Affirmations on their own can feel like simple positive thinking. But when I pair them with my breath, with stillness, with awareness of how the words move through my body, they shift into something else. They become tantric. It’s intimacy with myself. It’s the union between word, breath, body, and spirit. So this practice isn’t just a list of affirmations. It’s a ritual of remembering who I am, even when life tries to make me forget.
This past week has been one big poop show. In fact, if I sat down and counted the cracks, I’d run out of fingers. Life pressed, tugged, pulled me in directions that didn’t always feel kind. But still...despite everything...I decided I’m going to hold on to the one thing I can choose: POSITIVITY.
And so I began a simple practice. A ritual of breath, word, and awareness. Feel free to do it as well.
🌬️ Inhale deeply. Feel your chest rise.
🌬️ Exhale slowly. Let your shoulders fall.
✨ Inhale: I am free.
✨ Exhale: I release what cages me.
✨ Inhale: I am divine.
✨ Exhale: I return to my sacred self.
✨ Inhale: I am strong.
✨ Exhale: I ground into the strength of earth.
✨ Inhale: I am resilient.
✨ Exhale: I bend, but I do not break.
✨ Inhale: I am brave.
✨ Exhale: My heart stays open.
✨ Inhale: I am courageous.
✨ Exhale: My body carries me forward.
These words are a reminder. A reminder that even when my voice trembles, I still speak. Even when my knees wobble, I still stand. Even when my heart aches, it still beats with purpose.
Sometimes I laughed at myself, because I must have sounded like a broken record. Like some scratchy vinyl replaying the same line. But maybe that’s the beauty of it all. They loop, they repeat, they remind you of the melody you might forget when the world is too loud.
And so continue to hold onto my melody this week. My own vintage soundtrack of resilience.
I am FREE.
I am divine.
I am strong.
I am resilient.
I am brave.
I am courageous.
I am everything I need to be, and I will continue to be all of these things...Not because life has been easy. But because I am here. Despite everything, I am still here.
Xoxo
Nirvanva