The Only Thing More Powerful Than Hate Is Love
There is a quote that has been echoing around the world:
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”
On a mass scale, we feel the weight of that truth. This country, especially, is aching for it.
But what about the micro level? What about the circles we live inside every day?
The Work Beneath the Words
For the past 6–8 months, I have been on a deep journey of self-discovery, self-healing, and self-care.
Not the Instagram version. Not the “light a candle and journal once” version.
The kind that requires sitting with my shadows.
My triggers.
My patterns.
My glimmers.
I have been working intentionally with the chakra system, especially my throat.
In yogic philosophy, the throat chakra, “Vishuddha” is the center of truth and expression.
Along the way, I learned something humbling:
You cannot purify the throat if the heart is unstable. You cannot speak truth clearly if it is laced with resentment.
In the framework of the subtle body described in the Upanishads and later expanded through Tantric traditions, energy moves from the root upward. Stability must precede expression.
I have not always spoken my truth diplomatically. When truth rises from my pent-up hurt, from my unprocessed resentment, it comes out sharp. And when it comes out sharp, the focus shifts. People don’t hear my truth. They hear my delivery.
The message is lost in the tone.
A Year of Shedding
I spent the majority of 2025 shedding.
Shedding my negative self-talk. Shedding the belief that everything is my fault. Shedding the story that I am not worthy of success. Shedding the belief that I cannot go it alone.
Layer by layer. Pattern by pattern.
I began to notice how often hate begins internally, not as loud rage, but as quiet self-rejection.
It hides in perfectionism.
It hides in over-responsibility.
It hides in thinking that if something goes wrong, it must trace back to me.
And so, I shed it. Not perfectly. Not in one dramatic breakthrough, but intentionally-month by month.
Why? I plan to enter the year of the Fire Horse ready. Ready to plan. Ready to succeed. Ready to not be run over by my own negative thoughts.
Love requires boundaries. Love requires discernment. Love requires vulnerability.
Hate in the Small Places
We talk about hate on a national level, but hate is rarely born at the national level.
It begins in smaller rooms.
It shows up as:
Self-talk that tears us down
Conversations behind someone’s back
Subtle bullying
Cancel Culture
Ghosting
Withholding warmth as punishment
It shows up in the wellness industry more than we like to admit. It shows up in yoga culture. It shows up in healthcare. It shows up in the workplace and even within our relationships.
Hate doesn’t always scream.
Sometimes it withholds.
Sometimes it smiles.
Sometimes it stays silent.
As someone who teaches yoga and works within both healthcare and wellness spaces, I have had to look at where I show up inconsistently.
Where am I drastically different depending on the room?
Where do I withhold softness?
Where does my ego slip in disguised as righteousness?
In yogic philosophy, the first limb of the Eightfold Path described in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is the Yamas, ethical restraints. Before posture. Before breath. Before advanced practice.
Ahimsa: non-violence , is first. Not because it sounds poetic. It is because, without it-nothing else stabilizes.
Ahimsa is not just “don’t hit someone.”
It is how we speak.
How we text.
How we post.
How we think about ourselves.
If I want more love in the world, I have to ask:
Where am I violent in my self-talk?
Where do I weaponize truth instead of refine it?
Where do I cling to being right instead of being connected?
Energy is reciprocal. The frequency we carry shapes the rooms we enter.
Love is not passive. Love is disciplined. Love is active.
Where My Work Has Moved
My work is now moving into Aparigraha: Non-attachment.
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali teaches Aparigraha as the fifth and last of the Yamas, the ethical disciplines that ground the entire practice of yoga.
For me, Aparigraha looks like:
Releasing expectation. Letting go of my need for validation. Releasing resentment.
Above all else, it looks like-letting go of the desire to show up in spaces, or with people, who cannot or will not reciprocate.
I tend to:
To overextend.
To try harder.
To prove my worth.
Now, my work is focuses on:
To leave the room where I tend to shrink.
To stop performing for approval.
To trust that what is meant for me does not require me to abandon myself.
Non-attachment is not indifference, it is sovereignty.
It is saying: I can love deeply without clinging. I can care without collapsing. I can walk away without hatred.
Bringing the Work Into Practice
At Sacred Juniper, I offer a Chakra Healing Series. A monthly session where we work intentionally with one specific chakra,
beginning just as I did: At the Root.
Through:
Gharshana (dry brushing to assist the lymphatic system)
Abhyanga (full-body oiling for external hydration)
Basti placement at the specific chakra (for energy focus)
I incorporate sound, meditation, guidance, and vibration into each session. You are not simply receiving a treatment, you are learning tools. Tools to continue opening, balancing, and refining your energy in your daily life.
I incorporate the wisdom I have gained through my trainings and from my teacher, who has helped me heal in ways I once thought were not possible.
Make it stand out
Love is not abstract.
It is daily.
It is root work.
It is heart purification.
It is throat refinement.
It is non-attachment.
It is boundary-setting.
It is shedding.
It is choosing softness without surrendering yourself.
If you feel called to begin within, to start at the root and rise, I would be honoured to walk alongside you.
Because when we heal at the micro level, the macro begins to shift.
