For a range of reasons and as a practice in universal joy, we might try giving ourselves some touch. We might scratch up and down an arm, stretch a leg against a wall or rotate an ankle up in the air, wake our bodies up with pats along the thighs and all the way up to the shoulders, give a hand and a wrist a deeper massage, cradle or support an elbow, hug our chest or stomach in tight, run fingers through our own hair, pinch our skin lightly, groom ourselves in a variety of ways, and more. These are all moments of self-touch that we may be able to slow down and enjoy more fully by giving the moment more of our attention and more open, self-compassionate, and self-compersionate curiosity. We may also use implements — a back roller, a head scratcher, a stretching bungie, some massage or coconut oil, electronic massagers and vibrators. Self-touch can also be sensual and sexual, as well as emotional and sublime. Carving out longer stretches of time to listen to a guided meditation can support dropping in more fully to an experience of self-sensation and self-pleasure. Share a tip or trick you've learned about enjoying self-touch.
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In response to the much-needed call for #COVIDCompassion, #MindfulHearts offers the sister chant of #QuarantineCompersion. The art and skill of understanding the suffering of others and feeling and acting on the impulse to lessen that suffering goes hand in hand with the art and skill of feeling and acting on the impulse to nourish joy everywhere. May we all have moments of joy that grow and extend through the times we live in and beyond.
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In response to the much-needed call for #COVIDCompassion, #MindfulHearts offers the sister chant of #QuarantineCompersion. The art and skill of understanding the suffering of others and feeling and acting on the impulse to lessen that suffering goes hand in hand with the art and skill of feeling and acting on the impulse to nourish joy everywhere. May we all have moments of joy that grow and extend through the times we live in and beyond.
MindfulHearts retrospective.
On this day 2019.
On this day 2018.
Celebrating two years of daily cartoons.
On this day 2019.
On this day 2018.
Celebrating two years of daily cartoons.
[image description: A heart hugs itself and looks out at the viewer. Text reads: "May we all feel free to enjoy our own touch." The hashtag "#QuarantineCompersion" appears at the border.]
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