Happy New Year Everyone! I hope you had a Christmas time that was both restful and joyful.
On the evening of 1st January, I sat down with my word and intention for the year. That word is ‘home’, and I would love to share a little of my intention with you for 2024.
2024 is the year I create a home. A more comfortable, welcoming and loving home inside of myself. May I keep my home within me clean and healthy, warm and fertile. May I line my home with compassion and forgiveness. May the home I have created inside myself be a beacon for others to come home to themselves. May all who I come into contact with feel at home with me.
Of course we can have comfortable, luxurious and abundant physical houses. However, it will be difficult to ever feel truly at home, if you haven’t welcomed yourself into the home of your heart. This is the home that will go everywhere with you, and will allow you to feel peaceful and welcomed wherever you go.
How do you ‘come home to yourself’? It all begins with becoming quiet – kindly leaving the noise outside for a moment and listening to what dances and glides through your internal landscape. The New Year often asks us to get busy straight away – to leap straight into goals, work, schedules, ‘Hustle Culture’. But have you taken a moment to breathe and sync up with how the heart would like you to lead into the New Year? What would make you feel most at home in 2024?
This year, I invite you to take time moving into the new. We are still in Winter, anyway – a time for us to hibernate with the rest of nature and get ready for our inevitable blooming in Spring. Really take time with setting your goals, your wishes, seeing whether they come from a space of thinking, or from a space of feeling, a space of love. Use what the seasons give us to dwell a little longer in this limbo phase, to plan, recharge and intentionally get ready to get in gear for the Spring.
On Friday I have a free New Year meditation landing over on my podcast on Spotify, which may help you with this transition.
In other news…
One of my favourite days to practice coming home to myself and loving myself up is Valentines Day – a day that is most definitely not just for couples! Inspired by my own self love journey and following on from the huge success of the ‘Dating Your Soul’ 6 month self love container, The Club by MJS and I are BACK for a ‘Date With Your Soul’ – our women’s self love Yoga morning for Valentines Day. This is the perfect introduction if you are looking at joining the 6 month program, want a day out with your girlfriend or for a stand alone treat to date yourself! Join us from 10AM – 13.30PM on Saturday 24th February at The Maltings in Great Dunmow for juicy, feminine Yoga, group coaching and connection, and a light picnic brunch. You’ll even receive luxury self-love treats to take away. Spaces are limited, with an investment price of £60.00pp. To check out testimonials for the 6 month program, or to read more about having long term support through Dating Your Soul or private one on one coaching, then head to the relevant pages on my website.
All other offerings for the year including public classes, retreats, Bridal Blessings and one on one Yoga and coaching are up on my website and over on my Instagram. I am also available for corporate and school workshops. There could be something here for you.
Go well and be gentle with yourself this Jan.
All my love,
Ciara X
Compassionate Awakened Living 