What Your Higher Self Wants You to Know

Learn how to connect to your higher self through yoga and a transformative self-care routine.

Yoga and other self-care practices can bring you closer to spirit.

Yoga. Meditation. Journaling. Motherhood. Nature. Sleep. Dreams.

It's in these practices where I have most frequently been in alignment with my higher self, allowing a direct pathway to spirit. I started connecting with spirit long ago: before the end of taking my very first yoga class when I knew I would one day teach yoga, during the daily grind, in rush-hour traffic, and in so many other moments in between.

Your highest self is the version of you that channels spirit directly—when you’re basked in awareness and universal consciousness. It’s a fuller expression of your everyday essence. I usually experience my higher self during a moment of stillness: holding my babies, holding a restorative yoga pose, holding space to write, holding space for meditation.

Be open to the wisdom of spirit, and let it in.

Practice It: Listen to Your Higher Self

Let’s take it off the yoga mat and into the great outdoors for this practice. Go outside for five minutes today and notice what you're naturally immediately drawn to—the chirping of the birds, tree branches swaying, the vibrance of a bed of flowers, the smell of freshly cut grass. Just observe.

After those five minutes are up, transition to your indoor space and settle into a comfortable position. Same practice here, but indoors. See what comes up for you as you sit and breathe in stillness. Notice what you're naturally immediately drawn to in this indoor space, and then close your eyes or keep them open with a soft gaze in front of you. Observe your inner state without judgement and attachment to anything that arrives. Be open to connecting with your higher self. It's that unmoving, peaceful part of you that holds deep wisdom and strength.

Take it a step further.

Journal about your indoor and outdoor experiences. Was it easier to connect to your higher self indoors or outdoors, or both?

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