From a caterpillar into a butterfly!
The New Year is a time when we set ourselves new goals and challenges, when we reflect on the past year and highlight areas of our lives that have changed. It’s a really good time to let go of old clutter in our living and work environments. Clearing wardrobes of clothes that are never worn and cupboards full of stuff never used.
Decluttering, sorting and updating are all ways that we let go of the past and update ourselves in the present. Taking a closer look at our lifestyle and seeing where our attention is needed. Our food choices, our stress management and our relationships are all areas that we can focus on.
Slowing the mental processes right down helps to highlight the imbalances and brings clarity to the thoughts that hold us back from fulfilling our goals. These actions work towards shedding the load of the past so that we can emerge lighter and in alignment with our current dreams.
The imaginal cells of a caterpillar reflect beautifully how it is possible to use our imagination to form and craft our dreams into eventuality, and manifestation. Before a butterfly can emerge, a caterpillar goes through a transformation. This transformation is at first challenging and the caterpillar resists the influx of imaginal cells that appear. One by one they cluster together until the existing cells are more butterfly than caterpillar. The caterpillar is shed and the butterfly is born.
“Then at some point, the entire long string of imaginal cells suddenly realizes all together that it is Something Different from the caterpillar. Something New! Something Wonderfull! ….and in that realization is the shout of the birth of the butterfly!” from the book ‘Butterfly’ by Norie Huddle, 1990
When we experience a personal transformation, we begin by resisting change and growth by holding onto self-limiting patterns and beliefs. As we begin to let go and believe that we can create that which we imagine, an inner shift takes place and we quite magically align with our deepest dreams. It is at this point that we have the opportunity to emerge as a butterfly and live our dreams, rather than keep them inside as imagination.
I have read a bundle of mindfulness books that tell me we have the ability to create and manifest our reality, and at times in my life I have nearly let go of my caterpillar. Working through my own personal transformation has been my path, and letting go of my fears and surrendering has been my breakthrough.
This year may be my time to emerge as a butterfly, and to realise one of my dearest dreams at the opening of the Raw Health Bar, on the 28th of January 2017.
Why not make this your year to become a butterfly!
words: Constandia Christofi
rawhealthbar.co.uk
The official opening of the Raw Health Bar at the Brighton Open Market, BN1 4JU, is on Saturday 28th January from 10am to 4pm.
