💌 Dear BRIDGE Reader,

🌿 This Week's Gentle Focus: Let Yourself Be Supported

This week, something small caught me off guard.

I was sitting in my car after running errands—one of those days where everything felt just a little heavier than usual.

Groceries in the backseat. A to-do list half-finished. A text I didn’t know how to answer.

I just... sat there.

Not checking my phone. Not fixing anything.
Just sitting—with my hands on the steering wheel, forehead resting for a moment.

And for the first time that day, I felt it:
The chair holding me up.
The simple, solid support I wasn't even asking for, but that was just... there.

🌿 Sometimes, life holds us even when we forget to ask.

We think we have to carry it all alone.
We forget that softening is a kind of strength, too.

✨ This week, I invite you to sit—and let yourself be supported.
No perfect poses. No goals.
Just a chair, your breath, and the willingness to be held for a minute longer.

💜 THE BRIDGE Yin: A Collective Unfolding

Chair-Supported Seated Caterpillar

A Gentle Fold for Emotional Release

This week’s practice isn’t about doing it right.
It’s about feeling safe enough to let go.

When you fold forward over your lap (or a pillow), you're reminding your body:
"I don't have to hold everything by myself."

It’s a small movement. But sometimes, the small things are what save us.🌬️ 

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🌬️ Instructions & Setup:

• Find a sturdy chair. Sit with your feet flat on the ground.
• Place a pillow, folded blanket, or just your hands across your lap.
• Inhale and lengthen your spine softly.
• As you exhale, fold forward—let your chest and head rest down.
• Let your arms hang or drape wherever they land.
• Close your eyes. Breathe.

No need to force the shape.
Let gravity do the work.
Let the chair hold you.

🎯 Target Areas:

Lower back

Hips

Spine

Nervous system

✨ Benefits:

✔ Releases hidden tension in the body and heart
✔ Creates space for grief, exhaustion, and emotion to move
✔ Grounds you in the present moment without effort
✔ Restores your natural rhythm of breath and being

🕯️ Sensory Cues for Your Yin Practice:

👣 Touch – Feel the weight of your body being supported.
🌬️ Breath – Imagine your breath softening your spine with each exhale.
🌊 Inner Vision – Picture a gentle wave rolling through you, washing away what you don’t need.

🕊️ Cue to Remember:

"You are allowed to rest. You are allowed to be held."

Stay here for 2–5 minutes—or until you feel something inside you sigh with relief.

This is BRIDGE Yin—woven quietly into the rhythm of your life.Hold this