I was on a coaching call with a client on Monday afternoon and the word vitality came up.
Vitality. Such a potent word. It mentally materialized when I asked her about her intentions for our session. Interestingly when I asked her about her needs the words purpose and clarity surfaced.
After some examination it became clear that of course, clarity around purpose leads to more vitality- in every aspect of our lives.
So it got me thinking about my own life and the past 5 years, hell even the past 10 years.
Ten years ago I was living in Philly, dating a down to earth doctor who made 10 times as much as me. Literally.
I still hadn’t totally committed to teaching yoga full time because it wasn’t as celebrated and respected as it is today.
I was resigned to the fact that I wouldn’t make much money teaching yoga and would instead rely on my moneybags boyfriend to take care of me, which in turn caused me to completely lose myself and my power. Good times.
So if a magical fairy creature came down to earth 10 years ago (when I was 27 years old) and told me my life would look like it does today I definitely would have laughed in her face. And I love me some magical fairy creatures.
I wouldn’t have believed I’d travel the world doing humanitarian work while peeing in holes in the ground, sleeping next to bugs that freak me out and connecting with some of the sweetest children on the planet.
I would have never thought I’d reveal my pain and rejection over having genital herpes for the past 16 years and share that shit with the world.
I also wouldn’t have thought I’d be seeing 8-10 coaching and yoga clients a week and teaching only 5 classes a week when at my peak I was teaching 23 classes a week.
And I definitely didn’t think I’d be in a polyamorous relationship. Hells to the no.
Life changes. We change. But one thing that has stated the same is my purpose.
I know I am meant to inspire and ignite change in others through my own authentic example and teaching and writing.
I know I create safe containers for people to push past their comfort zones and empower themselves.
I know I am here to help people free themselves from conditioning and social norms that tend to confine us.
THIS has never changed. I’ve basically always been doing this. I just didn’t know I was doing it, until I was doing it on purpose.
Little by little I began to see what how all the pieces of my life were coming together. It started to make sense. I began to own it more and more.
For some their purpose comes first and they know it and own it and for some their purpose works behind the scenes slowly revealing itself little by little until they realize it’s been their all along.
It’s like my purpose was this support beam holding me up the entire time and I didn’t realize how strong it actually was.
I know now that my purpose helped me attract these miracles into my life. It guided them right to me.
And now that I know there is no turning back. Everything I do, everything I am must be in alignment with these truths that live in my bones, occupy my cells.
Four years ago, around the same time the pic above was taken, my online course called Rock Your Purpose came into existence.
I created this course with licensed professional counselor Elizabeth Campbell-Booze.
It’s a 6 week course to help you release your blocks, celebrate your strengths and discover how you are meant to serve and connect in this world. To bring you into purpose.
When I created it I didn’t even know my life had so much more to blossom into. So much more purpose to embody.
And now that I know I can’t help but get really excited at what the next 10 years have in store. And a little nervous too.
What about you? Are you connected to your purpose? If so let me know if the comments below.
Need some support in this department? Then check out my upcoming Rock Your Purpose course! We begin March 13!
http://brittanypolicastro.com/rock-your-purpose/