This resonates deeply! I used to be ashamed of all the practices I need to start my day and feel somewhat settled. Now, I recognize them for what they are: wise tools for helping me metabolize the so-muchness I'm picking up from the intensity of our world. Rather than reacting, taking this time in the morning helps me settle, re-member myself and move in relationship with that which is bigger than us.
The general shame around sensitivity is part of industrialization's efficiency model--what some are calling The Machine. Don't Feel, Get the Job Done. And so many other models that shut down humanness. Sigh. Sensitivity is central rather than odd. So glad we get to help reclaim it.
This resonates deeply! I used to be ashamed of all the practices I need to start my day and feel somewhat settled. Now, I recognize them for what they are: wise tools for helping me metabolize the so-muchness I'm picking up from the intensity of our world. Rather than reacting, taking this time in the morning helps me settle, re-member myself and move in relationship with that which is bigger than us.
The general shame around sensitivity is part of industrialization's efficiency model--what some are calling The Machine. Don't Feel, Get the Job Done. And so many other models that shut down humanness. Sigh. Sensitivity is central rather than odd. So glad we get to help reclaim it.