YOU ARE AN AMAZING HUMAN.......

I believe we must build the capacity to sit with intensity to be able to fully release ourselves from any experience that is weighing on our hearts.

What does intensity mean in terms of emotions? To me, I believe intensity to be the build-up in your system that feels like pressure building, the nervous system may shift to a more activated and turn on space, anxiety may build, brain fog may occur, disorientation kicks in and it gets hard to focus.

We can't just let things go and release them without feeling them fully. There's processing that must occur in the body to process the difficult feeling instead of numbing out and rejecting it to be felt. When we do this it keeps us in the same cycle and the hard feelings cannot find their way out of our bodies.

Sometimes just sitting down with two hands over your heart and telling yourself "I see you, I feel you, and I'm sorry that you're feeling uncomfortable, I'm here for you, I love you." Is a simple thing you can do to sit with yourself. Sometimes you don't even have to say anything, just sit there and feel the experience. Ride the wave, just observing the sensations, the temperature of your skin, and the felt sense of blood circulating throughout your body as you focus on just breathing.

If you find your nervous system is too activated to sit still, meet the anxiety or emotion where it is. Sometimes this may mean jumping up and down to literally shake out whatever is inside that needs to be processed. When we face these emotions we show ourselves we are brave and capable to handle discomfort. It takes time to develop, but it helps to heal.