This longing to express and celebrate life is innate and quite beautiful.

The fear side can have us pull away and protect us, but it's really a withdrawal, a disassociation, a cutting off. Rather than the word detachment, I usually use the word non-attachment. That can be wholesome when we care and are completely engaged with each other but are not attached to things being a certain way.

This longing to express and celebrate life is innate and quite beautiful.

With the first out breath, you are releasing worries, plans, mental tensions. With the second out breath, you are releasing physical tightness and tension. With the third out breath, you are releasing difficult emotions.

With mindfulness training we are able to recognize when we get lost in our mental dramas, and bring a kind and nonreactive presence to the feelings that accompany them.

Sometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us.

Stopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.