In this episode, I have the great pleasure of speaking with Ramaa Krishnan, founder of “Full Bloomed Lotus Center for Self-Awareness” and author of “The Yoga of Self-Love: The Sacred Path to Wholeness and Healing through Inner-Child Work” on the different phases and aspects of healing and of loving ourselves in healthy ways and manners.
First off, we need to discover ourselves and truly see and connect with our essence and only then can we practice self-love, which is much more and much deeper than appreciating our strengths but rather accepting, embracing, and loving the entire package that is who we really are.
This is a life-long practice and both mindfulness and self-awareness are essential and vital for this. In that sense, love is not so much feeling but rather seeing ourselves and fostering and developing qualities that we have ignored or neglected in our lives. For this to occur, it is important to engage in inner child work.
This also entails facing difficult moments and addressing traumas of the past so that we can come out feeling better about ourselves and liberating ourselves from accumulated shame, blame, and guilt. As such, we can live a much happier life with stronger will, more intention, more trust, and one that opens up and is filled with self-love and love for all beings around us.