I tried not to let my mind wander to what could lay ahead, I tried not to imagine the worst. I tried to breathe, and keep my feet on the ground, and take it one moment at a time.
And you know what?
All the self-love mantras in the world could't convince me to love myself, to love being in my body. But dance did.
Read MoreAnd now my heart says "LISTEN!" and so I do.
"Don't abandon me," it says. "Be with me as I unravel and pound and ache. Move me- stretch and rock and support me as I feel." And so I do.
I think we are all doing our best, to live, to love, to know ourselves and others, to help ourselves and others. And when the waves knock us down, we need help. I need help.
Read MoreSo I've stopped telling myself to get my shit together and surrender- like a wanna-be Buddhist Sergeant- and I've started listening to my NO. I've started honoring it.
How?