Tension: a relational view (part I)
5 min readMay 14, 2020
Written by Shaina Cantino, edited by Adam Brady.
For many of us, our first impulse when feeling a tension in our bodies is to try to push it away. Rejectionary messaging — ‘You need to go away’ — may be motivating our efforts to stretch or relax. Tension is bad, right? Or is it? Could you dare to believe that allowing tension to exist might actually be the most effective route towards comfort?
What does it mean to say ‘yes’ to tension?
