This former Parisienne reflects on the significance of Nôtre Dame’s demise, and its connection to energy healing.
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“[Mindfulness] is the sweet spot between suppression of emotion and acting out.” - Mindfulschools.org
This week, my mindfulness training homework is all about embodied emotion. It’s about stripping away the stories we superimpose on our emotions in order to let them “breathe” and resolve. To get there, however, we have to make a leap. We have to cozy up to the emotion and risk experiencing it in our bodies. But … why on Earth would we choose to do that when our brain clearly directs us to fight, fly or freeze?
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I’m no stranger to 12-step programs. I’ve witnessed the courageously imperfect journeys of friends and family as they’ve picked their way along the path. And I’ve spent many a Sunday afternoon surrounded by a circle of kind-hearted, co-addicted faces patiently listening to my story, and sharing theirs in turn.
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