The Power of Touch

Do you soothe your body like you would your own child?⁠
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Do you explore your curves the way you would a lover’s?⁠
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Have you held yourself the way you would a tired heartbroken sister?⁠
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This morning in my practice, I was pretty exhausted. There wasn’t much movement my body wanted to do.⁠
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But there was so much touch.⁠
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So many different types of touch.⁠
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A lover’s.⁠
A mother’s.⁠
A sister’s.⁠
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For 30 minutes, I allowed myself to receive my own touch.⁠
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To allow the constricted places to soften…⁠
To allow the heavy sadness to wash through and out of me…⁠
To allow ecstasy to emerge onto my skin like dew drops.⁠
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A place where my body could breathe, move and release the way she knows best.⁠
Without my mind bringing in the past or the future.⁠
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Just breath stirring awake my body’s wisdom.⁠
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I hear you speak of wanting a lover who touches you this way⁠
Or a partner who holds you that way.⁠
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But have you done this yourself?⁠
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Do YOU know how your inner little girl likes to be soothed?⁠
Do YOU know how your sensual siren liked to be turned on?⁠
Do YOU know how your wild warrior wants to be loved?⁠