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Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
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Tara Brach
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: May 17
Peace Activist
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Emotions
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When someone says to us, as Thich Nhat Hanh suggests, Darling, I care about your suffering, a deep healing begins.
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With the first out breath, you are releasing worries, plans, mental tensions. With the second out breath, you are releasing physical tightness and tension. With the third out breath, you are releasing difficult emotions.
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Telling each other the truth and being who we are, and having space for the other person's vulnerability in being who they are, allows us to move in a kind of dance together that's very fluid and graceful.
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Even a few moments of offering lovingkindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart.
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