Sat Nam,

I was speaking to a client this week about being selfish.  She is this amazing powerhouse of creativity and strength yet all her energy is focussed on caring about other people’s needs.

I shared with her about Elizabeth Gilbert’s workshop I attended where she announced that she has given up caring for all and sundry and is only caring for those around her she chooses.

Now this doesn’t mean she won’t continue to love and passionately advocate for who and what she believes in.  It just means she’s stopped putting her energy into every person that crosses her path, because quite frankly it’s exhausting!

I’ve been practicing this not caring gig since that workshop and let me tell you it’s liberating!  And what’s interesting is all the amazing opportunities that have started to flow into my life when I stopped spreading my energy into areas and people that were not serving my wellbeing.

When you focus your energy on caring about how everyone else feels and their needs you lose site of caring about how you feel and your needs and everything must start with you.

To sustain being compassionate for others you must be compassionate with yourself first, after all you can’t pour from an empty cup.

We are taught that it’s selfish to focus on our own needs before others but that exactly what you should be, selfish to your needs.  There’s a difference between being selfish from the heart and selfish from the ego.  From the heart will always be nourishing, from the ego will always become depleting.

Now that I’m more focussed on putting energy into my dreams doors are opening where I hadn’t expected and I’ve realised that before there was no space in my vortex for opportunities for me because I was filling my vortex with other people’s dreams and needs leaving no space for my own.

So how selfish are you, how much of your vortex is filled with other peoples dreams and needs and how much space is left for you?

My class this week at Sydney Yoga Collective:

Tuesday 6.30pm

Don’t forget to save the dates for our:

Summer Activation workshop on Sunday 6 December at 2.00pm and

Our Radiant Body Retreat from 12-14 March 2021 located on a seriously magnificent property on the beautiful Central Coast.

We’re planning some awesome activities for you to experience in both of these, more details coming soon!

I’m also offering private Kundalini Yoga Classes and one on one consulting using the transformative techniques of Kundalini Yoga.  If you are interested please reply to this email and I’ll send you more information.

See you on the mat. ❤️

Love

Adette

This photo is one I took of my beautiful friend Kaja who is an amazing Yin and Yang teacher. Thank you Kaja for being my muse for my yoga photos.  You radiate light! ❤️