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Do you see me? Do you see? Do you like me?
\nDo you like me standing there? Do you notice?
\nDo you know? Do you see me? Do you see me?
\nDoes anyone care?\u00a0 -Ode to My Family, The Cranberries<\/i><\/p>\n
As an introvert, I doubt I\u2019ll ever feel comfortable being the center of attention. While getting onstage, being in front of or even standing out in a crowd, well, the lump of fear to simply get up and put it out there is so large that I want to flee. Yet there\u2019s nothing more invigorating than taking to the stage and expressing my Self. At some point, sometimes mid-way but always afterwards, I feel on top of the world. I feel powerful strong and fearless, like I can do and accomplish anything. I feel my Sun.<\/span><\/p>\n The Sun lives to unabashedly shine. Our Sun needs to be noticed, appreciated, seen and recognized. The Sun is the Self, the Divine Child in each of us who, ideally, feels it\u2019s absolutely okay to spontaneously speak up, share our heart, express affection, joy and go after what we want. How easy and how difficult this is! Who among us can claim absolute trust that The Universe will receive us lovingly? Even my Leo husband who is blessed with an overwhelming sense of well-being, wonders, after sending a heartfelt travelogue to close friends and not hearing back, if his open-hearted sharing is too open. He wonders if anyone cares.<\/i><\/p>\n To shine as bright as the noontime Sun. We need a healthy ego capable of working through our fears so we can take the risk of charting our Sun\u2019s path instead of skirting it\u2019s orbit, or orbiting around other stronger, solar people. A dear client expresses concern about Jupiter in Leo\u2019s potential for egocentrism, too much \u201cnotice me\u201d focus. She has Leo on her Twelfth House cusp, Sun in Sagittarius in the Fourth. Awhile later, talking about a list of goals for the year, she says, \u2018I have a hard time being specific about claiming my goals; it\u2019s easier to generalize and say I want something that brings me passion than name and claim it.\u2019<\/p>\n Most of us have spent ample time in the Sun\u2019s shadow, feeling unclear in our self, neglected, unnoticed and underappreciated, our natural talents and skills underutilized and under-expressed. Leo New Moon says it\u2019s time to step into the light. You have a right to exist. <\/strong>You have a right to be the center of your world. You have a right to claim space, and you have more space than you think.<\/strong>\u00a0In her book, The Language of Emotions<\/i>, Karla McClaren shares a great exercise for getting in touch with our personal space, so we can not only know where we end and others begin (for the Empaths), but so we can more fully live.<\/p>\n Try this at home: Extend your arms out, moving them in all directions so you feel your self standing inside a bubble. Extending arm\u2019s distance from your body (you\u2019ve seen this aura in paintings of the Virgin Mary – the golden orb shining from within and around her body), is this strong flexible boundary surrounding you called your aura.<\/i> \u00a0It is a real thing, and it’s attached to your body — for instance you can feel it in a crowd, when others are pushing against you.\u00a0 Now fill your aura with bright, lively colors that speak to you. After you spend a few minutes in this spacious area, ask yourself: Do I claim this much room in the world?\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0Karla says you may be surprised to discover you do not. Your aura is your personal space, but because our culture supports distraction and dissociation, most of us don\u2019t feel entirely in control of our personal space- making centeredness challenging.<\/p>\n In the days surrounding this Leo New Moon, nurture your Solar space. Do Sun Salutations. Do Lion yoga pose. Fill your aura with amazing colors.<\/strong> Claim space, and take more of it.\u00a0Don\u2019t wait for another person to give you permission to do so because they may not!<\/strong> Stop waiting for other people’s approval or guarantees.\u00a0The time is right for nudging your Lion or Lioness to life and when you ally with the archetype of the fierce Lion or Lioness within, you\u2019re emboldening the Self who knows the only way to step out of fear and into life is to let down your inhibitions and shine.<\/p>\n Do you see me? Do you see? Do you like me? Do you like me standing there? Do you notice? Do you know? Do you see me? Do you see me? Does anyone care?\u00a0 -Ode to My Family, The Cranberries As an introvert, I doubt I\u2019ll ever feel comfortable being the center of attention. While […]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"