https://www.lynncohen.com https://www.lynncohen.com/if-you-would-grow-shine-the-light-of-loving-self-care-on-yourself <div data-rss-type="text"> <div> <span> </span> </div> <span> <div> <span> If you would grow to your best self </span> </div> <span> <div> </div> </span> </span> <span> <div> Be patient, not demanding </div> <div> Accepting, not condemning </div> <div> Nurturing, not withholding </div> <div> Self-marveling, not belittling </div> <div> Gently guiding, not pushing and punishing </div> <div> For you are more sensitive than you know </div> <div> Mankind is as tough as war yet delicate as flowers </div> <div> We can endure agonies but we open fully only to warmth and light </div> <div> And our need to grow Is as fragile as a fragrance dispersed by storms of will </div> <div> To return only when those storm are still </div> <div> So, accept, respect, and attend your sensitivity </div> <div> A flower cannot be opened with a hammer. </div> <div> <br/> </div> <div> By: Daniel F. Mead </div> </span> <div> </div> </div> Mon, 17 Aug 2020 13:54:18 GMT lynncohen1010@gmail.com (lynn cohen) https://www.lynncohen.com/if-you-would-grow-shine-the-light-of-loving-self-care-on-yourself thumbnail main image https://www.lynncohen.com/soften <div data-rss-type="text"> <span> </span> <span> <span> “A flower cannot be opened with a hammer.” Daniel Meade </span> <div> <br/> </div> <div> <span> I read this beautiful poem, called “If You Would Grow”, to my yoga class a few days ago. I then asked the participants, during the meditative part of our class, to look at a place in their life where they were currently being hard on themselves. The class was asked to notice the thoughts and emotions they were having regarding this situation. They were then guided to drop their attention into their heart and look at the situation from there. As the meditation progressed, the class was encouraged to soften their words towards themselves and to notice any energetic changes around the situation. After this, they were guided to visualize playing the situation forward, coming from this new warmer, softer place. Many people came up after class to tell me about the transformation that occurred. Our conditioned, repetitive minds can batter us at times. Dropping deeply into the heart will give you a fresh perspective and thus create a new experience of the situation. Give it a try! </span> </div> </span> <div> <span> </span> </div> </div> Mon, 17 Aug 2020 13:53:12 GMT lynncohen1010@gmail.com (lynn cohen) https://www.lynncohen.com/soften thumbnail main image