Low Self Esteem

Our life experiences shape the favourable or unfavourable attitudes and feelings we have towards ourselves. In our early years, our parents and older siblings have the greatest impact on our sense of self-esteem. Later, our ability to perform well academically also feeds into this.

All of these impressions linger within the nervous system. If the majority of our experiences have been negative we will tend to be critical of ourselves and hypersensitive to criticism from others. We will be defensive and indecisive. We will be perfectionists, eager to please and likely to dwell on past mistakes.

This ingrained patterning then filters all of our perceptions of ourselves. Chronic self-esteem issues limit our capacity for happiness  – even if we have managed to hide them well by developing a facade of false confidence that masks our inner dissatisfaction.

Low self-esteem can also lead us to behave in damaging ways; whether that’s drinking, smoking, an eating disorder or self-harm. 

Beeja meditation balances the nervous system, by allowing it to rest at such a deep level that it breaks the regressive patterning that has held us back for so long. 

As time passes, we clear away more and more of the negative impressions that have accumulated in our lives. We tune in to our inner resources.

We feel far more certain about who we really are and begin to act from this place of truth. Confidence and self-esteem no longer depend on the approval of the outside world, but are a natural byproduct of feeling at ease and in touch with our true self.

We are able to confidently make decisions and follow the intuition that is growing stronger within us.

We feel more courageous and more spontaneous, with a sense of freedom and liberation in letting our inner being shine.

We are less likely to find ourselves in situations that make us uncomfortable.  We become more graceful and more dexterous in our interactions with others. If in the past we have found ourselves to be lacking assertiveness, then soon we find ourselves looking people in the eye and asserting our preference politely and with grace.

We radiate a new sense of calm and serenity and, when those around us notice it, we feel great.

It is a happy by-product of meditation that we think more and more clearly, perform better and have more energy. It becomes the norm to perform at our best wherever we are; home, work or play.