From Healing, Grief & Learning From The Bees: Michelle C. Johnson – Into Healing S2, Ep.7:

“In one of my books, Finding Refuge, there’s a practice at the beginning where I invite people to connect with something happening on the planet that affects them in some way, making them feel brokenhearted. The invitation is to connect with their heart, notice what arises, and say: ‘I feel my heart. I feel my heartbeat. I acknowledge my heart. I acknowledge my heartbeat.’

There are many practices in that book, but this one comes to mind because grieving and heart work are deeply intertwined. It’s not about having a "good heart"—it’s about doing the deep work of connecting with the heart, tapping into brokenheartedness, and building the capacity to hold it.

This practice doesn’t require anything but yourself and a connection to your heart. It’s about asking: ‘What does it feel like to feel my heart? To remember I have a heart? To feel it beat? To recognize that others have a heart, too?’”

From Healing, Grief & Learning From The Bees: Michelle C. Johnson – Into Healing S2, Ep.7.

From Healing through Conscious & Connected Breath: Patrick Merle Sellin – Into Healing S2, Ep.6:

“You can start today.

To cultivate a pause and bring awareness to your breath.

I almost don't want to ruin the surprise of how profound it is. If you could cultivate a practice of 20 minutes a day, laying on your back and simply being with your breath, new possibilities start to emerge. You don’t need to connect it in any particular way or practice pranayama; just pause, feel, and be present with your breath.

Possibilities innate to your particular predicament begin to clarify. Breath is a kind of medicine. With all the healing modalities, plant medicines, psychedelics, and other approaches to shifting consciousness–the breath can shift consciousness in one slow exhale.

It’s free, always available, and so simple it feels insulting to the ego. It seems it should be harder, but it’s not. It’s like becoming a child again—invited into the lap of ourselves, pausing, feeling, and letting the energy move.”