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Marija Nikolic's avatar

I read this slowly, tracking what my body did as much as what my mind understood.

The line between care and control is something Iโ€™ve been learning to feel, not think.

When power is shared, my body softens. When it isnโ€™t, it knows.

This articulated something Iโ€™ve been living into quietly. ๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒŽ๐ŸŒณ

Rebecca Wildbear's avatar

I love how you named that. The body feels it before the mind understands. Thank you for reading with such deep listening.

Rudi Bou-Vinals's avatar

Thank you Rebecca, for me your article speaks truth. I just left a job and a team of wonderful human beeings, because enonomic pressure has led the company to return to command & control. My body knew long before my mind. Now feel the releive.

Stay save, Rudi

Rebecca Wildbear's avatar

I appreciate you naming this. The body often registers shifts in coherence long before we can articulate them. Thank you for sharing your experience here.

Frank O'Neill's avatar

feeling appreciation for situations where "openness" is called out, but the body knows its not really safe ... and how congruence between words and gesture/action builds trust [and individuation] over. I lived in a zen community for 3 years and often there was a palpable feeling of love or trust because we all agreed to own our responses to life and 'just do the practice'. Thanks Rebecca.

Rebecca Wildbear's avatar

I appreciate you sharing this. That alignment between language and action is what allows trust โ€” and individuation โ€” to deepen over time.