quality of our every step.
Connecting with our body, and feeling ourselves with ourselves and not a fraction out through things such racing, rushing, panicking and so on… brings the quality aspect i love when i walk WITH me, not ahead or behind me but in-time and in space. Like when a clock comes in to strike upon the hour.
Beautiful Zofia – I agree that there is a far greater awareness of the spaciousness we are in, part of and responsibility we hold as to what quality we are bringing through to the space we are moving in.
What an amazing lesson Adele. Making life about care in a quality of connection and truth. The more this is held and lived the easier it is to come back to this foundation if it is appreciated.
Today I got up and felt really lousy. The first thing I did (after getting dressed of course:) was walk with me. I enjoyed myself in full, felt my sexiness, and did not allow any thought to enter my head (without perfection). I came back to me. The rest of the day was piece of cake. It flowed, and things came to me.
Wandered of track? A walk will bring me back.
Walking connected with myself feels very different to how I used to walk, disconnected and thinking about past or future events. Staying present and being aware of my body as I move brings a very diffferent feeling.
Walking every step fully present is the most wonderful commitment to life that we can make.
This level of beauty and presence and relationship is a joy to read Adele and very inspiring to me as a woman.
What a beautiful foundation and way to start your day, deeply connecting with yourself, ‘Every morning I commit to spending intimate time with myself.’