Hello my loves, I’ve just settled back in after a wonderful, wild goddess retreat, and my spirit is still buzzing with everything I saw, felt, and shared. There’s something magical about being surrounded by raw, untamed energy—the kind that you see slowly unravel and it reminds you of what it feels like to truly live. It was liberating and empowering, But as I scroll through social media now, something strikes me. Everywhere I look, I see this trend of uniformity: people looking, sounding, and moving in the same polished, practiced ways. The poses, the language, the expressions, even down to the way they purse their lips or raise a hand. I promptly went to work on what my feed needed to change and who maybe i needed to stop following.
Because if I’m honest? It triggers something deep in me. Why? I sat with that question for a while. I think it’s because the untamed part of me—the raw, messy, unapologetic part—wants to jump in, tousle that perfect hair, make them laugh unexpectedly. To crack the surface, to bring something real into all that “perfect.”
And I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with neatness, with beauty, with balance, I’m the preacher of you do you. But sometimes it feels like there’s this unspoken demand for all of us to fit into the same mold, to step into the same rhythm, and hit the same beats—like some orchestrated performance of “the perfect life.” But what if I don’t want my life to be a cover block of pristine, camera-ready poses? What if my untamed spirit wants to burst through, let the wild show, bring that infectious, imperfect joy?
I’m not here to teach classes where everyone is robotically hitting each pose together, where every foot is aligned like it was measured with a ruler, or where hair is scraped back tight in coordinated, tight-fitting clothes. I don’t get joy when I see a sea of identical mats, and moods, and matcha-green smiles. No, I want people, not robots. I want to see each person, in all their chaotic beauty. I want to see you break free from the idea of how things “should” look. Look at your fingerprints—they’re unique, a mark no one else has, a literal print of individuality. That’s what I want you to tap into.
I think us ‘wild ones’ can get a bad wrap sometimes, like boundaries can (see my previous blog post on my views on those bad boys haha)
Maybe, in some ways, I do like things neat: I write with structure, I line up my mats at the start of class, I am actually a very organised person. But let me tell you, that neatness is just one tiny way I tame my wild energy. That wildness, that rawness, it’s always there under the surface ready to let out a shake of roar. It’s a reminder to be fully, messily, wonderfully alive.
One of my reminder quotes “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman
In my classes, my clients don’t all look the same, move the same, or stay silent and centred the same. Sometimes they fall out of poses; sometimes they laugh, swear, and feel those little rushes of ‘oh hell yes!’ that ripple through the room. Some of them cry, others lie down because their bodies need to, and it’s all part of it. All of it is real, and raw, and untamed. That’s what being human looks like. That’s what being alive feels like. And I love it. That’s what I’m here for that is real for me
I’m not here to “fix” anyone. I’m not here to heal you because you have that power within yourself. I’m here to help you re-member—to gather yourself up in all your wild, scattered pieces, to bring them home, to live as yourself. We don’t need more “perfect” people; we need more alive people.
So forget how it “should” look, forget how it “should” feel. Dive into your messy, glorious self. Laugh too loud, miss a step, let your hair down and let your spirit run. Feel what it’s like to live as you, not as some picture-perfect version. Step off that conveyor belt of sameness, drop out of the class of conformity.
After all, you’re here to be YOU!
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Because at the end of the day, the world doesn’t need another person with the perfect pose, or the right words, or the flawless aesthetic. It needs people who’ve come alive. It needs you, untamed and true.
Side note can someone remind me of this when my two wildlings are breaking all ‘the rules’ and being totally untamed hahah
with all my love and Empowering energy
Nats xx
