Sana McCarthy

Here's what presence means to me (PART 2)- ⁣
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🌟Presence means being in my body regardless of what's it's feeling, be it joy, panic, pleasure, discomfort, pain, love, ecstasy, regret, contractions, opening, fear, abandonment, turn-on, danger, curiosity. If you think only the "bad" feelings are hard to hold, think again. ⁣
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🌟Presence means staying with myself when I want to run, avoid, numb, escape, pretend, feel something different, or feel nothing at all. ⁣
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🌟Presence means giving ALL of my attention to what I am doing, to who is speaking to me, to where I am, to how I'm feeling. ⁣
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🌟Presence means listening without planning what I will say next, without interrupting, without thinking about something else. ⁣
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🌟Presence means showing up to the promise I made myself yesterday, last week, last month. ⁣
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🌟Presence means holding you accountable because you asked me to. ⁣
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🌟Presence means going into and/or staying in meditation not because it is easy and the mind is quiet but because it is not. ⁣
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🌟Presence means upholding boundaries, even when it hurts like hell. ⁣
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🌀Through my journey of expanding presence I learned that I'm not the only one who struggles with engaging in presence, with feeling the triggers, with holding the discomfort of change. ⁣
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🗝I learned that I hold keys to unlock this in myself and others. ⁣
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I am devoted to the art of presence and to helping others live in presence. ⁣
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Join me. Here. Now. ⁣
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🌟Link in bio to book a discovery call. ⁣
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❤️Sana ⁣
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𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢/𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘦. 𝘕𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘦/𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰, 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘋𝘔.

What does presence mean to you? (PART 1)⁣
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Is it enough to be somewhere physically to be present? It was enough during school attendance, but is it enough right now? ⁣
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🌿Is that enough for your dreams to come true? ⁣
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🌿Is that enough for you to receive the blessings of your prayers? ⁣
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🌿Is that enough to make the changes you long for? ⁣
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🌿Is it enough to drop the shame? ⁣
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🌲By the way, YOU are ALWAYS ENOUGH. ALWAYS. You needn't do anything to be worthy of receiving or achieving. ⁣
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🌿But can you receive and achieve if you're not present? ⁣
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🌿Can you receive your intuition's guidance? Can you receive abundance? Can you receive a new way of being? ⁣
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I'm going to share what presence means to me. First, I would love to hear from you. ⁣
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What does presence mean to you? Are you using your superpower? If not, what's holding you back? Share in the comments 👇⁣
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👀 And stay tuned for part 2...⁣
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𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢/𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘦. 𝘕𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰, 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘋𝘔.

