{"id":311,"date":"2018-12-03T20:52:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T20:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturalbliss.nl\/english\/?p=311"},"modified":"2019-12-17T16:57:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T16:57:18","slug":"the-beauty-of-surrender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturalbliss.nl\/english\/blog\/2018\/12\/03\/the-beauty-of-surrender\/","title":{"rendered":"The beauty of surrender"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"311\" class=\"elementor elementor-311\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1893919 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1893919\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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https:\/\/www.naturalbliss.nl\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/yoga-265-285x190.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0566992 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0566992\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturalbliss.nl\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/yoga-256-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-95\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturalbliss.nl\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/yoga-256-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturalbliss.nl\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/yoga-256-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturalbliss.nl\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/yoga-256-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturalbliss.nl\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/yoga-256-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.naturalbliss.nl\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/yoga-256-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.naturalbliss.nl\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/yoga-256-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.naturalbliss.nl\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/yoga-256-380x254.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.naturalbliss.nl\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/yoga-256-285x190.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3693c2c\" data-id=\"3693c2c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f51f92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f51f92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After years of practicing shibari I wonder what it is that keeps me so in love with this way of expressing and connecting.<\/p><p>Every time it is different and every time it touches me so deeply.<\/p><p>It brings me to a place inside myself where I feel calm, playful, vulnerable and powerful.<\/p><p>It is an experience of surrender for the person who is being tied , but also for me it feels like i surrender to something bigger than me. All my senses wake up, i can feel myself and the other deeply, the world around me fades away and i feel connected to everything.<\/p><p>What feels key to surrendering to the expression of myself is to open myself to whatever wants to unfold. No control but just let it happen, with open heart, open mind and open body.<\/p><p>This is something I have been learning over the years, to become vulnerable and to surrender because I used to be closed down in so many ways. Old patterns, my old hiding and defense meganisms, they are not working anymore. They were just a way to not trust life enough and wanting control over it.<\/p><p>And so I practice surrendering to life itself. \u00a0<\/p><p>Totally opening up to whatever wants to unfold comes with unblocking everything inside. \u00a0<\/p><p>I have become aware of the resistance inside me, I practice being totally present with everything I do, and I face all my fears from a space of love and playfulness.<\/p><p>It all becomes more clear how to do this, I am learning it along the way. How to surrender to everything, other people, life, to my emotions, my fears and so my shadow becomes integrated inside me.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5479bdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5479bdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"85\" height=\"27\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturalbliss.nl\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/handtekening.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1137\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-008bd66 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"008bd66\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b4b1d70\" data-id=\"b4b1d70\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After years of practicing shibari I wonder what it is that keeps me so in love with this way of expressing and connecting. Every time it is different and every time it touches me so deeply. It brings me to a place inside myself where I feel calm, playful, vulnerable and powerful. 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