Det mesta av yinyoga-utbildningen jag gick häromveckan
handlade om "holding space".
Vad är det?
Ja, det tar ett tag att greppa; att låta det sjunka in,
men egentligen är det enkelt. Ett förhållningssätt
som sparar energi och ger välmående, mycket välmående.
Jag låter det sjunka in och sjunka in...
Holding Space: Some Key Attributes
Let me try to break this down a little bit.
Here are a couple key characteristics to holding space,
and I'll give an example to help solidify what I'm talking about.
Some components are:
- Letting go of judgment
- Opening your heart
- Allowing another to have whatever experience they're having
- Giving your complete undivided attention to the situation/other person
Those are really the key elements of holding space.
You're not trying to influence the situation.
You're not trying to fix it, win at it, or affect any kind of outcome.
You are simply being with it fully so that it can work itself out.
This doesn't mean becoming a victim to it. Quite the contrary actually,
you're very powerful in this space,
and it certainly doesn't mean being hurt physically by another.
By when you're deep into a space like this,
you are far more immune to any "emotional" hurt than you might realize.
So much of emotional hurt is just ego wounding.
It's taking what someone else is saying personally.
But oddly enough, what most people say about us is just a reflection of themselves.
It's not personal. And while we don't turn a blind eye to everything other people are saying,
we really begin to understand just how much illusion everyone else is trapped in too.
