[in]BODIED

For when you’ve been talking yourself out of what you really want because it feels unrealistic, excessive or inconvenient. Let desire exist without immediately needing to justify it, strategize it or make it smaller.

For the moments when your instinct is to shrink right as life is asking you to become more visible. Explore what it feels like in your body to occupy more space and become available for the expansion you say you want.

For the moments when you can feel yourself shrinking, softening or editing who you are for the comfort of everyone else. Reconnect with your expression and give yourself permission to be fully seen without apologizing for the space you occupy.

For the moments you’re holding back what you really want to say, create or express. Meet yourself in the mirror, reconnect with what you know to be true, and give your voice permission to take up more space — without editing yourself into something more acceptable.

For when everything has become very way to serious. Loosen the grip, reconnect with curiosity and invite play back into a life that was never meant to feel like one endless list of responsibilities.

For the moments when rest feels like something you need to earn, justify or squeeze in after everything else is done. Let yourself experience rest not as a reward for productivity, but as something you are inherently allowed to receive.

A simple practice for the moments when you need to stop thinking and start noticing. Bring your attention through your body with curiosity, reconnect with sensation and listen for what may already be asking for your attention.

When you’ve been everywhere except here — in tomorrow, yesterday, your phone, your thoughts or everyone else’s needs. Let this be a return to your body, this moment and yourself.

For the moments when you feel unseen, overlooked or tempted to disappear. Turn your attention back toward yourself, honour what is already here, and practice becoming someone willing to witness and celebrate herself.

For the moments when life starts to feel like one giant list of things you have to do. Shift your relationship with what’s in front of you and explore what becomes available when obligation makes room for choice and opportunity.