Gentleness. The container that holds our practices, our experiences, our lives. If we let it! After all, all things change.

So, why do we become so stuck, so rigid, and so afraid? I'm asking why not to judge, rather, to open a door to curiosity. During the worst parts of my cancer treatment, my practices needed to change. But first, I needed to change. I had to let go of how I thought practice should be and more attuned to what I needed them to be.

In becoming more flexible, more accepting, I allowed myself to modify practice in ways that met me right there in the experience I was having. If this meant lying down for meditation practice, so be it! It was only temporary.