Excerpt: acceptance and letting go / daniel siegel

Posted December 29, 2016 by Outside Source in Biodynamic Paradigm, Craniosacral Therapy 202

From Mindsight by Daniel Siegel, one of the textbooks in our Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy training:

“Consider the difference between saying “I am sad” and “I feel sad.” Similar as those two statements may seem, there is actually a profound difference between them. “I am sad” is a kind of self-definition, and a very limiting one. “I feel sad” suggests the ability to recognize and acknowledge a feeling, without being consumed by it. The focusing skills that are part of mindsight make it possible to see what is inside, to accept it, and in the accepting to let it go, and, finally, to transform it.” – p. xii

Tags: acceptance, change, perspective, presence