At the end of each client session, I ask my clients 3 questions, one of which is how they feel.

Today, my client shared, "In this moment, my body feels quiet, and I feel held by the silence...does that make sense?"

It made me think of all of the ways in which we are held, and all that holds us.

I remember a few years ago, when this photo was taken, my photographer told me, "Rivky, now it's time to go into the water."

I said, "In this dress?" And she said, "Yes... That's the whole adventure. To be present with what is here, and immerse ourselves in it. Those are the best photos." (In that moment, I learned a lesson for life!)

I started to float on my back, and I remember the feeling. The water rocking me and holding me from below. The sunshine and slight breeze holding me from above.

I remember feeling then the visceral feeling of my soul holding my body, and my body holding my soul, and the water holding us all.

I think of times in my life when my car held me. That a joke held me. I've been held by a song, by an exercise class, by a smile, by resonance, by a hug. Sometimes I am held by space itself, vast as it is. I've been held by a prayer, by a rhythm, by a full moment. I've been held by eye contact, by heart contact. By heartache, by heartbreak. I've been held by grief, by friendship, by loneliness, by long conversations, by long silence. I've been held by a moment, by a day. By a rainstorm, by a ray of sun. I've been held by the earth, I've been held by my bones. I've been held by a country, a city, an identity, a story, a belief, a poem, a whisper, a teacher, a notebook, a tree, a human, a paintbrush, a dream. I've been held by understanding, my intuition, logic, hope, grace, even by a bird.

I have been held by so many things, all of those things held by the Source of all things. Most of all, I've been held by my faith in the Source of all things, and my willingness to believe that all of what holds me is God in different forms

I looked back at my client and said simply, "You do make sense. You make so much sense. " And then the session was over, and we both walked out into the rest of our day.

Love, Rivky