A Healing Stance...

I live and breathe and

wander Earth

with open heart, 

now, rooted  

strong back rising heavenward. 

I am surrounded

by Love. 

I breathe her in, 

And ‘Let Go’ with each exhale.

A Healing Stance…

I notice my body.

Tight, constricted spaces,

past traumas perhaps.

I feel into them

with compassionate fingers, 

massaging spicy balm

over each cell.

I practice tenderness,

love

I go gently with mySelf.

A Healing Stance…

I see my Infant Self,

her conception and

helplessness.

I comfort her

holding her close 

in my arms,

remembering screaming parents,

chaos encircling her.

Slowly by Slowly

the quiet will come.

I show her the space beyond.

A Healing Stance…

Angry toddler

has no control

and so she acts in Rage.

She cannot escape tumultuous 

home.

I scoop her up

plant kisses upon her head.

Soothing whispers, 

my lips brush her rosebud ear.

She melts,

softening like butter,

and giggles.

A Healing Stance…

Lil’ Fearful one is eight,

lying alone

engulfed by darkness

fearful of demons, satan,

monsters, 

her mother’s stories,

swirling around her.

She chants her mantra

of protection

until she falls into fitful sleep.

A Healing Stance…

When Lil’ Fearful One shows up,

I sit her on my lap

in the dark.

We look around

soft colors appear.

“You are safe” I assure her.

“You are here with me

And you are whole.”

“The stories are only stories,

perceptions from your mother’s world.”

Our nervous systems align

flowing into peace.

A Healing Stance…

Judgmental One armors up,

protecting her heart, for

no one can be trusted.

The world is black and white,

she thinks.

Right and Wrong.

This and That.

Us and Them.

Gray, she was taught,

is an evil color.

A Healing Stance…

When Judgmental One shows up,

I tenderly stroke her cheek,

unclench her fists,

release her jaw.

“Notice the breeze

 blowing through the trees”,

I beckon.

“Listen to the sound of the wind”

“What you judge is what you repress”,

I remind her.

Everything Belongs

even suffering.

We are all capable of great good

and great harm.

I feel into Love.

I choose Love.

I am human.

Healing Stance…