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How Yoga helps with acceptance of my height

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Accepting Me For ever since I can remember I have been ashamed of my height. As far back as infant school I remember being picked to play Angel Gabriel because of my height. I didn't want to be angel Gabriel, I wanted to be a little cute lamb. I think I equated being small with being loved more, even at that young age. I remember looking at Barbi Dolls and feeling a sadness because they were skinny and blonde and of course small. When you are tall it seems to be the first thing people relate to you as. And therefore treat you in a certain way. I remember this being very confusing. People would automatically assume that I was capable and responsible. I tended to get the blame for things more. The only answer to me was be small. Stay small. Then people would be nicer to me. The irony of that. Being so tall and feeling so small. This was stuffed into the subconscious suitcase and carried around daily with negative effects to my posture, the relationships I chose, th
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Dancing and your inner Goddess

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What are you holding in the hips?

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Baddha Konasana Have you heard this? That we store emotions in our hips. Well everywhere in our body really but the hips location wise are at the base of our body. We can store a lot of stuff down there. The chakras or energy centres in closest proximity to the hips are the base and the sacral chakras. These energy centres rich in nerve supply and are anatomically called a nerve plexus. The base chakra is connected to our early survival instincts and is therefore linked with security. The sacral chakra is our creativity centre and our ability to express this creativity in a healthy way. The chakras hold all our memories. Any blockages within them could manifest as physical issues, lower back pain, endometriosis, insecurity, low libido to name a few. With yoga when we are working with the physical aspects, the emotional aspects begin to heal too. An example would be heart ache or lack of confidence from whatever reason could manifest as rounded shoulders and slo
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