Welcome back to the show, friends. Hi, everyone. How are you doing today? I hope you are feeling held and

grounded. And if you are welcome, that's beautiful. If you're not, if you're feeling far away from grounded and held, then welcome.

It's beautiful that you're here too.

Today I want to just give ourselves a moment to soften.

So you can close your eyes if you like, definitely get comfortable

however you're sitting wherever you're at. Let the shoulders drop, let your belly go,

let your face soften, and then place one or both hands to your heart center.

And you can take some deep, full breaths here,

just in and out through the nose.

And imagine how each cycle of breath you take brings you closer and closer to your own heart.

Almost like each breath you're taking is unraveling layers that are held above the heart.

Sometimes I like to envision a flower, but it's close to tight.

And as I breathe and as I soften and as I let go those petals just start to very

gently unfurl themselves and then at the very depth at the very center of that flower there is my

heart so breathing here softening here, being here.

In this moment, just the way you are, what are you holding inside of your heart space?

What is the feeling that is present here in your heart for you today, right now. Now it doesn't have to be

the same feeling that was here this morning or yesterday. Probably going to be a different feeling

later today or tomorrow. So just for right now, for this moment, what is present in your heart? How do you feel?

What is moving right here, right now? And perhaps you take a few deeper breaths just to settle a little bit

deeper into that.

And now whatever feeling is true, whatever feeling is here, we are not going to resist it.

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