Happy February all, you made it through January and now the nights are starting to get lighter and the sun is warm (well when its out).  We have been hit by various storms and have experienced such crazy weather lately.  It’s certainly been eventful over the last few days and it felt like the rain was never going to stop.

So what is February going to bring??? Sunshine I hope, who knows, I guess if we’re practicing January’s blog and living in the moment hopefully, expectations and pressure haven’t muscled in on you just yet.

One big event that we know is round the corner is valentines day, the day where we express our love to our partners or sometimes an admirer, it is the one day where love is literally in the air.

But do we need validation from someone else to know that we deserve to be loved?  Should we get upset if we don’t receive the bouquet of flowers or chocolates, should we feel even more lonely than we already do if we don’t have a partner to share valentines day with?

I am making this sound like I am not a fan of this day, of course I am, I celebrate my birthday 2 days after it and I’m a hopeless romantic however, what I have learnt over the years and what seems like perfect common sense is that if we don’t learn to love ourselves and accept ourselves for who we really are then how can we expect someone else to?

We have all known somebody or even maybe experienced it first hand, an incident where we have changed our behaviour to suit other people, and maybe we have even changed the way we like to dress to suit other people, and all the while that little tiny voice inside of you is screaming ‘err hello this isn’t you’….

In Yoga we talk a lot about the ego and this is often so misunderstood, our ego isn’t necessarily the inflated one, example here, good old Kanye West, I think I’m bigger than Jesus’ type, although it is relevant, we are talking on a more subtle level whereby our ego is what can drive our behaviour.  For example, being afraid to feel what we truly feel because it is easier to suppress those feelings for the sake of something or someone else.

Through our yoga practice when we learn to turn our attention inwards and start listening to our ‘little voice’ it becomes louder and our ego becomes quieter, and we start to slowly reveal our real self, our true identity.

This isn’t something that we learn once, it’s a never ending lesson, we learn, we feel, we reveal, and over time we become our own best friend, we become the best version of ourselves, we learn that we are ok and that when we are in a relationship with someone else, they see what you see and feel, they love you for who you really are and nothing else.

And more importantly we shouldn’t save this up for 1 day of the year, we should be practicing our self love every day, we should tell the people we love, we love them everyday.

Life is too short to wait for 1 day, live each day as if it’s your last, savour every moment and learn to love yourself and if that means you buy yourself a bunch of flowers and a massive box of chocolates, go for it.

And to celebrate February, here is my track of the month, totally in love with this, you all know I am a big music fan so this track will definitely be getting played in tomorrow’s class.

Big Love all, go and love yourselves, stay true and be you xx

Lisa xx