“Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you experience without fighting.”
―Jack Kornfield
How do you relax your body?
Runners
In a way it seems odd—runners pounding the pavement for miles, only to end up back where they started. But isn’t that the way of any journey? What matters is how you are changed by the going.
What small journey has changed you?
Tire Swing
Do you hold, somewhere in your body, the memory of a tire swing? The rubber under your feet or the uncomfortable seat inside, the swoosh of air in your face and the drop in your stomach? Our bodies are not just who we are, they are also all of who we have been.
What joy of childhood is held in your body’s memory?
Floating in Music
Listening to or playing music can lift us out of our mundane world and into a place where we are more free, more open to possibility, less attached to the problems of life that weigh us down.
How do you use music to change how you are experiencing the world?
Cosmos
Well, sure, the cosmos is the universe, the biggest thing out there. It’s also a very pretty kind of flower. Sometimes you need to start by loving the world you can see and touch and smell before you go grand.
What small thing have you fallen in love with lately?