Freedom of expression can mean many things.  It can be to express our thoughts and feelings and it can also be to express who we really are without restrictions and limitations. 

Restrictions and limitations are products of fear.  Conversely, the freedom of being unlimited in who we really are is a product of love.  What is the image you see of expressing yourself freely?  For me, one image is to dance in the warm summer rain with joyful and sensual abandon, never fearing being judged or ridiculed.  Open joyful and sensual expression in every moment of who I am helps me feel free.  This ultimately creates more joy and love in me.

However, this isn't so easy to do when we fear being judged, ridiculed, or reprimanded for expressing ourselves in each moment.  Even if we think we are free in our expressions, we may have little voices in the back of our heads judging and criticizing us for what we do or how we do it.  For instance, I may be enjoying expressing myself through my writing but in the back of my head I hear a voice telling me I'm wrong for taking this time to write when I should be doing something else more important.  Really??   Who's to say what is more important for me? That voice may believe there is but I don't.   Following what is joyful for me is most important and I choose not to restrict my expression by listening to that voice.

For many of us, conditioning and programming of what is right and wrong or of how we should or shouldn't be stems from our early childhood.  We believed in that conditioning and programming and subsequently learned not to believe and trust in ourselves.  That conditioning and programming is that voice in the back of our head.  We must learn to say "no" to that voice and instead begin to believe and trust ourselves completely.  Nobody else knows what is right or wrong for any of us because they are not us.  Only we can know this. 

Each individual has within them an inner guidance system that knows what is right for them.  That inner guidance system is who you really are.  Sometimes, your inner guidance seems so natural, you don't even know it's working.  But it is.  If your inner guidance system wants you to follow what is joyful for you and express that freely, then follow it.  Don't listen to any voice from your past or present telling you it's wrong or you should be doing it another way.  Trust that what is joyful for you to express is perfect and safe.  Break free from those restrictions and limitations and just express yourself!