Dating Confidence Through Yoga? Yes!
Dating confidence doesn’t come automatically. Part of the fear when dating is that you may lose yourself in someone. We know that it’s not healthy to do so. Enter: Yoga.
Unconditional love is promoted in yoga. For yourself and for others.
When we learn how to practice that, we let go of many of the notions of how we think love and a relationship should look like.
This leaves us more open to go with the flow of whatever may happen. We appreciate the person we’re having dinner with more.
Even if we know they’re not the person for us, we can spend time with them and be compassionate as opposed to agitated with who they are.
Dating confidence has a lot to do with how you see dating.
If we are ground with kind intentions, we’re sure to gravitate towards those kind of people.
This is when dating becomes a fun adventure as opposed to some terrifying necessity to find a partner.
Here are ways that yoga can help boost our confidence when dating.
We are More Certain of Ourself
Not that anyone we date is a waste of our time but some people are simply not going to be the right one for us.
We can often become confused because they look great on paper so we should want to be with them, but if there is no connection, it really doesn’t matter that they like dogs too.
It isn’t always easy to pay attention to the things that we can’t see. This can become a cause for concern when dating. We’re not sure we can weed out what we want and what we don’t want.
Through yoga…
- we gain conscious clarity in our life.
- we feel what’s going on in our body.
- our emotions arise in various areas.
The heart might ache if we’re not being true to it. We might get a headache if we’re pushing towards or against someone.
The sense of awareness we get from yoga will guide us through the ebbs and flows of dating. Having that guidance will make certain that our choices are the right ones.
When we can say goodbye to the “wrong” people to make space for the right partner.
We See Past Game Players
Probably one of the scariest things about dating is the people out there that have no sense of awareness.
There are narcissists and people that will lie about who they really are. When we have your own sense of awareness, we will see past people like this within the first few minutes.
Yoga helps to cut out the crap within ourself. When we do that, our mind and body will immediately know if someone is not aligning with our energy.
There won’t be judgment but compassion for the person. Someone who’s not honest about their own selves has more work to do.
When we can see that, we won’t indulge in their games. We will simply wish them well and be on our merry little way.
Knowing that we can see through people will give us confidence that we’ll make good choices.
We Open Your Heart
The ancient practice of yoga was developed to assist with physical, mental, and emotional issues.
Yoga helps release energy from specific centers in the body. These are known as the chakras and there are seven in total.
The middle chakra is the heart.
Even though we feel this energy the most strongly, it can be shut down and we don’t even know it.
There are asanas that target the heart center, which can release the stuck energy that is not allowing us to give our love.
If we try dating and our heart is closed, we may feel a sense of confusion. We know we feel something for someone but we can’t seem to jump past our own shadow to honor it.
Through yoga, we release the energy that is holding us back from the consideration of love.
When our heart is cleared out, activated, and open, we have a lot more fun dating.
Above all, we can feel the hope and excitement of loves potential. Confidence isn’t even an issue then because our ability to love negates any fear we have.
We Offer Ourself Greater Self-Care
Every time we step on our mat, we’re sending a message of love to ourself.
When it comes to dating and being with someone, we have to first take care and love ourself. The greatest relationship we can ever have is with ourself. That’s where it all starts.
Yoga really helps us to cultivate a love for ourself. We spend a lot of time going inward with yoga and that allows us to see who we really are.
Also, we’re going to be very tuned in to what it feels like to be calm and blissful.
We’re going to attract someone with energy like yours.
If we feel insecure and unsure, we’re going to attract someone who preys on the weak.
Or we could attract someone just like us and experience a rocky road and unknown path.
However, through loving practices like yoga, we’ll put ourself in alignment with people that also care about themselves.
They’ll share the same confidence we have which makes for a harmonious partnership.
Dating isn’t scary when we know who we are and can detect other peoples energy at a deeper level.
Certainly yoga helps us to be more mindful and intuitive when we’re dating.
About the Author
Meera Watts is a yoga teacher, entrepreneur, and mom. Her writing on yoga and holistic health has appeared in Elephant Journal, CureJoy, FunTimesGuide, OMtimes, and others. She’s also the founder and owner of Siddhi Yoga.
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