In earlier reflections, I wrote about how often I mistook discipline and my ability to “grind it out”  for capacity; how I believed pushing harder would eventually create ease. Sometimes it did briefly, but more often the cost appeared later in my body, my energy, my reactivity, and my ability to stay present.

What If We Cultivated Capacity First? “Not everything that matters can be carried all at once."

Embodied Presence as a Nervous System Practice? “The nervous system is always asking one primary question: Am I safe right now?” — Stephen Porges

What If Reducing Pressure is Part of the Practice? “The body doesn’t resist change. It resists pressure.” - Brad Hardie, TICC, MCC