I am a 1000 petal lotus.

I am a 1000 petal lotus. I am discovering what I am, inspired by one of my yoga certification instructors, Hari Kaur Khalsa. On the first day of the weekend training, she asked us to introduce ourselves to another student by telling them, “I am…” After a minute, she gently said, “Keep going.” My brows furrowed and my heart picked up pace. I thought, “What else can I say?” I dug deep and found some other things to share. Another minute passed, and I heard, “Keep going.” I looked up to the most beautiful smile and thought, if she thinks I can keep going, I guess I can. It was challenging, but I recall filling up the time until my turn was over.

At the culmination of the exercise, I thought about this – ‘What did I say? Was what I said the most important things to me? Were they about me or were they labels I’ve been given? Did what I said reflect my true self or the world self?’ By the time we gathered at the end of the exercise, Hari Kaur asked us to share one thing about the experience we had. I decided that I was a 1000 petal lotus, I had 1000 aspects of me that I was going to figure out. I shared with my classmates that I was going to write 1000 “I ams” .

I challenged myself to look further inside to continue to find my soul through all of the earthy layers of labels. I completed my list of 1000 on Friday, October 27 and the first people I told were my classmates on our group facebook page. Some of my classmates had/have decided to write their own ‘I ams’ and have shared progress on their own journeys in doing so.

This self-challenge, in turn, inspired me to begin other writing projects again, for which this blog is one outlet. (I had set my hobby and dreams of writing aside about 16 years ago.) If my words may help others to love themselves, see their lives differently or to heal the world in any way possible, it is worth sharing them. This is one way I am sharing my 1000 I ams!
Thank you for sharing your time with me here.  I am a 1000 petal lotus.