In Rest + Restore today we were flowing through and healing, integrating, and balancing our masculine self with our feminine self.

Our masculine energy is the stoic, logical, grounded, present, active, structured side.

Our feminine energy is our flowing, emotional, deep feeling, creative, receptive side.

Our masculine essence is the container, our feminine essence is what flows in and out of the container.

Our feminine essence is a flowing stream, and our masculine essence is the stone in the riverbed that the water flows around.

We are the strong arms that hold and soothe the ‘child’, and at the same time, we are the ‘child’ that is being held and soothed.

We are the nurturer, and the nurtured.

When balanced between the two, we can be for ourselves, all that we need and all that we’re searching for in someone else.

Only then can we truly and authentically show up — fully embodied — for others.