Tender Self-Holding

An invitation to come into a more intimate relationship with our present moment experience through the practice of self-holding. We begin by gently taking one wrist into the hand of the opposite arm and then slowly opening to the sensations in the hand, wrist, and the rest of the body, like getting into a warm bath. As we open to the body we can get curious about what else is here - thoughts, emotions, images, memories - holding it all tenderly in a broad, welcoming awareness.

Finally, we are invited to open our eyes and take in our external environment.