It is natural that our minds replay old stories, because that is our own mechanism for trying to work out unresolved problems. Yet rerunning those stories will be a fruitless looping until we learn how to move from the story into our body. This is why therapy alone often doesn't bring full healing and awakening.

When we're awake in our bodies and sense, the world comes alive. Wisdom, creativity, and love are discovered as we relax and awaken through our bodies.

Mindfulness is a pause - the space between stimulus and response: that's where choice lies.

Stories about ourselves and about the world continually arise in our minds and shape our beliefs about reality.

There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.

Feeling compassion for ourselves in no way releases us from responsibility for our actions. Rather, it releases us from the self-hatred that prevents us from responding to our life with clarity and balance.

But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.