I don’t need my anger and determination to survive. I need love.
Read this through once then give yourself to it. This process brings me to me. I become present to my heart and my needs. If you’ve read my writing you know there is a lot of darkness. We have to turn to the darkness and embrace it to find the light. I am learning how through what I am sharing here. Grief and I are intimate but only because I live life doing all I can to avoid it; therefore I cannot move beyond it. Now I am learning to feel the grief and dance with the shadows and the light.
Lay down on your back, a pillow under the head and legs. I suggest placing one hand on your heart, the other on your stomach. If that is not comfortable set your arms in a way that is comfortable to you. Begin:
I am sad.
I am lonely.
I am holding the moon.
I am heart.
I am feeling.
I am my kitten.
I am hurt.
I am loving.
I am darkness
I am crying.
I am light.
I am mountain.
I am rock.
I am sun.
I am bright.
I am scared.
I am a butterfly.
I am a tear.
I am a smile.
I am feeling.
I am a tree.
I am a breeze.
I am present.
I am my body.
I am my heart.
I am warm.
I am my mind.
I am a wind.
I feel rain.
I am sad.
I am raw.
I am need.
I am present.
I am empty.
I am in a cocoon.
I am resting.
I am stillness.
I am calm.
I am feeling.
I am present.
I am life.
I am alive.
Now when you finish your “I am” statements feel the fullness. And know in any moment you can find presence with this simple exercise.
Recently my life shifted and I felt more alone than I have ever felt.
A healer taught me this exercise four years ago. Finally, I get it. Finally, I see I cannot look to others to give me what I need to give myself, what I can give myself. I can be alone and not be lonely. I am learning how to love and to do this I must learn to love myself.
What I know today is I cannot love myself if I cannot be with myself, if I am not fully present in my heart, body, mind and spirit.
This exercise of saying “I am” is a window and a door and a means to coming home.
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Editor: Bryonie Wise
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