More than once, I’ve heard a client say ‘ I just want to feel free …free as a bird’… to have a sense of liberation, free from expectations, doubts, fears, limitations, whatever.
I’ve found that feeling free as a bird is more than that. The feeling is light, as if you’re gliding on air, allowing yourself to be supported, a state of pure presence and possibility where the boundaries between yourself and the world feel blurry, you feel part of an energy that is infinite.
Trust
There’s a trust in this feeling, in yourself, your heart and your journey. There’s no need to strive, or struggle. You glide with grace and as you rise above, you gain a fresh perspective on any challenges.
More than anything, feeling “free as a bird” is a soulful knowing that you are enough just as you are, and that you are free to explore, dream, and become all that you’re meant to be. It’s exhilarating and peaceful at the same time.
How to get there
It starts with aligning with who you really are. Birds don’t try to be anything other than what they are. So you might ask … ”who am I when I let go of others’ opinions?”. You can look at and release all the limiting beliefs, old stories, doubts that have you kept you feeling as if you’re locked in a cage. The bars you see are not real – they were made up by your mind to keep you safe. Then, it’s a case of trusting your wings, trusting the flow of life, in your guidance and taking off! What you discover is you’ve always been capable of flight – and the cage was never home.
Interestingly, you can feel immensely free being yourself and be part of a loving supportive community. When a bird finds a cloud of insects, it often alerts other birds in the flock so that they’re all nourished
For some people, freedom can be a cold and lonely place. If you don’t have a lot of confidence it can be frightening because you have to take responsibility for yourself and don’t believe enough in yourself to do it. When you’re connected to your self and value who you are, believe in yourself, freedom is very different.