ALLOWING SPACE
as a liberatory practice
Offering even more space to anything in our experience, even if it seems to be taking up too much space already.
Allowing Space is how we get what we want.
When we allow more space for life, life can move and change. We exercise our right to let life move through us and keep going. In this way, we do not get stuck with anything we dislike. When we allow space, even that which we dislike, moves.
That sounds nice but…
what about experiences like oppression and injustice? We may want to end injustice by giving injustice less space. This manifests in our bodies as tension. But many injustices happen outside of our bodies. We cannot give them more or less space. They are happening beyond our control. Instead, we can give our internal response to injustice more space. We can notice we have created tension and breathe, relax, or cry.
As we give our experience more space, we equip ourselves to engage more skillfully in the face of injustice. When we fight injustice with tension, we are trying to be less alive which is less powerful. When we can breathe, we are better equipped to make change and catalyze transformation.
Life needs more of you, not less. Give yourself space.
Photo of Allowing Space card, Unleashing Aliveness Liberatory Practices Deck