Leap and Let the Miracles Begin

There are defining moments in life when all you can do is leap. You can’t worry about the net appearing. You might have an idea, or a hope but really, you’re sailing straight into the unknown. You don’t know where you’re going or what’s going to happen. You try talking about it, but, it does not make logical sense to anyone—let alone to you. It might feel exhilarating. It might also feel terrifying. The bottom line is this:

Life as you know it is over; because, your soul is demanding change.

I was 48 years old when I sold my business. I had a dream that I had been carrying inside my heart for 25 years. I’d been waiting, listening and waiting, until the timing felt right. Finally, I knew I was ready. I would sell my business and use the money to record a CD of my music. Music I hadn’t even written. Music that had yet to reveal itself to me. To say that I was afraid is an understatement—I was terrified. I was relatively successful and well respected in my community. I liked what I was doing. But the thought of continuing to live the status quo felt oppressive to me. My spirit was contracting and every day it felt as if I was growing smaller and smaller.

There was nothing left to do except leap. Take the risk. Let go of life as I knew it and surrender to the relentlessly compelling voice of my soul.

I sold the business to the only person who showed up to buy it. And the very same day that I closed on the sale, through amazing and fortuitous synchronicity, I met the man who would eventually produce all my albums, Thomas Barquee. From that moment on, the trajectory of my life was forever changed.

Sixteen years and nine albums later, I travel internationally and am recognized worldwide as a master crystal bowl and sacred healing music artist. Although I never started out to do so, I pioneered an entirely new genre of healing music with crystal singing bowls. I now lead retreats and have a training program to teach others about healing sound with crystal singing bowls. I authored a best selling book about them. My music has streamed and sold multi-millions of copies and is known in just about every corner of the earth. And perhaps most wonderful of all, I married the love of my life, whom I met while on tour and we are celebrating our 14th anniversary this year. He is a Native Hawaiian Healer and we get to blend our work together to help others in ways I never imagined.

I love what I do and I am passionate about it. Since taking that big leap, part of me has undergone a deep transformation. I am happier than I have ever been. Every day feels like a blessing, although some days are easier than others, of course. I am 67 years old and more creative than ever. In some ways, my life is just getting started.

Letting go of what is safe and comfortable to follow the stirrings of your heart is not for the faint of heart. It is a process. It will take you into the dark places within, and raise you up to magnificent heights that defy imagination. It has brought me to my knees and expanded my awareness beyond anything I could have dreamed possible.

Letting go of what is safe and comfortable to follow the call of your soul is a powerful teacher.

It taught me about trust. How to trust my intuition. How to trust others. How to trust what is true and right for me. This led to vastly increased self-confidence, authenticity, strength, courage, collaboration, kindness, compassion and humility. I could go on and on.

My own journey took me from a young girl who loved to sing, to being a conservatory student, to the joy of musical theater and classical artist-in-training, to secretary (to pay the bills), from secretary to macrobiotic cook and then back to secretary, to music teacher of very young children, to entrepreneur, recording artist, performer, visionary and sound healer. Not to mention all the other steps in between.

As I look back, each step built upon the next, opening doors to prepare me for the fulfillment of my dreams in ways I never imagined. Nothing we ever do in our lives is wasted H.H. Sai Maa Lakshmi Devi once said that if you were to spend 21 days saying “yes” to everything, your life would be forever changed. There are still days when I find myself caught in a cocoon of “no,” contracting and limiting myself with thought forms of fear. Fear of the unknown. Fear of success. Fear of expansion. Fear of change. Yet, more often than not, I fill my life with “yes.” Yes to new possibilities. Yes to fresh ideas. Yes to the joy. Yes to the love. Yes to the flow and the magic and the promptings of my soul. It is fascinating, glorious, fun and miraculous, exciting and scary and demands a lot of focused discipline, attention and intense work. (Fyi, anyone who says your soul’s work is all ease, grace and peace, love and light doesn’t doesn’t know what they’re talking about.)

Transitions are the soul’s way of inviting us to step into and trust our knowingness and let the heart lead. Sometimes the soul commands attention with neon lights and a big wake-up call. Sometimes it is a quiet and gentle nudge. Either way, when we listen deeply and pay careful attention to the signs and the still voice within, we’ll be guided towards true north, and the steps that lead to our unique version of a divinely inspired life.

I invite you to say YES.

Say YES to the calling of your heart and YES to the passion of your soul’s voice. Say YES to your life.

Sing your song. Dance your dance. Weave your magic. Whatever it is. Fall down. Get up. Take a risk.
Leap. And let the miracles begin.

~ Ashana
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