Freeing the Butterfly: Transform Your Life Through Simple Exercises, Meditations, and Affirmations

By Josie Myers and Michelle Cornish

You deserve to live your happiest life . . .

• Do you ever feel sad for no reason?
• Has anxiety and depression plagued you your whole life?
• Are you tired of living your life based on what others expect of you?

If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, Freeing the Butterfly will help you take control of your life!

 

Using simple exercises designed to clear and balance your chakras, you will uncover your true potential and discover what you really want out of life.

 

Empower yourself to come out of your cocoon with chakra clearing and balancing techniques, meditations and visualizations, crystals and essential oils, thought-changing affirmations, journaling, and more!

• Language: English
• Publisher: SolVin Creative
• Release date: May 28, 2020
• ISBN: 9781777094553

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Freeing

the

Butterfly

Transform Your Life Through

Simple Exercises, Meditations,

and Affirmations

Josie Myers

Michelle Cornish

Freeing the Butterfly

Transform Your Life Through Simple Exercises, Meditations, and Affirmations

Copyright © 2019 Josie Myers & Michelle Cornish

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.

Published by SolVin Creative.

Paper back ISBN 978-1-7750836-8-9

ebook ISBN 978-1-7770945-5-3

Audio ISBN 978-1-7770945-4-6

For Luca.

—J. M.

For anyone who’s ever felt stuck. I hope this book brings you happiness.

—M. C.

Disclaimer

The authors of this book are not medical practitioners and as such, this book is not intended as a substitute for the medical advice of physicians or other practitioners. The reader should regularly consult a physician in matters relating to his/her health and particularly with respect to any symptoms that may require diagnosis or medical attention.

Acknowledgments

A special thanks to our beta readers, Kris and Lisa.

To our many spiritual teachers: We are grateful for your wisdom and guidance.

To Dr. Athena Perrakis for graciously agreeing to write a foreword for us.

Thank you for your support.

Contents

Disclaimer

Acknowledgments

Foreword

What Does it Mean to ‘Free the Butterfly’?

About the Authors

The Tools Used in This Book

Chapter 1 Recognizing You’re Stuck

Chapter 2 Committing to Making a Change

Chapter 3 Trying Something New

Chapter 4 Finding Support

Chapter 5 Experimenting with New Tools

Chapter 6 Finding What Works for You

Chapter 7 Making Time for Yourself

Chapter 8 Maintaining Your Freedom

Chapter 9 Affirming Your Happiness

Chapter 10 Coloring Your Happiest Life

Chapter 11 What if You’re Still Stuck?

References & Recommended Reading

Foreword

Our planet is in a state of rapid flux and evolution, in case you haven’t noticed, and so it brings me great personal and spiritual pleasure to see new books arriving onto the cosmic scene with real and actionable guidance to help support both where we are now and where we are heading to within the foreseeable future. Together, Josie and Michelle have united forces and frequencies to share their experiences and sacred wisdom; the result is a book full of practical wisdom and application that can, I believe, help prepare the reader to embody the energy needed for the coming times.

Throughout history we have considered ancient practices and peoples to be simplistic and underprepared for the times in which we live. And yet, more than ever I am seeing a resurgence of trust in ancient wisdom. In working with the seven chakra system here, the authors conjure the wisdom of the Vedas–the oldest recorded spiritual wisdom on this planet. By exploring the chakras in great detail, the authors create a physical roadmap to help the reader shift his or her current reality. Both women are so courageously confident and excited about their own healing, and through their words you get a sense of the long roads they themselves have traveled in order to arrive at their current state of healing. And while their stories are different, and of course different from yours, I have no doubt that you as reader will find yourself here. We are all one, and our healing looks both different and cosmically similar. There is one large road to Truth. On that road our journeys can look different but if you look closer and without a cynical eye, you can see how similarly Truth resonates across cultures, experiences, and identities.

What I love most about this book, and what I have found most enjoyable about it in my reading of it, is the way the authors incorporate playful exercises and inspiring journal prompts. As a writer myself, I process energetic experiences through language. If you are an artist who paints with color, or with oils, you will find the drawing space and invitation to bring your artistic skills to bear with an open heart. If you seek to embody your process more fully, each chapter includes yoga poses that incorporate chakra wisdom and sacred practice. Everything here is incredibly deep and rich, but offered in such a delicate and open way that anyone at any level of awareness will find the wisdom comforting, applicable, intoxicating, and uniquely personal.

May your process be fluid and full of beauty. I see the divine in you, and the authors do, too.

—Athena Perrakis, Ph.D.

Founder and CEO, Sage Goddess

What Does it Mean to ‘Free the Butterfly’?

Have you ever wondered how a butterfly must feel to come out of its cocoon to a brand new world where it can fly and soar high into the sky? It’s like they’re a new and improved version of their old self, and we imagine it must feel pretty darn good.

That’s what freeing the butterfly is all about—coming out of your funk, your cocoon, if you will, and feeling amazing with who you are.

When you read Josie and Michelle’s stories, you will see they both went through this funk, and they noticed a lot of women around them going through similar experiences. It seems like when we’re young, we try so hard to meet the expectations of people around us—parents, teachers, friends—that we forget about ourselves and what we want.

After a certain point, we realize doing all these things for other people does nothing for our own happiness. Many times something life-changing will happen to help us realize this, such as infertility, loss of a career, a serious accident, or the death of someone close to us. For other women, there’s no major life event to trigger this transformation, they just realize they can’t continue being unhappy, and it’s time to find their spark again—time to wake up.

It’s okay to feel uneasy at the mention of the word spiritual or the thought of having a spiritual awakening.