Our soul is our core essence; the part of us that is pure love. It is our unique expression of Source. Like a drop of water within an ocean, our soul is that droplet, yet always connected to and held within the greater oceanic waters of Source; divine love. We are here to embody our soul and live from that loving aspect, rather than our wounds or egoic protection mechanisms. This is what is meant by opening the heart.

Our soul is the feeling aspect of our nature. Our soul is constantly sensing and feeling life. It is the intuitive aspect of us that already knows the answer before the Mind has had time to figure it out. It is this part which is always trying to guide us in our life through gut feelings, inner knowingness and other subtle body sensations. If we learn to listen to our soul and follow it’s guidance, we will live our life according to our highest destiny and experience growth, joy, fulfilment, grace and ease.

I’ve heard some very complicated and complex descriptions of the soul but my own experience of the soul is that it is our true self and the part of us that not only contains the blueprint for our destiny and highest potential in this lifetime but also holds our core wounds.

Our soul is like a seed. It contains the entire blueprint for the formation and growth of our potential for this lifetime. It is the part of us that holds the information and expression our gifts, strengths, talents and purpose. Just like a seed, when planted and placed in the right environment, will flourish, blossom and bloom into the unique beautiful flower it was destined to. Most of us however were not loved and supported in the ways we needed as children and therefore our potential was stunted. The inner work is then required to heal these wounds, dissolve that conditioning and heal our Inner Child and learn to place our own self within the right environment, so that we can flourish and become our potential.  

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The soul also holds our core wounds. The wounds which if not addressed in previous lifetimes we carry on to the next life.

The heart is the gateway to our soul; to our deeper feelings. As we begin to connect with our heart and do practices to heal and open the heart, what we first bump up against is any repressed pain, hurt and trauma. The more we allow ourselves to feel this pain, the more love and joy we have access to. As we increase our capacity and range of feeling, we increase the depth and breadth of love we can access. Therefore, in order to live from our soul, we must first heal our traumas.

When we have trauma, the protection mechanisms cause our heart to close. This represents the walls and armour we create to protect the deeper vulnerable Inner Child. When the heart closes, we feel disconnected and separate. Feeling connected to anything becomes difficult. We feel separate to our own self, to others and to life. We disconnect from the sacred. We can feel like we are on onlooker of our life. We can feel empty, alone and this can be the source of deep sadness.

We end up living in survival rather than thriving. We end up living from our conditioned, protected, guarded self. This masked version of us is the result of our trauma adaptions. It is the identity we have created in an attempt to get our needs met that weren't met in childhood. It is who we thought we needed to be in order to be loved, to be enough and to be worthy. This identity is a far cry from our true self. It is a self rooted in fear, unworthiness and separation from love itself. Here, we cannot flourish. We simply repeat patterns and manifest the same frequencies as our repressed traumas and our mindset is weighed down by the heavy limiting beliefs carved out from our past. The perception of our Self is far from the truth, and our ability to see the infinite possibilities for our future is greatly diminished. 

Our ego is not something to be vanished or overcome. As we begin this deeper inner journey, the ego naturally begins to dissolve and we eventually access and are able to feel and connect with our true self; our soul. The Sacred Journey Home is a death and rebirth journey. Not for the faint hearted; but for those yearning to return home to all of who they are, and courageous enough to fully face themselves. 

As we heal the Inner Child and dissolve our core wounds, we no longer need the protection mechanisms because we develop safety from within our own body. Trust slowly forms and our capacity to open our heart once again emerges. We become anchored in the truth of our being, rather than in our previous wound-based illusions. Here, we are able to perceive the unlimited possibilities for abundance and goodness in our life, and naturally, what we experience and attract now reflects the love we are feeling from within. 

As our heart opens we are able to express our true authentic self and experience connection with others and life. The more we open our heart, the more we experience the sacred within the mundane. This is what it means to live from your soul.

You can always access your soul, no matter how much trauma you are carrying. However, until you’ve healed your core wounds, the quiet whisper of your soul’s voice will be competing against the loud reactions from your wounding which are screaming at you in an attempt to keep you safe. At this early stage of the inner journey, it can be quite confusing knowing what is your soul's truth. 

As you begin the inward journey and commit to a daily practice that connects you to yourself, you eventually learn to discern the difference between the two voices. It becomes easier to hear and feel what is the voice of your soul and what is the voice of your wounding.

With time, as your wounds transmute, the voice of your soul becomes the loudest and eventually the only voice you hear. This is what is meant by embodying your soul. It is when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, actions and behaviour are in alignment and are one.

If you are desiring support on the inner journey, healing your core wounds and embodying your soul, I would love to connect with you. I invite you to book a free consult so that we can meet and go from there. This journey requires support and if we resonate I would love to be that person that guides you deeper into the magic of your soul.

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Much love,

Tamika