The Sacred Art of Meeting Yourself in Aisle 7

Let me tell you something.

There is something revolutionary, and I mean flipping-the-table, holy-ground, soul-snatched level revolutionary, about finally meeting yourself right where you are... and actually liking her. (Yep!) I’m not talking about the dolled-up, well-lit, filtered, "look-at-me-doing-my-healing-work" version of you.

NOPE.

I’m talking about the version of you that’s strolling through the grocery store with no makeup on, jazz playing softly from your phone, stopping to pick the perfect Honeycrisp apple like you’re selecting a gemstone from a sacred altar. I'm talking about that deep, embodied

"right now it-ness" (not a word, but let's go with it!), that delicious moment where you’re not racing, chasing, fixing, explaining, or even trying. You’re just being. And you know what, that is holy.

The Spirituality of Produce Aisles (smile!)

I smiled from my soul today, and all I was doing... was living. And those that know me, know that I really get into this whole living thing.. I mean, I really love being a live, and you can tell. I was minding my business, not hustling, not pushing myself, not working on the next big idea. Not coaching. Not creating. Not saving the world. I was just walking, breathing, smelling, and choosing.

I was all the way in my skin, strolling down the aisle, stretching up on my tippy toes like I was in a scene from a sacred rom-com nobody asked to direct. I was smelling broccoli like a botanist. picking up and smelling cucumbers like a connoisseur. Listening to Coltrane like he was scoring the moment in real-time.

And you know what I realized? This is healing. Not the retreat. Not the breakthrough cry session. Not the journal full of trauma dumps. Not the motivational quote carousel on Instagram (although, yes, those help too). But this moment of ordinary, embodied, soul-level presence, is what healing looks like in its most powerful, underrated, real grown woman form.

The truth is, we don’t always have to be doing something spectacular to be living a sacred  ife.

You don’t have to be in Bali sipping herbal tea with your aura glowing in HD. You can be in aisle 7, with jazz in your ear and peace in your spirit. You can be walking like you got royalty in your bloodline (because you do), dancing your way to the almond butter, and stopping to smell the fresh-cut flowers even though you didn’t come for them.

Because the real flex? Is not rushing.

Not rushing your healing. Not rushing your process. Not rushing your experiences

I realized that the her that I was trying to become was already inside of me. The more I heal and do my work, the more layers I remove, and the nore of her is revealed at the right time. In truth, you don’t have to find her. You just have to slow down enough to feel her.

She’s not on the next milestone, in the next relationship or friendship, at the next table, in the next ten pounds, or in the next career win. She’s here. Now. Breathing. Choosing. Stretching on her tippy toes for a box of granola with jazz in her headphones and a rhythm in her heart.

And if that ain’t a whole sermon in a sentence, I don’t know what is.

Awaken Her… Right Here

So today, I invite you to Awaken Her right where you are.

Not next week. Not next year. Not when you’re "ready." Not when life is prettier or more put together. But in this moment. In these shoes. With this joy. With this grief. With this peace. With this stretch-marked, wisdom-filled, soft yet strong self.

Because when you learn to savor the rhythm of who you already are, you stop rushing toward the illusion of something you think you need to become.

You already are her. Now awaken her. Even if it's just in aisle 7.

With jazz, fruit, and rhythm in my bones

Still rising, still stretching, still smiling from my soul,

-Yahminah

See a gift from me to you below!

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“Meet Her Right Where You Are”

Take 5 minutes. That’s it. Put your phone on Do Not Disturb. Play something soft, jazz, meditation, gospel, silence, whatever speaks to your soul.

Now, grab a journal or open a fresh note and answer these:

1. Where am I rushing myself when I really need to be resting in myself?

   (Be honest., no judgment, just truth.)

2. What am I doing lately that makes me feel most in my skin; rooted, alive, sacred?(Is it cooking? Dancing? Walking barefoot in the house? Laughing with someone you love?)

3. What would “Her”, the fully alive, embodied, grounded version of me, do today with tenderness and joy? (Not hustle. Not fix. Just, be. What does she need today?)

4. What’s something I can release today to feel more like myself? (A lie, a pace, an expectation, a weight that’s not mine?)

   
   
   
   

This affirmation has been one of the many affirmations that have nudged me to live more freely and be open to being in tune with myself, find and flow in my own unique rhythm, and be present in my skin with grace and wholeness. Now I offer this to you.

"I am awakening to the rhythm of who I already am. I open myself to the Divine possibilities of greatness that are designed for me and I release old ways of thining and being. I honor her, I accept her, I hear her, I choose her, one sacred step at a time." -YMC

With peace and joy as my fruit,

-Yahminah