Radical Self-Acceptance: Say Yes to It All

THE POWER OF YES

‎

Suffering arises when we resist the life of the moment. This Yes meditation is an inner practice of acceptance in which we willingly allow our thoughts, emotions and sensations to be just as they are.

Yes does not mean we are approving of something or believing our judgments. Rather, the practice honors what is actually happening. In the moments we say Yes without resistance, Yes with our whole heart, acceptance becomes surrender into truth. By surrendering, we discover the openness and freedom of our true nature.

It is important to remember that it is not always wise to say Yes to inner experience. If we have been traumatized in the past, old feelings of terror may be triggered. More generally, we might not have the balance or resiliency in a particular moment to a difficult experience with the openness of Yes.

See Stephanie's site Work Stress Solutions for more information like this.