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We talk about mentors, people who inspire us, lead

We talk about mentors, people who inspire us, lead or guide us to become better, more of our true self. Well I think I might have found my best mentor yet. Because this young pup is showing me every day: Whether it’s to feel my emotions, so that I can express my authenticity and let go of holding onto things. Or if it’s to show me the true meaning of unconditional love, by starting from a place of love and aiming to live from that place. Or if it’s to remind me of the power and intimacy of trust and how beautiful it is to feel how much someone / something truly trusts in you. Or if it’s the ability to be grateful, time and time again, even if it’s for the same thing. The excitement doesn’t have to dwindle. And so much more, because Koji lives in his heart every day. He has no fears of judgement, and seeks no other purpose than to show up and enjoy this journey he’s experiencing. He’s my teacher, my friend and my love, and my aim, as shown by him, is to be grateful for every second I get to share with him ☺️❤️ Ps - I have a very exciting announcement coming soon, watch this space! Pps - insta keeps adding my images wrongly when I share a carousel these days, sorry for the multiple pics!! 🤷🏻‍♂️

One of the complications of love is the contradict

One of the complications of love is the contradictions it asks of us… A safe and comfortable love is a beautiful thing,
but is it enough without a sense of adventure and growth too? An adventurous and developing love is a beautiful thing,
but is that possible without a secure and respectful container in the first place? Sometimes we seek the simplicity of the reliable hand we know and trust,
but what’s even more magical is to join that trusted hand into the unknown, so that more can be uncovered. Love asks for contrasts, and in contrasts is great expanse ❤️

No one showed me what it meant to be a healthy man

No one showed me what it meant to be a healthy man. Not that there is one set way. What I do know, is that as I began to try to become a better man, there were times when it felt incredibly scary. I feared how I would be perceived, I feared losing friends, I feared no longer having an identity that was accepted and celebrated by society. But looking back now, I can see that deep down, underneath the friars that kept me stuck as I was, there was a deep desire to be free to be myself. I wanted to feel liberated, I wanted to become more of my authentic self. To do that I had to let go of the version I was shown to be, and stop making myself wrong for being who I learned to be. Instead, I had to look at the root causes of what made me the person I became. And that’s where I sit with masculinity. We need to look at why men find themselves choosing toxic values, rather than making them wrong for consistently choosing them. We need to celebrate healthy male role models, not question their strength when they express their raw vulnernability. We need to welcome and create safe spaces for the healthy expression of anger, creativity, love and kindness. We need to help men rediscover how to connect to their hearts, because men aren’t bad at their heart, they just aren’t taught how to listen to it 😔❤️

#sundaylove I know this might be a tough one to a

#sundaylove I know this might be a tough one to agree with. Because I understand how healthy it can be for love to be conditional. But that’s to talk about love in a romantic form. Of course that requires boundaries, not all behaviour is ok, and we can’t always continue to love romantically. But love as an energy, as a way of being, is different. Because, what if we consider our connection to each other without judgement? What if we met each person, in that moment, where they’re at? Is there any reason not to love someone now? Because I believe love is our starting point, it’s who and what we are before we learn ways that take us away. So you might argue, but why would I love someone for no reason? And I’d respond, because that’s the most liberating and natural thing you can do ❤️

🚶‍♂️ Embracing Vulnerability: Redefining

🚶‍♂️ Embracing Vulnerability: Redefining Masculinity 🌱💪💙 In this powerful moment, join @benbidwell_ and @radhika_dasa , as we challenge the traditional notion of masculinity. Let’s break free from the confines of being just warriors and embrace the strength in vulnerability, kindness, and compassion. I want to hear from you—what are your thoughts on redefining what it means to be a man in today’s world? 🎙️ “For Soul’s Sake” Podcast. Out EVERY Monday 🎧 #RedefiningMasculinity #StrengthInVulnerability #KindnessMatters #ShareYourThoughts #BeTheChange

#sundaylove The beautiful thing about love is it

#sundaylove The beautiful thing about love is it doesn’t judge. It will create boundaries around what is needed, but without getting wrapped up in the story of right and wrong, good and bad. Because beneath every action that we witness, are many truths we probably aren’t aware of. Love is understanding that, because that is what’s mostly deeply true, and love is what is most deeply true❤️

I received some sad news today, the loss of a beau

I received some sad news today, the loss of a beautiful soul. I’m not sure if it was that or not, but something triggered a need to rant, a need to express the dark frustration within. And I know we aren’t supposed to hate. I couldn’t bring myself to hate another person, but sometimes there’s deep frustration for life, our world, and just being sad doesn’t feel enough. And sometimes that energy can boil over and spill into areas of life that now we see with dark coloured spectacles. Today feels like one of those days 🥹❤️

