Body Mind Based Therapy

Inviting Spaciousness

Today when the heart is a small, tight knot,
I do not try to untangle it. I don’t tug on the strings
in a desperate attempt to unravel it.
I don’t even wonder at how it got so snarled.
Instead, I imagine cradling it, cupping it
with my hands like something precious,
something wounded, a bird with a broken wing.
I cradle my heart like the frightened thing it is.
I imagine all the other frightened hearts
and imagine them all being held in love.
And I breathe. I breathe and feel
how the breathing invites a spaciousness.
I breathe and let myself be moved by the breathing
as I open and soften. Open and soften.
And nothing changes. And everything changes.
The heart, still a knot, remembers
it knows how to love. It knows it is not alone.

by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

A Conversation in Spanish on PROTECTING MIDDLE SCHOOLERS' MENTAL HEALTH
Tune in on Sunday March 26th at 3:00pm EST/12:00pm PST on Vme TV for an exclusive broadcast event:
Un Cafecito Sin Nervios, A Conversation on Protecting Our Middle Schoolers’ Mental Health
An encore presentation will air again at 12:00am midnight EST/9:00pm PST
Join us for a discussion about our children’s emotional well-being with:
- Maria Cardona, Latinovations/DSG and CNN Commentator
- Alma Lopez, 2022 Counselor of the Year, American School Counselor Association
​- Amy Hinojosa, MANA National, A National Latina Organization
-Nicolás Peña, Hispanic Heritage Foundation