We were all there for some deep shadow work. I sat with my eyes shut, curled in a ball on the couch by myself. I knew that I needed space from the rest of the group. Everyone there was beautiful but I also knew that I needed to be alone with myself to work through what I was working on.
She walked into the room and draped a blanket over me. I had never met her before. She smiled and gently said “Hi, may I sit with you?”. Her energy was warm and gentle yet powerful like the early morning sun on a summer morning. You knew that the sun could burn you if you weren’t careful or underestimated it but it was the same sun that gave you the ability to grow and expand.
“Yes, please” I said back.
She sat down next to me, grabbed my hand in hers, pulled the other half of the blanket over herself and closed her eyes to be alone with her thoughts.
Days before this workshop, I had a client ask about attachment, being sovereign and what the correct balance in life was. I had answered that, for me, connection is wildly important and healthy during the human experience, specifically when you have a strong sense of self. The question had still rattled in my mind. I hadn’t been able to release the question which let me know that I still needed to sit with it a bit.
It hit me, in that moment, on that couch, in that space. This, this is it. This is the human experience. This, right here. Sitting in a huge group of stimulation felt like too much, sitting alone felt like too little, sitting in my own journey doing my own work while holding the hand of another who was doing her work too was just perfect. That is the human experience. It is sitting doing your own work while holding the hand of another who is also doing their work.
