Josefines Yoga

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I slutet mars lämnar jag Goa för att åka upp till Rishikesh i norra Indien för att undervisa på ett Yoga & Seva retreat där. Förutom att vi kommer hålla dagliga yoga och meditationsklasser så kommer vi också göra aktiviteter med barnen på ett barnhem där samt hjälpa till på en organisk farm. Så det blir helt enkelt en blandning av att ge och ta emot. Så vackert initiativ som jag är väldigt glad över att få vara en del av.

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GUILT. I would classify it as one of the most horrible feelings to be in. Thus, it is also an awesome weapon for other people to use to get what they want. At least it works very good on me.
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Say something to make me feel guilty and I will be your slave. I will do anything for you until you take back what you said to instead tell me that I am the most magical special super women on earth.
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It seems like I am even attracting the kind of people who are very skilful in finding my weak spots and than develop clever strategies to use them against me.
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Even though, I rationally know that I, in most of these cases, shouldn’t feel guilty about the things I am blamed for I still have the horrible feeling all over my body. Such people know exactly what to say to make me feel bad so after a while I stop trusting myself and with their clever techniques they can make me feel guilty for absolutely anything. I can feel guilty for meditating. Guilty for being with friends. Guilty for wanting alone time. Guilty for smiling. Guilty for crying. Guilty for working. Guilty for relaxing. Guilty for even existing.
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Of course, I want to put all the blame on these people who is making me feel like this but I also understand that it is up to me NOT to allow this emotional rollercoaster to happen. I realise that I cannot change all these people. I realise that this is a problem within me – my weak spot – a technique people around me will use as long as it works on me. I will probably even attract the people who is most skilled in these techniques, until I really have understood what is happening when this dynamic is playing out. Until I solved it on the inside.
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In a dream world, I would of course not be so affected by what other people is telling me. Neither when I get to hear I am the worst person on earth nor the most beautiful one. But I am not there yet. Right now, the only thing I can do is to run away from such people, leaving such relationships.
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Found myself drawn in to something strong. A drama that was making my mind to go even more crazy than usual, my body to shiver, my breath to be shallow. At first, I went outside myself, doing everything I could to find a solution. Working hard, day and night, to receive an answer.
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This has been lasting for some moments. Actually, for some days now.
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However, today, the small whispering voice inside my heart finally reached me again…
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”Josefine, you can always come back here to find clarity.”
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So, this morning, I sat down. Stepped back. Noticed my breath. Felt my heartbeats. Received perspective. Arrived at the place in my body nobody can take away from me. Realised that I, for some days, totally lost myself and got completely identified with the drama.
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So my conclusion, my lesson, which I apparently need to learn many times, is that no matter how much the world around me is shaking – there is always a peaceful and still point inside my heart. ❤️