Discovering Your YIN-NER Beauty
How many of us feel beautiful these days?
Who has time for feeling beautiful?
Men and women alike are feeling the pressure of living in our yang-based society. Working hard and long hours looking for security and success in a good income. Often not allowing time to explore our creative energy or find emotional outlets. Luckily, being stressed, depressed, anxious, sad or vulnerable is becoming more socially acceptable, as we are starting to understand that this is becoming a real problem. Turning to temporary escapes, like alcohol consumption or drug taking , (or consuming too much food in general – take a look at our obesity rates), or even technology is a way of seeking relief from these intense pressures. To some people, drinking beer or wine in the evening or consuming coffee to get themselves going in the morning, has become a totally socially acceptable way of masking just how much we are NOT coping with the riggers of our daily lives.
Regardless of where you fall on the continuum of coping or not coping, or feeling beautiful or not feeling beautiful at all… it is well worth taking a look at the balance of yin and yang in your life.
Many of us, in these times, are more in tune with our masculine energy. When our masculine energy outways our feminine energy, we may tend to think and plan and be action oriented. We yearn for structure, logic, organisation and being functional. We move from task to task, with little indulgence into self love or nurturing ourselves (or others) or even taking time out. In the workplace, we experience success through being efficient, making deadlines, or more money, rather than supporting the people along our way. One may feel guilty when there is a need to rest deeply, perhaps ignoring our physical or emotional request to sleep or take time out. To the extreme, we may suffer competitiveness with others, stress or depression, even adrenal fatigue, all while constantly seeking ways to prove that we are happy and ‘on top of things’.
Many of us have these highly developed yang qualities, and these are great for getting things done… but eventually it may take its toll. Creating rituals and behaviours in our life that honour both our yin and yang qualities can bring about profound changes and induce deep connection to our heart and soul.
Then how do we create balance? Often, we don’t necessarily have to tone down our yang qualities, it may be that we can raise the yin or feminine qualities, to meet our powerful yang energy. The feminine energy encourages us, or allows us, to feel softness, surrender, creativity, ease and flow. When we tune into our feminine energy, we learn to trust our intuition, our gut feelings, and allow ourselves to go with the flow - To rest when we need it and take time out to check in with our self and our loved ones. Decisions and choices become easier to make as we trust our intuition and encourage creating awareness of the need to remove ourselves from the ‘busy’ grind that life can become.
Someone more in touch with their feminine side, or inner goddess, is not afraid to adorn themselves with beautiful trinkets and clothes and allowing oneself to truly shine their own unique beauty. One becomes more likely to surrender and accept what is. This doesn’t mean that we accept helplessly and become a victim of circumstance – Instead, we choose to start where we are at, in order to move forward with passion, intuition and heart felt connection to goals that align with our true self. To feel comfortable to embrace ones uniqueness and find beauty in this, is to connect with your feminine side.
Whether you are female or male or identify with masculine or feminine tendencies, the balance of yin and yang qualities are fundamental to creating balance and harmony in all areas of your life. Trust and have faith that as you find your inner radiance, you will find more and more strength and comfort in your inner beauty, discovering your inner goddess - a beautiful, gentle but powerful energy will envelop you and guide you to places and spaces where you will truly shine.