Through the sacred art of pausing, we develop the capacity to stop hiding, to stop running away from our experience. We begin to trust in our natural intelligence, in our naturally wise heart, in our capacity to open to whatever arises.

When you are in touch with your body and heart, it allows you to then be in the world and act with intention and clarity and kindness.

I want to accept myself completely, just as I am.

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.

I mentioned earlier the two wings of awareness. The first step is recognizing the fear of getting close to others - this honest witnessing of where it is in the body, where it is in your beliefs.The other wing regards what's seen with kindness and compassion.

In the collective psyche it is being understood... that we can cultivate wisdom and compassion.

Just remember that everyone is struggling; everyone is living with fear and uncertainty and it doesn't matter what their politics are.