Abhaya: Freedom from Fear

Thoughts springing from another Sanskrit word… bloody love Sanskrit.
It’s the language of yoga, and the oldest language in the world. It carries so much depth and meaning, so much beauty, but it’s more than that.
It’s vibrational.

Each sound is intentional, designed to carry energy and meaning at the same time.
The words don’t just describe something, they embody it.

Abhaya loosely means freedom from fear - trusting in your own unfolding. 💛
I’ve definitely been exploring this over the last few years!

I saw something recently, an image of a spiral and a circle.
The circle represents staying where you are: same habits, same patterns, same results.
If you’re genuinely content in that circle, that’s beautiful. Stay there.
But if you’re looping and feel that restless tug, that quiet discontent, then only you can shift it.
Only you can break the loop and start spiralling upward. Evolution!

Change is scary though, right? Especially when it takes you somewhere unexpected — a path that doesn’t fit what’s “normally done.” But honestly, what even is “normal”? And who decided that’s the way things should be?

When my dad passed away — those who’ve experienced it will know that losing a parent is a pivotal time in one’s life — I started asking all those cliché big questions… like, what’s it all about anyway?
I truly think love is the answer to that question, but I realised I was very much stuck in my loop.

I made a list of the things I’d always dreamed of doing but never had the courage to try.
I had a million excuses as to why, but I realised the only thing really stopping me was FEAR.

Fear I wasn’t good enough.
Fear I’d fail.
Fear I’d end up broke or alone.
Fear of what people would think.
Fear I was too old to chase dreams.

All that noise — it’s valid, of course. We’re conditioned to fear.
It’s literally drilled into us on a daily basis, the world is falling apart and we’re all fucked.

Obviously, there’s real fear — like your country actually being bombed fear — but I’m talking about personal perceived fear. (Also side note: we’re conditioned to feel not enough, but also conditioned to be fearful of change, when does a girl get a break? lol.)

But what if we just unsubscribed from the conditioning?
It’s not easy, but maybe we could start by just feeling the fear and doing it anyway?
(Thanks to my mate Lou, for sending me that book, twice 😂).

I played with flipping the script from What if it all goes wrong?
to What if it all works out? and everything softened.

Because fear and excitement live so close together.
They feel almost the same, that flutter in the chest, that edge before something new.
One closes you down. The other opens you up.

In yoga, you can choose to contract or expand in the asana, that’s like fear or excitement.
When you choose excitement — expansion — I often find that what comes next is flow.
It’s not always easy but the choice is always ours.

Abhaya carries the feeling of standing tall with an open heart.
Can you feel that vibration?
What would it look like if you flipped the fear into excitement?

I’m no coach, just someone who loves to go deeeeeep.
Thanks for reading my rambling.
Big love!

Great to hear your thoughts xx