How can we meet our deep need for love and connection? Thich Nhat Hanh's first mantra on love is "I am here for you." Presence is one of the most powerful dimensions of love—being present is being love. How can we access this kind of presence? One way to generate this kind of presence is through our practice of embodiment. This is the practice of being there, first of all for ourselves and our present moment experience, so that we can be present for our loved ones, for all life, and Mother Earth.  Recently, Peter Levine and other trauma healers have been sharing that it's our sense of isolation or aloneness that is the primary driver of traumatic experience.  At the end of the episode, I share a poem entitled "I love you." I'm wishing us all powerful, healing, and connecting love in our lives.