The Way of Curiosity : Discovering wisdom through listening to the body
I know that if I get under the surface there is nearly always some part of me at play here, some part of me in pain. And I can trust that it needs my empathy and kindness.
Peter Gill • The Way of Curiosity : Discovering wisdom through listening to the body
I trust that there is more than meets the eye.
Peter Gill • The Way of Curiosity : Discovering wisdom through listening to the body
Know that even though parts of you can feel awful, you also have the medicine of self-compassion which will bring soothing and ease.
Peter Gill • The Way of Curiosity : Discovering wisdom through listening to the body
Sometimes it feels like we just cycle around the same old feelings and thoughts day after day, and in some ways that’s true, but only because we don’t take time to really explore them.
Peter Gill • The Way of Curiosity : Discovering wisdom through listening to the body
“Remember there is always a person in there.1” This is easy to forget and beautiful to remember.
Peter Gill • The Way of Curiosity : Discovering wisdom through listening to the body
This unlived life in us gets stuck and, because it’s painful, other aspects of our being come forward and protect us from it and it gets stuck even further. The tangle gets tighter. But we can untangle it if we know how. This process begins and ends with curiosity.