SIT #299-2026 Feb 19 – Intimacy, Negativity, Criticism

Home day.  Woke up tired and I feel it’s because of my big workout from a couple days ago.  I feel my muscles are looking for more recovery time.  Today the DC was about observing negativity from a safe space with the idea that you can recognize it, accept it and let it move on without impacting you.  This can be negativity from you, from others, or even without you involved.  This practice softens the impact of that negativity and makes it easier to get past by giving it room.  The DT today was about “Into Me See”.  The effort to increase the caring and connection with someone or yourself.  This practice looks at how you must be intimate with yourself before you can with others.  If you are with yourself then this practice helps you deepen the connection with someone else without them even being there.  The DJ today was about accepting and observing constructive criticism.  This practice helps you walk through steps that will help you realize if the criticism you are thinking of communicating is constructive or not.  It also flips that idea and helps you absorb criticism of yourself by you or others and analyze it for its usefulness and if it is also constructive and meant to serve you and not hurt you.  All these practices tied in with each other somehow.  I enjoyed them.