Family, what does this mean to you?
Do you know your biological family?
Have you adopted friends to be your family, or do you have a very close relationship with your blood family?
There are so many ways to look at the word family. In listening to many people's stories, the connection factor is the diverse feelings that come when you associate the word family with another human, such as the extra strong tether that allows us to be more vulnerable with someone. In being vulnerable, it is important to know our own center and base because it is easy to be swallowed up in the culture of the family. In doing so, we may lose our independence of self-expression and ideas.
I did grow up with very supportive biological parents. They moved an hour away from where they were born, so I got to see my grandparents regularly until they passed away. My roots were deep with support for my curiosity to run wild and self-expression to be explored. This base allowed me to put curiosity into action and travel after college, which landed me on the east coast.
I have several friends with the opposite family experiences who had parents that would rather drink alcohol and/or do their own activities rather than show their children any attention. This has left a huge void in these adults who are still trying to gain confidence in their quest of self-exploration. One friend shared with me that without the support growing up, they still strive every day to have supportive relationships but find they are difficult to come by. Where as I have had these structures, I know what they look and feel like, but my friend shares they often feel they are grasping for ghosts.
Which may be why people spend time with their friend's families on holidays. The relationships they choose tend to be more nourishing and supportive than biological families.
With all the options for families, I chose to do an asana practice around this because no matter which you have
Being able to stand on your own is important. Like I said, I still find the core thread through them all is the vulnerability that healthy family ties allow us to have.
These relationships take us deeper into our core for self-assessment and they dive into why do we think what we do. We get to be tested in a healthy way to help us grow and to keep evolving. The practice that we have on the You Go Girl YouTube is a standing sequence to work on our own strengths and voice. But it also is a lot of expanding while keeping our own ground or center. Which is my expression of being a part of a family.
If you celebrate Christmas, happy holidays. If you have time off may you feel at peace, have joy and share love with yourself and those you choose to be around.
Much Love,
Suzanne Scholten
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