Radical Acceptance: Awakening the Love that Heals Fear and Shame

Last night, as I was sleeping,
I dreamt—marvelous error!—
that I had a beehive
here inside my heart.
And the golden bees
were making white combs
and sweet honey
from my old failures
Antonio Machado,
translated by Robert Bly

the breath offers a natural pathway out of our minds and into our bodies.

ELEVEN Awakening Together: Practicing Radical Acceptance in Relationship

TEN Recognizing Our Basic Goodness: The Gateway to a Forgiving and Loving Heart

EIGHT Awakening Compassion for Ourselves: Becoming the Holder and the Held

SEVEN Opening Our Heart in the Face of Fear

SIX Radical Acceptance of Desire: Awakening to the Source of Longing

FIVE Coming Home to Our Body: The Ground of Radical Acceptance

Pain was bad; it was my pain and it signaled some sort of character flaw.

Reacting to sensations with fear, perceiving them as “wrong,” initiates the trance