BUILDING THE CAPACITY TO STAY OPEN To live in a body that is fully connected to its capacity for feeling means opening to being vulnerable. By vulnerable, I’m not meaning without clear boundaries, but rather the capacity to open when openness is needed. The ability to remain open is a skill that involves increasing our threshold for both pleasant and unpleasant sensations. Staying open when we want to shut down, staying open when it’s easier to walk away. Staying open when we feel panicky or threatened. – Donna Farhi BUILDING THE COURAGE TO FEEL Part of the process is to build the courage to feel whatever feelings are stored in your heart or in your back—or wherever. Some of it is really uncomfortable—like your rage or your…