I remember the same moment in my training! Pauses create wonderful opportunities to uncover so much that was never given the chance to be witnessed before!
Adore this Blake, the pause after a vulnerable share is so powerful for the ‘client’ or friend, whoever is speaking, they get to bask in the resonance of their own truth, what a gift!
I practice something called ‘shravana’ which I was taught in yoga teacher training. It’s holding silence, letting every word the other utters to land with us, no niceties, no nodding, what I’ve found to be the truest definition of listening to another so far.
Interestingly I didn’t question or research this method until many years later, and couldn’t find anything about it. Perhaps an ancient tradition where the word shravana was lost or changed from its original.
It doesn’t matter to me, this practice never left me and I have been practising it for years with my sister once a month. It has set a higher standard in myself for how I desire to listen to people in any interaction.
Thank you. I think there’s a quote that goes something like this- take a walk with a turtle. I don’t remember the rest of it, but I find the words helpful. I’m not a therapist but the phrase works like an anchor in situations where I find myself wanting to skip an important and necessary pause.
I remember the same moment in my training! Pauses create wonderful opportunities to uncover so much that was never given the chance to be witnessed before!
I love this. Thanks, Blake!
Thanks for reading!
Thank you for sharing I love it ... I'll be doing this soon in my micro counseling class. I know that it will be intense 🙌 I'll use your advice.
Adore this Blake, the pause after a vulnerable share is so powerful for the ‘client’ or friend, whoever is speaking, they get to bask in the resonance of their own truth, what a gift!
I practice something called ‘shravana’ which I was taught in yoga teacher training. It’s holding silence, letting every word the other utters to land with us, no niceties, no nodding, what I’ve found to be the truest definition of listening to another so far.
Interestingly I didn’t question or research this method until many years later, and couldn’t find anything about it. Perhaps an ancient tradition where the word shravana was lost or changed from its original.
It doesn’t matter to me, this practice never left me and I have been practising it for years with my sister once a month. It has set a higher standard in myself for how I desire to listen to people in any interaction.
Thank you. I think there’s a quote that goes something like this- take a walk with a turtle. I don’t remember the rest of it, but I find the words helpful. I’m not a therapist but the phrase works like an anchor in situations where I find myself wanting to skip an important and necessary pause.