11/11/2024
When you feel the rise of emotion, the tightening of the base of your throat and the feeling of tears starting to swell behind your eyes, do you find something to distract yourself with or do you lean in?
For me, it depends on where I am, who I’m with, and my capacity that day, but for the most part, I try to lean in and I always encourage my clients to do the same.
As one of my teachers often said, “the only way out is through”.
I had a tough morning yesterday and could feel all of the above described sensations starting to arise, and I decided to lean in. I rolled out my mat, put in headphones, and went right into child pose. About 30 seconds into the first song of my playlist, tears started flowing and I let them.
I wanted to take a picture of the way that my mat soaked up my tears. This mat has absorbed so much for me, shared so much with me, supported me in so many ways.
The crying got more intense and then after about 2-3 minutes, it stopped, and I stayed on my mat moving flowing and breathing for 90 minutes which is the longest full form practice I’ve had since well before I was pregnant.
I originally rolled out my mat just to feel and to lean into the emotions, I didn’t expect that my body would want me to stay for that long, but that’s what happens when we release expectations and embody presently what we just need.
For me, music is a big part of finding that kind of release, so if it is for you too, find me on Spotify the playlist I was using is called ‘The Gray’ and the first song, the one that helped me release those tears, is called Faith’s Hymn by Beautiful Chorus.
👉🏽 What / where is your go to when you need a good cry?? Share below 🫶🏽
