How We Hold Each Other Steady Today

A practice of energetic transmutation — for protest, for presence, for power.

Dear friends

On this day of protest, when so many are rising to say no, I’ve been thinking about how we hold each other — across distance, across fear, across fire.

Tonglen — the practice of breathing in the suffering of others and breathing out relief, strength, or love — can be a powerful act of protest in itself.

I'd like to offer you this practice to anchor you in what matters as you move through the day — a way to transmute the raw emotions that may be holding you back, not only into personal power and resilience, but a kind of quiet alchemy, rippling through the nation.

Today, let your breath become part of your protest.

Tonglen — Breath for Resistance

Inhale:
Breathe in overwhelm —
the noise, the urgency,
the weight of too much happening all at once.

Exhale:
Breathe out unwavering steadiness.
The kind that anchors you in the storm.
The kind that does not flinch, does not fold.
The kind that holds the centre — no matter what comes.

Inhale:
Breathe in fear —
of being seen,
of being targeted,
of wh…