Emptying
Emptying
Empty what is full. Fill what is empty.
Emptying is the foundation of everything we do. The senses lead. You keep what feels good and you send the rest on. It is somatic before it is anything else. The signal comes from the body.
When a space empties, something inside you shifts. A room that has been holding too much softens. Your breath drops lower. The room answers. It holds more breath. So do you.
How to Empty
Begin with one space. Your bathroom. A closet. A shelf the eye passes over. Sit inside it and let yourself settle.
Notice what your body does when you put your attention on the corners. What has lived there so long the eye stopped catching it?
Gather the things you have outgrown. The ones you keep telling yourself you “may use someday.” Pile them outside the space so you can feel the room change as you remove them.
Then sit with what you have made. Stay before you fill it. Notice the room hold more breath. Notice your body do the same.
Where it Goes
Everything you release moves on. Find a non-profit partner in your community and bring your pieces there.
If you are in New York, we’ll share them with our own non-profit partner, Free Food Harlem.
What you let go of becomes someone else’s beginning.
A Home that Holds You
A home that is emptied is a home that holds you. Empty space holds breath. Empty space is where attention returns. It is where you remember what you actually want.
The home that returns you to yourself. The room that supports your exhale. Beauty you can feel.
The OE Team