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Embodied Love
Love is not an idea you rise toward —
it is a warmth you return to.
It begins in the body:
in breath,
in ribs,
in the quiet truth of being with yourself.
This is a space for the softest form of love —
the kind that does not perform,
does not reach,
does not abandon you to longing.
Embodied love begins with presence,
and presence begins with breath.
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The Soft Return to Love
A love that lives in the body, not in the myth.
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Love does not come from above you.
It comes from within you —
from the warm center that has always known
what it feels like to be held,
even when no one was there to hold you.
For years, you learned a version of love
that required effort,
explaining,
shaping yourself,
or being more than you were.
But that love was vertical —
it pulled you upward,
away from yourself,
toward an image
that was never your own.
Embodied love is different.
It does not ask you to rise.
It asks you to rest.
It does not ask you to reach.
It asks you to receive.
It does not ask you to become worthy.
It asks you to feel
that you always were.
You do not earn this love.
You meet it —
in your breath,
in your chest,
in the quiet warmth that grows
when you stop leaving yourself.
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Love that Lives in the Body
You are not loved because you are good.
You are loved because you exist.
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Love lives in small things —
in how you hold your cup,
in the way you settle into a chair,
in the breath you take before answering a question.
It lives in the body long before it reaches the mind.
Embodied love is found in:
the warmth in your ribs
when you speak truth,
the softening in your shoulders
when you stop performing,
the quiet in your chest
when you allow yourself to eat slowly,
the tenderness that rises
when you realize you no longer need to explain.
This is love.
Not as emotion,
but as presence.
Love is not something that happens to you.
It is something that happens in you.
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Practices of Embodied Love
• Sit in a way that feels kind to your ribs.
• Speak one sentence less than you usually would.
• Eat one warm bite without rushing.
• Let your breath decide its depth.
• Place a hand on your chest before responding to someone.
• Choose softness over performance.
• Let silence be part of connection.
These are enough.
Love is not found.
It is remembered.
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