Hold my hand and you hold my heart.

A Tender Self Care Moment.

Hold my hand
Softly.
Gently.

Hold my hand.
And gently pat it,
caress it.

Hold my hand.
And feel the calluses
the scars.

Hold my hand
And see the wrinkles
Feel the skin.

Hold my hand,

and in doing so
you gently hold
my heart.

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My dear friend,

How are you? How has your week been?

Have you been able to hold YOUR OWN HAND THIS WEEK?

I wonder if you ever considered that.

Holding your own hand.

We hold the hands of babes.
We hold the hands of loved ones.
We hold the hands of our friends.

When was the last time you held your own hand?

Try it now.
Reach out and hold your own hand.
Just hold.

Do nothing.

Just hold.

Look down, if you wish, and see yourself holding your other hand.
Look down,
and just notice.
Look down,
and gently breathe out.

Look down at your hands and be aware of how your body feels.
Be aware of how your shoulders feel?
Be aware of how your energy feels.

If you would like to gently massage, even caress, one hand, do so.
Feel your skin.
Be conscious of how it feels.
Maybe soft
Maybe callused
Maybe wrinkly.

Caress the palm of your hand with the thumb of your other hand.
What does it feel like under your thumb?
What does it feel like on the palm of your other hand?

Rub right up to your fingers.
Feeling each finger
Front and back.

Just notice.
Just feel.

Tenderly feel your nails,
Feeling each nail and noticing any differences.

Move your hand into the light and see the wrinkles, the colour, the shades and shadows of the light as it plays upon your hand.

Just look.

Just feel.
Just be.

Now swap over
And spend just as long on the other hand.
Feeling with your thumb and your fingers your other hand,

Spend as much time as you need.

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And now when you are ready, just hold your hands together again.
Just hold your own hand.

Just hold
your own hand.

Say nothing
Do nothing

Just,
hold hands with yourself.

What happens when you hold your own hand?
What happens to your energy?
What happens to your heart?
What happens to the energy in your room?

Sometimes,
We just need to hold our own hand.

Sometimes,
We just need to let ourselves know
WE ARE HERE FOR OURSELVES.

Until we share again,
Blessed Be.

Sam xxx