It is very easy to fall in the trap of overdoing so as to make things happen. I tend to overload myself and so much suffering comes when I attempt to control outcomes, relationships, time. Paradoxically the harder I try, the less it unfolds as I want. My body feels stiff, very heavy and compacted. But when I actively release the grip of control, and I allow the unfolding of life while interfering just enough, things flow and living feels lighter and more connected. My body expands, my feet...

These past two weeks in class, we have been reflecting on this concept and the potential it has to help us live more fully. Bert Hellinger said that suffering in humanity comes from not accepting life as it is, from wanting things to be different than they are or were.  Of course there's nothing wrong with wanting to change or wanting to make things better or different. But what happens when we deny or resist WHAT IS? Something gets stuck and cannot flow. We can't see the vastness of life and...