When we are consistent with our practice, we develop greater trust and our soul is able to live in a more embodied way. We donвЂ™t wait for fear to show up to show ourselves compassion or to be present.Д«eing present and compassionate is part of our life practice. The situation in our life that triggered us may still be there but when we hold it tenderly and support ourselves in a loving way, itвЂ™s possible to feel safer in our body. You see, when we take the time to understand the fear, we may discover or have a memory from when we were afraid as a child, and it feels very similar. We are loving ourselves while we are afraid. What if we treated ourselves with the tenderness that we would a child? We may hold the child to help the child to feel safe and at ease. We comfort the child and tell the child вЂItвЂ™s going to be okвЂ™. Knowing it is most likely the Inner Child that wants our love and comfort. We hold the part with a loving presence just like we would a precious child. We can observe and support the part of us that is afraid. Our mindfulness practice offers us another approach. We think we are the fear and, in that moment, have lost touch with our true essence.

We quite often judge the fear and try to push our thoughts and feelings away. Our default may be to react and run away from the fear. Our mind starts thinking lots of thoughts. Today IвЂ™d like to explore how we can shine light and awareness on the fear and offer ourselves compassion and kindness as a way of being. We can feel threatened, shaky, unsafe or immobilized. It can feel like a scary monster rearing its ugly head. There may be a situation in your life that brings up a lot of fear. For some people it is more prevalent than others.

Fear is an emotion that is part of our human experience. What my parents were doing was shining light on the truth.ДЇast forward to today - as adults fear still shows up. This helped me to feel safe and to be able to go back to sleep. When it happened, my parents would reassure me that I was safe by turning on the light and we would both look in the closet and under the bed to see that nothing was there. Were you ever afraid that there was a scary monster under the bed or in your closet? I was.

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