Of all that I’ve learned in the last 35 years.. the most important thing I’ve learned was how to love myself. To be in love with myself. How to recognize when I was participating in patterns of self-hate, negative self-talk and self-neglect. And, more importantly, how to pull myself out of (and reverse) those patterns through cultivation of self-love.
I truly never saw myself holding classes of this sort but after a recent activation – the message came through so loudly and clearly that I’m meant to teach women how to cultivate their own self-love, specifically through the seven senses. To share some of the patterns that I’ve had to break, myself, to arrive at a place where I’m undeniably in love with myself.
One of the things that I’ve been doing to stay in my feminine the last year or so has been blindly following my intuition, where in the past I had always tried to make sense of the guidance I was receiving. I can’t second guess this and I can’t question it – I just have to trust and have faith that if this is what I’m being called to do – that it’s something that I need to do. So, without further adieu..
Creating + Sustaining Self Love Through the Seven Senses
Some of the Themes of this Class Will Be:
- breaking up with old patterns of self-hate/self-neglect
- letting go of who you have been to become who you are
- building new foundations on faith, peace, love & trust
- creating a life that serves you, your desires & dreams
- understanding yourself, your desires & how to love yourself
- harnessing your birthright to pleasure in all areas of your life
- finding fulfillment & abundance within yourself
- honoring your body & saying “yes” to your sacred sexuality
Connecting deeply with my body has been one of the most beautiful ways that I’ve created such a deep love for myself, and the seven senses have been that pathway to my connection.
I know that you’ve heard, “you have all the answers” or “everything that you need is within you” yet, in the age of information, we find ourselves with less answers than ever. We’ve become disconnected from our bodies. We’ve become disconnected from our senses. And as a result, we’ve become disconnected from ourselves.
It’s time to return to your body and claim your power through loving, all of yourself, deeply.Many of us have the misconception that there are only five senses but there are quite a few more than that. For the purpose of this container – we will be tapping into the seven below senses to cultivate our self-love.
What are the Seven Senses of Self Love?
Sight
Sight is argued to be one of the most complex of the senses because we all have two aspects of sight. “Sight” and “vision”. Sight is the ability to see around you, the ability to see color, brightness, depth. Vision, a metaphysical concept, is how the mind perceives what the eyes see. Sight allows someone to see what is going on and vision gives the seer an understanding of the significance of what they’re seeing.
In the “Self Love Through the Seven Senses” Container we will learn:
- The importance of both our sight and vision
- How to train our sight and vision to see the beauty of life that surrounds us
- How to work with our sight to empower us, to see ourselves empowered
- How to cultivate our vision to be stronger and work with us, not against us
Smell
Our sense of smell is said to be one of the more mysterious of our senses. Our smell can enrich our perception of the world. Scents have been known to be one of the strongest ties to memory – a scent can nearly instantly transport us back to a different place or time. Scents travel straight to the brain’s “smell factory” known as the olfactory bulb which is directly connected to the amygdala and hippocampus (two brain regions which engage with and translate our emotions). It is said that this direct connection is why the scent of something can trigger such strong memories or intense emotions.
In the “Self Love Through the Seven Senses” Container we will learn:
- How to maximize our sense of smell
- How to work with our smell to strengthen our connection to ourselves
- How to cultivate scents that promote self-love
- How to create a scented environment to promote and bring out certain emotions
Taste
Taste is one of my favorites of the senses because I truly believe that food is one of life’s great pleasures. Taste allows us to recognize the five basic tastes: salty, bitter, sweet, sour and umami – and there are lessons within all of them. Taste also is the first step of consuming food, a vital life source for humans. Taste allows us to choose foods that are crucial for our existence, maintenance and function.
In the “Self Love Through the Seven Senses” Container we will learn:
- What the five tastes represent, emotionally/spiritually
- What imbalance in our consumption through taste looks like
- How to find a balance between eating for sustenance and eating for pleasure
- How to create a healthy relationship with our sense of taste
Sound
Perception of hearing plays an important role in nearly every aspect of our day, yet it is often overlooked. Our sense of sound allows us to interact with our environments, communicate properly as well as warn us of any threats surrounding us. With music, frequencies, sound healing and more (think: comedy shows, the sound of a baby laughing, etc) we can also tap into pleasure, joy, and happiness through sound.
In the “Self Love Through the Seven Senses” Container we will learn:
- What sounds can assist us in cultivating self-love
- What sounds can subconsciously harm or hurt us
- How to utilize the sense of sound to amplify our self-love
- Harnessing music and sound to empower and uplift us
Touch
The sense of touch may be, arguably, one of the most healing of the senses. Touch contributes to our overall well-being as it has been found that touch calms our nervous center and slows down our heartbeat. Human touch lowers blood pressure and reduces the stress hormone, cortisol. Touch also triggers the release of oxytocin which is known as the love hormone.
In the “Self Love Through the Seven Senses” Container we will learn:
- How to self-soothe through our own touch
- The importance of connecting to our sexuality through self-touch
- Falling in love with ourselves through sexual touch
- Harnessing the power of our orgasm to manifest self-love
Vestibular
The vestibular sense is known as the “movement sense”, the “gravity sense” or the “balance sense” and it helps us to move smoothly. An example of the vestibular sense would be knowing that you’re moving on an elevator, even if you’re technically standing still. Without our vestibular sense we wouldn’t be able to cultivate balance or stability. Without balance, or stability, there is no self-love.
In the “Self Love Through the Seven Senses” Container we will learn:
- The importance of stability and balance for self-love
- How to recognize when we’ve lost stability or balance
- Finding a movement practice that encourages balance
Proprioception
The technical explanation of the sense of proprioception is the ‘body awareness sense’. Proprioception gives us the knowledge of where our body parts are without having to look for them. This sense helps us to know how much force to use when holding, pushing, pulling, or lifting objects. Two examples of the proprioception sense would be clapping your hands with your eyes closed or knowing how much pressure to put on a pen when writing on paper. I, personally, like to take this a step further and think of the proprioception sense as an intuitive body sense an inner knowing of our bodies.
In the “Self Love Through the Seven Senses” Container we will learn:
- A deep honor and respect for our proprioception sense
- Connecting with our energetic bodies through the proprioception sense
- How to work with our bodies to identify stagnant or stuck energy
- How to work with our bodies to remove stagnant or stuck energy
You can also check out my YouTube video where I go into more detail about Creating and Sustaining Self Love Through the Seven Senses:
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