Hope and Tenderness

Sometimes clients feel desperate.
Is there hope, they ask, that this can improve?
Yes, as long as there’s spirit, there’s hope. The spirit always wants to find a way to shine. 
But to heal, I’ve learned there’s something more important than hope.
What is more important than hope? Tenderness.

Hope inspires us to work. But tenderness is what enables the work to take place. In tenderness, we hold ourselves with awesome grace. In tenderness, the hurts and wounds and painful memories emerge from their hiding places. And in tenderness, they unwind.

Tenderness unwinds the hurt. That is the gist of biodynamic craniosacral therapy.

So: hope is wonderful. Always nourish it. Fight for it, if need be.

But even more important: to ourselves be kind.