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nouns's avatar

This is applicable to many things, money is rhe least significant of them all.

Dea Devidas's avatar

True. The nervous system doesn't actually care what's flowing through the open door. Money, love, opportunity, rest, creative ideas... it's all the same signal to your tissue. 🌊

nouns's avatar

For most of human history, survival depended on rhythm, not tension

Our true ancestors walked in relationship; with each other, with animals, with seasons, with death itself.

Peace was not naïveté; it was ecological intelligence. To be at ease in the world was to belong to it.

What “got us here” biologically is not constant readiness, but adaptability. And adaptability includes knowing when vigilance is no longer required.

Relaxation and alignment are not a betrayal of ancestry but remembrance of it.

Dea Devidas's avatar

Agreed. Though I'd add: the body doesn't read essays about what's ancestral. It reads whether your jaw is clenched right now. 🌿

Lori Ann Bloomfield's avatar

I really needed this reminder now, Dea. Thank you! You are a blessing. And Happy Holidays to you and yours!

Dea Devidas's avatar

Right back at you. Your body's timing is smarter than your calendar gives it credit for. Happy holidays 🌿✨

Lori Ann Bloomfield's avatar

And happy holidays to you, Dea! Peace & Blessings. 🎄🙏✨💜

Dea Devidas's avatar

Peace and blessings right back at you. May your holidays be slow where they need to be slow and warm all the way through. 🌊💠

Randolph Proksch's avatar

Beautiful / practical description of the somatic work that reveals who we aren’t, so we can remember who we are.

Dea Devidas's avatar

The body's been waiting for us to catch up. Glad you caught the signal. 🌊✨

Rick's avatar

A REAL gift. Thank you!!!

Dea Devidas's avatar

Received all the way down. 🌟