Hi friend,
Sometimes we expect someone to meet us in places they’ve never met themselves. When they can’t, it can feel painful, frustrating, even lonely.
And while people can only meet us as deep as they’ve met themselves, The truth is, it’s not always about them. Sometimes it’s about us… and the courage we have to sit with the depths of our own human experience.
Our ability to hold space for someone else’s sadness, grief, or vulnerability depends on the willingness we have to feel our own. Widening that capacity within ourselves gifts us the ability to lovingly witness and hold others.
Sometimes your sensitivity or depth will awaken discomfort in someone who hasn’t fully allowed themselves to grieve. Often, these are the very people we are drawn to, like moths to a flame. Each carries medicine for the other, though it’s not always easy to receive.
The invitation is to look inward:
Where are your own needs pointing to places you haven’t fully met in yourself?
Where can you meet yourself with care and compassion, so that even when others fall short, you feel held?
Where do you feel most supported by life: in the mountains, by a river, in the forest, or in your own quiet presence?
Even when it feels like you’re alone, you are not. You are deeply loved. 🌿
Inside this week’s newsletter, you’ll find:
💗 Somatic Practice: Meeting Yourself in the Depths
A guided embodiment practice to help you soften into the truth of your emotions — the tender space where sensitivity becomes strength. This practice supports you in expanding your capacity to feel, meeting your inner world with compassion, and remembering that you are always held by something greater.
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A person can only go as deep with you as they've gone with themselves. Our capacity to hold space for sadness and grief in another is determined by our courage to be with the depths of our own human experience.
✨ Practice for the Week: Meeting Yourself in the Depths
Find a quiet space where you can sit or lie down comfortably. Let your body soften into the surface beneath you. Take a slow breath in through your nose, and exhale through your mouth with a sigh.
1. Drop into your body.
Bring your awareness to your chest and heart. Notice any sensations—tightness, warmth, heaviness, openness. There’s no need to change anything. Just notice what’s here.
2. Invite your emotions to surface.
Ask gently: What feeling is present in me right now?
It might be subtle, or it might rush in like a wave. Whatever arises, allow it. See if you can meet it with curiosity rather than judgment.
3. Breathe into the depth.
Imagine your breath as a tide moving through your body. Each inhale washes through you, and each exhale releases what you’ve been holding. Feel your breath expanding the space inside you—making more room for your experience.
4. Offer yourself compassion.
Place one hand over your heart, one on your belly. Say to yourself:
It’s safe to feel.
I can meet myself here.
My sensitivity is my strength.
5. Reconnect with the earth.
When you’re ready, lift your gaze and let your attention land on something natural—the sky, a tree outside your window, a plant, even a stone on your desk.
Let it remind you: you’re part of something vast and loving.
Stay here for as long as you need. Let your breath, your body, and the earth hold you.
Journaling Prompts
When I allow myself to fully feel, what emotions or sensations arise most often?
Where in my body do I notice resistance to feeling? What might that part of me need?
In what ways have I expected others to meet me in emotional places they’ve never gone themselves?
How do I tend to respond when someone else’s discomfort or avoidance meets my depth?
What helps me feel most supported or held by life—by nature, by love, by presence?
What does it mean for me to meet myself with compassionate care?
If my sensitivity is a strength, how might I honor and protect it more intentionally this week?
Your capacity to be with the fullness of your emotions is what allows you to meet others with compassion. As you tend to your own heart, you become a mirror of safety for those still learning to feel.
May this week remind you that your sensitivity is a strength, and your heart was made to feel it all. 💗
Love,
Shay
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