Hello sweet ones. Today is the first day of Black History Month, and a great way to kick it off is by starting the reading of My Grandmother's Hands. In this week's readings, we start with the prologue, as well as part of chapter 1. I encourage you all to really pay attention to the invitations given about paying attention to where you are feeling things in your body as we read this, as well as remembering to acknowledge what comes up, but also knowing you don't have to stay in whatever emotions come up. 

For this book reading, I would like to pose a question that can be answered in the comments for community discussion (if you feel comfortable doing so), and I will also be giving a journal prompt. This week's question is what did you feel during this week's reading and where in your body did you feel it? You can go into detail if you choose to, but it isn't "required". 

Your journal prompt for this week is to think of a time that you responded from your "lizard brain", and responded before taking a pause or a beat. What was the situation and how did you respond? In addition to that, how has that shown up in your life since then, and how do you feel that situation could have gone differently putting into practice taking a beat/pause.