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Welcome to an earnest exploration into belonging.
A belonging is a possession,
while a sense of belonging is harder to capture.
Let's start from the inside and work our way out.
Bring your attention to the center of your head.
What do you notice there
in the center of your head?
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And now, bring your attention to the center of your heart.
What do you notice there in the center of your heart?
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And finally, bring your attention
to the center of your hips.
What do you notice there
in the center of your hips?
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These three physical centers give a good
and anchoring sense of embodiment.
The following affirmations will give
even more strength to the experience of belonging.
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My breath anchors me to this moment.
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I matter.
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I am grounded.
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I am safe.
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I am secure.
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I trust my body's wisdom.
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I am deeply rooted.
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I take up space and I'm not sorry for that.
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I accept and love my first home,
which is my body.
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I make myself at home in my body.
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I bring peace to all my encounters.
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True belonging is first established within me.
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I love and accept myself,
that makes the strong foundation
for my love and acceptance of others.
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I have everything I need.
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I am nourished and supported by the earth
and caring people on it.
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I believe in me.
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I nurture my wellbeing.
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Home is a decision, not a destination.
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I am patient while building rapport and establishing trust.
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I understand the difference between real belonging
and just fitting in.
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My breath helps stabilize my emotions
and I'm grateful for this easy self-regulation.
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I enjoy extending warmth and hospitality to others.
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I love to help others feel a sense of belonging.
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I focus on similarities shared with others.
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I am wisely inclusive.
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I am emotionally and financially stable.
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A wonderful, resonant community
is waiting to be found or created by me.
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Anxiety is an invitation to breathe more deeply.
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There are gifts and strengths in outsider-ness.
I explore them.
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I am worthy.
Period.
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I trust life's goodness.
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I'm as curious about joyful solitude
as I am about social belonging.
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My nature is divine.
The best relations respect that.
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Sometimes it's necessary to stand alone
in order to maintain inner integrity.
And this is okay.
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I am becoming the hostess I once hoped for.
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Whenever I want to feel belongingness
I can always generate and share it with someone else.
I can be the one who goes first,
who gives first.
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To befriend self and to befriend the earth
is to be home everywhere.
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I radiate love.
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My heart is my sacred home.
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I belong.
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May all human beings realize they're innate right to be.
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