Whenever I come to write about what is love, I alw

Whenever I come to write about what is love, I always come back to love being truth. Raw, unfiltered, deep truth. But raw, unfiltered, deep truth is always kind and compassionate, because that is what is raw and unfiltered within us. The blaming, shaming, making others wrong, and all the judgements that can get expressed as our “truth”, isn’t truth, it’s the stories we create on top of the truth. We have to go deep to find the real truth. We have to be able to listen beneath our thoughts and even beneath our emotions and see what’s there. When we learn to re-connect with that place, love becomes a choice again. Not always an easy choice, but a choice. And that in itself is empowering ❤️

As men’s mental health week comes to an end, onc

As men’s mental health week comes to an end, once again I’ve seen a lot of reflection on the need for men to open up and talk more. A principle I agree with. But things won’t ever change if that’s as far as it goes. Because I’ve been that man who felt totally uncomfortable sharing my emotions, my fears etc. And however much anyone told me I needed to talk more, my deep rooted, unconscious fear meant I wasn’t going to do that. My perception was that, because it didn’t feel comfortable, I just wasn’t someone who wanted to have those conversations, that was just who I was! So leave me out of that stuff! So I know that we need to go deeper in this conversation. We need more male role models who are celebrated for their openness. We need to be educated about our emotions at an early age. We need to learn to have better space holding skills so we can all feel comfortable having the important, open conversations. But beneath that we need to go deeper still. We need more acceptance that we all have our limitations and our flaws, things within us that we unconsciously hold onto, that stop us being emotionally free. So we need to welcome more men’s circles, more men working with therapists, coaches, councillors, more men working on uncovering the power of their mind to live more deeply. Until we do this deeper work, men will continue to live in a way whereby it feels uncomfortable to speak more, however much we keep saying it 🙏🏼❤️

When I hear someone say they find love restrictive

When I hear someone say they find love restrictive, that is ties them down, I wonder how it is they perceive it. Because love, true, meaningful, deep love is what can set us free. Free from our fears, from what keeps us small. Because with love comes the freedom to uncover more in every moment and every person. Love is a never ending journey of exploration, discovery and self expression that carries no bounds ❤️

I’ve been that guy. The one with his arms folde

I’ve been that guy. The one with his arms folded, hiding behind his phone as he closes off to the discomfort of emotional experiences. The man who knows it’s much easier to avoid emotions, to bury any pain and find temporary highs through instant gratification. Like many other men who start to look within to find what’s missing, I entered personal development experiences guarded, wondering what I was doing there. I’d look around judging others while my inner critic searched for an escape, telling me im fine as I am, I don’t need to change, go home. And yet, with a determination to grow, a willingness to sit with discomfort and under the right guidance, I left those experiences as a different person; more relaxed, self-confident, grounded, open, curious, connected to love. I went down that path myself and I’ve both witnessed and guided other men go through the same thing. It’s these experiences of seeing hardened men go from closed to open that give me so much conviction that, deep down, we, as human beings, all have a deep desire to love and connect meaningfully ❤️

It’s hard to put any of this into words. My int

It’s hard to put any of this into words. My intention was to crack open some hearts and let love flow in the room. What happened was an outpouring of emotion. Huge releases that gave others permission to feel too… And with the release came softness, and then love. I know, because as I looked into the eyes of those who I had shared the experience with, and I could feel their connection and aliveness again. In some I could still see and feel their pain, but it was softer now, they weren’t at war with it. In others, the letting go had already created space for something lighter. And in amongst all of this, humans had come together and felt themselves and one another again. And even if the pain was still there, the togetherness felt good, the aliveness felt good. I’m so grateful to all of you that joined me over the wkd at @thebigretreatfestival . It was a magical wkd, full of sunshine both on our skin and in our hearts. The whole experience had me feeling good about humanity. Connected, alive and on purpose. If you want to breathe, connect, or learn more about my work, then please DM me - I feel more on purpose than ever before, and I want to give that to you too 🙏🏼❤️

I call it heart opening breathwork because it open

I call it heart opening breathwork because it opens us up to the depths of who we are; A clarity around values and purpose comes alive, a connection to deeper emotions and inner peace, and a vision for who it is you want to become. That is a highly emotional and deeply inspiring process. Or “a life changing experience” as a brave gentleman shared with me, as the tears trickled down his face. It was a deeply fulfilling experience to offer a workshop at the @mbswellbeing yesterday, thank you to all of those who trusted in me to go on the journey 🙏🏼❤️

Love is a great paradox…because it asks for cont

Love is a great paradox…because it asks for contrasting things. Without strength and clarity there may be no safety without boundaries. But without softness and flexibility there my be limits to the connection. So to embrace love, it requires a strength to speak our truth, and a softness to deliver it lovingly ❤️ Ps - Tomorrow I get to deliver a workshop @mbswellbeing to open up hearts and let more love in. I love that I get to do this job 🙏🏼❤️

