We all need to cry

We all need to cry sometimes. Crying is part of life. Tears can be magic, falling softly, achingly, but it's a good ache, the one of letting go, of setting ourselves free. Give me one man that doesn't feel good when crying. What, because it isn't "manly", men are not supposed to cry?

Or being brought flowers to?

Or being taken care of?

why is crying not manly?

it's human to cry. Like crystals of sorrow, grief and melancholy, ready to leave your eye sockets, to heal you. The somatic approach to healing - whether it'd be EFT tapping, yoga, mindfulness, or whatever - is healing. Screaming, shivering, crying, shouting, letting your feelings flow through and out your body - is transforming.

It heals truama. It heals ache. It is a way to reconnect to our bodies, to rekindle your love for your own vehcile in this earth, your own amaglamation of body and soul. Our bodies aren't meat sacks. They are pure beauty, waiting for us to acknowledge them, to love them, to take care of them.

There are so many types of crying:

-When we're alone

-When we're with someone we love

-In a group

-Tears of joy

-Tears of sorrow

-Crying 'cause we're tired

-Crying just because

-A single tear kind of crying

-Crying anxiously

-Crying with voice

-Crying inaudibly

And so on and so forth...

In a quest for reconnection with ourselves, with our feelings, perhaps, reconnecting with our body is crucial. It's where we spend night and day. It's where we're contained, safe, alive. It's our beauty, our strength, the one thing we need to keep safe, loved, healthy.

When we take care of our body, we feel good. We feel beautiful mentally, too. See, the mind and body are connected: when you're healthy mentally, your healthy physically. And when you're healthy physically, you're healthy mentally. Look, I don't know if it's like that all of the time. But - mental health, physical health... they both still fall into the umbrella of "health", nonetheless.

And - crying, laughing, feeling, smiling, dancing - that's thriving. That's living. And in this life we're meant to live! Not merely to survive, but to thrive... And by embodying, not surpressing, but embodying, feeling, listening - that's where life feels good, that's where we take care of ourselves and keep ourselves safe, loved, calm.

We can be our worst enemies, or best allies. We can take care of ourselves, or we can wreck ourselves. We can love ourselves, or hate ourselves. When we shut ourselves down

Neglect ourselves

Suffocate our feeling and stifle them

Stifle our tears

Our emotions

Our needs -

We forget that we're so important too,

Not only our friends,

Our family,

The people around us,

But us, the only ones we know so well, the only ones we can trust. We're the ones who make our choices, we don't need to manipulate ourselves to choose, or convince ourselves or talk with ourselves - we can just choose, and take ownership of our lives. We're important too. We're the ones who are there to comfort ourselves when we're down and sobbing, to celebrate when we're rejoiced, to regulate our nervous system when we're angry and hurt -

We are our greatest strength, our greatest asset.

We are our own gift, the person we need.

We are the ones who make choices to live blessed lives, or unlucky ones. Friends, family, strangers - that's connection, which is vital to our health as the air that we breathe. But knowing how to take care of ourselves, our bodies and our emotions is vital to our health as well. So, so much.

So, cry once in a while. It won't hurt you. It will only benefit you.