An update about Instagram. I’m most active there. Come on over and follow ⁣
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Hi Family! 💫⁣
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I'm excited to share that I've made some moves to get my social media s**t together. ⚡️⚡️⚡️⁣
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I've had 2 accounts all this time. This one and my "personal" page. It may have appeared from the outside that all is well, messes often do. ⁣
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A necessary move I've had to make in order to grow my business is to merge all of my passions, gifts, and skills into one offering, which is GYST. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥⁣
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It's been landing in my knowing that my social pages need the same wholeness. Because there is not a personal or professional "side" to me. Both aspects are integrated into my being and the services I provide here are created by and provided by my whole heart. I don't clock in and out of being Sana, the coach. It is an aspect of my being. ⁣
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Having my social pages splintered has been splintering my energy. Wondering which page to post what to and wondering which community would want to receive the content more. Wondering if this community would reject me for sharing something outside of my business that doesn't interest them. This, my friends, is how we get in our own way. ⁣
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So, I've decided to be all of myself here all of the time. This means you're going to see more posts here and they may not always be related to my coaching business or GYST. Because I'm more than that, just like you are more than a client/student. I expect you to bring all of yourself to our work so I will bring all the aspects of myself that I wish to share, here. ⁣
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Thanks for being here with me. It feels SO good to be fully present in one space. ⁣
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Let's play ⛹🏻‍♀️🎶💃🕺🏻🌿⁣
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xo⁣
Sana⁣
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2 years ✌️⁣
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I have sat in meditation ever day for the last 2 years. ⁣
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Wow! ⁣
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All I had to do was decide. I started the next day and it’s been a cake walk since then….🤣😂🤣 Yeah, right! ⁣
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The actual story goes more like this- “Tomorrow I will meditate. I didn’t meditate this morning, but I’ll do it later. I’m such a jerk, why can’t I stick with the plan? Tomorrow I will start the day in meditation instead of smoking ci******es. Oh gosh, I didn’t do it which just proves I’m a loser and will never change. Tomorrow I will quit smoking AND start meditating every day. Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow…”⁣
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On some tomorrows I did sit in meditation and on some I almost didn’t smoke. But it took YEARS to get to the point of fully reaching those goals. I quite smoking and started living free September 4th, 2019 and committed to a daily meditation practice October 16th, 2019. 🙏💪❤️‍🔥 ⁣
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What I learned from this journey (and the journies of those I have supported/suport) is that habit change can be quick or it can take a long time. It usually goes, the longer the habit the longer to change it. I learned that often times baby steps go faster than big leaps. I learned that had I been gentle and compassionate with myself and less attached to the outcome I would have likely changed my habits faster, with way more grace and ease. I learned that making big changes feels so much better when others are cheering you on, supporting you, and holding you accountable. I couldn’t quit smoking until I told 5 close friends my quit date and asked for daily support for the first few weeks/months. ⁣
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I would love to hear about your habit change journeys. Have you made any big changes? Do you have big goals? What has been challenging and what has been helpful? Share! ⁣
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Xo Sana⁣
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⁣If you want to change the habits you practice, one of the first steps is accepting the habits you engage in now and the person you are now. ⁣
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I know this sounds counterintuitive because you want to change and accepting what IS right now feels like the opposite of that. ⁣
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I know you want to race to the finish line and be the new you. The thing is, FUTURE you needs NOW you to practice loving kindness toward yourself. We grow in love, not in judgement. We blossom when we are nurtured and watered, not when we are beaten down with shame and despair.⁣
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If you’re spending a lot of time wishing you were different and longing for a dream, pause. Look in and see that underneath your habits you are a divine being who is pure love and only wishes to be in love and be loved. So love yourself now, just as you are. 🤍⁣
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Your habits don’t define you, they’re just what you do. What we do impacts how we feel and so on. So to get to that place of living in the dream start by loving all that you are and do now. This will clear out the haze and confusion brought on by "shoulding" and shaming yourself and allow you to see what IS. ⁣
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This leads to defining what needs to change clearly and concisely. Once you can clearly define what is happening, changes can begin to shape. ⁣
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In the meantime, I’ll be here loving you exactly as you are. When you’re ready to grow I’ll walk with you and love you every step of the way. Are you ready to begin? ⁣
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HAPPY FRIDAY ⁣
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I hope you play this weekend. Like, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 play. Like a child, soaked in presence, inhibition, and curiosity. ⁣
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And if there's something you're planning on starting/stopping/doing on Monday or some other future date, I dare you to start/stop/do it today. ⁣
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I love you ❤️ ⁣
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⚡️"I need to get my s**t together."⚡️⁣
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I'm learning more each day that this is just code. Code for, I want to change my habits. I want to show up to my life differently. I want my life to be lived, not just something that happens to me. ⁣
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Habits are very interesting. We all engage in habits daily, but only seem to notice the ones that we're not doing or wish to change. We take for granted the MANY habits that make up our actions. If you stop to think about it, how many habits have you already practiced today that you gave absolutely no thought to because they are automatic now? How many habits did you practice without having to plan it or scribble it into your planner? ⁣
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Now ask yourself, how many times did you should yourself today? "I should be doing this, I shouldn't be doing that, tomorrow I'll start doing that thing I said I'd start today..." Sound familiar? ⁣
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If so, I’m here to remind you that the only thing standing between you and that should is you. You have the power to take that action (or accept things as they are). Only you have the power to make the choice to show up to the promise you made yourself. If your should is about pleasing other people, then we need to have a different conversation. But in the case of the shoulds that spill out from the promises we make to ourselves, there's a simple solution- just do the damn thing. ⁣
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Doing the damn thing is hard. It's even harder to do alone. I've been walking people through behavior change for 16 years. I can and would love to help you. Do you want to be helped in this way? If the answer is yes, message me. I can't wait to hear from you. ⁣
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Sana ❤️‍🔥⁣
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Some beauty for your Sunday. 🌺⁣
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When things are not ideal, spend some time focusing on the beautiful things around you. It helps. ⁣
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Tell me the truth. ⁣
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Do you 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 want to have your s**t together or do you just want other people to think you have your s**t together? ⁣
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Maybe a little bit of both? ⁣
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Do you clean for you or for them?⁣
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Do you iron that shirt for you or for them?⁣
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Do you shave your legs for you or for them? ⁣
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Do you hold in the tears for you or for them? ⁣
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Do you keep the truth hidden for you or for them? ⁣
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Would love to know who you're doing it for. Please share in the comments or DM. ⁣
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Happy Fall Equinox 🧡⁣
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This is the season for harvesting what we sowed during the last few months. This is the season for clearing out and letting go of what’s wilted and weighing us down. This is the season for gratitude and peace, as is always true. Going with the flow of the seasons bears many fruits. Slow down and pay attention so you don’t miss the richness and the sweetness that is being offered now. Wishing you a bountiful harvest and an easeful letting go.⁣
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Thank you, sweet summer, for your juiciness, sweetness, for the dripping nectarines, and the warmth in my skin. ⁣
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Onward 🍃🍂🍁🕯⁣
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