Editor’s Note: This is a guest post series entitled “Living Your Dream Life” by yoga teacher and life coach Laura Erdman-Luntz. This is the final article, 4 in a series of 4.
Living Your Dream Life Series by Laura Erdman-Luntz
- Article 1: You Can Live Your Dream Life
- Article 2: Manifesting - Personal Strength: It is All in the Feet
- Article 3: Manifesting - Bringing the Dream in
- Article 4: Manifesting: Through Yoga, Surrender with Gratitude to the Present
Marya in standing forward fold
It is time for the final step in our manifesting process: Surrender or letting go, with trust and gratitude. If you are to realize your dreams with the help of the Universe, you need to give the Universe space to work. Intriguing thought, isn’t it? We aren’t giving the Universe space for its magic when we are panicked or “trying” too hard, attempting to control all possible outcomes. (We all know control is an illusion anyway!)
But it can be difficult to let go in an area of our life in which we are not happy and may even feel fear. We often feel the control we exert keeps us from falling apart or losing everything or going off the deep end. Ironically, this control actually keeps what we want from coming in. Surrendering means letting go of this control and having faith that something bigger than you will be holding the safety net underneath you.
How can we cultivate this faith? As I mentioned in my previous posts, we can use yoga to help us change our energy. Even when we are afraid and using control to “hold it together”, yoga can help us relax and cultivate the surrender we need. Forward folds will help us. Forward folds are about the present, letting go of resistance to open ourselves up to the present we have right now. Read more »
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