The Space Where You Stop Gripping

There is a place, just past the holding on, where the hand finally opens. This practice is about finding that place. We notice where you have been gripping, in the jaw, the shoulders, the chest, the quiet effort of keeping everything in hand. And then, slowly, we let the grip soften. Not all at once, and not by force. Just a little loosening with each breath, until there is space where the tension used to be. You do not have to hold it all together right now. Settle in, breathe out, and let your hands, and the rest of you, gently open.

Transcript

You've been holding something. You may not know what it is. But your body knows. This practice is called the space where you stop gripping. It is not asking you to let go, Only to notice what you are holding. Let your hands open, Palms upward if that is easy. Let your jaw soften. Let your feet feel the floor. You do not have to release anything on command. You only have to stop pretending the weight isn't there. Let one breath arrive. Let one breath leave. I am allowed to notice what I am carrying. I do not need to grip what is already mine. Loosening is not losing. You are allowed to leave with your hands a little more open than when you arrived. Not because the thing you were holding is gone. Because for a moment. . . You let your hands rest from the holding.