It’s now 4 years since I committed to daily yoga to release constant tightness and discomfort.
I vividly remember that first day going into a “gentle” stretch and feeling the searing pain of coaxing my muscles out of tension.
It might have been enough to put me off, but I am notoriously stubborn. Slowly it became part of my routine and then a non-negotiable part of my day.
Despite this, I honestly didn’t feel I made much progress in the first couple of years. I would routinely end up back at square one with tight shoulders and lower back pain. Plenty of poses were still out of reach.
I started making some subtle adjustments to my posture, which helped a bit. I persisted but felt a little frustrated and despondent at times.
Then slowly I noticed that I was stepping not flopping into position and I was able to hold a difficult pose for longer. The lightness I aspired to was becoming mine. Then recently when dropping into that first pose that caused me so much pain, I realised I was not getting a deep enough stretch.
My baseline of tension and flexibility have shifted – significantly.
My journey in my body is exactly what it is like to be an entrepreneur.
External signs of progress can be painfully hard to spot and frustration is a companion you get to know well.
But the reality is that every day your capacity is expanding. Sometimes you hit a block, of course, but it won’t stop you forever.
Knowing what to work on is only half the job. Being is the other half.
Your capacity is not challenged, ever, until you try to BE. Your edges will be discovered when you are working to embody a newer, more expanded version of you, your work or your business.
This means choosing different behaviours and working out what that means in practice – as you. Modelling yourself on someone you admire will only take you away from your core essence, it has to be true to you.
That does not make it easy. We all want dependable answers and clear courses of action. The path you have chosen doesn’t include this – you are creating, not re-creating.
Which makes your work in business a little different.
Start with you – always. Who are you, what do you value and how can you live those values in every action and interaction. Get to know you first and foremost, then what you desire to create through your business.
This is the foundation of the energetic approach. All the other business aspects fall into place once this is clear.
It took me years to work out why I was so drawn to working with people to shine a light on their truth and essence. I was itching to drop the label of marketer or business consultant or… until I realised that individual expression is the key to a natural business, that feels good and does good.
Business is an expression of who you are and what you want to see in the world. It’s a profound act of self-expression. It stands to reason it should be created to be truly one of a kind, just like you.
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