Embrace
Image: Heather Williams, H.W., M.
EMBRACE = to clasp in the arms; enclose, covet, handle; hug
QUESTION: Is there someone you would like to embrace?
STORY: I met Louise Hay in 1986 at her weekly “HAYRIDE Gathering” at the community center in Hollywood, CA. Hundreds of people with AIDS and their friends came together for three hours to meditate, relax and to practice loving ourselves despite what was happening in the world. At the Hayride, people hugged and embraced. Louise would talk for a little bit and then she would bring out a little mirror. She invited different people to come up and do “Mirror-Work”. They would hold the mirror, look into their reflection and say, “I am willing to learn to love and accept myself exactly as I am.” A healing feeling filled the entire room as everyone opened their heart to loving and accepting themselves. For ten years, I led drawing exercises for the Louise Hay Int’l Teacher Trainings all around the US and also in Canada, Mexico, England, Italy, Ireland and Australia. LOVE is the KEY we must engage to release solutions for earthly problems today.
QUOTES
“We must be willing to begin to learn to love ourselves. When we really love ourselves, everything in our life works.” ~ Louise Hay
"If you don't love yourself, nobody will. Not only that, you won't be good at loving anyone else. Loving starts with the self." - Wayne Dyer
“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” ~ Buddha
“All that we love deeply, becomes a part of us.” ~ Helen Keller
EXERCISE
STOP.
Sit quietly. Assume an erect posture.
Sense the breath.
Relax.
Be curious and just calmly feel LOVE unconditionally flowing through you!
LOVE is an ever present Energy constantly flowing throughout the Universe - through the trees, flowers, grasses and the birds, animals, bees and more. Feel your blood flowing through your body bringing nutrition and goodness to every single cell in your fingers, toes, tummy and nose.
Get your pen and paper. Write words or draw lines that energize you - And move forward into your day embracing yourself with LOVE.