We live in a world that unconsciously disconnects

We live in a world that unconsciously disconnects us to our heart. Constantly on a mission to do, we bury what lives within and forget how to naturally be. I use breathwork as a tool to take people deeper into their internal world to bring more clarity, purpose and love alive. It’s incredibly powerful to be able to reach so many people by having access to this work online, but there’s additional magic when we I get to do this in person. Heart’s connect, there’s an energy in the room that makes emotion more real, more alive. Next Monday 29th May, i’ll be at @mbswellbeing festival in Kensington, London to create a unique heart-opening breathwork experience. I’ll be alongside other teachers of Meditation, Astrology, Purpose, Manifestation, Yoga, Coaching, Science, including some of my favourites @davidrhamiltonphd @drrobertholden @francescaoddieastrology @iampaulmckenna @thehannahwallace @henikapetal @breathpod @elementalresonance the list goes on…. It’s my privilege and honour to have the opportunity to connect with people and lead them into a deeper state of connection. I’d love to see you there - come join me via the link to Mind Body Spirit Festival in my bio ❤️

#sundaylove - Love exists in multiple forms. It’

#sundaylove - Love exists in multiple forms. It’s not just an emotional experience, our thoughts and actions can definitely be loving too… But my experiences of relationships that are disconnected to emotion by one or both people, is that they can only go so far. They can only fill us up so deeply. They can only nourish us so much. For love and powerful intimacy to come alive, to feel it so strongly it brings tears to our eyes or joy into our bones, just from the meeting of eyes, it has to be deeply felt. Ticking boxes satisfies the mind, meaningful love nourishes the heart ❤️

It’s a clique isn’t it; “follow your heart”, but if you’re like how I once was, then the difficulty exists in knowing what that means. How do we even know what the heart is saying? Well, that for me is doing the inner work. Letting go of what takes us away from ourselves, so that we can hear the truth of our heart again. And once we’ve learned how to listen, can we find the safety and strength within to now make the courageous choices. The choices a part of us has always wanted to make, but we’ve found it easier to listen elsewhere. I believe, in fact I know, that following our heart is the path of love, truth and freedom. It’s not an easy journey, it takes huge courage, vulnerability and compassion, but when we find it, the path of the heart is everything we’ve ever longed for ❤️

I call my retreat and 1-2-1 human potential progra

I call my retreat and 1-2-1 human potential programme “Find your Freedom”, because I want the people I work with to be free. Free to reach their full potential, free to live aligned to what is most deeply true, free to live a purposeful existence, free to be their most authentic selves, free to love, create and express. Free to LIVE BIG. It’s not easy work. It’s easier to hide behind our perceived limitations and stay stuck in line with our current identity. It’s easier to stay in our comfort zone and repeat the same behavioural patterns. The work I do can be challenging in the short term, but deeply rewarding and fulfilling in the long term. I now have space for 2 more 1-2-1 clients. If you’d like to join me to fulfil your potential and live a more purposeful, meaningful and liberated life then let’s talk 🙏🏼❤️

#sundaylove - I’ve just finished 5 magical days

#sundaylove - I’ve just finished 5 magical days in Greece hosting my retreat “Find your Freedom”. My heart is full of love, having opened up the group to find their inner freedom so that they can love more deeply, and live more purposefully. Despite only knowing each other for a few days and coming from different backgrounds, with different passions and interests, the group let go of limitations and created bonds that come from feeling seen, heard and valued. Author Ralph Nichols one wrote, “The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood”. I feel that so strongly today… When we seek to understand, and gain more clarity about ourselves and each in doing so, we knock down the walls that block love and connection and experience the world in a different way. It’s powerful, magical and beautiful all at the same time ❤️

We often ask ourselves when making these reels - h

We often ask ourselves when making these reels - how can we possibly condense 2 hours of pure magic into 90 seconds? Well, In all honesty, it just can’t be done. But we can just share the class, in its rawest & truest form.
The Humaness. The emotions. The bravery. The courage. The joy. & if a part of you feels activated, a pull, a call, we then invite you to experience it for yourself. Just listen to this snippet of the amazing @benbidwell_ leading these warriors through becoming 😮‍💨🧊 #ConnectDeeper & feel into the potency of #ConnectClass Next Session: 27th May See you there! 📍@thelodge.space
🕣 11am - 1pm #Wellness #Mindfulness #SelfCare #HealthyLiving #Fitness #Meditation #Yoga #Nature #HealthyEating #PositiveVibes #MindBodySoul #Motivation #Relaxation #NatureLover #Gratitude #Inspiration #HappyThoughts #HealthyLifestyle #LifestyleChange #StressRelief #PositiveMindset #Health #balance

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