The Power of Celebration: How Celebrating Enhances Your Well-Being.
There was a period in my life when I celebrated myself like my life depended on it. The life of my dreams and wildest desires did. I had uncovered some painful truths in my relationship and in my childhood. I felt broken, who I thought I was no longer existed. The ground I had built my identity on had washed away. I had a choice-grow or die. I could crumble under the weight of the circumstances, or rise from the flames of my former life as a Pheonix. I choose to grow. And I stepped up my daily celebration practice.
There was not much I could handle. Anything could trigger me I would be lost in my emotions for hours. My goal each morning was to take care of myself, celebrate and, get to the end of the day. So I celebrated myself like my life depended on it. Because it did. If I wanted to be the Pheonix who transcended devastation I could only get there by celebrating me.
Celebrating can anchor you to what is working in your life. Celebrating signals your nervous system that you are ok, and that you are safe. When you feel safe your nervous system is in a state of rest and digest. It is in this state that we can transform and grow. If the body is in fight or flight forever it will eventually die.
I took my celebrations seriously and bought a little exercise trampoline. I would bounce on the trampoline with my hands over my head shout “WAHOO”. Even if the trampoline wasn’t accessible I would mimic the movement by jumping up and down. I still got the same joyous feeling.
What you are celebrating doesn’t need to be something big or monumental. I think the real magic is when you recognize the small things. One day I celebrated myself for sitting down and drinking my tea with my full attention, and then again for acknowledging my emotions and feeling them.
Celebrating yourself brings a sense of joy and wonder to your day. It connects you to your inner child and your soul. I invite you to celebrate yourself in a small and big way every day. Celebrate yourself and you notice others will also celebrate you. But other’s approval or acknowledgement is a second hand benefit from celebrating yourself. When you acknowledge yourself and make it something worth wile, you won’t need anything from anyone else.
Celebrating brings you into the present moment and is similar to gratitude practices in that it floods the body with “feel good chemicals” and helps to reduce stress. When you celebrate you feel good. Celebrating after completing something that normally would illict tension or resistance can help you to change behaviors and rewire your nervous system. I am so thankful I committed to growing and celebrating. Try celebrating yourself every day for the next 44 days and see who you become.
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