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When I recognise someone embodying tenderness, I see a person who fully recognizes the vulnerability of being human—and instead of resisting it, relaxes into it.
I wanted to write a post about this topic. It came to me this morning because, although 2024 was such a tough year for me—and for so many others—it also offered some unexpected gifts. Energetically and in relationships, we faced so many challenges that really asked us to find inner resources.
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I noticed in myself that when challenges come, I tend to harden. I tense my jaw, hold a lot in my shoulders, and push through. But in 2024—especially toward the end, though I think it was happening all along—I began to see more clearly that the true medicine of that time was asking to be found within.
Even though I received support from others, I also cultivated and internalized the frequency of that medicine. This is something I often do: I sense a specific energy or frequency in someone else, and then I receive it and try to embody it myself. It’s something I learned from one of my teachers who transmits this kind of wisdom through presence and frequency. I feel it’s a beautiful way to learn to truly be with our being and recognise energy.
Coming back to tenderness—what a powerful medicine it is. Like a balm for grief, for those moments when grief is devouring us, eating away at the ego, and drilling holes into our internal structures so they can be remade. In those painful moments of forced emptiness, tenderness is like a sweet internal hug, like a thread that enters and softly soothes the pain. It doesn’t try to fix anything—it simply stays, fully present with what is.
Tenderness is such a great witness. It holds a quiet, transformative power because it allows, it accompanies, it embraces. One of the people who helped me really embody this is a winter soul and a dear person I’ve worked with over the past few years. She has taught me so much about being with our pain, with full acceptance, love, and deep tenderness.
So I wanted to write this small reflection on tenderness—and also invite you to our second Yoga Nidra for Sensitive Souls gathering, happening this Monday at 9 PM Italian time. The first session was very sweet, full of energy, connection, and coherence. We worked on the heart. I don’t yet know what will come through on Monday, but I hope you’ll join us.
It’s a donation-based offering—come as you are, and contribute what you can. If the time doesn’t work for you, you can email me and I’ll send you the recording. I don’t know exactly what we’ll share, but I know there will be tenderness. There will be heart. There will be love. There will be intimacy—the very medicines we need in these times to trust the being within us that longs to come forth.
Love,
Nalini