“Access the freedom that dwells in your heart and then everywhere you are is paradise.” -Alana Roach
Yeah. I just quoted myself. 😂 I have to share something with you. You guys and gals… it is impossible not to be abiding in the essence of your Maker. However, a lot of us were raised to believe we needed “more,” to be happy. What happens when that belief takes hold? Chasing something that we believe will make us happier, which ends up being an endless pursuit of that which does not exist.
What does exist? This moment. The present. YOU, ME, and GOD. Whatever you want to call the incredible energy of LOVE and One-ness…
When we anchor ourself into this moment and allow ourselves to be true to our inner nature, we will inevitably experience JOY, love, peace.
I have lived in paradise. Like the total definition of utopia. The Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica. A lot of my students have witnessed my journey back and forth to that area for years through images and some of them have come with me on retreat. Yet, when I lived there prior to doing retreats, I remember feeling empty on some days.. and lacking on others. I can see now that I was being prepped to learn what Joseph Campbell wrote so eloquently about in his book “Wherever You Go, There You Are.”
I had to do the shedding of my belief systems of MORE, more, MORE.
I got to realize that all we need is here, right now, and that’s always going to be the TRUE true.
So, allow yourself to be stripped of what is not truth then BE in the truth that IS.
Which is:
YOU ARE WHOLE.
You are WISE.
You are JOY.
You are perfect just as you are.
You are loved beyond measure.
You are peace.
You are freedom and Divinity expressed in your unique form.
You rock so hard.
🤙 Enjoy it.
With love and so much honor for your Divine path,Alana
Founder of EOS
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Alana’s love for yoga came from firsthand experience with just how powerful the practice is. “In 2009, Yoga found me. Inside the studio, she experienced a deep sense of belonging, but the most profound part was what happened after. “I felt as though I was at true peace. I finally knew what the word meant. Until that moment, I had just understood it cerebrally. There is something profound to be said about Peace dropping into the heart.”