I have softened into my hard edges.

I spent so many years shaming and picking apart my body, trying to improve and perfect it.

Cancer has made me a more compassionate, more intentional person.

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My yoga practice has been a tool that has helped me become more present in my experience.

Yoga teaches me that to be embodied means to honor both the light and shadow.

When I allow my pain to exist, I allow love and joy to exist too.

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I am adamant about feeling things in our body and honoring the cancer experience.

It’s hard, and there are moments when I have wanted to give up.

Whenever I’m in motion with my body or sitting still with my mind, my creativity comes out.

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You find new ways to be brave.

My entire self-care routine is centered on feeling safe in my body.

I’m safe to be in my body.

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I’m safe to be in my body.

And, so it is.

And, so I return."

I have fun whenever I can.

The first time we tried was a complete and utter failure.

But the second time around, we got it.

So I will remember my body at that time and moment.