Watch a quick video to accompany this here.
Are you wrestling with something right now? Maybe it’s a challenge that feels too big, a decision you are struggling to make, or a situation that’s been keeping you up at night.
If you’ve been turning it over and over in your dear mind, analyzing different angles, running through scenarios, or trying to control the outcome, it may feel exhausting (sending a compassionate hug your way if so).
Of course, figuring things out can absolutely be wonderfully beneficial.
However, this is a little loving reminder that, sometimes, an essential and powerful missing ingredient is to also…
…hand it over to whatever is sacred to you.
Why?
Oftentimes, when we loosen our grip and let more fully go, something bigger than us can start to flow.
If you’re carrying something heavy or unclear right now, here are a few (among countless) ways to surrender to your spiritual connection (whatever that may be for you – Love, the Universe, God, Goddess, Earth, Energy, the Great Mystery, Spirit, Source, Infinite Possibility, etc.):
Light a candle and speak your surrender into the flame
Burn something (a written prayer, sage, incense) as a symbol of release
Make an offering to the Earth (flowers, water, a stone you’ve held)
Dance it out, and move your body to physically offer it over
Or simply place your hands on your heart, open your palms wide, or bow your head.
(There’s no wrong way.)
And say a simple prayer of surrender from your beautiful heart, perhaps something like…
“Dear__________ (whatever you call that which feels benevolent, vast, wondrous, and holy to you),
I am so grateful for your love, guidance, wisdom, and support.
I invite you even more deeply in.
I surrender ____________ (explicitly name the situation) to you and place it in your care in whatever way serves the highest good.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.”
And exhale.
It’s a mystery on some level what exactly unfolds. However, what I do know from thousands of personal iterations…
…is that the space surrender creates brings insight, clarity, possibility, and an inexplicable magic that no other intellectual strategy alone provides.
When we’re gripping too tightly, trying to control everything, we’re operating from our stress response, and our vision narrows.
However, when we surrender?
It actually changes our nervous system and brain, and we shift from thinking (often unconsciously) “I’m under threat and have to control everything…”
…to sensing “I’m connected to something larger, and I’m held and safe.”
In the process, neural pathways open up for insight, trust, and creative solutions we couldn’t see before, and we get to shift from pure grit to feeling the presence of more grace.
Sometimes, that leads to unexpected doors opening, serendipities appearing, the right person showing up, or an insight being revealed that you didn’t see before.
So, here’s your loving invitation as you enter a new week…
Choose one of the surrender rituals that feels right to you (candle, dance, hands on heart, or whatever calls to you!).
Say a simple surrender prayer in whatever way resonates with you.
Exhale…
…and let it go.
And then notice what shifts in the hours and days that follow.
I also made a short 90-second video of this practice if you want to experience it in a more immersive way. You can view it here.
Sending you so many blessings and heartfelt wishes that, if you choose to surrender something more fully over to whatever is sacred to you…
…it creates an opening for unexpected goodness, clarity, guidance, solutions, and peace to flow into your life.
With So Much Love and Gratitude,
