レイチェル・ブレイセンのインスタグラム(yoga_girl) - 11月18日 09時44分

Today I faced one of my biggest fears: Public speaking. Strange, you might think, as I teach yoga for a living. For some reason these things are totally separate in my life; teaching yoga I love. Public speaking though? Whoa. Completely different ballgame. The idea public speaking scares the living crap out of me and always has.

A few months ago I was approached by @4goodliving to lecture at their events as part of my book tour, and I immediately said no. No way. Too scary. The thing is, I had just finished the book and one of the chapters is called "Love over Fear". The whole idea of the chapter (and the book!) is to go outside your comfort zone, to overcome your fears and to live your dreams - and there I was, hiding behind this huge fear, turning down opportunities because i didn't want to face it?! I knew I had to call them back and accept the offer (but I did it feeling like I had a rock at the pit of my stomach). Long story short, it's been weeks of dreading this event but today I got out on stage in front of 700 people and spoke for 30 minutes. I DID IT!!! I've been so nervous I couldn't sleep last night and I barely ate all day. The moments before I went on I felt my fingers tingling, and for a brief moment I actually thought I was going to pass out. Seriously! The physical manifestation of this fear it in my body was intense. But - I did it anyway. I took a deep breath, walked out on stage, looked out at the crowd and I spoke. And guess what? I SURVIVED! So much built up anxiety within me, and for what? For fear or failing? What's truly the worst thing that could have happened? I'm trying to make sense of it now but I can't. That's the thing about our fears, most of the time they don't make sense but they're important. They're here for us to learn and grow and overcome so that we can look ourselves in the mirror after we've conquered it and say YOU DID IT GODDAMIT and then go out and find a bigger fear and conquer that one, too.

I'm going to do this again. I'm going to practice and work at it and one day I'm going to become a badass public speaker. I will. I know I will. You know why? BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR. There is only love.

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