First Journal Extract of 2026 -

I haven't shared a journal post here since June 2024....

This makes me a feel a little bit sad as I truly love writing and sharing these and at the same time it's also coming into the acceptance of what is.

What beautifully, interesting times we live in, hey!

These last few years I feel I have been moving through many internal shifts and continuing to explore my inner world and look into the depths of my actions, behaviours and where they come/stem from and having to really face a lot. I started my level 2 Kundalini Yoga training this year in January. The theme of this module is 'Conscious Communication' and it feels like such a powerful energy to work with. What a gigantic exploration it is. We were given the task of doing a 90 day meditation called 'Breaking The Mask' and it most certainly has been an unravelling in so many ways. I am seeing my own masks and identities I wear/have worn being brought to light and feel we are also seeing the same in the collective field externally too. Now, a big lesson has been in coming to meet with these, within myself. It's most definitely not always easy or comfortable and I know that comes from many factors, ego, fear and the ways in which I meet myself and these identies with my masks and identities, wild! The perfectionist, the iner critic, people pleaser and all that fun stuff and I know what is needed with myself and with others is to be met with love, which is what is underneath all that other stuff.

And wow, the fear can be rife. The ego can be strong in it's so called protection and my mind and body know that if I was to truly allow it every time and be loving it would feel a whole lot different and yet in some moments the fear and protection is louder. "Who am I without these so called coping mechanisms, barriers, habits and blocks, that once kept me 'safe' . That I once believed so firmly and in some ways gave me or perhaps 'gave me an illusion of' the safety/security I needed. It truly is quite something to witness and there is something so wonderful about staying. This has been a game changer for me, when it's so easy to distract, and yes I most definitely do that too, oh but to stay. What an absolute delight that truly is to cultivate.

These blocks ultimately protect both myself and you from my heart.

It really is so fascinating being a human! I love the co-existing of it all. In some moments it feels like we are soooo complex and yet alongside that it also feels like we are SO simple haha!

Oh the dance, it's always a dance, I always come back to the dance. I'm sure if we continue to meet life in love, life will keep meeting us in this way. Dance is so beautiful, I find it one of the most beautiful ways to be, to really be in the body, to allow the body to be, to move, to be still and trust in its innate wisdom, forming such a beautiful connection. To me, it feels like home and such a healthy way to live, be and express. To dance with life, to keep learning, to explore, to pause, to reflect, to be led, to lead, to step forward, to step back, to open and to close, to rise up, only to fall and then rise again. To witness, to be witnessed, to discover something new, to uncover something old, to explore the realms of emotions, of feeling, oh how beautiful it is to feel it all. To continue to build and grow the capacity for it all.

I am making a commitment to write again, I'm not sure on 'how' this will look and I am committed to the unknown of that. I know it has really helped others when reading extracts and that feels important and it's not only a passion of mine, it's something I deeply love and that's enough to make it one of my priorities to tend to, to nurture and nourish as it is born out of love.

My Self-Love Journal that was born out of this passion and love is now available to purchase on Amazon

Here's to nurturing all that you deeply love, whether that's more of a focus on one person, your family, a relationship, yourself, a project or even multiple things right now.

Who or what is it that you deeply love?

And how can you make tiny steps to commit to nurturing and tending to all that you love?

For that love will only grow, just like seeds planted in the soil that are tended to and nurtured over time.

Maybe something to reflect and to contemplate for you all today.

In love

Katie